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Cassandra Smiles

Cassandra Smiles

About Me

Cassandra Smiles, a singer / songwriter from Sydney, has made she has already made a considerable impression on the Australian music scene, despite only having started playing guitar and songwriting 4 years ago.

After completing an Arts degree with honours at UNSW majoring in Philosophy and one year of a Law degree, Cassandra realised that becoming a lawyer would be a fate worse than death and decided that music was much more her cup of tea. If Philosophical Logic had taught her nothing else, it had at least taught her that, while she would probably never really understand Gödel’s completeness theorem (let alone provide a proof for it in the exam...geez...), she would really love to learn to play guitar!

And so, a few years later, that’s what she did. And after taking songwriting classes at the Bondi Wave Youth Music Workshop with her friend Georgina, to whom she will always be indebted for convincing her to go, Cassandra wrote her first songs, which she performed at a local songwriter night. Within a year, she was playing several gigs a week in venues throughout Sydney, including the Sandringham Hotel and the Basement.

In late 2006, Cassandra toured the US, playing venues across the east coast, including Pianos and a show at Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction as part of CMJ Music Marathon in NYC, and was a regular at 169 Bar in NYC’s Lower East Side, playing each week with other folk, country and bluegrass bands.

Cassandra is a CMAA Australian College of Country Music graduate and was a Finalist in Toyota Star Maker 2008, Australia’s most successful and prestigeous country music talent search. She is recording this year with plans to release her debut album later in the year.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/19/2005
Band Members:

Cassandra - Vocals, guitar & piano
Dave Hopper - Bass

Many thanks to G7th Capos for the performance capo - it’s fabulous!
Influences:

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Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Aimee Mann, Loudon Wainwright, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Patty Griffin, Doc Watson, Gillian Welch, Patsy Cline, Shawn Colvin, Vicki Genfan, Bob Seger, Kate Bush, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, The Jay Birds, Cheap Trick, Lucinda Williams, Roseanne Cash, Elliott Smith, Neil Young, Van Morrison, The Hangdog Expressionists, Richard Thompson, Spot the Dog......


Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Listen to Cassandra’s interview on Triple J - Wednesday 30 Jan 2008

If you missed Cassandra's interview on Triple J aired on Wednesday 30/1/08, you can listen to the Podcast! http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/podcast/wed nesday.htm...
Posted by Cassandra Smiles on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:10:00 PST

Check out this event: Cassandra Smiles @ The Basement 7th December

Hosted By: Cassandra Smiles When: Friday Dec 07, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: The Basement29 Reiby Place, Circular QuaySydney, New South Wales|76 AustraliaDescription:Cassandra Smiles Click Here To View Eve...
Posted by Cassandra Smiles on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:09:00 PST

US GIG DATES

Here are a few of my confirmed some dates for my US gigs. More to come! New York, NY November 1st 2006 - Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction November 7th - 169 Bar November 9th 2006 ...
Posted by Cassandra Smiles on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:33:00 PST

Check out this event: Cassandra Smiles at the Basement - Sydney -31 July

Hosted By: Cassandra SmilesWhen: 31 Jul 2006 08:00 PMWhere: The Basement29 Reiby Place, Circular QuaySydney, 2000AUDescription:Cassandra Smiles Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Cassandra Smiles on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:01:00 PST