About
Amla is a musical soloist for hire in Reservoir, VIC.
Flute, violin, vocals and a xylophone, layered live through a loop pedal. Amla builds ambient, classical tinged sets one instrument at a time, improvised world music with a thread of folk running through it, then breaks things up with covers like Summertime, Hey Soul Sister and A Groovy Kind of Love. Requests are welcome with notice, Christmas carols included come December. She can also perform as a duo with a guitarist or mandolin player, which opens up Celtic and Irish tunes. Brings her own speaker and mic, or plugs into a venue PA. Public liability insured.
Watch
The show
One person, four instruments, and a loop pedal doing the stacking. Amla lays down flute, then violin, then vocals, then xylophone, building each piece in front of you rather than playing to a backing track. Much of it is improvised and original, ambient with a classical thread and a bit of folk underneath. Then a cover lands and the room recognises it. A Groovy Kind of Love. Summertime. Never Gonna Give You Up, of all things, and Hey Soul Sister. Requests are fine if you send them ahead. Come December, the carols get the same loop pedal treatment.
On the day
Amla travels with a speaker, microphone, stand and cabling, so a room with a power point is enough. Using the house system instead? Then one DI box handles the loop pedal, or a single input straight from the pedal into your PA does the same job. Book the duo version with guitar or harp and you'll want two DI boxes rather than one.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
In a duo setting with the guitarist/mandolin player, we can also do some Celtic/Irish music, as well as covers.
