The "Sometimes" tour (Part 1)

Molly Contogeorge

Singer/songwriter
www.myspace.com/mollycontogeorge

Part 1: Canberra vs Cooma

At 9pm on Friday the 9th of July, I had a feeling, nay, a premonition that Saturday was going to be . . . fabulous!

The day started out just like any other. I woke up at 5am. I dragged a brush through my hair and whipped up an amazing breakfast. Then, I skipped merrily to the car (which had magically packed itself) and headed out on to the road! Atleast, that's what I would've liked to have happened. . .

In reality, the day did indeed start out just like any other. I slept right through my alarm, waking only because at some point during the night I'd managed to tangle my own hand in my hair. So, once I'd finally oriented myself and successfully removed hand from hair, I had just enough time to dunk a ginger nut into a cold cup of tea...

Now, I know what you're thinking - you're thinking that my premonition had well and truly failed me. But, nevertheless, we did hit the road at a decent hour (in our heavily laden car) and after that first cup of coffee, we were right as rain.

That night I played my first official sideshow @ The Front gallery in Lyneham, Canberra. Lyneham is kind of Canberra's answer to Grenwich village, so I absolutely loved performing there and the reception was brilliant. Thanks to Canberra I've already been cleared out of all of my merchandise! So unfortunately for Cooma, all I had left were a few special edition CD's.

The drive to Cooma was lovely. It was a disgustingly grey and overcast day, but for some reason that kind of weather lends itself well to Cooma. Along the way we stopped at a little place called Bredbo, yes, Bredbo. Home to a fantastic little Pancake house & Crepery. The Crepes were so good I felt like I was in Paris, however, I wasn't in Paris... I was in Bredbo...

I played my next sideshow @ The Royal, which is the oldest hotel in Cooma. The minute I arrived I could tell that my crowd was going to be extremely misbehaved and rowdy. So all in all, things were looking good. I was set up in front of a roaring fire, which does paint a lovely picture ... except that my pants almost caught fire. Admittedly, that was a bit of a disaster, but as Louie (a local) so eloquently put it, "Whaddya need pants for anyway darl!"

Next town on the tour schedule was Wagga wagga. Sadly, we never made it to Wagga because the car broke down. But to our rescue came an extremely happy tow truck driver by the name of Gary. Gary towed us all the way back to Sydney. Gary talked the whole way home. It took 5 hours. Sigh. Thankfully, we're back on track and headed for Wagga tomorrow.

Well, till we meet again, I shall leave you with my quote of the week.

"Yes, trucks are involved in a lot of accidents and yes, trucks are responsible for a lot of tragic deaths, but, y'know... trucks are big!" - Gary the Tow truck man.

About me

Molly Contogeorge
Singer/songwriter
www.myspace.com/mollycontogeorge

Having grown up in the same household as two music teachers and performers, Molly Contogeorge is the fourth generation to have been influenced by songwriting, performing and composing, and it is the influence of the previous three generations that has nudged her in the direction of music. Molly wrote and recorded her first song at age ten and has been recording and performing consistently ever since.

In 2008 at 17 and fresh out of High school, Molly made the journey to Austin (TX) for SXSW and recorded her debut EP both at Electric Avenue Studios in Sydney and at Panoramix studios in Byron Bay. This year also saw her as a junior top four finalist in Australia’s prestigious National Youth week ‘Rock it’ competition, as well as a finalist in the National Songwriting competition. Molly also found finalist success in Australia’s leading competition for independent artists Musicoz. Along with these achievements, Molly spent much of ‘08 performing in venues around Sydney (The Basement, the Vanguard, The Supper Club etc) to begin promoting her EP “Cause and Effect”.

Molly has been back to Austin (TX) to play unofficial shows during SXSW 2009 (Shiner’s). From there she travelled on to New York where she played several solo shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn (Googie’s, The Living Room lounge & The Bitter end.) From New York to London, Molly caught the eye of London based publishing company District 6 (who’ve worked with Jamie Cullum, Amy Winehouse and Lionel Ritchie) and gained interest from both EMI Australia and Sony BMG.

Throughout 2009 Molly continued to perform around Sydney and was added to the acoustic lineup at the Conception Day music festival at Macquarie University (headline acts were Wolfmother, Bluejuice and Yves Klein Blue.) She was added to the KIAC (global indie radio) hit list and is currently receiving regular rotation at Joy94.9 (Melb), Southern FM (Victoria), 2RDJ (Burwood), Homebrew Radio (nationwide) and Eastside Radio.

Molly’s track “Sometimes” was chosen for use during November’s (2009) YouTHINK webcast, presented by Myf Warhurst (of Spicks and specks and Triple M Radio.) In January 2010 Molly reached as high as #18 on Triple J’s UNEARTHED pop charts, and contributed two tracks to an indie film “Sweet talk” which is looking to be short listed for Sydney’s Tropfest film festival.

In February 2010, Molly was invited to perform at the “Romerías de Mayo Festival” World Festival of Youth Arts in Holguin, Cuba during May 2011. Molly is currently in pre-production for her sophomore EP and plans to further extend her live performance reach in Sydney and NSW. During July 2010, Molly headed out on her first official tour, "The Sometimes" tour through regional NSW, ACT and Victoria. She is looking towards 2011 with tours throughout Queensland.

Not long after Molly was awarded the National Youth Week ‘Industry award’ for 2010 (June) she was asked to contribute to the upcoming book by author Amanda Cole, "Who needs Prince Charming?" WNPC is a collaboration consisting of amazing and inspiring women from all over Australia, including TV personalities, authors, a NSW Sporting hero, singers, actresses, business owners, fashion designers, a leading Professor in cancer research, film producers, photographers, an A&R Manager and many more. The book is due for release in February 2011.

Molly’s music is alternate pop laced with undertones of jazz and soul. Her voice is crystal clear with a maturity that belies her young 20 years. She’s inspired by such artists as Dusty Springfield, Blossom Dearie, Janis Joplin, Sarah Vaughn, Cilla Black, Tom Waits and The Beatles, but influenced most particularly by Jamie Cullum and John Legend.