Withmorethan29yearsoflocal&interna4onalexperience,Francoisistheul4mateentertainerwitharepertoirecoveringRock,Jazz,Funk,Blues,Pop,BigBandSwing,Reggaeandall-4meclassicBallads.Thereasonforhissuccessissimple;Francoisdoesn’tjustperformsongsfromhisamazingly,extendedrepertoire,heentertainshisaudiencefromtheminutehestartshisshow.
Inmodern)mes,therehasbeenaparadigmshi3frommusiciantoentertainerandthisnewapproachhastakenthisnewbreedofentertainerstoatotalnewrealm;butmostofall,hastakentheiraudienceswiththemonthisawesomejourney!
Francoisstartedhismusicalcareeratthetenderageof6years,whenhisfathertaughthimhowtoplaytheguitar.Overtheyears,manypeoplehelpedhimnurturehistalentun)lhemadetheobvioustransi)ontoprofessionalmusicianattheageof21inAugust1986.Forthepast29years,hehasperformedlocally(inSouthAfrica)andinterna)onallycrea)ngademandforhisincredibleperformances,whereverhisjourneytakeshim–Dubai,Britain,Denmark,GermanyandevenNamibiaandTanzania.Thereasonforhissuccessissimple;Francoisdoesn’tjustperformsongsinfromhisamazingly,extendedrepertoire,heentertainshisaudiencefromtheminutehestartshisshow!
FrancoisMiniBiog
Tostaycompe44veintheever-changingcovermusicindustry,youhavetokeepreinven4ngyourself,butbythesametoken,notlosethatspecialsomethingthathascreatedyouriden4ty.Youhavetobecomeanentertainer,whokeepsaddingdifferentdimensions(andpartytricks)tohisperformance.Indoingso,youkeeptheshowpiecesanden4tythateveryonelovesandiden4fieswith,butyoukeepgenera4ngnewinterestandbuildingnewaudiencesasyouexplorenewstylesandgenres.
Overthepast44yearsmyjourneyhastakenmefrombeingaguitarist,whocouldsingaliUle,toamul4-dimensionalentertainer,confidentinhisstageabili4es,whetheritisbehindthemicrophoneorbehindmyguitar.Mostofallthough,someonewhos4llneedstoperform,tolive!Forthepast29years;Ihaveperformedlocallyandinterna4onallyinmanyluxurioushotels,upmarketrestaurants,populartaverns,pubsandshows!Duringmyjourney,myrepertoirehasexpandedexponen4ally,tocopewiththedemandformyspecialbrandofmagicandmyrepertoirenowencompassesavariety,rangingfromRocktoBigbandSwing,FunktoBlues,PoptoReggaeandClassicAcous4cBalladeertunes.Oflate,Ihaveintroducedanon-stop,1-2hour,LIVE,instrumentalfreestyleset,incorpora4ngLoungeJazz,Funk,La4n,HouseandDeepHousestylestocaterforthemoremoderntastesduringpre-drinkssessionsatWeddingsandCorporateevents.
IamoneSouthAfrica`stopSoloEntertainers,duetomyVersa4lityandperformanceexperience,myexcep4onalabilitytoreadmyaudienceandmydynamicstagepresenceandenergy!
In2007Icreatedacompany,Bands4Africa,commiUedtothecon4nuousimprovement,educa4onandedifica4onofourAr4stswithintheCoverMusicindustry,inSouthAfrica.Myobjec4veistoestablishaformalplaborm,wherenewtalentcanbenurturedanddevelopedandexis4ngar4stscanexcelinasecureandethicalworkingenvironment.
Musicistheessencethatkeepsmysoulaliveandbristlingwithenthusiasmandthisnomoreapparent,thanespeciallynow!
Comeexperiencemypassion!
