Emma Dean (musician)

Emma Dean (born 14 November 1983) is a musician residing in Brisbane, Australia. Dean is particularly noted for her soprano voice, but is also proficient in violin and piano.

Dean is acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for her live performances and is backed onstage and in the studio by her band comprising of Dane Pollock (guitar), John Turnbull (bass), Laura Driver (cello) as well as her younger brother Anthony Dean (drums).

History

Music became the most obvious career move for Emma. Emma enthuses about her childhood in all her performances. She claims that at the age of three she was told that her backside was too big to be a ballerina and that this shattered her dreams of dancing Swan Lake and The Nutcracker alongside Australia's best-known dancers. A few years later, while at a new, alternative dance school she played the role of Edith in a contemporary version of Picnic At Hanging Rock. Shortly after, she quit dancing to pursue her career in music.

Career

In 2002, she formed a duo called Bittersuite with Georgia Weber and they went on to record two EPs - Front Row Seat and Open Windows Closed Doors.

In 2005, Dean split with Weber to forge her own solo career, promptly releasing her self-financed, self-distributed four track debut EP, Hanging Out The Washing. November 2006 saw the release of her second EP Face Painter and performances in Women In Voice 15 and the Queensland Performing Arts' Spirit Of Christmas alongside David Campbell.

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A blonde period in 2007, photo taken by Ricky Sullivan - www.rickysullivan.com.au

Emma was also a part of the Kate Miller-Heidke band from 2003 to 2006, playing violin as well as providing backing vocals and even often opening for the singer.

Extensive tours of Australia, particularly the East coast, saw Dean and her band support major international acts such as The Dresden Dolls and Teddy Geiger as well as the homegrown Bobby Flynn and Tecoma.

2007 on

At a recent show in Brisbane, Emma revealed some new songs for the first time. Hinting that they might be from a forthcoming debut album, some of the song titles were 'Cocaine', 'Real Life Computer Game' and 'More'.

In September 2007, Emma made her first trip overseas to Berlin, accompanied by fellow Brisbane singer/songwriter Edward Guglielmino. Upon her return, she plans to head into the studio to work on her debut album featuring many of the songs performed at her recent shows.

Discography

EPs

Hanging Out The Washing (October, 2005) Independent

Hanging Out The Washing
(October, 2005)
Independent
Face Painter (November, 2006) Doily Records/MRA Distribution

Face Painter
(November, 2006)
Doily Records/MRA Distribution

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