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Peter Cumins

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About Me

Peter Cumins is a 21 year old Perth born singer/songwriter now resident in London, where for the past 2 years he has been recording, performing and honing his writing skills in collaboration with the very successful London songwriter Terry Ronald.Terry has written for both Minogues, S Club Eight, the 2 Wildes a couple of Spice girls and Sheena Easton to name a few.Terry says of Peter probably the best singer I've ever worked with.Peter released his first CD in November 2005 which included his debut single This Dont Feel Like A Love Song written by Terry Ronald, Christian Lindberg, and Patrick Lorentzon plus the bonus track Takes My Life written by the Chris and Julien Brown and Paul Taylor.Peter has a distinctive voice, rich in tone with amazing falsetto and a touch of soul. This interesting mix makes for a brilliant combination on these two edgy POP/R&B flavored tracks.In 2004 his unreleased track, Takes My Life received substantial airplay on the Perth station, Groove 101.7 FM and was the number 1 most requested song on that station for over 20 weeks. The track also received national airplay on Nova 97 FM.This has provided Peter with a strong fan base in his home town of Perth.At the same time Peter has been kept busy singing back up vocals for the likes of Will Young, Gareth Gates and also performing with a band at London clubs. Peter also featured in a Carlton Television produced DVD You Can Sing which included UK artists Lemar, Will Young and Melanie C.Before London, Peter grew up in Perth, Western Australia where he appeared in a number of productions, mainly Musical Theatre, which is still one of his favorite performance genres. Oliver, Sound of Music and Joseph and his Technicolor Dream Coat to name a few. Peter is currently in his first year at Arts Ed London, studying a BA in Musical Theatre.

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Member Since: 6/6/2006
Band Website: petercumins.com
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Influences: Love anyone with amazing vocals, mainly female vocalists. Whitney, Mariah Christina all the usual as well as Liz Callaway, Maria Friedman, Sutton Foster. Shoshanna Bean. Anyone that can sing with the best of them!
Type of Label: None