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Noll ready to walk the talk
By Christine Sams
January 12, 2004
The Sun-Herald
On song ... Australian Idol runner-up Shannon Noll in the recording studio last week. Photo: Fiona Lee-Quimby
Shannon Noll has been laying down tracks at a studio in Neutral Bay for his debut album That's What I'm Talking About.
Noll gave S a sneak preview of some of his songs, including a track written by rock superstar Bryan Adams, during a recording session last week.
The song, called Drive, is expected to be one of Noll's key singles after he releases his debut CD through BMG next month. It is likely to be the follow-on track from his single What About Me, the song that won him a legion of fans during the Australian Idol contest.
"There's one song called Drive and I was listening to the demo going, 'I know that bloke's voice'. Turned out to be Bryan Adams. He and another bloke wrote it," Noll said. "It's a real rocky song, the right musical style. I was going 'Wow, I can't believe that'."
Unlike Guy Sebastian, who had only six days to record his debut album, Noll has had a little longer to refine the tracks chosen for his CD.
"I've had a bit longer. All our tracks have had to be built from the ground up, so it's taken a little bit more time," he said. "Anyone who's had the time to listen to the [finished] tracks are all of the opinion that it's going to be a really well-rounded album, not just one you buy for one song or two songs. What About Me is the only cover, otherwise they're all originals."
The singer, from Condoblin in rural NSW, moved to Sydney three weeks ago and is renting a house with his partner Rochelle and children Cody and Blake.
He said media commentators were incorrect to refer to him as a country music singer simply because he grew up in the bush (and fair enough, too).
"I mean, I'm a country bloke but my preference with music lies with rock and pop-rock," he said. "So the songs I'm doing now, a lot of them are a bit poppy, there's a couple of ballads, then there's the one that's really rocked up by Bryan Adams.
"I've got a really good range. They're the things I wanted to play. I'm sitting back going 'Wow, I can't believe it's all turned out this way' and I'm playing the songs that I like."
So does Noll think he'll make it to No. 1 with That's What I'm Talking About when it is released on February 9?
"Mate, I just don't know, it's hard to say," he said. "I just hope all the people who supported me through it enjoy it. At the end of the day they were my fan base who I was lucky enough to get through the show. But I think they will like it; hopefully lots of people will."
Although he remains good friends with singer Kasey Chambers and her husband Cori Hopper, Noll said he didn't seek any advice from Chambers during the recording process. "I didn't want to be ringing her up every five minutes and asking her about this or that, because she's got the little fella [son Talon] and she's having time off."
But the singer is quietly confident his own voice will make a huge impact on the Australian music scene. "I'll be stoked if it goes well," he said.
www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/11/1073769447197.html
By Christine Sams
January 12, 2004
The Sun-Herald
On song ... Australian Idol runner-up Shannon Noll in the recording studio last week. Photo: Fiona Lee-Quimby
Shannon Noll has been laying down tracks at a studio in Neutral Bay for his debut album That's What I'm Talking About.
Noll gave S a sneak preview of some of his songs, including a track written by rock superstar Bryan Adams, during a recording session last week.
The song, called Drive, is expected to be one of Noll's key singles after he releases his debut CD through BMG next month. It is likely to be the follow-on track from his single What About Me, the song that won him a legion of fans during the Australian Idol contest.
"There's one song called Drive and I was listening to the demo going, 'I know that bloke's voice'. Turned out to be Bryan Adams. He and another bloke wrote it," Noll said. "It's a real rocky song, the right musical style. I was going 'Wow, I can't believe that'."
Unlike Guy Sebastian, who had only six days to record his debut album, Noll has had a little longer to refine the tracks chosen for his CD.
"I've had a bit longer. All our tracks have had to be built from the ground up, so it's taken a little bit more time," he said. "Anyone who's had the time to listen to the [finished] tracks are all of the opinion that it's going to be a really well-rounded album, not just one you buy for one song or two songs. What About Me is the only cover, otherwise they're all originals."
The singer, from Condoblin in rural NSW, moved to Sydney three weeks ago and is renting a house with his partner Rochelle and children Cody and Blake.
He said media commentators were incorrect to refer to him as a country music singer simply because he grew up in the bush (and fair enough, too).
"I mean, I'm a country bloke but my preference with music lies with rock and pop-rock," he said. "So the songs I'm doing now, a lot of them are a bit poppy, there's a couple of ballads, then there's the one that's really rocked up by Bryan Adams.
"I've got a really good range. They're the things I wanted to play. I'm sitting back going 'Wow, I can't believe it's all turned out this way' and I'm playing the songs that I like."
So does Noll think he'll make it to No. 1 with That's What I'm Talking About when it is released on February 9?
"Mate, I just don't know, it's hard to say," he said. "I just hope all the people who supported me through it enjoy it. At the end of the day they were my fan base who I was lucky enough to get through the show. But I think they will like it; hopefully lots of people will."
Although he remains good friends with singer Kasey Chambers and her husband Cori Hopper, Noll said he didn't seek any advice from Chambers during the recording process. "I didn't want to be ringing her up every five minutes and asking her about this or that, because she's got the little fella [son Talon] and she's having time off."
But the singer is quietly confident his own voice will make a huge impact on the Australian music scene. "I'll be stoked if it goes well," he said.
www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/11/1073769447197.html