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'''Frances Dickinson''' is a New Zealand based musician and vocal coach. She is best known as the singer in former alt-folk band Forbidden Joe<ref>{{cite web|last1=Creative New Zealand|title=Funded Artists Showcase|website=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/funded-artists-showcase/frances-dickinson?tab=artform&title=Artists+by+artform+es|accessdate=6/62014}}</ref> and as a vocal coach for New Zealand recording artists such as [[Lorde]] <ref>{{cite web|last1=FasterLouder|title=Lorde-Pop's new ruler|website=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/headliners/lorde/|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>.
'''Frances Dickinson''' is a New Zealand based musician and vocal coach. She is best known as the singer in former alt-folk band Forbidden Joe<ref>{{cite web|last1=Creative New Zealand|title=Funded Artists Showcase|website=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/funded-artists-showcase/frances-dickinson?tab=artform&title=Artists+by+artform+es}}</ref> and as a vocal coach for New Zealand recording artists such as [[Lorde]] <ref>{{cite web|last1=FasterLouder|title=Lorde-Pop's new ruler|website=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/headliners/lorde/}}</ref>.


=== Forbidden Joe ===
=== Forbidden Joe ===
Dickinson was the lead singer and songwriter in the alt-folk band Forbidden Joe. The trio formed in 2008 after they met at the Devonport Folk Club (Auckland).<ref>{{cite web|last1=NZ Musican Magazine|title=Fresh Talent: Forbidden Joe|website=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/1574|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref> and went on to record an EP entitled "Oh, what a queer sensation" later that year. The EP was described as being "very contemporary and yet at the same time having everything that you'd want from a really traditional folk view" whilst demonstrating "really good vocals (and) some really good songwriting" by Manu Taylor on National Radio's [[Radio New Zealand National|Nine till Noon]] music review<ref>{{cite web|last1=Radio New Zealand|title=Nine to Noon: Music Review with Manu Taylor|http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/1819009/music-review|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>.
Dickinson was the lead singer and songwriter in the alt-folk band Forbidden Joe. The trio formed in 2008 after they met at the Devonport Folk Club (Auckland).<ref>{{cite web|last1=NZ Musican Magazine|title=Fresh Talent: Forbidden Joe|website=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/1574}}</ref> and went on to record an EP entitled "Oh, what a queer sensation" later that year. The EP was described as being "very contemporary and yet at the same time having everything that you'd want from a really traditional folk view" whilst demonstrating "really good vocals (and) some really good songwriting" by Manu Taylor on National Radio's [[Radio New Zealand National|Nine till Noon]] music review<ref>{{cite web|last1=Radio New Zealand|title=Nine to Noon: Music Review with Manu Taylor|accessdate=6/6/2014|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/1819009/music-review}}</ref>.


Music reviewer Graham Reid discussed Dickinson's songwriting in a review of the EP where he remarked that " as a writer, just on this one showing, she seems to be a rare one". Aside from one co-write with Arthur Baysting on the full album, she did not write any more songs with Forbidden Joe<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=Graham|title=Oh! what a queer sensation|website=http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/2022/forbidden-joe-oh-what-a-queer-sensation-fj/|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=Graham|title=Forbidden Joe: In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore|website=http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/3059/forbidden-joe-in-mourning-for-the-pride-of-petravore-forbidden-joe/|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>.
Music reviewer Graham Reid discussed Dickinson's songwriting in a review of the EP where he remarked that " as a writer, just on this one showing, she seems to be a rare one". Aside from one co-write with Arthur Baysting on the full album, she did not write any more songs with Forbidden Joe<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=Graham|title=Oh! what a queer sensation|website=http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/2022/forbidden-joe-oh-what-a-queer-sensation-fj/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=Graham|title=Forbidden Joe: In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore|website=http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/3059/forbidden-joe-in-mourning-for-the-pride-of-petravore-forbidden-joe/}}</ref>.


Forbidden Joe produced their only full length album "In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore" in 2011 which was part funded by Creative New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|last1=Creative New Zealand|title=Funded Artists Showcase|website=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/funded-artists-showcase/frances-dickinson?tab=artform&title=Artists+by+artform+es|accessdate=6/62014}}</ref>. The trio separated in 2010 and their album was a finalist for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Award for Best Folk Album in 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Folk Album Finalists Announced|website=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2011/01/10/best-folk-album-finalists-announced/|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>.
Forbidden Joe produced their only full length album "In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore" in 2011 which was part funded by Creative New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|last1=Creative New Zealand|title=Funded Artists Showcase|website=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/funded-artists-showcase/frances-dickinson?tab=artform&title=Artists+by+artform+es}}</ref>. The trio separated in 2010 and their album was a finalist for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Award for Best Folk Album in 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Folk Album Finalists Announced|website=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2011/01/10/best-folk-album-finalists-announced/}}</ref>.




