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BIOGRAPHY
Ross La Vel was born in North-West Tasmania, spending his early childhood years in idyllic rural surroundings
before his family moved to subtropical Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. Although his parents were both
musical Ross’s interest in music came late, only undertaking guitar studies at twenty when unable to find a suitable
musical collaborator for lyrics he had begun writing in his late teens. He later developed a successful career as a
teacher of classical and folk guitar.
Ross first achieved national airplay in Australia with the haunting Veronique, an instrumental written and first
performed while in The South of France. The enthusiastic reactions to Veronique encouraged him to develop this
aspect of his abilities. The eventual result was Voyages, which as an independent release won an Album of the Year
Award in Queensland as well as a number of other significant awards.
Despite this promising start Ross’s career had to be put on hold the following year when he was paralysed by
Guillian-Barre Syndrome, a devastating auto-immune disease considered a “cousin” of polio. This experience and his
gratitude to all who so strongly supported him through his 10 year journey of recovery has only increased his desire
to be able to give something positive to life through his music.
The Special Edition of his Voyages CD and his For the Lady vocal CD are his “fresh start” to his career and were
initially produced to assist the restoration of Queensland’s oldest pipe organ at Saint Mary’s Anglican Church, a
heritage-listed landmark overlooking inner-city Brisbane on the cliffs at Kangaroo Point.
Voyages has been enhanced by new recordings of several tracks and additional mastering while For the Lady is a
compilation of new and previously unreleased material. This latter album originated from many requests for
recordings of songs Ross La Vel had sung during intimate performances of his songs with acoustic guitar. The gentle
lyrics of the title track are reminiscent of traditional folk songs and demonstrate how profoundly Ross's music has
been influenced by this genre as well as romantic movie themes.
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Ross La Vel was born in North-West Tasmania, spending his early childhood years in idyllic rural surroundings
before his family moved to subtropical Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. Although his parents were both
musical Ross’s interest in music came late, only undertaking guitar studies at twenty when unable to find a suitable
musical collaborator for lyrics he had begun writing in his late teens. He later developed a successful career as a
teacher of classical and folk guitar.
Ross first achieved national airplay in Australia with the haunting Veronique, an instrumental written and first
performed while in The South of France. The enthusiastic reactions to Veronique encouraged him to develop this
aspect of his abilities. The eventual result was Voyages, which as an independent release won an Album of the Year
Award in Queensland as well as a number of other significant awards.
Despite this promising start Ross’s career had to be put on hold the following year when he was paralysed by
Guillian-Barre Syndrome, a devastating auto-immune disease considered a “cousin” of polio. This experience and his
gratitude to all who so strongly supported him through his 10 year journey of recovery has only increased his desire
to be able to give something positive to life through his music.
The Special Edition of his Voyages CD and his For the Lady vocal CD are his “fresh start” to his career and were
initially produced to assist the restoration of Queensland’s oldest pipe organ at Saint Mary’s Anglican Church, a
heritage-listed landmark overlooking inner-city Brisbane on the cliffs at Kangaroo Point.
Voyages has been enhanced by new recordings of several tracks and additional mastering while For the Lady is a
compilation of new and previously unreleased material. This latter album originated from many requests for
recordings of songs Ross La Vel had sung during intimate performances of his songs with acoustic guitar. The gentle
lyrics of the title track are reminiscent of traditional folk songs and demonstrate how profoundly Ross's music has
been influenced by this genre as well as romantic movie themes.
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Free Downloads
Music has long been such an important part of
my life. I hope that while listening to my
recordings you may discover a little of the
immense pleasure I had in creating them.
As an introduction to my evocative and romantic
style I invite you to download "Fly Away", the
opening track from my award-winning "Voyages"
instrumental CD or the other two instrumental
tracks I have made freely available for your
enjoyment. (See Music page)
Ross La Vel
Music has long been such an important part of
my life. I hope that while listening to my
recordings you may discover a little of the
immense pleasure I had in creating them.
As an introduction to my evocative and romantic
style I invite you to download "Fly Away", the
opening track from my award-winning "Voyages"
instrumental CD or the other two instrumental
tracks I have made freely available for your
enjoyment. (See Music page)
Ross La Vel