..----------I am currently working with my band Cameras and will hopefully record a full length album in 2008 with them. In the meantime we will be doing shows in Sydney and Melbourne so if you're around we'd love to see you!------------------Bio:Eleanor Dunlop, like many young girls, had piano lessons because her parents believed that a musical education was as important as learning to read and write. Eleanor objected to practising and exams but it was obvious from the start that playing the piano had a positive effect on her mood. It was also obvious from an early age that she could sing but performing in public was not something she was interested in right away.During her school years, Dunlop developed a taste for more popular music – as well as classical music, her parents listened to a broad range of performers from the Pet Shop Boys to the Animals and often played the work of female singer-songwriters such as Carly Simon, Janis Ian and Blondie’s Deborah Harry.Later in her teens, Eleanor began to believe that music might be a viable career and while she continued with her academic studies, she began to think seriously about how to make this happen. She took some singing lessons, a short jazz singing course and made some home recordings. Realising that she loved performing for a real live audience and taking her cue from modern piano-based singer-songwriters such as Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor and Tori Amos as well as bands such as Coldplay and Bird and the Bee, she wrote her first songs. After recording them at home and posting them on her myspace page, the level of positive feedback was sufficient to encourage her to keep writing and look for a professional producer.Her debut EP (Prime) is a combination of songs written from the perspective of late teenage angst and early adult convictions. Whilst the lyrics reflect the thoughts and ideas of a young woman still finding her place in the world, the music echoes Dunlop’s early classical training and owes much to composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Litsz. Comment me yo
