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27.07.01
- Sonfest 2002, the bands are...
From Sonfest.
Now for the moment you have all been waiting for... The headline acts for
Sonfest 2002 are:
Delirious, OC Supertones,
Skillet, Earthsuit,
Relient K, and Eli.
Check out the web site for more info >>> www.sonfest.com.
26.07.01
- An award.
From Site Admin.
 We received an email today
letting us know our site had won an award - a 4.5 star rating
from ChristSites.com. According to their Awards Program, "To
score over 80/100 (4.5 star rating), your site will have to knock
us off our chairs." Hopefully when they fell they didn't hurt
themselves too much. Click
here to see what they had to say. We actually rate equal 9th
in their Arts & Entertainment section.
Feel
free to get in contact with us if you would also like to give this
site an award for something.
25.07.01
- The Frugals booked in for a Live Chat!
From Site Admin
 The
Live Chat line up continues to grow with Aussie Christian ska band
The Frugals agreeing to do a Live
Chat on Monday 20 August at 9pm. The Frugals are in town this
Saturday to play at Groundswell
(check the Gig Guide for more
info). The Live Chat will be held as always in one of our
chatrooms right here at www.brisbanechristianchat.com.
24.07.01
- Paul Colman Trio Live Chat a raging
success!
From Site Admin.
Last
night's first ever Live Chat featuring special guests Paul
Colman Trio was a raging success with over 140 different
users logging on during the event. People came from all parts of
the globe to participate in what turned into a 2.5hr question and
answer time with Paul Colman and his
trusty bass player Grant Norsworthy.
All sorts of questions were put to the pair as they churned out
the answers at a great rate of knots. The full transcript of the
Live Chat should be available to read in the Chat
section sometime tomorrow. Make sure you come along to the
next Live Chat - this Monday with Brisbane's favourite Christian
hardcore band - Nagasaki.
23.07.01
- Uniting Church leader calls for action on global tension.
From Anglican Church of Australia - General Synod 2001 Media Service.
The Federal Government needed to boost its role in giving humanitarian aid, advocating for troubled nations and accepting refugees, president of the Uniting Church in Australia, the Reverend Professor James Haire said on Sunday (July 22, 2001).
Professor Haire made the comments in a sermon at the opening service for the 12th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, today.
Bomb blasts today targeted Christian churches in Jakarta, Indonesia - a country in which Professor Haire has been active as an advocate of peace and reconciliation.
"It is absolutely the duty of the Australian Government to do even more now, in terms of international advocacy, humanitarian aid, and the reception of refugees," Professor Haire said.
Click
here for more...
23.07.01
- CWMedia is gearing up for Groundswell 2001.
From David Gray (CWMedia).
As Australia's leading Christian dance music distributor,
CWMedia is hosting the rave Room at this years
Groundswell Festival (Sat 28th July at COC Mansfield) in Brisbane, Australia. We have pulled together some of the best Christian DJ's and electronic artists we could find and the rave room this year will be huge!
Featured DJ's include:
- Indelible (drum & bass meets hard house beats and breaks)
- Leroy (trance house)
- DJ Greenie (chill)
- DJ Happy (hard progressive house)
Electronic producers performing are:
- IC245 (140+bpm trance)
- Circuitry (progressive electronic)
Dave G from CWMedia will be MC'ing the night and CWMedia will have a stall outside the rave room selling new dance vinyl and tonnes of dance CDs. This is THE positive Australian dance event of the year.
Don't miss it! Check the Groundswell website here.
23.07.01
- Qld RevNet Media Forum.
From David Way (RevNet Co-ord).
This is a brief reminder of our second
Qld RevNet Media Forum for 2001. The Forum will be held at 6pm on Monday 30 July, 2001 at The Gateway Centre Function Room, 1052 Mt Gravatt / Capalaba Rd Mackenzie.
There will be some reports from the recent Sydney and Melbourne forums, news from CTA and ACC, and an update on the progress of our affiliation with a Hollywood based media ministry, Mastermedia International.
