About
Rod James is a singer for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
Rod James has played hundreds of venues around Australia, at weddings, engagements and birthdays, and as a solo headline act on his own live shows. The repertoire moves between old and new to match the feel of the night, drawing on acoustic and folk material alongside pop and rock. Songs include Georgia, Perfect, Harvest Moon, Yellow, Wonderwall, Can't Help Falling in Love, A Thousand Years, Shallow, Heroes, The Night We Met and Thinking Out Loud. For bigger receptions and party functions he can expand into a backing band of two electric guitarists, an acoustic guitarist, bass, piano and drums. Sound and lighting are supplied. Melbourne based.
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The show
Rod reads the atmosphere and moves the music to match it. Old songs and new ones sit side by side in the same set, and which way he leans depends on who's in front of him. He's played hundreds of venues around the country, at weddings, engagements and birthdays, and headlined his own shows as a solo act, so there's not much a function room can throw at him that's new. The professional sound and lighting come as part of it, which means the room looks and sounds like a proper gig rather than a bloke with a guitar in the corner.
On the day
Rod arrives with the full professional sound rig and the lighting, so your venue doesn't need a house system or anything hired in. Give him a spot to set up in and a way to reach power, and the rest is handled.
Performance options
Solo is the core booking: one voice, one guitar, sound and lights included. For a reception or a bigger party function Rod can expand behind himself with a backing band, two electric guitarists, an acoustic guitarist, bass, piano and drums, which turns the same repertoire into something with real weight on the dance floor. Tell him the size of the room and the kind of night you're planning, and he'll work out which shape fits.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
101 songs
500 Miles - Proclaimers
A Team - Ed Sheeran
A thousand years - Christina Perri
Accidentally in love - Counting Crows
Adore you - Harry Styles
Afterglow - Ed Sheeran
All of me - John Legend
All Star - Smashmouth
All your love - Dustin Tebbutt
Am I ever gonna see your face again - The Angels
Anyone - Justin Bieber
April Sun in Cuba - Dragon
Be Alright - Dean Lewis
Before you go - Lewis Capaldi
Believe - Cher/ DMA's
Big Jet Plane - Angus & Julia Stone
Bloom - The Paper Kites
Booster Seat - Spacey Jane
Booster Seat ~ Spacey Jane
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Can't help falling in love with you - Elvis Presley
Castle on the hill - Ed Sheeran
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
