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About Me

I was born in Adelaide, South Australia on January 22 1985. I picked up the acoustic guitar at six, started electric when I was eleven and left school at 15 to focus on writing songs and performing because that was all I wanted to do. I have been playing in different bands since I was 14 around Adelaide and my first support show was for Steve Vai when I was 15. I had the opportunity to meet and jam with Carlos Santana when I was 18 in my hometown.He invited me to get up and jam with him at soundcheck then later asked me if I would join him on stage that night to jam! It was an awesome experience to meet and jam with my idol...dreams really do come true! I have signed with Geffen records and I am living in LA and making my new record. I have had some amazing things happen this year, I jammed with Prince, toured with Steve Vai, made a video clip for Panasonic HD, had a song on the Bratz movie, played at the Eric clapton Crossroads festival and appeared in the New York Times buisiness section promoting Eco-friendly acoustic guitars. I am really looking forward to touring again with the new record and thanks for everyones emails and support..I really appreciate it..;) Peace and love Orianthi
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Member Since: 11/15/2005
Band Website: orianthi.com
Band Members: solo artist
Influences: My influences are Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Al Di Meola, B.B King, Joe Satriani ,Tommy Emmanuel and Eric Clapton.Vocally I am inspired by LeAnn Rimes, Alanis Morrisette and Michelle Branch.I like to listen to Santana, Johnny Hiland, Steve Vai, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Gavin DeGraw, Darren Hayes, Rob Thomas, Train, Jedd Hughes, Audioslave and Nickleback.
Record Label: Geffen
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Back from Australia

I just got back from Adelaide yesterday. I spent two weeks out there with my family. Its a long trip but its nice to go back there when I can. I think I saw more movies on the plane trip than i hav...
Posted by Orianthi on Wed, 21 May 2008 01:42:00 PST

hiking, cooking and grooming!

hey y’allI hope you had a nice monday! I decided to go hiking today because I wanted to get out into the wilderness... i got a bit lost a one point but it’s all good! I am going to be...
Posted by Orianthi on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:45:00 PST

O " so healthy raisin, cinnamon and oat cookies..

I just cooked a wonderful bunch of cookies and they are quite healthy! I cook them for the guys in the studio every few days. its better than eating other junk that has horrible ingredients- here is m...
Posted by Orianthi on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:38:00 PST

walkabouts

I decided to go walkabout today with my mom, she has been away in australia for three weeks and just came back ..and its great to have her here in crazyland! Its also nice to have a couple of days o...
Posted by Orianthi on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:00:00 PST

hey from rainy LA

Hey everyone, I hope you had a wonderful christmas and New Years! I cooked a mother of a turkey, it smelled so damn good that I had to eat some...(I usually dont eat meat apart from some fish) and I h...
Posted by Orianthi on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:10:00 PST

g’day from the studio

I am in the studio at the moment listening to a song we just recorded and I am very happy! I have some great players on this record, Phil X on additional guitars, Chris chaney on bass and Josh freese ...
Posted by Orianthi on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:20:00 PST

New Record day 6

I have been in the studio for six days and I am so happy with what we have done so far. Howard Benson and his team are all great to work with and the sounds on this record are really cool. Today is m...
Posted by Orianthi on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:21:00 PST

first day recording my new album!

hey y'all. I hope you are doing great. I just had an amazing first day in the studio recording my new album with Howard Benson here in LA. I am really excited about the new material and I cant wait to...
Posted by Orianthi on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:47:00 PST

back home in LA!

I am back in my apartment in LA and I am about to start my record with producer Howard Benson. I am really excited about the material and I cant wait to put it out to the world and start touring my bu...
Posted by Orianthi on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:35:00 PST

konnichiwa from Toyko!

I am in my hotel room in toyko with the most amazing view of the city! I have had such a wonderful time here playing at the yokohama music show for PRS guitars. It was really cool to catch up and jam ...
Posted by Orianthi on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:30:00 PST