We also have a web designer coming up from Sydney who will speak about the convergance of media types. This will be particularly interesting for those who like to know what's happening on the cutting edge of technology.
Please make an effort to attend this meeting and invite someone else who you know would be interested in RevNet or who works in the industry.
'Chris' the chef will be preparing a gourmet meal for us so please bring a contribution to help cover the food and venue. Supper will also be served later.
Please RSVP by Monday morning July 30.
Ph: 0412 586 858, email: genpro-ways@powerup.com.au.
22.07.01
- Paul Colman Duo Live Chat!
From Site Admin.
The
Paul Colman Live Chat Monday night (23 July) will now include bass
playing whiz Grant Norsworthy, the Paul Colman
Trio's bass player.
In a late confirmation only a day before the scheduled Live Chat,
Grant seemed keen on the idea when finally approached after
today's sound check by a very busy Paul Colman. (Grant is approx.
150 emails behind.) Unfortunately this time round, Phil Gaudion,
the Trio's drummer won't be available due to recording and family
commitments. We'll try to get them all in for a Live Chat next
time. Two out of three is a good start.
22.07.01
- Church takes action on child protection and overseas aid.
From Anglican Church of Australia - General Synod 2001 Media Service.
The 12th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia today has formally passed resolutions relating to child protection and overseas aid.
The 250 members of the General Synod, meeting at Brisbane's Carlton Crest Hotel until July 27, formally (without debate) passed a resolution calling on the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, Archbishop Peter Carnley, to set up a committee to consider the issue of child protection in the Church.
Click
here for more...
20.07.01
- Alabaster Box and Soulframe Live
Chats!
From Site Admin.
Alabaster
Box and Soulframe have been
confirmed for Live Chats on the first 2 Monday nights of August
(6th and 13th). Put these dates in your diary. Both begin at 9pm.
Monday nights just keep getting better.
Don't
forget Paul Colman is coming in for a Live Chat this Monday (23
July) @ 9pm. Please tell your friends & churches about it and
don't be late!
20.07.01
- Paradox hits semi-finals in the Rock Awards.
From Paradox.
Paradox rocked the Plough Inn at Southbank last Saturday night, after reaching the highest monitor reading yet! This allows them, at this point to hold the
People's Choice Award, thank ya Jesus! (We are praying that we hang on to
it.) We would like to thank all who turned up as a support team, your presence was greatly appreciated, and to all who prayed and supported. Thank
You.
A great night was had by all, thanks again, Paradox would like to invite you all back again, plus your friends for the
Queensland Rock Awards Semi-finals on Friday the 3rd August at 7:45pm at the Plough Inn Southbank, cost is
$8 through Paradox. We have no say over the cost of entry and apologise to those who are not financially
able. Please contact us if you still would like to come and we can work something out.
Don't let money stop you - God is bigger than that. We would love to see you there.
We are praying that we make it into the finals and hold on to the People's Choice Award and ask that you would believe with us in this. We pray for "God's Will to be done".
God glorified in a pub through his children - AWESOME!
18.07.01
- ACAN amongst finalists in ONYA! awards.
From ACAN.
Between May and the end of June this year more than 30,000 voters cast online ballots in fifteen categories for the
3rd annual Australian Online Music Awards (also known as the ONYA! Awards). Finalists for the ONYA! Awards were announced this week.
One of the finalists in this year's awards is the website for the Australian Christian Artists Network (ACAN)
Inc, nominated in the category of 'Most Popular Music Industry Resource'.
ACAN was formed a little over two years ago, to provide support and resources for Australian Christian musicians and those who work with them. In this time ACAN has run networking events, the annual Forest Edge Christian Music Festival, put together a weekly national email gig guide and set up a website (www.acan.org.au) where people can view the diverse range of artists working in the Christian music community.
