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Brisbane singer-songwriter Tyrone Noonan has been
invited to perform at the A & R Worldwide’s annual industry
event Musexpo (Music Conference) held in Los Angeles
from 29th April - 2nd May, 2007. Tyrone will be one of
three acts representing Queensland.
This
vocalist and instrumentalist is no stranger to musical
success. His mother is renowned opera singer
Maggie Noonan, and both Tyrone and his sister Katie
Noonan were classically trained. Previously part
of the successful band george, which also included his sister Katie, Tyrone has had a number one debut
album, won a 2002 ARIA award for Breakthrough Artist and
performed sold-out tours of Australia and overseas. He is
now experiencing a successful solo career.
Performing is not this artist’s only talent – Tyrone has
worked as a producer, DJ, promoter, composer and event
organiser for festivals such as Livid. He has even worked as
an investigative journalist, feeding his passion for
politics. But of all his creative skills, playing music is
his favourite, and he especially enjoys performing as a solo
artist.
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Wide-ranging influences such as
The Beatles, The Who and David Bowie,
to name just a few, help explain Tyrone’s diversity as an
artist. Well-versed in the piano and guitar, the
singer-songwriter displays an impressive vocal range and
musical aptitude, creating highly emotive songs that fuse
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Although
Tyrone has had recognition from the music industry, he stresses that
the success is not the reason that he writes and plays music. For
him it is a passion and a way to express his life through music. He
especially enjoys “touching people” with his music. One particular
song that comes to mind, called Comfortably Cuddly, is a tune he wrote about a friend frustrated
with body image issues. The song shows impressive insight into the
pressures that women face to measure up to the magazine models.
Tyrone says
that the musical highlight of his career was performing at the 2003
Sydney Festival with george and Jon Lord, Deep
Purple’s keyboard player, along with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Originally performed in 1969 by Deep
Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the tune mixes
grandiose strings and woodwinds with psychedelic rock. In contrast,
Tyrone’s personal highlight to date is, as he proudly states, “being
an uncle”.
Tyrone
Noonan’s debut mini-album, Heavy Soul Part 1, is now
available, complete with digital artwork booklet, at all iTunes
stores worldwide.
Website address
www.tyronenoonan.com
Myspace address
www.myspace.com/tyronenoonan
Tyrone's favourite charities
include
Red Cross,
Amnesty International Australia,
and
Wilderness Society
Photos taken and
article written by Chrissy Layton, AusNotebook Music & Creative
2/3/07
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