TIME TO SHINE

At MCCHOIR we are so excited about the studio recording of our original tune "Time To Shine" soon to be released as a single. Creative Director Jason Simmonds and Producer Jared Haschek have been busy little beavers at The Base Recording Studios, Melbourne recording the music beds for this song and another tune called "Raining". The songs will be mixed and engineered by the very talented Mr Phil Threlfall.

Thanks to some top notch musicians namely - Pat Tuariki (Drums), Glenn Cannon (Guitar), Matthew Bryant (Bass), Jared Haschek (Keys) and a pumping horn section: Tom Kenneth (Trumpet), Ken Marsh (Trombone), Cal Barry (Alto Saxophone) and Dean Cronkwright (Tenor Saxophone) - the music beds are sounding sweet as.

From Left: Tom Kenneth, Cal Barry, Dean Cronkwright & Ken Marsh

The choir will be hitting the studio on the 17th March to record the vocal tracks for both songs and we're super excited to hear the finished product when it's done. This last week at MCCHOIR we had our first look at one of the original songs written by Jason Simmonds and Jared Haschek called "Raining" and it's already sounding mint. The great thing about recording the music backing for our recording first is that we now have a great instrumental track to rehearse to with the choir that will be exactly like the final recording.

Glenn Cannon & Matt Bryant

Jared Haschek

We had 16 new people attend last weeks rehearsal with the majority of those people joining up on the night. We welcome Emily, Annamaria, Joe, Bethany, Aida, Sarah, Rosa, Andy, Jeff, Rebecca, Jenny, Misa, Lynne, and Lois. It was an electric night catching up with all of our returning foundation members, together with all the new faces. I just love the way our members are so open to new people and welcoming. We had a team of
MC'ers (MCCHOIR members) helping to integrate all of our new voices and handing out our welcome packs.

Pat Tuariki

Melbourne Contemporary Choir

It's not too late to register your interest in joining the choir for first term 2016 and participate in the studio recording. All you need to do is click on the button here, fill in your details and you'll be able to have a listen to the demonstration track for "Time To Shine" which we will be learning next week. Your first rehearsal is absolutely FREE with no strings attached so you've got nothing to lose - reignite your creative side and register your interest today. We promise to get right back to you within two working days or sooner.

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Jason Simmonds
Creative Director
​Melbourne Contemporary Choir