FRANCOIS’REPERTOIRE(February2016) TITLE ARTIST
1 1973 JAMESBLUNT 2 500MILES THEPROCLAIMERS 3 AIN'TNOSUNSHINE BILLWITHERS 4 ADVENTUREOFALIFETIME COLDPLAY5 AMERICANPIE DONMCLEAN 6 ANGELS ROBBIEWILLIAMS 7 ANOTHERBRICKINTHEWALL PINKFLOYD 8 ARTHURSTHEME CHRISTOPHERCROSS 9 ASAYAKE CASIOPEA 10 BABYILOVEYORWAY BIGMOUNTAIN 11 BABYWHENYOU'REGONE BRYANADAMS/MELC 12 BADLOVE ERICCLAPTON 13 BADMOONRISING CCR 14 BAD,BADLEROYBROWN JIMCROCHE/FRANKSINATRA 15 BAKERSTREET GERRYRAFFERTY 16 BASKETCASE GREENDAY 17 BEMYBABY UB40 18 BEATLESMEDLEY THEBEATLES
Eightdaysaweek Cantbuymelove/ Allmyloving
19 BEDOFROSES BONJOVI 20 BILLHALEYMEDLEY BILLHALEY
Sa)sfac)on JumpingJackFlash
21 BLACKISBLACK LOSBRAVOS 22 BLACKMAGICWOMAN SANTANA 23 BLAMEITONTHEBOOGIE MICHAELJACKSON 24 BLUEBERRYHILL FATSDOMINO 25 BLUESUEDESHOES ELVISPRESLEY 26 BREEZIN' GEORGEBENSON 27 BROWNEYEDGIRL VANMORRISON 28 BUFFALOSOLDIER BOBMARLEY 29 BUDAPEST GEORGEEZRA 30 CAN'TGETENOUGHOFYOURLOVE BADCOMPANY 31 CAN'THELPFALLINGINLOVE UB40 32 CCRMEDLEY CCR 33 CELEBRATION COOL&THEGANG 34 COCAINE JJCALE 35 COPACABANA BARRYMANILOW 36 COULDYOUBELOVED BOBMARLEY 37 COUNTINGTHECOST KOINONIA 38 CRAZYLOVE MICHAELBUBLE 39 DANIEL ELTONJOHN 40 DAYDREAMERSBLUES FRANCOISORIGINAL 41 DON'TLETTHESUNGODOWN ELTONJOHN&GEORGEMICHAEL 42 DON'TSTOP FLEETWOODMAC 43 DREADLOCKHOLIDAY 10CC 44 ELVISMEDLEY ELVIS
45 EVERYBREATH POLICE
46 EVERYTHINGIDO,IDOFORYOU. BRYANADAMS
47 EXCITED POINTERSISTERS
48 FEEL ROBBIEWILLIAMS
49 FUNKYTOWN PSEUDOECHO
50 GETDOWNONIT COOL&THEGANG
51 GIMMEHOPEJOHANNA EDDYGRANT
52 GOODTHING FINEYOUNGCANNIBALS
53 GREATBALLSOFFIRE JERRYLEELEWIS
54 GREENDOOR SHAKIN'STEVENS
55 HANDLEWITHCARE TRAVELLINGWILBURYS
56 HAPPENINGTOYOU FRANCOISORIGINAL
57 HAVEYOUEVERSEENTHERAIN CCR
58 HAVEYOUEVERSEENTHERAIN SPINDOCTORS
59 HEYBABY DJOTZI 60 HEYJOE JIMIHENDRIX
61 HEYJUDE THEBEATLES
62 HOLDTHELINE TOTO
63 HOLDBACKTHERIVER JAMESBAY
64 HONKYTONKWOMAN THEROLLINGSTONES
65 HOTELCALIFORNIA THEEAGLES
66 HOUSEOFFUN MADNESS
67 HOUSEOFTHERISINGSUN–(REGGAE) THEANIMALS
68 HURTSOGOOD JOHNCOUGAR/EDEN
69 ICANSEECLEARLYNOW JIMMYCLIFF
70 IFEELGOOD JAMESBROWN
71 ILOVEROCK'NROLL JOANJETTANDTHEBLACKHEARTS
72 IONLYWANNABEWITHYOU HOOTIEANDTHEBLOWFISH
73 ISHOTTHESHERRIF BOBMARLEY
74 IWILLSURVIVE GLORIAGAYNOR
75 IWONDER RODRIQUES
76 IMAGINE JOHNLENON
77 INSANEWAYS FRANCOISORIGINAL
78 ISSHEREALLYGOINGOUTWITHHIM JOEJACKSON
79 ISTHISLOVE? BOBMARLEY
80 IT’SMYLIFE BONJOVI 81 JAILHOUSEROCK ELVIS
82 JESSIE JOSHUAKADISON
83 JUSTCAN'TGETENOUGH DEPECHEMODE
84 JUSTTHETWOOFUS GROVERWASHINGTON
85 JUSTTHEWAYYOUARE BILLYJOEL
86 KINGSTONTOWN UB40
87 LABAMBA RICHIEVALENS
88 LADYINRED CHRISDEBURGH
89 LAMBADA TRADITIONAL
90 LAYDOWNSALLY ERICCLAPTON
91 LEGRANGE ZZTOP
92 LEAVINGOFLIVERPOOL SING-A-LONG