Winners will be announced August 4 during a live 90 minute 'webcast' from Sydney live music venue The Basement, starting at 8.30pm -
www.onya.com.au.
18.07.01
- Sonfest 2002 announcement - 10 days to go.
Well we have been furiously working hard to finalise the performers, venues and dates for Sonfest 2002. There will be a few surprises, but most importantly we are very happy to announce that Sonfest 2002 is going to be bigger and better than 2001.
There are only 10 days to go before we officially announce the
line-up and also launch the Sonfest web site for 2002. If you subscribe to our e-info news, you will be notified of this information directly at approx. 3:30pm EST on 27th of July.
Until then gather your friends, crank the music and hold your breathe!!!! Sonfest 2002 is coming!
We can't wait to tell you the news!
The countdown has begun.....10 days to go!
18.07.01
- Paul Colman Live Chat this Monday night!
From
Site Admin.
Here's
the news we've all been waiting for. The first official guest Live
Chat to be held in our chatrooms will be with Paul
Colman - Monday 23 July 2001 / 9pm! That's this Monday
night! It's yet to be confirmed if the other members of the trio
will be available, but let's just say that it's already going to
be one exciting night.
Entry
will of course be free. We strongly encourage you to tell ALL your
friends, family and church members about this Live Chat event as
it will truly be a night to remember. All you will have to do on
the night is log into the chatrooms as usual, making sure you're
there early to get a good seat - there's only 500 available.
If
you haven't logged into the chatrooms before, we strongly
recommend you do so before Monday night to familiarise yourself
with the process and to make sure you find a suitable chat set-up
with your computer.
17.07.01
- WE'RE BACK!
From
Site Admin.
After
a short stint in the wilderness (it felt like 40 years), www.brisbanechristianchat.com
is happily back where it should have always been. For those who
knew www.brisbanechristianchat.com.au
was still in action, you probably didn't miss a beat. But for
those who knew nothing about our plight, it's nice to know that the
website is back to stay - not that it really went anywhere in the
first place. (It was just that browsers could no longer find it.)
It
seems that the US company that registers and renews .com addresses
forgot to process our renewal which was paid for in full over 2
months ago. Subsequently the .com address lapsed (after the 60 day
buffer period finished last week) making www.brisbanechristianchat.com
unavailable to browsers.
But
after many phone calls, emails and faxes the situation has been
rectified and you can now continue using the site as before. You
can now email us again and all the submission forms on the site
work so you can start sending in your News & Events once more.
(The forms kept working the whole time so there is no need to
resend anything.)
Thanks
for your patience and understanding. Long live Brisbane Christian
Chat!
17.07.01
- Nagasaki Live Chat + lots of prizes!
From
Site Admin.
Nagasaki
have been signed up for a Live Chat
on Monday 30 July 2001. The chat will be held in our chatrooms
starting at 9pm. Come along (for free of course) and chat to
Nagasaki and ask them all those questions you've been wanting to
ask. Plus we'll be giving away 10 Nagasaki CDs and 20 tickets
to the up-coming Nagasaki CD launch concert.
Make
sure you're there! Bring all your friends. You've got to be in it
to win it!
17.07.01
- ShareSong.org live recording.
Wednesday 15 August
2001 (Ekka Holiday) / 7pm, Gateway Centre, 1052 Mt Gravatt - Capalabah Rd, McKenzie,
$10 ($6 students) or $15 with a CD from the night posted to you*.
Who - local songwriters including
Dunamis, Grant Walker, Audiology (Andrew Sercombe & Co),
Harry Gilmore (Rachael Passmore, Drew Giles & Adam Harris), Ben Thorn
& Trees in the Garden and more.
Why - To showcase and harvest some of the great praise and
worship song writing talent in our own back yard. The recordings from
the night will be posted on the ShareSong.org website for free use by
churches all over the world. Come be a part of this intimate MTV Unplugged/Studio 21 recording experience.
For
more info contact at marty@sharesong.org
or on 041 760 9245, or check out www.ShareSong.org.
