VICTOR PENDER V7

BEST VIEWED IN MOZILLA FIREFOX!**NEW SONG 'MIRRORS IN MY MIND' COMING SEPTEMBER 1ST 08**ARTWORK & CONCEPTS BY EVIL DAN FROM GARDENOFBADTHINGS.COMV7 are: Troy 'Tribal' Lourens, Dana 'db' Beckett, Caroline 'CJ' Hawke, Joe 'Powerhouse' Torrz, Victor 'VP' Pender, Justin 'Casper' Healy, *NEW! Rosie 'Gorgeous' KalberThe sound is Billy Joel meets Robbie Williams meets Darren Hayes sort of... lol! It's power pop rock that covers a number of genres and influences old and new. In itself it brings something new and fresh. Currently recording the 3rd album. Victor writes all the words and music. Dance Baby is the first track out there from that. It's upbeat and fun. In August 08 it was No. 1 most requested on mp3.com.au. The sound is big, solid, American and commercial. If you have a quick listen on the RAW RIP player you'll find that 2 albums later every song is quite different, so it's kinda hard to pigeon hole, & it's not getting any easier for the 3rd album while Vic explores his strange little world - lol!THANK YOU: Allans Music Melbourne, Luke and Emma Troy from Troy Music, Mario from RMC Music, Billy Hyde Music, Mel & Anne from B'Coz Rockwear, Kurzweil Music Systems, Gibson Guitars, Roland Aust, Yamaha, RAGE ABC TV, Peter Deske & Nicole Christine from Asylum TV, Simon from Noise TV, Nick at Beat Magazine, Z from Airwaves Studios, Evil Dan from the Garden of Bad Things, Ken from Kenneth Warmington Photography, Hayley at Channel 9, Briggsy at Sound WorkshopVICTOR PENDER IS A CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN SINGER SONGWRITER & PERFORMER WITH A 7 PIECE BAND CALLED V7. HE HAS WRITTEN & RELEASED A TOP 40 POP ALBUM CALLED 'MUSIC MAN' & AN ALBUM OF PIANO BALLADS CALLED 'BORN IN A FLASH OF LIGHT', RECORDED BY Z & MASTERED BY TRIPLE GRAMMY AWARD® NOMINEE DAVID BRIGGS. 2 SINGLES FROM THESE ALBUMS HAVE BEEN RELEASED 'WAITING' & 'NORTH WIND' & BOTH VIDEOS PLUS 'MUSIC MAN LIVE' & INTERVIEWS ARE CURRENTLY ON RAGE TV, NOISE TV, ASYLUM TV, MYSPACE, YOUTUBE & ON CABLE IN THE US, ON THE COLLEGE CHANNEL. V7 HEADLINED AND FEATURED WITH JAMES REYNE AT THE YORK ON LILYDALE TO A PACKED HOUSE & PERFORMED LIVE FOR ASYLUM TV TO RAVE REVIEWS. V7'S TV ADVERT AIRS ON CHANNEL 9 SAT NITES. VICTOR’S SONG ‘I WANNA BE A SUPERMODEL’ WON THE BIKINI SUPERMODEL THEME SONG COMPETITION IN THE US. IT WILL AIR IN 26 COUNTRIES & 250 MILLION HOMES AROUND THE WORLD FOR 12 WEEKS IN 08. THE ‘SUPERMODEL’ VIDEO WITH THE SWIMSUIT SUPERMODEL CONTESTANTS WILL BE PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY THE LEGENDARY FERNANDO LAGUDA. VICTOR PENDER V7 IS CONSOLIDATED RECORDS ARTIST OF THE YEAR 08.Welcome to Victor's MYSPACE PAGE! This supplements VICTORPENDER.COM. Victor Pender is a singer songwriter from Melbourne Australia. He has been composing words and music, recording and producing songs for many years. His native instrument is the piano. Victor has a 7 piece band called V7. They have been recording 2 albums over 4 years. These are commercially available right NOW hot off the press! Be sure to LISTEN to ALL the V7 SONG SAMPLES and the VIDEOS right here on the LEFT! All from our ALBUMS right HERE on MYSPACE. LISTEN to EACH SONG from BEGINNING TO END to capture Vic's DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS. These will give you a good snapshot of both albums, and what Vic wants to articulate in his music and words.Victor 'VP' Pender - Vocals, Keyboards, V7, Session, Writer, Producer
Caroline 'CJ' Hawke - Vocals, percussion, V7, C5, *Robbie Williams tribute band, Session
Dana 'db' Beckett - Bass, LA session player, V7, Your Roses, *Robbie Williams tribute band
Troy 'Tribal' Lourens - Guitars, V7, Hitherto, Zenith Punkt, Session, ^Checkout the new Troy Lourens custom from Ulbrick Sound. Well done Troy! That is HUGE! WOOT!
