{"id":21549,"date":"2017-11-26T13:29:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T13:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=21549"},"modified":"2017-12-05T10:52:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T10:52:03","slug":"andrew-de-silva-home-grown-icon-review-marie-pietersz-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/andrew-de-silva-home-grown-icon-review-marie-pietersz-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew de Silva &#8211; home-grown icon: a review &#8211; By Marie Pietersz : Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Andrew de Silva &#8211; home-grown icon: a review &#8211; By Marie Pietersz : Melbourne<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Marie.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11008\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Marie.jpeg\" alt=\"Marie Pietersz\" width=\"111\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #800080;\">If you missed seeing Prince live on stage, the next best thing is to see Andrew de Silva\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #800080;\">(Fan at the Flying Saucer Club for Prince Tribute show)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21550\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21551\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Andrew-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"592\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">crowds are loving Andrew<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Andrew-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21552\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Andrew-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21553\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"905\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21554\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Andrew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21555\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Andrew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"723\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21606\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-and-conrad-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"815\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Andrew de Silva\u00a0and father Conrad<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21607\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/andrew-and-conrad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"447\" \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Andrew and Conrad perform together <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">November has been month in which Melbourne has\u00a0serenaded young stars with Sri Lankan heritage, not least of all Australia&#8217;s\u00a0very own home-grown icon, Andrew de Silva,\u00a0doing a season of Prince tribute shows in Victoria following an interstate season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0Andrew&#8217;s vocal versatility\u00a0with his ability for voice layering and falsetto, has seen him picked to play lead roles in tribute shows,\u00a0most recently Prince and Marvin Gaye with great touring Australian musicians. He is a much sought after artiste recently replacing an original member as lead singer in the\u00a0Australian band\u00a0Boom Crash Opera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0Andrew has many musical strings to his bow with his ability to mix, arrange, compose, write, play guitar and sing in so many genres and able to transcend the music years from Motown to pop rock. He is the whole package, this uniqueness keeping him in demand with producers of stage\u00a0shows and music\u00a0gigs, next in line as guest artist doing soundtracks from the The Big Chill at the Arts Centre on 1 December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0Andrew was born into a musical family,\u00a0the son of Conrad and Carina (nee Brohier) de Silva. Father Conrad is a well-known singer in Sri Lanka and in Melbourne. It is therefore no surprise that\u00a0Andrew was influenced to start his musical career at the young\u00a0age of eight. He burst into the musical scene\u00a0making his debut in professional music\u00a0as front man and main\u00a0song writer for the R&amp;B band CDB, winning an Aria with the band for the highest selling\u00a0single, <i>Let&#8217;s Groove<\/i>, and Platinum and Gold sales for the single and album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0Andrew has overcome many set-backs,\u00a0including health issues,\u00a0on his way to living his musical dream of recording and touring today,\u00a0but\u00a0his\u00a0spirituality and determination have helped him overcome them and his journey, he says, has made him the person he is today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0Wife Elle and daughters Yazmin and Jada were so proud of\u00a0their father when he won the Australia&#8217;s Got Talent contest in 2012 performing his own composition <i>Now that I Believe <\/i>which is all about keeping the faith. A second chance at stardom, he has since produced albums and singles, won many musical awards and\u00a0backed huge artists like Mariah Carey on tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0To see him on stage\u00a0at tribute shows to celebrate the lives of international\u00a0musical icons, Andrew is able to\u00a0transcend his packed\u00a0audiences\u00a0to the stage\u00a0performances of these greats gone too soon with his soulful deliveries, mannerisms and costumes.\u00a0A fan of Prince, his rendition of <i>Purple Rain<\/i> at a recent Prince tribute show, Purple Revolution,\u00a0was stirring,\u00a0with the crowds getting into the moment and giving it up for the moving experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0As a public figure,\u00a0Andrew is constantly busy and in demand by big names in the Australian music industry\u00a0for his abilities as an all-round musician, but in private he is a family man and is never too busy\u00a0to perform\u00a0within the Sri Lankan community of his heritage. Recently, during the launch of A Heritage of Song, Book 2, depicting the musical journeys of musicians with Sri Lankan roots, Andrew accepted an invitation to perform with his father and brought the house down with their rendition of the soul ballad\u00a0<i>When Something is Wrong with my Baby <\/i>(Isaac Hayes\/David Porter) bridging the\u00a0gap of two generations of professional\u00a0family singers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0Public opinion is that Andrew deserves huge success in his musical career and, having penetrated the Australian stage as a song writer, live performer and session musician, the world stage beckons Andrew for\u00a0a third opportunity of stardom. It is a\u00a0chance for us to share one of our home-grown icons with the world, for\u00a0which he is more than ready, &#8220;God willing&#8221;, he believes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0If you missed Andrew&#8217;s tribute show, there will always be others coming up to watch out for. 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