"Verity's music ignites that 'umph', that 'hell ya!', that 'this is awesome!' feeling in people. Her songs have the ability to move you emotionally and mentally to all kinds of states...enthusiasm, sorrow, hope and joy."
(Jason Rakowsky, Canada)
(Jason Rakowsky, Canada)
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- Members:
- Verity & The Shades's are a band set to take SA by storm. Their music has a distinctive African flavour with universal appeal that has audiences up and dancing with them at every show.
Verity & The Shades features....
VERITY - singer/songwriter
TONY PACO - drums
NELSON MALELA - keyboards
AL DU TOIT - lead guitar
HELDER GONZAGA - bass.
This meeting of musicians from across the continent (Zimbabwe, Congo, Mozambique & SA) has resulted in a band that while diverse in its influences manages to deliver "pop rock songs with a flavour of Johnny Clegg stum guitar, Suvuka drumming & tamer version of a mix of Jewel & Shakira vocals." (Issue 2, Music Review) - Genre:
- Afro Pop/Rock
- Record label:
- Lucky Packet Records
I received this poem yesterday and it has made my week. I am so touched when people take the time to reach out like this and share with me how they experience what I do - it makes the journey that much more worthwhile..."I made a new friend today, she is tiny but when she sang, she filled the hall...
VERITY Looking forward to our show at Zula tonight. Rising Hip/Hop artist GIVEN will be performing after us so it promises to be a fun evening! Hope to have you there to enjoy it with you : )
VERITY Only 39 to go till we hit 1500 fans! Thanks so much for suggesting us to your friends - we are loving our growing FaceBook family!
VERITY Busy working on my speech for TEDx this weekend - eeek! Just found this quote & it feels fitting for the journey my music has taken me on so far, and while I still have a way to go this is nice reminder... "You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems." - Mark Victor Hansen
VERITY Verity & The Shades... some great shows this week!, http://fburls.com/12-eEWIIp1H
VERITY Hope to see you lots of you this Wednesday at Zula when we get down and shake what our mama's gave us - gonna be a fun one!
Another Night of Music Madness & Making You Dance
Location:ZULA BAR
Time:Wednesday, 11 November 2009 20:30
VERITY HAPPY MONDAY.... “Dance like no one is watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like no one is listening, Live like it's heaven on earth.” - William Purkey
The deeper sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can absorb. - Jan Coleman
VERITY Going to be finding lots of inspiration in Barrydale this weekend and hope to see those of you in CT at our Zula show next wed : )
Whenever I am giving a talk on my journey in the music industry I often ask people if they have a song that they love to play to get them up and going or if they have songs that they listen to when they are going through a difficult time that helps them to feel like they are not alone and...
VERITY Very interesting corporate show last night at The Roundhouse - after we had set up the venue informed the client that they needed a permit for live music so we could only play at under 45 decibels! Basically silent! Was a fun challenge for us to be a glorified CD player :)
VERITY We're at 1332 fans! Thanks for getting us this far & please keep suggesting us to your friends so we can reach the 2000 mark soon!!!
VERITY "When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it." Charles de Lint
RECENT ACTIVITY
VERITY wrote on Verity & The Shades with Dino Miranda's Wall.