Joe 'Powerhouse' Torrz - Drums, V7, Melissa Amorosi, Carousel, La Femme, Session, 2000 drumtek drummer of the year
Justin 'Casper' Healy - Guitars, V7, Music major at Box Hill Tafe
Rosie 'Gorgeous' Kalber - Vocals, V7, *Robbie Williams tribute band
*The Ego Has Landed - A Robbie Williams Tribute band
^www.ulbricksound.com
Contributing Musicians
Sam 'Tambo' Tabone - Guitars, V7
Claire 'Wiad' Cross - Bass, V7, Music major at Box Hill Tafe, 04 Dux High School student for music
Jason 'JD' Dennis - Guitars, V7
'Sexy' Judy Stolfo - Vocals, V7, Session, Claire
Sarah C 'The Bomb!' V7, Session, Bjorn Again
Bri 'Brizzie' Croft - Vocals, VCA scholarship student, V7, Session
Elethea 'Eponine' Sartorelli - Vocals, V7, stage, signed artist
Scott 'Send Me An Angel' Ingram - Drums, V7, Ego
Gary 'Supermodel' Thackrah - Guitars, Vocals, V7, Session, Writer
Dana 'db' Beckett - Bass, LA session player, V7, Your Roses, *
Lissssssa Dawson - Vocals, V7, Stars in 'The Baccalas'
Rachael Woodlands - Vocals, V7
Michael 'Z' Zammit - Drums, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer
Holly Piccolo - Violin
Kylie Liang - Violin
Dr. Rebecca Chan - Violin
Aaron Barnden - Violin
Andrew Jakopanetz - Viola
Ceridwen Davies - Viola
Naomi Wileman - Cello
Produced by Michael Zammit and Victor Pender
Engineered and Mixed by Michael Zammit
Mastering Engineer - Triple Grammy Award Nominee
- David Briggs for the Production Workshop®
Video Production, Filming and Post - Dork Films, Gorgeous Films
Producer, Director - Jacob Simkin
Editing - Nick Calpakdjian
Talent - Gabi Aloisio - Actor, Dancer, Model
Website Design and Concepts - Andrew White
Flash Editing - Chris Dwyer
Album Art, Web design, Direction, Design and Concepts - Evil Dan
Photography, Lighting, Set Design, Concepts
- Kenneth Warmington Photography
Photography, Lighting, Set Design, Concepts - Darran Mc Crann
Studio & Location Video & Editing-Peter Donelly & Liam Firmager
Media liaison, Publicity - Craig Thorn, Artist Connect
Executive in Charge of Production: Victor Pender
Words and Music - Victor PenderThe V7 SHOP is now OPEN FOR BUSINESS! If you enjoy listening to our music, and would like A COPY OF OUR CD, simply click on the PAYPAL logo or go thru VICTORPENDER.COM to BROWSE! If you place an order TODAY, there is a SPECIAL OFFER for you. Just mention myspace in the notes of your order. There are CD's, TSHIRTS, SINGLET TOPS, MERCHANDISE. Credit card transactions are GUARANTEED secure via PAYPAL. BOTH ALBUMS include a 20 PAGE BOOKLET with song lyrics, pictures and info. Thank you so much for all the people who pre-ordered the records. Orders are being filled NOW! They are appreciated, So THANK YOU! Thank you also for the MESSAGES and MAILS of LOVE & SUPPORT! Vic loves reading and responding to them! Vic looks forward to meeting you at a show. His joy in life is performing. Vic's dream (the other one) is to own a black grand piano. CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT SOME WORTHY ORGANISATIONS LIKE: AMNESTY, RED CROSS, IFAW, & MAKE POVERTY HISTORY.
