Amy Vee and The Virtues

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Amy has spent the last three years working as an independent recording artist and soloist writing and performing music in the vein of insightful and ethereal indie rock. The fruits of these efforts include an acclaimed 4 track EP titled “All In Me”. Amy has donned various musical guises, leading her to perform with various artists including dance/funk act On, who in the past have played most major Australian music festivals and won Artist of the Year in the 2003 1223 ABC Newcastle Music Awards. In 2004 and 2005 Amy won an award at the same event for Contemporary Popular Music, proving her versatility as a writer and performer. She has also collaborated with internationally renowned artist and producer Groove Terminator, which saw her perform to sell-out crowds as the support act for Moby’s Australasian tour early 2003. The Future – In 2003, Amy decided to fuse her talents with that of three proficient and versatile musicians to form a new musical collective known as “Amy Vee & The Virtues”. Gary Arnold (FREQchild, Brat) took on lead guitar duties, while drummer Russell Crawford (Ultimo) and bassist Mat McColl formed the ideal rhythm section. In late 2003, the band hit the studio to start working on their first EP. Over only 5 days, the EP was recorded and mixed by ARIA award winning engineer Anton Hagop and final production handled by Australia’s no.1 mastering producer Don Bartley. Titled “quintessence”, this recording emphasised the raw energy that exudes from this unique

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