* Proceeds will go to producing the recording for free distribution,
hosting the ShareSong.org website, and developing other local Christian songwriters.
16.07.01
- Live Chats are coming!
From
Site Admin.
At
long last we are starting to round up the most popular local Christian guests for Live Chats in our chatrooms. Watch this space
for announcements. We'd like to know who you want to chat to so let us know. Get ready for some great nights in as we
say "Hi" to Monday night chats. Monday's 9pm will never be the same again.
13.07.01
- Paul Colman Trio & Hallelujah! Logan.
Definitely
one of the most anticipated events on the Christian calendar this
year is the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music's 'Hallelujah! Logan'
concert on Sunday 22 July 2001. 'Hallelujah! Logan' is the
Christian part of this year's QBFM celebrations.
It's
free. It's a family concert. There will be Christians from all
over South East Queensland attending. There are lots of great
Christian artists performing including the sensational Paul
Colman Trio. What more reason do you need to go? Check the Gig
Guide for further details.
13.07.01
- Alabaster Box - Main Attraction is here.
From
Alabaster Box.
Alabaster Box are excited to announce that their new
CD - "Main Attraction" is set for release in Brisbane on August 4. The spectacular St John's Anglican Cathedral in downtown Brisbane is the venue for the release. Tickets are $12 at the door. A discount is available for pre-booked tickets of groups larger than 10. For more information about ticketing, please visit
www.alabasterbox.com, or call 5522 7042. Make sure that you listen to 96.5 over the coming weeks for a sneak preview of "Main Attraction".
13.07.01
- Here comes The Sammies.
From
Telegram Sam.
The latest export from the thriving Brisbane Christian scene is
Telegram Sam - a 5 piece rock/pop outfit with emotive vocals, strong melodies and driving guitars.
Telegram Sam are in the process of putting the final spit and polish on their first single "Everday", to be released nationally next month.
Caleb James
(Rhubarb, The Frugals, Battered Fish/Leo
Nine) has taken time out of a busy recording schedule with Rhubarb to produce this single and you can expect nothing but his usual exceptional level of quality production.
With delightful female vocals, soaring chorus and a driving guitar hook, "Everday" has all the ingredients of a killer radio single and promises to be the first of many fine releases from Telegram Sam. Drum tracks for the first EP are also "in the can" with an expected release pre-Christmas.
The single will be in your hands within a month, with Telegram Sam planning to have the follow-up ready for release by September/ October.
Telegram Sam are more than happy to make themselves available for radio interviews. Band members have had considerable media experience - Lead singer Christy was the host of a Children TV show for CTA, guitarist Graham was the presenter of a music show on 96.5FM and Daniel (drums) and Adrian (guitars) have been in working bands for over 10 years.
Check out a bio and website (still under construction) at
www.telegramsammusic.com.
For further info contact info@telegramsammusic.com.
Stay tuned!
12.07.01
- Paul Colman Trio tour dates change.
For
those who are planning that far ahead, the Paul
Colman Trio have changed their National Tour dates which
include their SE Qld shows. The shows have gone from being in
November to October. The correct tour dates can be found in the Gig
Guide.
12.07.01
- Groundswell 2001 Music & Arts Festival.
From
Nerida McCallum.
Groundswell is an annual drug and alcohol free music and arts festival, attracting a wide range of young people from Brisbane, Sydney and as far as Melbourne. Its purpose is to raise funds for C.B.M.I. and to encourage community through a strong sense of music and art. C.B.M.I. provides assistance to the blind, deaf or otherwise disabled, in poor, less medically established countries.
Groundswell 2001 is expected to attract some 4000 youth with over 30 local and interstate bands and acoustic artists performing this year. Groundswell also has an established dance/rave venue, which has been included for the last 3 years. Groundswell has proved very successful with attendance increasing annually.
Check out the web site
here for more info about the festival and how to get involved with the art gallery or street
theatre or click here for the Gig
Guide.
