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Georgia Fields

About Me

Whether playing solo or with her mini-indie-orchestra, Georgia Fields charms audiences with her blend of timeless pop, vintage folk, and unconventional instrumentation. Her live band can extend to include a string quartet, brass quintet, clarinet, piano, glockenspiel, melodica, guitar, ukulele, bass, drums, and vibraphone… As well as a confused children’s toy, a lemonade can, and a cordless drill.
Georgia’s debut EP, Drama on the High Seas of Emotion, was independently released in December 2007 to stellar reviews in printed press and radio alike. With each album cover personally handcrafted from a Little Golden Book, Georgia soon sold out. The EP’s title-track peaked at number 4 on Triple J’s Unearthed Pop Charts, and was also featured on ABC 774, Triple J, 3RRR, and Joy FM.
With her acoustic ensemble in tow, Georgia delighted spectators at The Queenscliff Music Festival (2007, 2008), The Apollo Bay Music Festival (2008), and The St Kilda Festival (2008, 2009). In March 2008, ABC Radio’s Coodabeens Sunday evening program invited Georgia to perform a showcase of the EP live-to-air, which was broadcast nationally. Her song ‘Little Vices’ has since featured on the ABC Compilation Album, Underneath The Radar. Both of her mini-indie-orchestra shows at Melbourne’s Manchester Lane were consecutively sold out.
2009 has seen Georgia collaborate with local artist Cilla Jane to present ‘Folk Fiesta’, a boutique acoustic festival featuring an array of independant acoustic acts. She has also been selected to support the likes of Abby Dobson and Angie Hart. Georgia’s most recent mini-indie-orchestra show at The Thornbury Theatre was a gorgeous display of her ability to effortlessly combine the childlike naivety of experimental sounds with mature and considered orchestral arrangements (composed in collaboration with her dear musical partner, Judith Hamann).
Buoyed by the success of her Drama... EP, Georgia has set sail for uncharted waters, with the production of her debut full-length album. Collaborators include multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, Judith Hamann (cello, harp, vocals, piano, and more)... Engineer whizkid Myles Mumford (Lamplight; Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra)... with ARIA & APRA-awarded Greg Arnold of Australian folk/rock institution Things of Stone and Wood in the producer’s seat (Carus; Skipping Girl Vinegar).
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Music:

Member Since: 05/07/2006
Band Members:

Georgia Fields:
Vocals, piano, ukulele, and guitar

Side-kicked by Judith "61-piece orchestra" Hamann:
Cello, vocals, harp, children's toy, piano, glockenspiel, cordless drill, and other things

andLiz "Lil Lightning" Mitchell:
Vocals, glockenspiel, piano, melodica, percussion, trumpet and other things

Occasionally joined by:

Tim Coghill: Drums
Nat Grant: Percussion & vibraphone
Zachary Charles: Electric Bass

... and the Mini-Indie-Orchestra:

Samuel Dunscombe: Clarinet
Huw Dann: Trumpet
Andrew Darling: Trumpet
Hannah Riley: Trumpet
Louise Cumming: Trombone
Myles Mumford: Trombone
Lizzy Welsh: Violin
Zac Johnston: Violin
Ceci Dowling: Viola
James Rushford: Viola

Stuff that people have said:

"Georgia Fields is a phenomenally accomplished young artist ... While many of her contemporaries share a similarity of delivery, GF is unique and timeless with her style reminiscent of the finest of 60s and 70s female songwriters. Get on the bandwagon now!"
- Billy Baxter (ABC Radio 774)

"... An effortless melodic songwriter with an excellent sense of lyrical emotion and wit... Imagine Feist and Crowded House making a record with Phil Spector in a toy shop."
- Greg Arnold ('Things of Stone and Wood')

"This EP comes packaged in a cut-to-size Little Golden Books cover, which impresses this scribe to no end ... The title track is a percussive number with splashes of organ and the assured vox of Fields... Breezily effortless."
- Adrian May (“Singled Out” review column, Inpress Magazine)

For Band Bookings, contact:
[email protected]

Animated music video for 'Drama on the High Seas of Emotion', made by THE ARTISTS FORMALLY KNOWN AS VINCE!!

Georgia Fields - Drama on the High Seas of Emotion - directed by Sean Rodrigo from Sean Rodrigo on Vimeo .

My version of "Sweet Child O Mine", recorded live at Queenscliff Music Festival 2008...

Influences: (in no particular order):

Joni Mitchell, Angie Hart, Geoff Emmerick, Imogen Heap, Sia, The Simpsons, Cat Power, Feist, Brian Wilson, Laura Veirs, New Buffalo, old children's picture books, Tori Amos, The Beatles, Bjork, Elliott Smith, Coffee, Leonardo's Bride, Clare Bowditch, Judith Hamann, The Tequila Mockingbirds, Jenny Lewis, Patsy Cline, Gin, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Finding one's sunglasses when they've been lost.

Sounds Like: that clicking noise ATMs make when your transaction is approved
Record Label: yes please
Type of Label: Indie

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