93 LETITBE THEBEATLES 94 LIFE DESIREE 95 LIFEOUTSIDEMYWINDOW FRANCOISORIGINAL 96 LISA'SSONG FRANCOISORIGINAL 97 LIVINGITUP BILLTHEBOUNTY 98 LITTLEDANCER FRANCOISORIGINAL 99 LONGTRAINRUNNING DOOBIEBROTHERS 100 LOSINGMYRELIGION R.E.M 101 MOONFLOWER SANTANA 102 MUSTANGSALLY THECOMMITMENTS 103 MYLIFE BILLYJOEL 104 MYWAY FRANKSINTRA 105 NEVERTEARUSAPART INXS 106 NEWYORK,NEWYORK FRANKSINTRA 107 NOWOMAN,NOCRY BOBMARLEY 108 OBLADIOBLADA THEBEATLES 109 ODETOBRENTONBLUE FRANCOISORIGINAL 110 OLDBEFOREIDIE ROBBIEWILLIAMS 111 OLDTIMEROCK&ROLL BOBSEGER 112 OVERMYSHOULDER MIKE&THEMECHANICS 113 OVERKILL MENATWORK 114 PARISIENNEWALKWAYS GARYMOORE 115 PIANOMAN BILLYJOEL 116 PICTUREOFYOU BOYZONE 117 PROUDMARY TINATURNERVERSION 118 PROUDMARY CCR 119 QUANDO,QUANDO,QUANDO ENGELBERTHUMPERDINCK 120 RADARLOVE GOLDENEARRING 121 REDREDWINE UB40 122 REGGAENIGHT JIMMYCLIFF 123 ROADTOHELL CHRISREA 124 ROADHOUSEBLUES THEDOORS 125 ROCKDJ ROBBIEWILLIAMS
126 ROCKINGALLOVERTHEWORLD STATUSQUO 127 ROMEWASN’TBUILTINADAY MORCHEEBA 128 ROUTE66 KENTUCKYHEADHUNTERS 129 ROUTE66 NATALIECOLE 130 RUDE MAGIC 131 SANDMAN AMERICA 132 SHAPEI'MIN JO-JOZEP&THEFALCONS 133 SHOOTINGSTAR BADCOMPANY 134 SIMPLYTHEBEST TINATURNER 135 SLOWDOWN FRANCOISORIGINAL 136 SMOKEONTHEWATER DEEPPURPLE 137 SOFARAWAYFROMME DIRESTRAITS 138 SOWHAT RONNIEJORDAN 139 SOMETHINGBEAUTIFUL ROBBIEWILLIAMS 140 SOMETHINGGOTMESTARTED SIMPLYRED 141 STAGES ZZTOP 142 STAGGERLEE LLOYDPRICE 143 STAIRWAYTOHEAVEN LEDZEPPELIN
144 STANDBYME BEN.E.KING 145 STEALMYKISSES BENHARPER 146 STILLROCK'NROLLTOME BILLYJOEL 147 STONESMEDLEY THEROLLINGSTONES 148 STUCKINTHEMIDDLEWITHYOU STEELERSWHEEL/BUBLE 149 SULTANSOFSWING DIRESTRAITS 150 SUMMEROF'69 BRYANADAMS 151 SUMMERTIME JAZZSTANDARD 152 SWEETHOMEALABAMA LYNYRDSKYNYRD 153 SWEETHOMEMEDLEY LYNYRDSKYNYRD/KIDROCK 154 TAINTEDLOVE SOFTCELL 155 TAKEITEASY THEEAGLES 156 THEGAMESPEOPLEPLAY INNERCIRCLE 157 THELONER GARYMOORE 158 THEROSE BETTEMIDLER 159 THISLOVE MAROON5 160 THREELITTLEBIRDS BOBMARLEY 161 TIMETOWORKTHINGSOUT FRANCOISORIGINAL 162 TIMEWARP ROCKYHORRORPIC.SHOW 163 TOOTIRED GARYMOORE 164 TUSH ZZTOP 165 TWOPRINCES SPINDOCTORS 166 U2MEDLEY U2
SundaybloodySunday S)llhaven'tfoundwhatI'mlookingfor Withorwithoutyou Wherethestreetshavenoname
167 UPTOWNFUNK BRUNOMARS 168 UNCHAINMYHEART JOECOCKER 169 UNDERTHEBOARDWALK THEROLLINGSTONES 170 WAKEMEUP AVICCII 171 WALKOFLIFE DIRESTRAITS 172 WALKINGBYMYSELF GARYMOORE 173 WALKINGONSUNSHINE KATRINA&THEWAVES 174 WALKINGINMEMPHIS MARCCOHN 175 WEATHERWITHYOU CROWDEDHOUSE 176 WHISKEYINTHEJAR IRISHSING-ALONG 177 WHITEWEDDING BILLYIDOL 178 WHITERSHADEOFPALE PROCALHAREM 179 WHOCANITBENOW MENATWORK 180 WHO'LLSTOPTHERAIN CCR 181 WILDWORLD MAXIPRIEST(REGGAEVERSION) 182 WILDWORLD CATSTEVENS 183 WONDERWALL OASIS 184 WONDERFULTONIGHT ERICCLAPTON 185 YOUCAN'THURRYLOVE PHILCOLLINS 186 YOUGOTIT ROYORBISON 187 YOUGOTTATAKEIT FRANCOISORIGINAL 188 YOUMAYBERIGHT BILLYJOEL 189 YOUTOMEAREEVERYTHING THEREALTHING
1 NEWSWINGSHOW 2 BEYONDTHESEA BOBBYDARRIN
3 COMEFLYWITHME FRANKSINATRA
4 CRAZYLITTLETHINGCALLEDLOVE MICHAELBUBLE