QUOTES‘If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them' - Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862.‘Be Bold & Mighty Forces Will Come To Your Aid’ - ©Basil King 1859-1928.'How come soy milk is white and soy sauce is black?' Victor PenderHe rode into the night towards that eerie distant light that seemed to charm him until he came to a road that disappeared beyond the last horizon - Claire 'Wiad' Cross - V7 Bass Guitars (you didn't write that Claire, did you?)'It’s what you do that defines you' - ©Batman Begins 2005 /Socrates'Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.' William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet, 3.3. 23/04/1564 - 23/04/1616. Son of a tradesman of Stratford'My dream is that I’m at a supermarket naked.' - Gary Thackrah, V7 Guitarist and Vocalist'How Can We Win, When Fools Can Be Kings?' - Claire 'Wiad' Cross - V7 Bass Guitars'Do you want me to animate that?' - Evil Dan (lolz! - amazing work btw!)'Socrates and I have agreed to belong; now I’ve found the meaning for my life' - ©Victor Pender from ‘When Did Love Go Wrong’Look what you didn't take from me :-) - Rosie 'Gorgeous' Kalber - V7 Vocals'Tone is nothing more than a guitarists' awareness of his own sound. Gear is nothing more than a bunch of tools to manipulate the sound that's within the player' - Troy Lourens - V7 Guitarist-Find your silence, so you can hear the music. When the silence envelops you, then your soul can see. The music then connects men’s souls - Ludwig Van Beethoven'I never practice my guitar… from time to time I just open the case and throw in a piece of raw meat.' - Wes Montgomery (stolen from Troy's Myspace - lol!) 'Laughter is the evaporation of tears.' - Letterman on Carson'Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.' - Bri Croft, V7 vocalist'Adults are children who just got older' - ©Victor Pender from ‘Hold On’Thank you everyone for all your support! 20 Brand new song and video samples from both albums are now available in the MEDIA section of victorsongs.com for download. 'MUSIC MAN' is a Contemporary Rock Pop album. 'BORN IN A FLASH OF LIGHT' album is a collection of ballads Victor wrote at the piano and recorded with full orchestrations.The North Wind for Vic is a sign, that change is in the air, and things are looking up. Stay tuned for the first release from the BIAFOL Album called 'WAITING'. The video is produced and Directed by Video Music's Peter and Liam. It features Vic playing behind his dream grand piano and V7 singers in a dream sequence, singing about Vic's imaginary girlfriend - lol. It should be on RAGE soon. If you haven't seen Vic or V7 live, 'DO IT' and checkout the 'MUSIC MAN' vid in the MEDIA section. A special offer is now available for a limited time to purchase both albums at a special release price, plus a bonus gift, in the SHOP section. BOTH CD's include a 20 page booklet with song lyrics, pictures and info. They will arrive to you 'Signed, Sealed and Delivered'. VICTOR PENDER V7VICTOR PENDER V7 is a 7-piece band with drums, percussion, four-part harmonies, guitar, bass, & keyboards. Joe Torrz on drums is a young award winning session player who has worked with Carousel & Melissa Amorosi. The gifted & inspired Troy Lourens on guitars, Claire Cross was born to play bass, Justin Healey screams on guitars, Caroline Hawke a gifted singer and actress on Vocals & percussion, The gorgeous Rosie Kalber on Vocals & percussion, and Victor Pender on Vocals & keys, are all live & studio session players & teachers. Victor is a singer songwriter who built a band around him 4 years ago to perform his songs. He has Recorded, Arranged & Engineered the songs with Gifted Producer Michael Z. Triple Grammy Award® nominee for writing, production, & arrangement, Prodigy-David Briggs mastered both albums.Every member is a professional musician in their own right. Combined experiences include session work, covers, originals, music videos, writing, arranging, recording, producing, engineering, performance, acting, teaching, touring, and knock, knock jokes. All from some of the best talent around.But mostly it's about V7 having fun while doing what they love, giving audiences a great show at the live performances and in the studio on the Albums’. V7 has completed the work in the studio recording two debut albums, to be released simultaneously, along with the first single 'North Wind' for the CONSOLIDATED RECORDS (AUST.) label.The first album is called ‘Music Man’ and has all the 'Rock Pop’ songs V7 have been working so hard on, and hope you will enjoy. The 2nd album is called, ‘Born In A Flash Of Light’ and contains Victor’s finest ballads recorded with full orchestrations.Both albums, words and music, have been written and recorded by Victor Pender over four years and reflect an incredible journey.It has been an awesome ride for the band and feedback so far has been amazing. The entire production team has had a lot of fun with this project. If you like Daniel Powter, Billy Joel, Garbage, Train, Jeff Buckley, Robbie Williams, or Darren Hayes you’re gonna love these albums.
