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Nicola Probert

About Me

I'm 29years old, originally from England, but I've spent most of my life here in New Zealand. I am currently living in Whangarei and working as a teacher-aide at Blomfield Special School, while writing and gigging also. I've been singing since I was 14 and have always written lyrics, but it wasn't until 2007 that I started writing good ones! and also started writing complete songs. I've had the good fortune to sing with some amazing musicians (Frode Kvisvik and Stophe, just to name a couple of my favourites), and also write, record and play with some of the most inspiring and giving musos that I've ever met (the Invercargill crew! Check out Bellbird). I've put up a couple of songs that we started recording just to give you an idea of what I'm writing, but we haven't finished mixing or arranging them at this point as we still have some recording sessions to go. Cheers.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/01/2006
Band Members:
Influences: Ryan Adams, Ray Lamontagne, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Led Zep, John Mayer, The Black Crowes, Bonnie Raitt, The Band, Frode Kvisvik, Kristoffer Asknes, Jamie Cullum, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, The Beatles, Tracey Chapman, The Rolling Stones, John Coltrane, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Neil Young, Keb mo, Buddy Guy, Dolly, Dave Dobbyn, Neil Finn, Brooke Fraser, Norah Jones, Ben Harper, Willie Nelson, Robert Cray Band, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Missy Higgins, Melissa Etheridge, Ani DiFranco, Stevie Nicks, Etta James, Ben Folds, Otis Redding, Gigi Moto.
Sounds Like: Ummm...er...dunno. Ask my friends.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Gigging and Education

So we had the acoustic night at The Gluepot last night and it was heaps of fun. Leon McElhinney rocks!!!! If only I could figure out a way to steal his magic powers. Note to self: removal of the head ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:07:00 GMT

The Biscuit is gone!

That’s right, a couple of weeks ago, the irresponsible owner (who left the biscuit with us to look after for almost four months) came and took Lilo the biscuit..er, cat, away from her happy life...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:29:00 GMT

Just stuff

So I had my second gig just over a week ago, which wasn't a paid one (it was for the year 3 BAP students exam), but was fun anyway. I want to get as many gigs as I can to get over the nerves of playin...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:47:00 GMT

Happiness Is Not A Song

Hmmm, well yes, it just goes to prove that I write best when I'm sad or pissed off. I am so happy and everything is going so well right now, that I can't seem to write anything! It's so wierd cos I fe...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Gluepot and other such stuff

Hey ho the merry-o, I just played my first wee gig last night and it was heaps of fun! I was so nervous I played the first five songs way too fast and kept thinking "I can't keep up with myself". Haha...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:12:00 GMT

Almost there!!!

The last couple of weeks have been frickin' awesome for me, so I don't know where to begin. Umm, okay, I have posted a couple of songs here at last, although they are in rough form and not yet fully r...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:16:00 GMT

Finally!

Well after months of trying to get something recorded, I've finally got somewhere! We got the guitar tracks to five of my songs done last night, and will be adding the vocals in the next week or so. Y...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:53:00 GMT

I LOVE Invercargill!!!

Yes, strangely enough, I do love it here in Invercargill. The fact that I get to play music everyday probably has a big part to play in that, but only in Invercargill can you do that for FREE! So I h...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 22:58:00 GMT