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Soldier Songs and Voices

Locality: Tewantin, Queensland

Phone: +61 408 988 574

Address: PO BOX 972 4566 Tewantin, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.soldiersongs.net.au

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25.01.2022 Congratulations Joanne Stevens! You just won a guitar! Message us your address for shipping and #8 will be on it’s way.

25.01.2022 See you all at 8-30

20.01.2022 Coming shortly. A very special one hour ANZAC day tribute from Aussie music icon Fred Smith. Fred takes us on an epic journey of words, music, songs and laughter as he recounts his experiences on the front-line in Afghanistan and talks about the songs that he has written about them.

19.01.2022 Join Aussie music icon Fred Smith on a special 70 minute Anzac Day tribute. Fred takes us on a journey of words, music, song and laughter as he recounts his experiences on the front-line in Afghanistan and talks about the songs that he has written about them. Fred is a diplomat with a difference. Described as Australia’s secret weapon in international diplomacy, he was the first Australian diplomat sent to work in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province in 2009, and the last to le...ave. He has been a favourite on the Australian festival circuit for years, much loved for his gentle wit, gift for story and melody, and iconic music. He was the subject of a recent ABC TV Australian Story feature about his work in Afghanistan and on peace keeping operations in the war-torn islands of the South Pacific. Fred Smith is one of this country's most literate, humorous, intelligent and empathic songwriters. wrtoe Warwick McFadyen, of the the Sunday Age. In July 2009, Fred went to Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. His main job was to build relationships with tribal leaders in order to improve cooperation and understanding between the local community and the Coalition Forces, to act as a bridge between these two vastly different cultures. This put him in a unique position to understand both. He served most of his 18 month tour of Uruzgan province on the Multinational Base in Tarin Kowt and at a Forward Operating Base in the Chora Valley. Smith put bands together from musically competent soldiers on base and they played regular concerts in Tarin Kowt where his songs were on everybody's iPod. His comic ditty Niet Swaffelen op de Dixi, entreating Dutch soldiers not to do unspeakable things in the portaloos, became a hit with the Dutch military and he toured Holland in November 2010 on the strength of it. This Anzac Day special is presented in conjunction with Soldier Songs and Voices Australia - a non-profit organization with the goal to create long-lasting change through songwriting and music to the lives of veterans, service men and women and first responders. To make a donation visit https://www.soldiersongs.net.au//make-a-donation-to-soldi/

18.01.2022 We are getting to the pointy end of our guitar giveaways. Only a couple of weeks to go now. Better move fast. Win a cool Tanglewood Dreadnought acoustic guitar. From March 10th until April 28th. One guitar to be won each week. Winners announced on our website, Facebook page and Instagram feed every couple of weeks.... How to enter: Sign up for our absolutely free online songwriting and music course - presented by Aussie music icon Fred Smith. Fred talks through everything from words to music and pulling it all together into a final song. Just visit this link for details www.soldiersongs.net.au/course

17.01.2022 Congratulations Ben Favelle! Send us a message with your address for shipping and #7 will be on its way to you.

16.01.2022 Hi all. Ok, so isolation has certainly slowed us down a little, but we're about to come home strong. We have four beautiful Tanglewood guitars left to giveaway. Just go to https://www.soldiersongs.net.au/course/ and register for our FREE songwriting course and you will be automatically entered into the draw. We will announce winners on Sunday April 26th.

11.01.2022 Ok, let’s get this ball rolling. The last four beautiful Tanglewood Crossroads acoustic guitars, waiting to be shipped off to the lucky winners, whose names will magically appear one by one over the next 4 posts!

05.01.2022 Ok, so this is it, lucky last. It’s been a pleasure to be able to run this little giveaway and get guitars into the hands of people. We hope they bring you years of pleasure... and we hope that you learn at least three chords, write down your truth on some paper and join them both together into many songs. You have a wonderful course and instructor in Fred Smith, that you can go back to again and again. Alright so CORINA ROBINSON! It’s your lucky night. #10 goes to you. Please contact us via message or email so we can arrange delivery.

03.01.2022 KEVIN ELDRIDGE! You just won a freaking guitar. Number 9 of our ten Tanglewoods! Message us Kevin, so #9 and you can be together ASAP.