A List of Current Band Members
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Jason Kafoa - Vocals - I am a proud South Sea Islander and proud Bundjalung man. Jason delivers a unique voice with a magnetic good vibe and enthusiasm and along with his natural talent of connecting to the audience, creates a truly amazing performance of beat and rhythm. Jason Kafoa has been playing in support acts for some of Australia’s best rock, blues, country and pop performances that have toured Oz. Jason has supported Screaming Jets, Ganga Gang, James Reyne, Ian Moss, Darryl Braithwaite and more… www.jasonkafoa.com.au/
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Maddi Monacelli - Vocals - Holistic vocal coach Maddy Monacelli has 10+ years experience teaching and sharing the joy of singing, dancing, ukulele and guitar with children and adults alike. In the studio, Maddy helped her mum, Julia Williamson create, arrange and sing harmonies for the 'Sing to Thrive' songs. In addition, Maddy facilities weekly adult and kids singing groups and is a vocal teacher at Byron Music School. She became a qualified Past Age Clearing and Healing Practitioner in early 2022 to help people free their voices and unleash their innate potential.
Whether you want to sing just for the fun of it, or develop your singing and performance skills you need to clear limiting beliefs that block your voice from flowing freely. When you heal sabotage patterns and learn key techniques to access your power voice, you become a confident singer as well as a better communicator and public speaker. |
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Steve McLeod - Guitar - relocated to the North Coast 10 years ago to complete a music degree at SCU Lismore. He has performed professionally with many Australian and international acts, such as The Flying Burrito Bros', The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Jeff Lang, Sara Storer, Chain and Phil Manning, and recently with Laura Nobel.
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Gerald Steinmann - Bass - a multi-award winning ex-military musician originally from the north coast who has returned to the local area after enjoying a varied career directing and managing wind orchestras, big bands, rock bands, jazz ensembles and school band programs. He holds a Grad Dip from AIM in Sydney and an ARIA Gold Record Award.
With 40 years in between gigs at the Shaws Bay Hotel in Ballina Gerald is excited to now be part of Soul’d and is looking forward to what 2024 and beyong will bring. |
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Eddie Bray - Alto/Tenor Sax - Eddie served as a professional musician for 20 years with the Australian Defence Force Bands. A career highlight was his posting to the Australian Defence School of Music as the Saxophone and Clarinet Woodwind Specialist Teacher.
For “Outstanding service to the Band of the Royal Military College Duntroon” Canberra, Eddie was awarded an Australia Day Medalion. |
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Dan Brown - Keyboard player - Has 25 years experience of playing gigs, touring, writing & recording with scores of bands encompassing numerous styles. Some of the highlights of the past few years include playing with Pete Murray & the S.A. Symphony Orchestra Adelaide Festival (2013); Gallie Melbourne tour (April’22) and Port Fairy Festival (2023). Lisa Hunt Forever Soul Tour (2018 - 2021); Cass Eager Blues on Broadbeach (2021) and Woodford (2023). His current local gigs in the northern rivers include Soul’d, Shelly Brown, Animal Ventura, & The Majestic Knights.
Dan has Co-produced and recorded 2 albums with Red Bantoo and 2 albums with Shelly Brown, recording session work with many of the above local and national artists. He also enjoys teaching via the Northern Rivers Conservatorium |
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Rex Carter - Drums - started playing drums when he was 8 at time when all the music in the house came from the radio. Cream had just disbanded and Jimi Hendrix ruled. Ginger Baker and Mitch Mitchell were inspiring him now. Most weekends were spent jamming at the house of the guy with the coolest mum. 40 years and a lot of music later, he now lives in Byron Bay, Australia, playing and teaching drums for a living most notably with the “Round Mountain Girls”. www.rexcarterdrums.com/
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Steve Sax - Bari Sax - played trumpet as a teenager in the local town band & orchestra. His musical career was put on hold, because of business commitments. Playing baritone with SOUL'D has fulfilled his lifelong desire to play in a Big Band recreating all the music of his youth, bands such as Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago and Tower of Power. Steve, Laurie and Andy Hills met in 2005, when playing in the Lismore Conservatorium band and have remained firm friends ever since and united in their quest to recreate the music of a bye gone time and the sound of brass section.
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Derek Siddon - Trumpet - Derek has played in a variety of bands in Australia as a professional Trumpet Player. Derek is the author of "A time to improvise" and educational jazz improvisation book. Derek has performed at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and performed bugle cals for the local RSL sub branch squeezing out the odd double high C. dereksiddon.brandyourself.com/
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Joshua Booyens - Trombone - specialises in lower brass from Tenor Bone down to Tuba. Some of our fans find Trombone sexy in the same way finding your parents making love is sexy, what do you think? Josh comes from a classical background, having performed regularly at the Sydney Opera House but it was the love of a good time and a chance to show those moves that lead Josh to join the Daddies – he sure knows how to swing in that big band style and with his classical good looks he was born to wear the pinstripe suit - The Daddies are a natural fit for Josh's sense of fun and playfulness and he sure knows how to play that horn!
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