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Influences
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Bob Marley,Peter Tosh,Gladys Knight & the Pips,Steveie Wonder,Toots & the Maytals,Nina Simone,many other amazeing musicians around tha world, |
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Sounds Like
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REGGAE -HIP-HOP -FOLK -SOUL-AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL MUSIC-EARLY RAW BLUES ELEMENTS, |
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INDEPENDANT |
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NOT REALLY INTO TV -WOULD RATHER WRITE SONGS & BE CREATIVE WITH MY TIME -ENERGY -MIND -SPIRIT
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BEING CREATIVE ,READING ,CONTINUEING TO PROMOTE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CULTURE,LEARNING,SINGING ALWAYS ,SONGWRITEING ,SPIRITUALITY,WORLD ISSUES
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Female
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Single |
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self promotion,networking |
| Hometown |
sydney -Australia |
| Ethnicity |
Australian Aboriginal/Celtic |
| Religion |
Aboriginal Spirituality |
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No |
| Drink |
On social occasions |
| Education |
assoc dip Aboriginal music |
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Untitled Document
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NADEENA DIXON IS A PROUD WIRADJURI/YUIN ABORIGINAL WOMAN/ SINGER/SONGWRITER-FROM A MUSICAL FAMILY SHE SPENT HER EARLY YEARS SURROUNDED BY MUSIC.
IN 1991 NADEENA STUDIED MUSIC AT ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY'S -CENTRE FOR ABORIGINAL STUDIES IN MUSIC[C.A.S.M] AFTER STUDYING MUSIC FOR 2 YEARS SHE RELOCATED TO MELBOURNE AND FOR THE NEXT 6 YEARS HONED HER MUSICAL SKILLS WITH IN MELBOURNES HOT LIVE MUSIC SCENE,PERFORMING WITH NOTED ABORIGINAL MUSICIANS ARCHIE ROACH AND RUBY HUNTER TIDDAS, KEV CARMODY AND JOE GEIA .
NADEENA S MUSICAL CAREER HAS SPANNED A PERIOD OF OVER 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE ,AND HAS INCLUDED PERFORMING IN VENUES RANGEING FROM MAXIMUM SECURITY JAILS SINGING FOR HER INCARCERATED ABORIGINAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS-TO UPMARKET ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS -COMMUNITY ABORIGINAL CULTURAL FESTIVALS-OFFICAL CORPORATE EVENTS,INDIGENOUS AWARDS,PUBS AND ABORIGINAL AND MAINSTREAM FESTIVALS,LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS WITHIN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA.
NADEENA IS THE ELDEST GRAND-DAUGHTER OF ABORIGINAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST 'CHICKA DIXON' AND HAS GROWN UP SURROUNDED BY THE HARSH REALITY OF ABORIGINAL EXISTANCE ,AND THE HISTORY OF HER PEOPLES STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION AS THE FIRST PEOPLES OF THE CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA,MANY OF NADEENA,S SONGS DRAW THERE INFLUENCE FROM THIS HISTORY,THE HISTORY OF AN OPPRESSED PEOPLES,FIGHTING FOR SOVERNTY .
SHE IS A FORMER MEMBER OF SYDNEY BASED ABORIGINAL HIP-HOP CREW 'SOUTH WEST SYDICATE' WHO WERE ONE OF THE EARLIER ABORIGINAL HIP-HOP GROUPS TO INCLUDE ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES WITHIN A HIP-HOP MUSICAL FRAMEWORK ,COMBINEING POWERFUL DRIVEING BEATS WITH ABORIGINAL POLITICS-BRINGING TO THE FORE A STRONG INDIGENOUS AWARENESS FOR THE ABORIGINAL YOUTH OF THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION OF BLACK RIGHTS.
ALWAYS CLOSE TO HER HEART IS A AREA KNOWN AS 'THE BLOCK ' LOCATED IN SYDNEY ,WITHIN THE INNER CITY SUBURB OF REDFRN-THE HEART OF ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY IN SYDNEY ,AN AREA WHERE SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER CHILDHOOD AND CONTINUES TO DRAW STRENGHTH FROM.
CURRENTLY SHE IS RECORDING SONGS FOR HER UPCOMEING ALBUM -DUE TO BE RELEASED EARLY 2008,NADEENA IS PASSIONATE ABOUT GIVEING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY'S THAT HAVE NURTURED HER,AND IS INVOLVED WITH TEACHING VARIOUS WORKSHOPS IN THE AREAS OF MUSIC/SONGWRITEING AND PERFORMANCE SKILLS PARTICULARY AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE,NADEENA BELIEVES THAT MUSIC IS A POWERFUL TOOL THAT CAN UPLIFT AND INSPIRE AND FEELS BLESSED TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT SHE LOVES BEST -'SING FOR THE PEOPLE'. |
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