5 EVERYTHING MICHAELBUBLE
6 FLYMETOTHEMOON FRANKSINATRA
7 IGETAKICKOUTOFYOU FRANKSINATRA
8 KICKINTHEHEAD DEANMARTIN
9 LOVEANDMARRIAGE FRANKSINATRA
10 MR.BOJANGLES ROBBIEWILLIAMS
11 MACKTHEKNIFE BOBBYDARIN
12 MOONDANCE MICHAELBUBLE
13 SAVETHELASTDANCEFORME MICHAELBUBLE
14 SPIDERMAN MICHAELBUBLE
15 STRANGERSINTHENIGHT FRANKSINATRA
16 SWAY MICHAELBUBLE
17 THAT’SLIFE FRANKSINATRA
18 THELADYISATRAMP FRANKSINATRA
19 THESUMMERWIND MICHAELBUBLE
20 UNDERMYSKIN FRANKSINATRA
21 LAISMYLADY FRANKSINATRA
InstrumentalPre-drinksSHOWforCorporatesandWeddings 1 DMBalladJam
2 FreestyleMix3
3 CTJamShort
4 CTJamMix1
5 SmoothJazzinEm
6 GuthrieGovanTrackinCm
7 CmMixolidianTrackGm
8 FunkJamtrackCm
9 SexybluestrackinCm
10 FeelgoodReggaeBluesjamE
11 MinorSwingGypsyJazzAm
12 SoulfullhousejamCm
13 DeepHousemixOne
14 DeepHousemix2014HD
15 SeveMix
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SomeReferences
Theessenceofme.
Ifsomeoneaskedmetheques)on:Howdifficultisittoplaytheguitar,theonlyanswerIwillbeabletogive;isthatIdon’tknow;I’vealwaysplayedtheguitar.Assomeoneoncesaid:“Whenhecameoutofhis
mother’swombtheymusthaveputaguitarinhishands”.
IrememberplayingtheShadows,CCR,DireStraitsandotherbandssongswhileIwasatschoolbutmostofthehardworklearningtomastertheguitar,islostsomewhereinthecornersofmymind.
IfIcastmythoughtsbacktowhenIstartedmyprofessionalcareerin1986,Irememberprac)cingmyscales,a3ersomeonegavemealist
andsaid:”Thisishowyougoaboutbeingaleadguitarist”.
ScalescameandwentandsodidthenewsongsIrehearseddaya3erdaytoexpandmyrepertoire,butthejoyofplayingmyloved
instrumenthasneverceased.Thisjoy,love,passionandprideIfeelwhenIperform,mustbethemo)va)onthatbringspeopleback,)mea3er)me,toexperiencethesameoldclassictracksorthecoupleof
originaltunesthatIhavemasteredover)me.
Essen)ally,Iamacoverspecialistwithavastrepertoiretoentertainmyaudience;whethertheyare18or81oranythinginbetween;butin
essence,I’majourneymanwhoperformstolive!
TechRiderA) 2xJBLPRX615forF.O.H.PAorsimilarquality,(inclStandsandcabling)
2xJBLPRX715Subsorsimilarquality(notNeeded)1xJBLPRX615Monitor
B) 1x12CHANNELmixingdeskwithParametricEQandonboardFXand
1xDBXDriverackPAforProcessing
PreferredDesks(YamahaMG166CX,Soundcra3MFXi12,MackiePro12FXorA&HZED10FX.)
C) Stageligh)ng:
About4LEDParCans2withClampsorDuckstands
D) CablingNeeded
2xF-XLR–MXLRcables.Max2m(WirelessMic’sx2todesk)2xJack–Jackcables.Max5m(GtrFXtodesk)
1xJacktoJackcable.Max1-2m(GuitarFXtoGuitaramplifier)1xJacktoJackcable.Max1-2m(Psm200-Desk)
1xStereoJacktoMiniJackforiPod(2m)and1xStereoJacktoMiniJackforiPad(5m)
E)
SmallGuitarbacklineampandaGuitarstand.
(eg.VoxAD30VTValvetronix,FenderDeVille,PeaveyClassic30)
F) Stagesize/area-3mx2mx0.3m(MinHeight)
G)
AsolidMicstandorBookstandtodisplaymyiPadonandAsmallsturdytabletoputmy19”GuitarRackon.
H)Op)onalWirelesssystemsNeeded
1xShurePSM200in-earsystem(exclearphones)1xDBXChannelstrip–Vocalprocessor.