About
Slingo is a musical soloist for hire in Gold Coast, QLD.
Slingo builds his sound live, in front of you, with a loop pedal and no backing tracks. Acoustic guitar is the base, then trumpet, bass, beats and vocal harmonies stack on top until it sounds like a much bigger act. Fifteen years of it on the Gold Coast. A wireless system lets him walk into the crowd mid song. Sets usually run three to five hours, and he will pitch the volume and the song choice to the actual room: easy listening at dinner, foot stomping pub classics when the floor fills. Reggae, acoustic and pop with other things folded in. Basic DJ sets are available too, and there is a ukulele for beach ceremonies. He carries a battery powered amp for parks and sand. Organised, punctual and easy to deal with, which is half the job.
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The show
Fifteen years in, Slingo is organised and punctual, and on the day of an event those two words are worth more than most things on a musician's profile. Sets usually run three to five hours. He pitches the room himself: easy listening at a considerate volume when you want conversation and intimate covers, then foot stomping pub classics once people are ready to sing and dance. Reggae, acoustic and pop sit at the centre, with other styles folded in depending on the event. He's played Airlie Beach Music Festival, Surfers Paradise Festival, Miami Marketta and a long list of Gold Coast venues, and he plays trumpet on other artists' recordings between his own shows.
On the day
A small space of around two metres by four, and a power point. Not much to organise. And if you're planning something on the beach or in a park where there's no power within a hundred metres, he carries a small battery powered amplifier for exactly that, so an outdoor spot doesn't rule the booking out.
Performance options
Two ways to book Slingo. There's the live show, built on the loop pedal, and there's a DJ set for the stretches of the night where you'd rather he ran the music than played it. Both are booked by the hour, so you choose the length that fits the night instead of a fixed block. He works from the Gold Coast and will travel out from there for events further afield.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
Olivia Dean, Sam Fender, Shaboozy, Zach Bryan, The Weekend, Fleetwood Mac
Just the Two of Us
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
Boy and Bear - Southern sun
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, When the war is over
Crowded House - Better be home soon, Weather with you, Fall at your feet, distant sun