VICTOR'S FAVESFave Food: Seafood, Lollies, Japanese, Mc Chicken® burger & fries, Chinese, Malaysian, chicken, anything cooked for him. Banned fave food: Krispy Kremes® esp. lemon, raspberry, or custard. Potato cakes with tomato, soy sauce & vinegar. KFC® fries. Fave drink: fresh pineapple or watermelon juice on ice, Cointreau® over Balled cantelope. Fave cars: Anything that goes, pref with a driver, or a Rolls Royce Phantom 07 Model, Mercedes S Class 600, SLR McLaren, Bentley Continental GT, HummerFave book: anything with pictures, biosFave movies: World Police Team America, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Almost Famous, Amadeus, Zoolander, The Aviator, 2 Girls & A Guy, LOTR, Cars, Reality Bites, Dick Tracy-the definitive cops & robbers movie, Ocean's trilogy, The Bourne trilogy, The Departed, Walk The Line, Star Wars sixologyFave TV shows: The Daily Show, Boston Legal, Larry Sanders, Letterman, Bikini Supermodel, So You Think You Can Dance, America's Next Top Model, 30 Rock, Southpark, Idol, Scrubs, Family Guy, American Dad, Drawn Together, FrasierYour dream: To upsize his maccas meal, and to pay bills by the due date, and to own a black Steinway grand piano (full-filled by Mum! April 08!)Your heros: Mum - Margaret Pender, Ashley, Billy Joel, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Jeff Buckley, TOTO, Taxiride, Robert Downey Jr, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Robert Deniro, Michael Keaton, William Shatner, James Spader, David E. Kelley, Mark Stegemann, Seth MacFarlane, Paul Shaffer, HBO, Johnny Carson, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Stewart, Christopher Walken, Ashton Kutcher, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jesus, Mozart, Socrates, Queen Elizabeth I, Aristotle, William Shakespeare, Howard Hughes, Vincent Van Gough, George Martin, Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach, Carpenters, Beatles, Neil Sedaka, Marty Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Dan Verkys, Leonardo Di Caprio, Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, Fergie singing 'Beat It', Jessica Nicely, Fernando Laguda, Tony Hawk, Danny Way, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, The Thunderbirds, Roger the alien, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Eric CartmanWhat do you look for in a girl: conversation "Victor's work is Genius. Prolific & Inspired. These could easily become Classic Albums. Victor's writing is astonishing. Truly some of the best songs I have seen or heard in a very long time from here or the US. Very few writers dig as deep as Victor and can produce so many styles with incredible versatility. Very few people understand Victor's depth, but when they get it, it's like wow! Very few writers can produce an album where I can honestly say every single song is a great song. Then as if he needed to top himself Victor produces 2 albums! Usually you can find at least a couple of throw away tracks. Not on these albums. Truly remarkable! I love the pop album, but I can't stop listening to the ballad album. It has me totally hooked, I just love all the songs! For my ears 'North Wind' & 'Waiting' are Classic Hits."
- *Triple Grammy Award®© Nominated Producer and Writer - David Briggs.
"My first Victor Pender V7 experience was at the TOTE in Melbourne in 05. His presence was felt immediately. I became engaged and pleasantly surprised by Victor's delivery of melodic tunes and appealing lyrics. Supported by musicians of the highest standard, and songs with ever changing dynamics, he has made me a devoted listener. His albums are breathtaking. Victor is a gifted writer, an inspired producer, and a charming performer. I will be following Victor's progress in the years to come and wish him a deserved success."
Executive Producer & Director, Video Music - Peter Donelly. Once again Musicland Hosted another Asylum TV Live !!!!! All the bands were great but my fave for the night and my fave in the history of Asylum TV Live is Victor Pender V7! Such a Great show and so entertaining! And how about that Nicole Christine, what sweet juicy lips from which she conducted an informative and entertaining interview with Victor Pender and V7. Wonderful Television! BRAVO!
Producer for Asylum TV - Jason Freefall.
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