MUSICIANS USING FACEBOOK
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WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO TRACK?
The number of Likes for your Page.
Demographics of your Fans that Like your Page.
Engagement Comments,Likes & Shares.
Organic & Viral Reach of your Content.
Number of People Talking About This.

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One Of Our Fans Sums Up Entertainya Through A Song ...

GET US TO COME OUT TO YOUR GIG...OR BETTER YET COME TO US !!

Entertainya is always keen to see what you've got and we are always looking for talent to feature on our website and on our social space…

If you’re a keen performer or just love to jam why not get us to come out to one of your gigs?

Don’t gig??  Then come in and play a tune or bust a rhyme for our camera and we’ll chuck it up on our digital

space to share with the rest of the country… You never know who might see it!!

We recently caught up with a local and very talented Tim Moreta who was nice enough to make some time and come into our office for a bit of a jam session... Here is how it went down...

To start out, Who influenced you to pick up the 6 string and build your style? What inspired you to start writing music?
I come from a pretty musical family. My first memories of live music i guess you could say came from family get-togethers. My grandfather, my cousins, uncles and my dad could all play any instrument that they could pick up. My dad and one of my uncles also had written some of their own songs which I was exposed to when i was younger and still vividly remember the first time i heard there own creations. With such a tight family at that stage and being young and absorbing all the musical traits i would see at these functions, i guess it was just the natural progression of things that i would write and play some sort of music.

You have plenty of original material, when writing, what do you feel the best method to creating a song is? What works best for you?
There are so many ways you can attack it. With every song i have written, the music has come first. I know alot of people who can write lyrics down like a poem and then put the music to it later, that’s something i have never been able to do. If a cool line comes into my head I’ll write it down but ill only ever use it if it fits the structure of a song I’m working on, other times, if u have a tune you can base a whole song around that one line if its strong enough. It just comes down to what ever works best for you. Admittedly I am too critical when I write a song so I don’t keep as many songs as I probably should. But at least i can say the ones that I keep are my best crops. I guess I’m the John West of songs.

When did you first start to sing? What got you into being a vocalist?
As lame as this may sound, mum use to sing around the house...... A lot. She would sing to my sister and I before we went to bed and any chance she could at a party with the Moreta family. Again i think when your young and absorbing your surroundings it definitely influences you weather you want it to or not. If mum was a bad singer it may just have easily turned me off music altogether but luckily she could hold a note and I do hear alot of her voice in mine. As for the first time I gave singing a go, I was about 15, had written my first lot of lyrics and had music to go with it. I had this idea that if i write a whole bunch of songs, I can start a band and not have to worry about the whole writing process with a band because I would already have everything. I wanted to show my parents my first song and I had the melody for the lyrics in my head so I just sang and played it to them. Its safe to say that they were shocked and so was I. They gave me just the right amount of encouragement after that and I got the guts to show more people. it started from there i guess.

Read our exclusive interview with Tim Moreta >>

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Its not everyday you get to play along side Bon Jovi.... But these talented guys got to do just that !

Presenting October Rage !!

You won a competition to play alongside Bon Jovi, how was the whole experience?

Absolutely amazing, hundred of bands from NSW signed up to the Triple M run competition and with the help of our fans and LOTS of hard work We came through as the winners! Really owe it all to the fans ya' know! They supported us throughout the once in a life time competition and got us the big prize at the end. As for the shows themselves, the Jovi crew were great. Very welcoming (not to mention, professional)  and really showed us how the big boys do it. Jon and the boys were amazing too, after hearing us play our set Jon invited us to the end of tour party to have beers and a chat with them. Left us feeling very proud and a little overwhelmed when they said we were one of the best bands they have had on the whole world tour!

It’s every bands dream to play to a packed arena and do what they love best – playing music. How did you guys handle the pressure of playing to so many people, many who didn’t know who you guys were?

To tell you the truth we were so fired up to get out there and play that it really didn't allow us time to get a case of nerves or anything! We've always said you practice on the smaller stages as though you are playing on a big one and sure enough, when you get to the big ones it all fits perfectly! One of the main things that support bands have to realize is that most people aren't there to see you and you HAVE to get them warmed up for the main act. The crowd were great with my brother (Nick Roberts) leading them with screams of "Bon Jovi's backstage, they can hear you Sydney!! Show them what you've got!!!"  Makes us so much hungrier for our own packed stadium of fans!.
I got the EP you guys sent me late last year, the end production sounded incredible. What can you tell me about the time spent in the studio? Working with our producer Adrian Hannan really opened our eyes to fresh ideas and how to craft the songs better. As an award winning writer himself, Adrian really showed us how to break down the songs and get the most out of ourselves. Nick did a great job on the vocals considering he had a cracked rib at the time!!

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