10.07.01
- Nagasaki EP launch.
From
Nagasaki.
A reminder that the
Nagasaki launch of their new EP 'Sound
Doctrine' is looming somewhere on the horizon.....
Friday 21 September - 7pm.
Special guests - The Last Resort, Mirored Image (NSW) and
DJ Indelible. $10/$8 students. The Shed - 322 Wecker Rd Mansfield.
Enquiries - 0401 510 184 or nagasakitheband@hotmail.com.
10.07.01
- DG demo in recording.
From
Distinguished
Guests.
Distinguished Guests are in the process of recording yet another demo
CD. The demo is planned to be released soon. Keep an eye out for it. The DG website
www.dgrock.com
is also in the process of being redone, and plans to be up and running by the time the demo is released.
06.07.01
- Chris Mundy news.
From
Chris Mundy.
New
website launched!!! Chris' new website has been launched in the past week, featuring a new FAQ section and biography. You'll also get to meet "Space Dog", the mascot for Chris' new recording project. Check it out
here!!
Album update!!!! Although it seems like Chris Mundy commenced recording his new album a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...... we're happy to announce that the final touches are now being placed on the project. It is anticipated that
"Welcome To The World" will be available sometime this Spring.
Free MP3!!!! If you're not familiar with this strange new world of Chris' music, you can download a sneak preview of the title track of Chris' new album at
www.mp3.com.au. The track "Welcome to the World" debuted at No.3 on the pop charts at MP3.com.au recently.
Go to the new website and order Chris Mundy's EP 'Leave' for only $8AUS plus P&H!!!!
06.07.01
- Shrek 2, the sneak preview.
From
Martin
Jacobs (Fiery
Fergus).
For those who like their news a bit more off the wall, here's a submitted news article that we couldn't really
place here for fear of causing a mini riot (well perhaps not). Anyway, just
click here for it.
06.07.01
- Leo Nine CD Launch - Special guests
announced.
From
Toupee
Records.
Leo Nine are launching their new CD August 17 at The Healer in Brisbane (over 18's only) with special guests:
Sounds Like Sunset (Sydney) and The Carousel.
Don't Leo Nine have great taste in bands! Get your tickets from Rocking Horse Records (Adelaide Street, Brisbane) or from the
Toupee Box
Office.
06.07.01
- Listen to Leo Nine now.
From
Toupee
Records.
One of the most anticipated releases this year must be from Brisbane band
Leo Nine (formerly Battered
Fish). After a much publicised band naming competition the boys with new member
Simon Jockel are launching their new CD next month. And for those that can't wait, we have a sneak peek thanks to
www.toupeerecords.com
in Real Audio. Just click
here and start enjoying 2 of the best songs to come out of Brisbane for a long time.
06.07.01
- Interested in playing at Sonfest 2002?
From
Sonfest.
Are you interested in playing at
SONFEST 2002?
Fill out this form and email to management@sonfest.com.
Name of act:
Contact person:
Email:
Phone :
Mobile :
Address :
State :
Style of music :
06.07.01
- Great news for songwriters.
From
Steven Dix, Sonfest.
Have you ever recorded a fantastic Worship song that you wanted to share with the whole country..? Well here's an opportunity for you!
Australia's Premier Christian Music event is embarking on a new adventure that embraces the talents and gifts of songwriters across Australia.
Worship Leaders, Praise Teams, Worship Bands, Churches and Youth Groups are sending in CD's of their own Praise and Worship songs to be part of this new and exciting worship series.
The
Sonfest team will pick up to 12 great songs from different submissions to create a unique record of contemporary Australian worship music. These songs will go on to become part of the Sonfest worship experience in January.
Submissions must be supplied on a mastered CD by the 1st of October 2001 to Sonfest Music Group 7 Broadway St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102.
There is no fee to enter your submission however CD's will not be returned. Further terms and conditions will be available upon song selection.
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