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CLEO

About Me

CLEO is a singer songwriter from the Gold Coast. Yes, she’s a fresh face amongst the many thousands of musicians that currently swamp the Australian music scene, but assures that she is by no means new to the music business. CLEO completed a ‘Bachelor of Popular Music’ at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in 2006 & majors in performance. She affirms that she is unswayed by the industry’s ability to chew up and spit-out little solo artists (like her) for breakfast!Although she believes it was no conscious choice becoming a full time musician (owed to growing up in a musical family), CLEO has chosen to write and dabble in many different genres throughout the duration of her musical career so as to find her 'place' in the world. She has been playing guitar and writing originals for many years in a style that can only be described as folk / jazz with a lyrical focus on love, worldly and societal issues.CLEO is also passionately involved with the ideas of cultural development on the Gold Coast and creating a ‘scene’ in which local indie artists can solidly develop their music. In 2007 CLEO made the top 40 as an Australian Idol contestant and has since been inspired to record a Jazz album, "Smooth Touch Of Swing" which is a delightfully bright combination of Billy Holiday and Sarah Vaughn covers.CLEO insists that her music is developing rapidly as a result of collaborating with various artists on their mixed compositions (some of which are sampled above). Please enjoy :) {} MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 31/10/2004
Band Website: (cleo-violet.cjb.net) is unavailable at this time
Band Members: Album'Smooth Touch of Swing' Features:Ian Peres- Keys, Joe Howman- Trumpet & Flugal Horn, Andrew Johnson- Double Bass, Cleo Howman- Jazz lead vocals, Soren Walker- Engineer & Producer for Sherwell Studios Ashmore. *********************************************************Jaz z Gigs Feature: CLEO, Joe Howman, Ian Peres & Andrew Johnson.*******Original Gigs Feature: CLEO on Vocals & Guitar or occasionally on bigger functions she'll introduce other instrumentals like keyboards and cello.
Influences: Jazz: Billy Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Eva Cassidy. Original: Ben Harper, Hendrix, David Gray, Tracy Chapman, Jewel Kilcher, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Buona Vista Social Club, Deep Forest, Nerina Pallot, Nelly Furtado, Jeff Buckley, Basement Jaxx, Regina Specktor, triple J, Afro Cuban & Latin Music, World Music, Muse, Coldplay, Radiohead, like arctic monkeys too . . . . the list goes on.
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: CLEO
Birthday: 05/02/1986
Birthplace: Queensland
Current Location: Gold Coast
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown / Black
Height: 170cm
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed and both for guitar
Your Heritage: Anglo Indian and English
The Shoes You Wore Today: comfy flats but love high heels on occasions!
Your Weakness: Baked Goodies / muffins / cakes / mmm. .
Your Fears: The girl from 'The Ring' climbing out of the TV
Your Perfect Pizza: Vegitarian with thin base
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Complete 'Diamonds & Rubies' Album

Thoughts First Waking Up: "Damn. . . time to go to the gym!"
Your Best Physical Feature: I say my smile (if that doesn't sound too vain!)

Your Most Missed Memory: Memories of my Grandmother
Pepsi or Coke: Neither yuck.

Cappuccino or Coffee: Skinny Flat White
Do you Smoke: No.

Do you Sing: Yes as a profession.
Have you Been in Love: Terming it "In Love" is so bad. (No comment)
Do you want to go to College: I have already finished University (Music Degree)
Do you want to get Married: Someday perhaps. . .
Do you belive in yourself: OF COURSE- what are you living for if you don't?
Do you play an Instrument: Guitar and I like to think vocals are an instrument

In the past month have you been on Stage: Yes. I've been performing in alot of Clubs lately.
What country would you most like to Visit: Latin America and India.
PS. . . This is my new guitar (above)!
Record Label: "THe ONe iN My HEaD!"

My Blog

ALBUM SMOOTH TOUCH OF SWING avail now

HELLO TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN TOUCH ON MYSPACE! I am very happy to say that I've completed a wonderful CD of traditional Jazz standards (the one's we've all come to know & love as we've grown up) and...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:05:00 GMT

I’ll ellaborate soon

we are defined by what we fear and we would not know courage if we lived forever. we are starved for knowledge but drowning in information. we are concious beings but act unconciously, rather choosing...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:55:00 GMT

Society is like a sea

Oh man. . . . I've been feeling so out of touch with internet reality since my laptop got whisked away for six days of apparent repair. Turns out nothing was wrong with it. My pet rat Halle (r.i....
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:54:00 GMT

THIS IS FOR YOU

I checked my myspace today and was overwhelmed to find messages of support and encouragement about Australian Idol flooding my inbox. I feel guilty about not having replied to all of you who wrot...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:35:00 GMT

Kick me out why dont you! haha

Oh crap. That wasn't exactly how I thought they'd throw me out of the series! Yes I cried. . . but on the whole I was hoping they wouldn't revisit those two shit performances from earlier in the week....
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:17:00 GMT

Yes You’ve Found Me!

Hello myspacians. . .  I haven't posted a blog in a while, but judging by the hilarious first episode of Australian Idol a lot of people are going to be wondering if indeed this is CLEO's myspac...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:15:00 GMT

CLEO'S GOING TO SYDNEY- OZ IDOL!!

WOW! What a weekend!! In short, I'm off to sydney with 100 other potential Australian Idols (including Bree Carpenter, who's currently completing the BPM music degree). . . but the process was no...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:35:00 GMT

THE ONGOING DEBATE- AUSTRALIAN IDOL

QUESTION. . . "AUSTRALIAN IDOL". Good or Bad for the music industry? Should a singer songwriter such as myself attempt musical suicide and plunge into the dark, shallow world of commercial netwo...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:55:00 GMT

THE BULLCRAP IS OVER

Well HOLY MOLY!! The year is off to a rapid start and I'm just not the same woman I was six months ago. It sounds stupid, but I'm truly not. Don't ask me what's different but I think essentially ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:39:00 GMT

A Lecture in Love. . .

So you only get one day in the year to show someone how much you love them? I don't believe it. Valentines Day, (despite being a romanti c at heart) is too commercial. . . It wages a war on the cyn ics,...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:04:00 GMT