As Silver
sponsors of PORTfest 09, Quarterpipe Records offered a recording & mixing session, plus
digital release for the winner of the Singing Competition.
WINNERS OF THE PORTfest 09 SINGING COMPETITION
1st - Dylan Wright
2nd - Jessica Hannan
3rd - Jacinta Guilsano
Encouragement Award - Rhiannon Muir
Dylan's phenomenal voice and musicality are undeniably self evident, as captured in
the Quarterpipe Studio. Dylan has continually demonstrated a highly commendable sense of
social awareness and goodwill. He regularly makes donations to charities from the money he
earns as a busker.
Local press articles :
A
musical family? Too (W)right it is!
Dylan
pitches in to help charities
John
Lennon's Memory Inspires Fund-Raiser
Derek Turner congratulates Dylan after
being awarded First Place at PORTfest 2009
Recently, Dylan has assembled a band under the name of Toys Of Counter Culture, who
have already begun gigging and appearing in various Band Competitions.
Young
Singer Grows His Hair For Charity
BY KEVIN SADLIER
06 Mar, 2010 04:58 PM
STARTING in 2002 when he was nine, Dylan Wright, has been spending most of his spare time
rasing money for charity.
As a singer, you will find him busking in Gymea at weekends and, thanks to winning a
school talent quest worth $100 plus a recording contract, he now has four tracks available
for downloading on the internet at $1.50 each.
To Dylan, every cent helps. He has calculated that the $100 first prize in the PORTfest 09 competition held at his school and
sponsored by Quarterpipe Records of Gymea
has taken his total earnings to $10,000.
Originally, all the money raised was going to the MS Society because his mum, Anne Dennis,
has MS. Now he spreads his earnings among other charities including Sutherland Shire
Disability Association, McGrath Foundation, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Australian Red
Cross, Surf Life Savers Australia, and Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Dylan,
now 16 and in year 11 at Port Hacking High School, is growing his hair for charity.
"It is now about 13 centimetres," he said.
Derek Turner from Quarterpipe Records is enthusiastic over
Dylan's future in music.
"Dylan is a supremely talented young man," Turner said. "His songwriting style is
classic, his guitar playing is effortless."
Turner, who produced the four tracks by Dylan
now on the internet said all four recordings were "nailed on the first take".
"Dylan possesses a voice that is truly first class." Turner said. "You won't believe this vocal
delivery is coming from a teenager."
Interview & review with Dylan
for Girl.com.au
Gone To Rio is a classic, soulful and
easily absorbed song. Dylan has an amazingly mature and natural voice for a 16 year old.
His guitar provides a soothing background to his romantic lyrics. Dylan is capable of
covering the genres as Lazy Afternoons
is a soft rock track that will have your foot tapping and provides a new meaning to lazy
afternoons. Once again, after listening to Nobody
Knows, I cannot believe Dylan is only 16. His vocals are delivered remarkably; this
poppy rock song is extremely expressive.
My favourite track is the slower song, Political
Minds. Dylan poses the question "who is going to clean our dirty planet?"
The song is convincing and rhythmical. You are sure to be singing along and thinking about
the earths future with Political Minds.
Hopefully you will be implementing the actions of "reduce, reuse and recycle"
for earth's survival too.
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