Slingo

A professional musician with over 15 years experience . Slingo is organised, punctual and very easy going to help take the stress out of your event. Generally he performs sets of between 3-5 hours, playing a range of covers from easy listening to foot stomping classics. He has the ability to perform a selection of genres depending on the event. For example if its just laid back background music or intimate covers your after, Slingo will perform easy listening songs at an appropriate volume, or if its singling pub style classics with some foot stomping and dancing he can ramp up his selection to suit the mood. Range includes reggae, acoustic, pop with touches of other styles depending on setlist or event. Slingo has also spent the last few years performing in a number of local bands such as The Cassidy Wilson Trio(Resident group at the Versace Hotel) and The High Grade(Local GC reggae band). He also does some session music playing trumpet for private recordings of various artists. Slingo has performed at many amazing events and venues such as Airlie Beach Music Festival, The Burring f the Vines at Sirromet Wines, Surfers Paradise festival, Miami Marketta, Coolangatta Hotel, Palm Beach hotel and surf club, Nobbys Arc, Hideaway Kitchen, Bar 123, Omailley pub, Hard Rock Cafe, The Beergarden, Cambus Wallace, Swell Tavern, Gold Coast Turf Club, The rails Byron Bay, Shwas bay Hotel, Lennox Pub, Bangalow Hotel, Byron Beach hotel. As well as numerous wedding venues such as Babalou, Midgimbil Hill, Sirromet wines, Eco studio Fellini, Summer grove estate, Oesteria, Braeside chapel, Moda and various other private venues from Bellingen to Sunshine coast and even in Fiji.

Just a small space, 2m x 4m approx, and access to a powerpoint. However, if you are seeking some music on the beach or in a park, Slingo also has a small battery powered amplifier.

Angus and Julia Stone - big jet plane, just a boy
Avicii, Wake me up reggae style
Ben E king – stand by me
Bryan Adams, summer of 69
Busby marou – best part of me is you
Buffalo Springfield, for what its worth
The Band, The Weight
The Beatles Blackbird, yesterday, hey jude, let it be
Ben Harper, Sexual Healing, Walk away, Shes only happy in the sun
Bill Withers, Aint no Sunshine
The Black seeds – Cool me down,
Bob Marley, I shot the sheriff , Stir it up, Jamming, Redemption song, Get up Stand up
Bob Sinclair – Love Generation
Bruce Hornsby, Thats just the way it is
CCR, Suzie Q, eagle rock
Donovan Frankenreiter, if it don’t matter
Blackstreet No Diggity
Chris Izaac, Wicked Game
Coolio, Ganstas Paradise
Cold Chisel, Flametrees, Khe San
Coldplay – Clocks, Magic
Crowded House - Better be home soon, Weather with you, Fall at your feet, distant sun
Cyndi Lauper – Time after time
Curtis Mayfield, Move on up
Dave Gray, Babylon,
Darryl Braithwaite, horses
Daft punk/ Pharell Williams Get lucky
Deep blue something – Breakfast at Tiffanys
Diesel, tip of my tongue,
David bowie, space oddidty
Ed Sheeran, The A team, thinking out loud
Eagle eye cherry, save tonight
Elton John Your song, Rocketman
Eric Clapton – Layla, Cocaine, Change the world
Fat Freddys Drop, Wandering eye,
Flight of the Conchords, The most beautiful girl in the room, Business time
Foo fighters My hero, Everlong, Time like these
Fine Young Cannibals, She drives me crazy
Foster the people Pumped up kicks
Fuel Shimmer
George ezra shotgun
Ginewine - Pony
The goo goo dolls, If you could only see
Gnarles Barclay - Crazy
Guns n roses – sweet child of mine
Green day, Time of your life -
Grinspoon, Chemical Heart
Guns n Roses - Sweet child of mine
Hunters and collectors, When the river runs dry
Incubus, Drive
Jason Mraz, Im yours
Jack Johnson – Taylor, Bet together, Rodeo Clowns, Brushfire fts, Sittin waitn wishing, Flake, Lay you down, times like these, breakdown
John Butler Trio, Betterman, peaches and cream
Justin Timberlake, Signorita
Kenny Rodgers – The Gambler
Kings of Leon, Notion, Fans, Revelry, Use somebody
Lionel Richie, Easy, all night long
Louis Armstrong, Mack the knife, what a wonderful world
The Lumineers, Ho Hey
Marc Cohen – Walking in Memphis
Manu Chao – Mr Bobby
Maroon 5, Sunday morning
Matchbox twenty, long day, push
Michael Buble Feel in good
mondo rock – come said the boy
Mumford and sons, Little Lionman, wait for you
Oasis Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova
Otis Redding, Sittin on the dock
Paul Kelly, to her door, dumb things
Pink Floyd, Wish you were here, The wall
Psy - Gangnam style
Passenger, let her go
Pete Murray, So beautiful, bail me out, imaginary fields, got u
Powderfinger/Bernard fanning, My Happiness, Since you’ve been gone, songbird
Red HCP, Slide, My friends, under the bridge
Ray Charles, Georgia on my mind, Hit the Road Jack
Rihanna, Diamonds, watch me burn
Rodriguez – Sugarman
Radiohead, high n dry
Rolling stones miss you
Seal, crazy, Kiss from a rose
Screaming Jets – helping hand
Tracey Chapman, revolution, fast car
The Zutons Valerie
The beautiful girls, La Mar, music, take the long way home, periscopes
Stuck in the middle with you
Simon and Garfunkal – Call me Al
The Wallflowers One headlight
The weekend, feel my face
The chainsmokers – closer
Tom Petty, free fallin, wont back down
Vance Joy – Riptide, mess is mine
Van morrison, moon dance, brown eyed girl

Plus some others

General fee is 150 per hour for live performance, and $100 per hour for DJ sets. Also depends on distance from home location of the Gold Coast.

Slingo is covered by specialist performers insurance with Duck for cover. This includes professional indemnity, injury and also covers equipment.