Live tunes on the Gold Coast MINI Garage Stage this Sunday are set to be epic, kicking off with independent Australian solo artist Tones & I.
TONES AND I is Toni “Tones” Watson, an independent Australian solo artist from the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Tones began her musical journey in 2016 with a broken keyboard and a cheap loop pedal. After locking away for a year to master the art of looping, she ventured up to Byron Bay in late 2017 in her old van to try her hand at busking. On the first night, she made more money than she’d been making in a week of her day job. On the second night, she was shut down by the cops because her crowds were spilling onto the road. It was then that she realised she needed something on record, so jumped back on the road to Melbourne and quit her job. A few huge hometown busking sessions on Melbourne’s infamous Bourke Street secured her enough goldies for a plane ticket and confirmed it wasn’t just beginner’s luck. Tones then flew back up north and recorded a live demo in a friend’s studio up in the hills. By the 5th night of captivating massive crowds with her genre-diverse style and BIG effects-laden vocal, she’d sold 500 copies of the demo. Her debut single ‘Johnny Run Away’ dropped in March 2018.
(copy, Tones & I).
Gold Coast MINI Garage Stage:
9am - 10:30am Tones & I
11am - 12:15pm Mitch King
Stage 2:
8am - 9am Lily Budiasa
10:30am - 11am Lily Budiasa
12:15am - 1pm Lily Budiasa
#TVMTurns10 | Sunday 7th October 2018 | 8:30am - 1pm | Burleigh Heads State School | #thevillagemarkets