Nashville, Tennessee
46 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter

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"Where'd you learn to dance like that Said the avalanche to the butterfly"

BIOGRAPHY

Devils are not the only thing to come from Tasmania. Singer-songwriter Audrey Auld's heart is in Country, Folk and Americana music with a presence as big as The Outback. Her songs are the wry and poignant observations of a Tassie girl living in and touring America for the past eight years. Audrey calls it "Music with the dirt left on."
Since her first release in 1997, Audrey now has nine albums to her credit. In 1998 she established, along with Bill Chambers, indie label, Reckless Records. Her albums The Fallen and Texas were nominated for ARIA awards (Australian Recording Industry Assn.) in the Country category. She was nominated for Best New Talent in the country music industry’s Golden Guitar awards. Her duet album Looking Back To See, with Bill Chambers, was also nominated for a Golden Guitar in the Vocal Group/Duo category.

Audrey receives worldwide radio airplay and tours internationally. Since relocating to the United States in 2003 she has become a performer for the Bread and Roses organization and hosts ongoing song writing workshops in San Quentin prison. In 2006 she won the Chris Austin Song Contest at Merlefest in North Carolina. Her songs are placed on U.S. TV shows and are performed on the Grand Ole Opry and by descendants of the Carter Family. Audrey lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, dogs, chickens and frogs.

2011 sees the release of her fifth solo album ‘Come Find Me’.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
* “I’d Leave Me Too” featured in FX TV show “Justified” (episode 2).
* San Quentin Prison - performance and ongoing songwriting workshops
* Performing at the Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, Virginia.
* Singing harmony with Buddy Miller and band in Australia.
* 2 ARIA Nominations (Aust. Recording Industry Assn). for self-produced and self-released albums on her own Reckless Records label.
* 5 cuts by other artists (including Sunny Sweeney, Big Machine Records).
* 2 Golden Guitar nominations (Australia).
* Playing on Ernest Tubb’s Midnite Jamboree with Don Helms (Hank Williams’ Band).
* Recording with Kieran Kane, Fred Eaglesmith, Mary Gauthier, Dale Watson, Bill Chambers, Kasey Chambers, Nina Gerber, Carrie Rodriguez and Gabe & Kimmie Rhodes
* Singing with Charlie Louvin, Tom Russell, Laurie Lewis, Jim Lauderdale, Kim Ritchie, Paul Kelly, Fred Eaglesmith, Jon Dee Graham, Gurf Morlix and Jimmie LaFave
* Kasey Chambers included Audrey’s "Song For Clax" in her Top Ten favorite songs.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Country

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Audrey Mezera Music, I own my own publishing

Contact

Management: Self
Publishing: Self
Label: Reckless Records
Music Supervisor: Self
Booking: Self
Administrative: Self

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

drums / acoustic guitar / vocals

INFLUENCES

Australia, Truth, Nature, Buddhism, Life, Love, Death... Artistically? Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss, Julie London, Peggy Lee, Patsy Cline, Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Ayn Rand, Dalai Lama, Bob Dylan, Grandmaster Flash, Elektro, 60's girl groups, early RnB, Platters, Bauhaus, Psychedelic Furs, Louvin Brothers, Hank Williams, Lucinda Williams, Nick Cave, Kasey and Bill Chambers, Brenda Lee, Harlan Howard, Gillian Welch, The Stranglers, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buck Owens and Don Rich, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Owen Bradley, Pete Anderson and Dwight Yoakam, John Prine, Emmy Lou Harris & Gram Parsons, Bob Wills, Billy Joe Shaver, Mez Mezera, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Fred Eaglesmith, Carter Family, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Dolly Parton, Tony Backhouse, Patty Griffin, Cormac McCarthy, Ben Harper, Terry McArthur, Jon Dee Graham...to be continued..

DAY JOB

Touring Musician

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing in person
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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SONG CUTS

Sunny Sweeney, Big Machine Records, USA Kori Jean Olsen, USA Camille Te Nahu, Australia Joe Gee, USA The Lees, Australia Bill Chambers, Australia

SONG PLACEMENTS

"Hole In My Life" on FX TV show "The Good Guys" 2010 "I'd Leave Me Too" featured on episode 2 of FX TV show "Justified" 2010 BIG BROTHER, AUSTRALIA TRACK ON DOCUMENTARY OF VICTORIAN RADIO SHOW

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Winner of Chris Austin Song Contest, 2006 Australian Recording Industry Assn (ARIA) nomination for THE FALLEN - Best Country Album, 2000 ARIA nomination for TEXAS - Best Country Album, 2005 Australian Gold Guitar nominations - Best New Talent, 2000 and Vocal Group/Duo, 1999

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

Tracks on many compilation albums in Australia and USA.

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