Perth Woman, Issue 35 – “A Performance of a Lifetime”

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Perth’s creative jewel, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, has trained start like Hugh Jackman and Frances O’Connor. Always on the lookout for tomorrow’s stars, Perth Woman brings you the WAAPA graduates who are turning heads around the world…

Shameem – Jazz Singer

From early on Shameem begged her uncle, a piano teacher, for lessons. So at seven Shameem started her first instrument, but she didn’t stop there. At nine Shameem took up the cello and when she was 14 she taught herself to play the guitar.
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Southern Gazette, article 15/07/2008 – “Singer Lines up with Morrison”

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Victoria Park singer Shameem Taheri-Lee will share the stage with world-renowned trumpet player James Morrison when he performs with the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra at the Perth Concert Hall in August.

Ms Taheri-Lee, 20, is a second year Bachelor of Music student at the WA Academy of Performing Arts and auditioned for WAYJO earlier this year.
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Gradually heating up…

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BLOG ENTRY 30/09/10

WAM Song of the Year Awards“Undertones” has been nominated for the WAM Song of the Year Awards in the urban category!! You can vote for it as your favourite song at Perth Now… also check out the nominated tracks by my fellow Soulaverse collective members, The Brow and NDORSE & Rezide! Funny, this song has had a long journey with me… I first penned the melody, lyrics and chords at the age of 15 in response to my experience of the high school flirting game. It developed and the arrangement matured over the years until I recorded it for my EP… and here it is in the finals of WA’s most prestigious song competition: the work of a 15-year-old schoolgirl! Cool Anyways, I’ll be attending an awards night in mid-October to see how my nominated track fares in the overall judging, so stay tuned…
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I Look Up photoshoot

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All photos taken by Katey Manuchehri – www.kateymanuchehri.com

Higher Ground

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BLOG ENTRY 20/08/10

Egads! It’s been a long time since I’ve updated this space. Where have I been, you ask? Lying low after a few months of hectic gigging, that’s where!

Actually no, I lie. I’ve been doing a fair few commercial gigs – singing jazz standards at corporate functions, birthdays and the like. I had this one great gig where the band was free to help themselves to the cocktails being served, and there was a guy there shucking fresh oysters. Having not tried oysters since I was a kid, I decided to give it a whirl and thus discovered a new passion… mmmm, MUST get another gig where we get free oysters!! *sigh* I wish I didn’t have such expensive taste…
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Song Summit and other antics…

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BLOG ENTRY 28/06/10

Last weekend saw me flying the red-eye over to Sydney for Song Summit – a conference for songwriters organised by APRA (the Australiasian Performing Rights Association, of which I’m a proud member). If you know you’re only going to get 4-hours sleep on the plane as you’re total dose of shut-eye for the night, I highly recommend the measures that I took: clothe yourself like an eskimo, don a sleep mask and secure one of those awesome neck pillows… and then, when walking around groggily in your destination airport, head straight for Boost Juice.

After the red-eye, on the bus from airport to hotel room.


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New website by Florence Road!

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 BLOG ENTRY 17/06/10

Now that I’m done boasting about how much fun I’ve had over the last couple of months of multiple gigs, let me tell you what else has been keeping me busy! I’ve been spending some time working on expanding my online presence – as you can see, my website has a brand new design and some great new features, all thanks to Florence Road. I’ve also revamped some of my networking sites, e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, BandCamp, Last FM, etc – check them out on the sidebar. To get the latest on my music, friend me online!

Will be back soon with more about my musical antics…

Vocal Evolution and Tribute to Lena Horne

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 BLOG ENTRY 15/06/10

So I’m on the tail-end of my run of gigs which started in mid-April… Two gigs with a bit of a difference flavoured up this long string of engagements.
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Late Night Groove at Ellington Jazz Club

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 BLOG ENTRY 30/06/10

I’ve had a great string of interesting gigs since mid April, including a jazz gig to celebrate my birthday at the glorious Ellington Jazz Club – sold out show!! Since this fine jazz venue opened at the beginning of 2009, I’ve played there probably once every two months on average and had some great times performing a variety of music, including my original music, with some of Perth’s top musicians. I think the Ellington has brought something really valuable not only to the entertainment scene in Perth, but to the Australian jazz scene as a whole.
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L’Attitude 28 in Geraldton

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 BLOG ENTRY 25/05/10

Had another pleasant trip with an “away gig” in Geraldton – a gorgeous seaside town 5 hours drive north of Perth. Played at a gorgeous venue overlooking the beach by the name of L’Attitude 28 (the name I believe is a reference to the latitude of the town). This was more of a jazz standard gig, though I did throw some original grooves in there, and the people of Geraldton showed us a warm welcome. Must thank Justin at the bar for that glorious mocktail… made a cold winters’ night into a balmy summers’ day, yum! Note to self: stay in Geraldton for a little longer next time…