
A Better Place
The Fortunate Souls
Studio Album
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Focus – Shelly Brown
Studio Album Featuring Mrs Miyagi
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Where The Owl Was – Shelly Brown
Studio Album – Vitamin Records
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Subtle, but powerful like the tides. Shelly Brown is a force of nature.
Be sure to experience her overwhelm, at least once in your life.
Shelly has one of those incredibly rare voices that reaches deep into your soul and controls you at will. Utterly captivating, dangerously powerful and honest as it comes. The best I’ve ever known.
Lloyd Spiegel; Australian Blues Guitarist. AUS
Honeyed Soul
Robbie Buck; ABC Radio National. AUS
Shelly is the queen, no, the empress of R&B. What a voice to die for! What a groove! What a kick!
Kristina Olsen; Folk/Blues Singer/Songwriter. U.S.A
Singer – Songwriter – Vocal Coach
Born in the bayou of Ballina in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Shelly was brought up singing music around the dinner table with her family. Music was about participation, passion and personal expression.
Immersed in the family business of manufacturing Light Sport Aircraft and a million other innovative creations, in which her job profile extended from weighing every single piece of the light aircraft to making the websites, to hanging out of helicopters to create the promo material or inserting her arms deep into wing cavities to fix push rods, she gained a diverse range of skills to assess, create, get involved and be interested in the entire processes of things. From inspiration, to creation to promotion and belief in a strong product. Who would have thunk the metaphor between aircraft design and independent music was possible, but, there it is.
Like Pancakes on a Sunday…
Thusly, she headed off to university to study music. Created some fearful albums, some fearless albums, learnt a little, taught a lot, travelled, toured and wrote. Always write. Always carry a guitar, and failing that, a pen.
For now the “To Do List” is long and diverse so be sure to stay tuned for the next album popping out in 2019. The Fortunate Souls Writing and Recording project with Producer Dirk Terrill has one full length album out and another hot on it’s heels for 2019/2020. The Mrs Miyagi Vocal Trio is currently on hiatus while babies are busy being babies, but she’ll never be far away from flouncing around a summery festival somewhere soon, music will also erupt from her like pancakes on a Sunday morning… slowly, and filled with sunshine and honey.
On the current burners, you will find The Happ Vocal Workshop. The Happ is a place to explore your voice with like minded inquisitive community. Get into your vocal techniques, breath a little, laugh a lot, warm up and practise working through your anxieties and question marks within your singing. Bookings are essential, please get in contact for more info.
Bubbling away at the back is a New Podcast “Singing Lessons for No one” for the singer who’s ready to do some voice work in the safety of their own podcast listening place.

Mrs Miyagi Vocal Trio
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My Teaching Timetable
Please note - my Teaching timetable is all booked up at this time. So sorry. I wish I had a million hours in my day cause I adore what I do, but I can only fit in so many and for Term 3 of the delirious year that 2020 is, I am all booked up. I am currently booking my...

SongWriting Springboard: Dandelions
Hello Songwriting Circle! This weeks Springboard is "Dandelions" Feel free to write, sing, create, paint, express yourself in what ever way brings you joy. Please feel free to share it with the group via facebook, to me personally, or with your nearest and dearest or...

Songwriting Springboard: Orchids
Hello Songwriting Circle! This weeks Springboard is "Orchids" Feel free to write, sing, create, paint, express yourself in what ever way brings you joy. Please feel free to share it with the group via facebook, to me personally, or with your nearest and dearest or a...
Gigs…

Bobby Alu + Mrs Miyagi
The Incredible Bobby Alu, featuring Mrs Miyagi (Carla Versitano, Shelly Brown, Sonia Leeson), recorded live at Bond University by the incredible Polly Armstrong and her team. Bobby Alu ft. Mrs Miyagi, Live At Bond | Soundbar Sessions Get your fix of...

ArtState Lismore 2017 Opening Night with Lismore Youth Jazz Orchestra
I was beyond excited to be invited to sing a handful of songs with the incredibly talented guys and gals in the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Youth Jazz Orchestra for the Opening Night of Artstate NSW 2017. Together we played a handful of Jazz Standards while the...

Mama Kin Spender Gigs at Mullumbimby Music Fest 2017
This year I was absurdly lucky enough to be involved in the Gospel Choir support the Mama Kin Spender gigs at Mullumbimby Music Festival 2017. Our 16 piece choir was delighted to sing six songs with this incredible act. Here is a look-see at one of their stunning...
Exercises…

Mingling Name Games
Mingling Name Games. "To Mingle": to quietly and gently navigate the room, traipse around, smiling at people, quietly saunter, catching peoples gaze. Then at the sound or the bell, or the instruction, to pause and catch a partners eye, and follow through with the...

The Cycle of Fifths
Songwriting Ideas and Music Theory This lovely lady called Sally Perkins, came across my web posts regarding songwriting exercises and it reminded her of an article she had written previously about using the Cycle of Fifths to approach Songwriting. She...
Songwriting Exercises #10 – Magical Mystery Chest
I would like to credit the stunning musician Sara Tindley for this little exercise. I have here in front of me a magical mystery chest. It's not really magical. And now I've told you about it it's not really mysterious. Anyway, I am going to present to you a few...
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