Gayle O'Neil

From an early age Gayle had stars in her eyes & started playing guitar at the age of 8. Gayle’s family always had a touch of wonder lust and as a result saw a lot of the Australian countryside. From those early homemade family concerts Gayle graduated to performing; as a teenager, at numerous Charity Dinners, Church functions and Weddings around her Central Coast of NSW base. The spark to perform faded somewhat as life began to take over; at age 20 Gayle wondered whether she would ever reach her dream. In 1995 Gayle’s life turned around when she fell in love with her now husband and wrote her first song “Bein With You” - the dream was alive again. She continued writing her own songs and re-setting her goals. 2004/05 was a busy time for Gayle, as well as working full time, the gigs started to flow. Gayle considered it an honor to perform at the ANZAC Day and VP Day ceremonies at “Doyalson-Wyee RSL Club” & has performed at several festivals: “Back to the Bay”, “G.O.A.T.S” (Youth Week), “Welcome to Wyong”, “Warnervale Markets”. In January 05 Gayle recorded her first single. Three originals recorded on a friends “eight track”. Tamworth beckoned. The whole family chipped in, a production line formed and 300 copies were made. Gayle entered the TCMF busking comp, got a great response, wonderful feedback and even sold some CD’s. Busking at Tamworth is now an annual event for Gayle which she always looks forward to. One more set back was sent to Gayle in May ‘05 when she was made redundant from her day job. Instead of seeing doom and gloom she saw this as an opportunity and that very week entered the Busking comp at the “Beachcomber Hotel” and guess what, she WON, first prize $500 bucks. Now Gayle performs weekly at Wyong RSL with the Hillbilly Heaven Band & has just finished her debut EP ‘Freedom’ which features a number of ‘Elite’ Australian musicians including Duncan Toombs, Rod Motbey, Mick Albeck, & Simon Johnson. It was the awesome talents of Simon Johnson who produced ‘Freedom’@ his Central Coast Studio - The Sound Hole. It has been an extreme honour for Gayle to have played on the same stages as Kasey Chambers, Adam Harvey, Tamara Stewart, Travis Collins, Amber Lawrence, Steve Eales, Rose Carleo & Mike Carr who have all been very supportive & helpful. Gayle has had the privilege of playing with the Incredibly talented Alan Tomkins, Duncan Toombs, Simon Johnson, Mal Lancaster, Brad Burgen & Peter Cooper.Drawing on inspiration from life, love, friends & family, Gayle is evolving & honing her song writing skills and has refined her direction. Gayle is receiving radio airplay on 96.3fm, 94.1fm, 2HD, 90.3fm & many others. Her reputation and her ever increasing band of loyal followers are steadily growing and her independent records are reaching people and making a big impact! You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !