sylvie2xxfm radio 98.3

Sylvie is currently working as a radio announcer/dj but has broad experience across a wide range of art forms as an events co-ordinator, publicist, arts/music adviser for grants residencies and funding, a promoter, a performer together with radio. She has created and managed many hybrid arts events while in Canberra and she has instigated and arranged a myriad of performance installation events combining music, visual art, sculptural installations, mixed media, theatre and contemporary dance. Since '94 Sylvie made her mark in Canberra by adding major changes in the nightclub scene by bringing in and nurturing a creative arts element to nightclubs which had not been done in there before in quite the same way before, and since closing the doors on nightclub life it has not been continued in Canberra in quite the same way. She put Canberra on the map as a city in Australia to tour through as well as Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Sylvie contributed to the underground scene that she found when she arrived in Canberra, and she still does, by successfully bringing acts in from interstate and overseas on a regular basis (6 years running) at Heaven Nightclub which created a national reputation .. and now another 7 years down the track to site specific locations as d'eventi or pulse, involving and combining a myriad of artist's art-work for each event. It was also important to her that she pass on the know-how to "up and coming" musicians, djs, performers, artists .. and promotors, showing them the ropes and paving the way for an emerging new scene to continue, and who are to this day keeping that legacy alive. Other art/performance/mixed media events apart from Heaven: 1994 -2000 that Sylvie designed and orchestrated are the Kahlo Club - National Gallery of Australia based on Freida Kahlo;artbeat-Canberra Theatre Centre during the Festival of Contempory Art for the Under 27s program, Shooting Starr Productions at the Gypsy Bar; Pulse nights, Side Long Glance a music & multi media event, Splash Out International Womans Day Festivals, created the Blackartz Day Out Festival showcasing local, regional and national indigenous musicians, International World Aids Day fundraiser performance events, Creatures of The Night in the art deco bar and dining room of Old Parliament House combining local and interstate performers, Summer Sunday Sessions for local musicians in the outdoor characteristic courtyards there as well. ..Sylvie studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, jazz department, in the 80s, but left after a year to study voice for three years with European teacher Professor Philipsborn who only worked with professional singers already on the charts (morning sessions to iron out cracks in order to sound better than good when at a night gig); and has worked and performed internationally as a singer in London at Point Studios Recordings for 2 years and in New York where she lived for 9 years doing studio and stage session work - Hot Sounds Studios Chelsea NYC and downtown clubs and bars like CBGBs, The Ludlow Street Cafe, The Knitting Factory. The influences and undercurrents in her voice are steeped in Motown. She was also involved and in staging band and art installations for warehouse parties in Manhatten with Jammin Number One Inc. and underground street reggae jams (reggae meets motown)down in the meat packing district downtown, the East Village, Ludlow Street and Brooklyn. -A few special moments for her: backstage before a gig with blues legend Bo Didley, having Bo suddenly say: "man you know what i like about you is that i haven't met someone with your energy since i knew Janis Joplin".. a big shout out to bass player extraordiaire Debbie Hastings, much love..at a sound check in New York for Joe Cocker at the Bottom Line, Joe was having a trouble. He stopped suddenly & turned around to Debbie and arrogantly said " .. f**k this shit i have "never" sung in front of a female bass player before" Debbie quick on the uptake came back with .. "well i've never played behind a plummer before man".Recording harmonies with the Four Tops gathered around a suspended over-head mic and being so elated and totally part of the warm thick sound that was being created and being transported and locked into such a special zone by the wall of sound that the harmony created, but still being aware of having to really concrentrate while trying to focus (and stop smiling) and hold on to the harmony and not get too elated then blow it by being swept away by it .. it was such an incrediably special moment in time and while Lawrence Payton was still alive who was the driving force of the group.Sylvie is currently working as a singing teacher and a publicist and for the past 12 years has presented the arts and music on programs Artbeat, Art'n'Soul, Hot Buttered Pop Corn and the Thursday Drive Time show on Radio 2XX 98.3fm. Sylvie has worked in the music industry as far back as the early 80s for CBS Records Sydney, The Basement Jazz Club - a shout out to Chris Richards and Bruce Vilesand coordinating special music events for under privileged kids bring them to street parties and outdoor stadiums alongside venues such as the Sydney Hilton. She has a diverse range of experience and currently is producing 10 minute radio packages profiling musicians and bands nationally and locally for broadcast. She is part of the ACT Festivals Advisory Funding Committee, was appointed as a member of the ACT Cultural Council for three terms and participated in the forums on live-music issues facing the local sector conducted by Shane Breynard for government. Sylvie has managed to be an invaluable service to the arts and music community in helping people on a grass roots level to understand processes more effectively so they can utilize the system and get deserved funding. Sylvie is also well known for her work and support in guiding emerging artist and musicians by helping them achieve the next level of their career paths. You can catch her on 2xx 98.3fm mondays 9:30am, tuesdays 11am; wednesdays 2:00pm and thursdays 4:00pm