Chanteuse /shahn’ters/, n. (Fr.) Singer, esp. nightclub singer. Esp. singer - in smoky, red velvet type nightclub - of songs about love lost and found…and lust.

  Hello, and thanks for visiting me! I recently released my second album ('Chanteuse') and it's really got me thinking. How did this all start? I'm pretty sure that when I started out, I just wanted to be a popstar.  I released my debut - an album of pop tunes - and while it had its successes (read on later for all the 'achievement' stuff) somewhere along the way I discovered the excitement of just being creative and expressive for its own sake. Who would've thought! That 'popstar' ambition seems a million miles away. Now, don't think that doesn't mean I don't want to be successful, or that staying in my room and singing into a tape recorder will be enough to make me happy...But what it does mean is that I'm going to make music that I love, that makes me feel good, even if it's not 'cool', 'radio-friendly', 'targetted' to the right 'market' etc. I'm going to perform the way I want to and make music that moves me. So now I'm going to throw myself off that creative cliff, with nothing but my muse to keep me afloat and hope that you may be there with open arms and mind to make my landing a little bit softer. And if you're not, I know that I still did the right thing because I've had a ball making this album and I think it's the most 'me ' of anything I've ever done. I hope you'll give it a listen. test filmclip:

Perhaps best known as a ‘PopTart’, Amanda has performed with hundreds of different singer songwriters and bands at that weekly Sydney showcase night promoting original female-fronted music acts over the last six years.  PopTarts is an ever-growing network of female-fronted bands and female singer-songwriters. Amanda is 'Queen of Tarts', having started the Community almost six years ago. Their new home is at The Unity Hall Hotel in Darling Street Balmain in Sydney. Keep in the loop, and vis.

PopTarts are on the Telly! Amanda is host and Exec Producer. It has already screened on TVS (Television Sydney) and is now on C31 in Melbourne. Or watch it online at www.poptarts.blip.tv