UPDATE FROM SAM - DECEMBER 2009

Hello, hope all is well. I just thought I'd let you know a few things from the land of Team Shinazzi that may be of interest to you:

- We're currently writing songs for what we hope will be our fourth proper album. I am confident more than half of it has been written, and lately the writing has been flowing steadily which is always a relief and just a real interesting time. We've only played one of the songs live so all things being well, most of it should be fairly fresh to most listening sets of ears. I have no idea when we'll start to record, let alone release the next album but please know that a)in some way or another, we're working on it from here on in and b)we all hope its sooner rather than later. I would hope by Autumn/Spring 2010 but it could be later, it could be sooner. I just never know with these things eh. I probably shouldn't have even mentioned those seasons, right?! Stay tuned here and at MySpace for further goss, or shoot me an email at thec_minusproject@yahoo.com

- We had some shows for December lined up but unfortunately all three of them have fallen through. We are disappointed not to be playing as much as we'd like to be but hopefully we'll play some shows in the near future or closer to the next release. (We're always up for shows if anyone wants to offer them). In truth though, it means we have no reason not to concentrate on the next album.

- We hope any day now to announce an overseas deal for the last album 'Then I Held My Breath'. I am told it is happening and as soon as it's official in my eyes, I will scream it out to you all.

- I just got back from America (mostly a holiday) but I did some writing and pressed a few hands! I even ended up playing a last minute show with my friend Matt Braaten in Los Angeles at this little bar, the name of which escapes me. I saw Bruce Springsteen over two nights at Madison Square Garden! He is simply the Greatest of all time.

Take care,
Sam x

Overseas Reviews

Sam's current album 'Then I Held My Breath' has been receiving some (mostly!) glowing reviews and airplay in the United Kingdom and Europe.

These can be found in the press section on this site. The most high profile of these reviews so far has been in The Irish Times. We'll keep adding the reviews to the site as they come in.

'GIRLS' CLIP NOW ONLINE ALONG WITH ALL SAM'S VIDEOS

The new clip for 'Girls' from Sam's current album is finally ready. It was lovingly made by Adam 'T-Bone' Taylor and can be found on the Gallery and Media page along with all of Sam's other clips.

MESS AND NOISE FEATURE

Daniel Herborn has written a great feature on Sam for Mess and Noise.
http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/3388100

Sam was lovingly dragged onstage by his favourite Australian band Smudge at the Hopetoun in Sydney August 30, 2008 to sing 'Divan' with them as an encore.

Photo by Matt Braaten

SAM SHINAZZI - THEN I HELD MY BREATH

Sam Shinazzi's new album ‘Then I Held My Breath’ was released in September 2008. It is the Sydney songwriter’s third full length recording and is released by Black Lodge Audio. The first single was titled ‘Today We Lost A Great One’, with the new single 'Please Don't Let Me Forget' released late November. They can be heard in full on Sam’s MySpace page. We encourage you to request them on your favourite radio station.

Sam’s regular band consisting of Adam ‘T-Bone’ Taylor, Tessa Benjamin, Bruno Brayovic of Peabody and Anthony The of Skull Squadron all played major roles in the recording process. Guests on the album include alt-country wizard Jason Walker, 78 Saab’s Nicholai Danko, The Devoted Few’s Skye Knight and Little Sky’s Elizabeth Payne.

‘Then I Held My Breath’ was produced by Sam Shinazzi and his close friend / musical collaborator Adam Wes Gregorace. It was was mixed by the ARIA award winning engineer Wayne Connolly (The Vines, Josh Pyke, Youth Group).