Credits

Calum Evans

Calum Evans

I picked up my Dad's old electric guitar at age 9 and haven't looked back!

Dallas Cosmas

Dallas Cosmas

“Earliest memory? The upright grand piano in the back room. Flash forward, age 9 constructing multi tracks between cassette recorders. About 14 I discovered the cerebral heights of stereo panning via Revolver on a Walkman. Got hold of a bass and plunged into ambitious...

Jacob Sigabalavu

Jacob Sigabalavu

I love different genres and music styles, however, I am most fond of Jazz, Blues and Funk music, being that I grew up listening to those genres a lot. It was during my time at high school that I truly flourished, going on an USA Music Tour performing at BB King's...

John Englezos

John Englezos

John is a spoken word poet, author and Melbourne's 2015 Poetry Slam Champion. He is a bass baritone vocalist and has performed on stage since high school. Being a part of the Live in the Saddle evenings has always been a joy, not just for hearing the music come...

Aaron Watson

Josh Fuhrmeister

Josh Fuhrmeister is an Australian based composer, producer and performer. His diverse style fuses rich acoustic instrumentation with wistful, nostalgic textures emphasising layered guitars (see Dawn Comes Slow and Awaken) and haunting piano arrangements (see Raindrops...

Leigh Maizels

Leigh Maizels

I grew up with music. Dad played drums, grandfather piano. Mum played Amy Grant and Sandi Patti in the car, my auntie made me mix tapes with Rick Astley and George Michael. At church the pianists impressed me with their skills. Music became my hobby and I consider it...

Lord Eugene Wong

Lord Eugene Wong

Eugene has led three bands and a choir. He has composed countless songs, instrumental pieces and parts of musicals. He fears that one day someone will figure out he's been miming the entire time. Eugene has attended almost every Live at The Saddle gig over the last 10...

Marissa Skovron

Marissa Skovron

Marissa Skovron is a singer-songwriter/pianist based in Melbourne. She has performed extensively as a pianist and singer across many different musical contexts and genres. When she isn’t making music, Marissa works as a Clinical Psychologist in private practice....

Melanie Cook

Melanie Cook

Melanie loves to sing. In the car, shower, kitchen, garden, with the kids, anywhere! She was brought up enjoying all styles of music, & singing 3 part harmonies & rounds with her family just for fun or an occasion. Melanie appreciates music as a gift that...

Miriam Saward

Miriam Saward

When I heard my very first Passenger song several years back and something deep in my soul resounded with all the 70s chords I had grown up listening to, I realised just how much I loved folk music. Appreciate many genres but love a good harmony (both listening and...

Murray Singleton

Murray Singleton

Electronic Engineer, ABC Broadcast Engineer, CoFounder of POWA Audio/Productions, Founder of Timbertop Studios, Live FOH engineer various local events and bands. Media & Production Manager Crossway.

Naomi Woodward

Naomi Woodward

Naomi has worked extensively in the Australian Arts and Education industry, spending time professionally employed as a Script Writer and Performer in children's entertainment and working as a seasoned performer in Theatre Education around Australia. She currently...

Nat Clarke

Nat Clarke

Nat was into hip-hop growing up. Now he's into different stuff; chilled electronic, alternative stuff mostly. Nat learned saxophone at school and did theatre and orchestra, then taught himself guitar after he finished school. Nat plays some drums and guitar and enjoys...

Natalie Calia

Natalie Calia

Natalie is a creative artist, educator, performer and multi-instrumentalist; holding various degrees in Performing Arts and Education, including a Master of Applied Theatre Studies, and is currently Head of Co-curricular Music at Mount Scopus Memorial College. Natalie...

Rémy Chadwick

Rémy Chadwick

Began with mum's 18th birthday nylon string, through cello and every kind of tinkering before landing in squelchy synthesiser paradise. Remy is the music director of St Matt's Prahran and is a dedicated hack. He derives obscene amounts of joy from synthpop and Taylor...

Russell Bratton

Russell Bratton

I grew up in Texas playing mostly Blues, hard rock, heavy metal, later on got into classical guitar, and then contemporary worship music. I really enjoyed some of the music from the prophetic worship scene, especially Kevin Prosch. Recently I played with the Christian...

Sam Quinlan

Sam Quinlan

Sam grew up in a musical household. His mum is a classical pianist/composer and his dad is a guitarist/singer-songwriter. He graduated from Box Hill Institute in 2015 with a Bachelor of Applied Music (Performance) on guitar. Sam started playing guitar at around 12 and...

Sandy Hale

Sandy Hale

Currently living in St Kilda with my musically named dog, Layla, I am a pretty massive music fan even though I'm not a music creator. My role with Saddle has been the email and social media communications, and it's been fun being part of such a passionate and...

Stacey-Louise Camilleri

Stacey-Louise Camilleri

Stacey-Louise began her musical journey at age four. Fascinated by a harpist she saw busking in the city her mother booked her into piano lessons. From there she picked up the flute at age 11 and began to finder her voice at age 12. Stacey-Louise works as a high...

Aaron Watson

Stuart Donaldson

Stuart has played in a number of original and covers bands, gigging around Melbourne with occasional interstate forays. His most recent project was Siberian Banana Co, a Radiohead tribute that included performing OK Computer live.

Tim Beresford

Tim Beresford

Tim is a part time guitarist and composer living in Auckland. He has most notably been a member of the jazz/funk band Standing Tall, Radiohead tribute band The Siberian Banana Company, and his own group The Shortest Fuse. He spends another part of his time working as...

Aaron Watson

Tim Ridley

Played piano during high school but my heart was never into to it. Be interested in learning electric and or ac guitar. Strength is in the tech / mixing area.