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Listen and leave a message on my MYSPACE site if you are so inclined :
www.myspace.com/steveromig
Hello and welcome to my site!
Feel free to browse, listen to the music samples, read
and remark in my guestbook and order a CD if you like.
My bio tells you a
little about my background, but basically I am a singer/songwriter
in Melbourne, Australia. My songs are mostly melodic rock
and blues for the thinking person.
My CD "The Friday Sessions" has gathered 9 awards, national and international for the songs. Email me and I will let you know how to get a hold of one :).
My CD "Touch"
is still available through CD Baby and online at Itunes
and other online stores. 14 song album of songs of the
heart and soul. This is the culmination of years of writing,
demoing and struggling to get this CD released. It's had
some great reviews which are on the music page.
News Jan 2008
Friday Jan 18 - special event In Upwey at the Upwey/Tecoma Cricket Club, Chosen Ave, Tecoma- with band: Fats Wah Wah and Tom Rogerson! $10, 8 pm - midnight, bbq, great music, easy parking.
Sunday Feb 10 POINT COOK HOMESTEAD Homestead Rd, Point Cook 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Marvin and the Vague Sensations, Blucatss, Cold Snap, The Bordello Blues Band, Blue Dukes, Synergy Blue, Andrea Marr Band, Steve Romig Band
and
New Capers Friday, 22 Feb 2008
This one is a beauty! I am performing with my award-winning 5 piece band at The New Capers. The details are on the New Capers Website. $65 for dinner and show,
$25 for show alone, 124 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. ph: 9819 1797 to book and please book soon!!
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New Capers - October 2007
A great night!
August 2007
More awards! Artist of the Year, Band of the Year and Song of the Year ( Way Down Homeless Blues) in the MBAS Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Awards.
July 2007
I am playing in the Save the Nighthawk festival this weekend. I met my girlfriend at this lovely venue and it is a great place to hear wonderful music outside the CBD.
Please go there sometime for dinner and enjoy the music! It is in Mentone, corner of Nepean Hwy and Balcombe Road.
I am making a music video to go with Way Down Homeless Blues at the moment and working out release plans.
Jess and I went well in Canberra a couple of weeks ago and folk clubs really dig our songs, they bought our CD's by the dozens, so we will be doing good folk club gigs and festivals. Do let us know if you have a happening folk scene in your area :)
June 2007
Jess and I are off to Canberra for a Friday gig at The Merry Muse Folk Club. This involves 8 hours driving up the Hume.. so I hope we get a good turnout. Sounds like the club has some great acts and keen listeners.
I am reheasing with the rather legendary John Swann and we are planning some gigs together soon. Put your name on my email list for breaking news.
April 2007
Jessica and I are off to Bendigo Folk
club next Friday ( 20th April) and to coincide ABC Radio
in Central Victoria is going to have our Cd's as feature
albums of the week.
Jessica was in Rolling Stone last
month and on Foxtel's music channel for the St Kilda Festival
doco and also in the Australian Music Magazine this month.
I was a very proud Dad when we were on tour.
Jess is running a nice little night
on a Thursday at The Spleen Bar in Bourke Street in the
City - where she jams with her many muso friends.. she
is a very social young lady and she meets many interesting
people when she busks in the Mall. So check it out at
8 p.m. 41 Bourke Street any Thursday.. www.jessicapaige.net
March 2007
Tour to Sydney & Port Macquarie! with
my talented daughter, Jessica Paige.
Also The Friday Sessions is off the press
at long last.. so I will be working on its release soon!
If you want a pre-release copy come and get one at a gig,
or email me and we can work it out :) stevenromig@hotmail.com
November 2006
Asylum!
- yes at last they are putting
me in it! ( Asylum TV that is). Channel 31 in Sydney,
Adelaide and Melbourne and in the Tri state of New York
(US) will see me solo tonight and repeated tomorrow and
Sunday.
AND I am also in the finals
of the international Independent Music Awards (US) for
Blues!
This is the year of the competition for me, (and it bears
out my feeling that THIS crop of songs is really the pinnacle
of my songwriting career..!)
July06
Woohoo! I just won the Jazz/Blues
section of the Unisong International Competition with
Way Down Homeless Blues. Now
I can get the CD's pressed!
June 06
My album The Friday Sessions is mastered at
long last. Now for pressing and distribution. Keep tuned
for gigs coming up and radio play.
April 06
The trio of me, Mike Kelly and Kaye Harrison went
over really well at The Mount Beauty Music Muster and
the organisers quickly added more performances to our
schedule to cater for demand. Sold heaps of CD's and it
was altogether a delightful experience!
March 06
. "Way Down Homeless Blues" came in first
in the Blues section of the International Song Competition
- thanks to the most honourable judges - Tom Waits,
Charlie Musselwhite and Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records.
I am very thankful for the honour, not to mention the
great prizes (including cash which means I can get my
album mastered! ). Also an Epiphone acoustic guitar, Sibelius
Software, Fishman pre-amp, Taxi Membership, magazines
and industry directories, and more ....... We all know
music isn't a competition, but, Hey! Sometimes you need
some recognition and encouragement as well as a financial
hand to get things going. Internationalsongcompetition
Feb 06
My song "Way Down Homelesss Blues" is in the
finals of the International Song Competition in the Blues
Category. ISC received almost 15,000 entries from 80 countries,
and the finalists selected represent 1.4% of the total
number of entries.
November 05
 One
of my songs"I've Got your Body on my Mind', has come
4th in the Blues Category in the Musicoz national competition
www.musicoz.org.
This is the biggest awards competition in Australia for
unsigned artists.
The next CD "The Friday Sessions" will be orderable
from most music stores later in 2006 and available at
gigs.In the meantime have a little look on the music
page for a nice couple of reviews of
my last album "Touch" by the editor of The
Beat Magazine Nick Snelling, and well known roots
& blues reviewer, Billy Pinell.
Also many thanks to Billy Hydes Music
at Blackburn and Sound Vault Records
distribution who have undertaken to send the CD all over
the country. And lastly - you folk who
go to the trouble to look up my site to find out a bit
more - after 25 years in the business I feel my time has
come!! |
I
am delighted to say I have recently acquired one of the
amazing Line 6 Variax guitars which means I no longer
have to fumble on stage changing guitars and tunings.
I just dial up the selections I have pre-programmed. Very
cool and very easy. Like me:)