=== Vocal Coaching ===
=== Vocal Coaching ===


Dickinson is a vocal coach for Establish Music<ref>{{cite web|title=Establish Music - vocal coaching|website=http://www.establishmusic.com/vocal-coaching/|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref> and has worked with a number of New Zealand artists. In 2013 Dickinson worked with [[Ruby Frost]] while she was a judge on New Zealand's X Factor show<ref>{{cite web|last1=TV3|title=Meet the judges - interview with Ruby Frost|website=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Interview-with-Ruby-Frost/tabid/3472/articleID/90111/Default.aspx|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>. She has also coached NZ Silver Scroll winner Lips, [[Six60]] and actress [[Robyn Malcolm]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Establish Music - What our clients say|website=http://www.establishmusic.com/clients/|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>.
Dickinson is a vocal coach for Establish Music<ref>{{cite web|title=Establish Music - vocal coaching|website=http://www.establishmusic.com/vocal-coaching/}}</ref> and has worked with a number of New Zealand artists. In 2013 Dickinson worked with [[Ruby Frost]] while she was a judge on New Zealand's X Factor show<ref>{{cite web|last1=TV3|title=Meet the judges - interview with Ruby Frost|website=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Interview-with-Ruby-Frost/tabid/3472/articleID/90111/Default.aspx}}</ref>. She has also coached NZ Silver Scroll winner Lips, [[Six60]] and actress [[Robyn Malcolm]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Establish Music - What our clients say|website=http://www.establishmusic.com/clients/}}</ref>.


==== Work with Lorde ====
==== Work with Lorde ====
Dickinson was hired in 2011 by Universal Music to coach Ella Yellich-OConnor twice a week (who would later adopt the stage name [[Lorde]]) while she was signed to their label on a development deal<ref>{{cite web|last1=FasterLouder|title=Lorde-Pop's new ruler|website=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/headliners/lorde/|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>. They worked together for over a year; [[Lorde]] described working with Dickinson in an interview for Rolling Stone Magazine:
Dickinson was hired in 2011 by Universal Music to coach Ella Yellich-OConnor twice a week (who would later adopt the stage name [[Lorde]]) while she was signed to their label on a development deal<ref>{{cite web|last1=FasterLouder|title=Lorde-Pop's new ruler|website=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/headliners/lorde/}}</ref>. They worked together for over a year; [[Lorde]] described working with Dickinson in an interview for Rolling Stone Magazine:


"One of the coolest things was that I could have vocal lessons twice a week," she recalls. "I've always had a low voice, but you can find a couple of shitty covers on YouTube from when I was 12 or whatever, and my voice is quite nasal. Strange tonally. I got to strip all that stuff back and kind of rebuild the machinery, take a lot of twang out of my sound."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rolling Stone Magazine|title=Lorde's Teenage Dream|website=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lordes-teenage-dream-20131028|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>.
"One of the coolest things was that I could have vocal lessons twice a week," she recalls. "I've always had a low voice, but you can find a couple of shitty covers on YouTube from when I was 12 or whatever, and my voice is quite nasal. Strange tonally. I got to strip all that stuff back and kind of rebuild the machinery, take a lot of twang out of my sound."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rolling Stone Magazine|title=Lorde's Teenage Dream|website=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lordes-teenage-dream-20131028}}</ref>.


[[Lorde]] won the award for Best Pop Solo Performance for her vocal performance on her song "Royals" at the 2014 Grammys<ref>{{cite web|title=56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|website=http://www.grammy.com/nominees|accessdate=6/6/2014}}</ref>.
[[Lorde]] won the award for Best Pop Solo Performance for her vocal performance on her song "Royals" at the 2014 Grammys<ref>{{cite web|title=56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|website=http://www.grammy.com/nominees}}</ref>.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:00, 7 June 2014

Frances Dickinson is a New Zealand based musician and vocal coach. She is best known as the singer in former alt-folk band Forbidden Joe[1] and as a vocal coach for New Zealand recording artists such as Lorde [2].

Forbidden Joe

Dickinson was the lead singer and songwriter in the alt-folk band Forbidden Joe. The trio formed in 2008 after they met at the Devonport Folk Club (Auckland).[3] and went on to record an EP entitled "Oh, what a queer sensation" later that year. The EP was described as being "very contemporary and yet at the same time having everything that you'd want from a really traditional folk view" whilst demonstrating "really good vocals (and) some really good songwriting" by Manu Taylor on National Radio's Nine till Noon music review[4].

Music reviewer Graham Reid discussed Dickinson's songwriting in a review of the EP where he remarked that " as a writer, just on this one showing, she seems to be a rare one". Aside from one co-write with Arthur Baysting on the full album, she did not write any more songs with Forbidden Joe[5][6].

Forbidden Joe produced their only full length album "In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore" in 2011 which was part funded by Creative New Zealand[7]. The trio separated in 2010 and their album was a finalist for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Award for Best Folk Album in 2011[8].


Vocal Coaching

Dickinson is a vocal coach for Establish Music[9] and has worked with a number of New Zealand artists. In 2013 Dickinson worked with Ruby Frost while she was a judge on New Zealand's X Factor show[10]. She has also coached NZ Silver Scroll winner Lips, Six60 and actress Robyn Malcolm[11].

Work with Lorde

Dickinson was hired in 2011 by Universal Music to coach Ella Yellich-OConnor twice a week (who would later adopt the stage name Lorde) while she was signed to their label on a development deal[12]. They worked together for over a year; Lorde described working with Dickinson in an interview for Rolling Stone Magazine:

"One of the coolest things was that I could have vocal lessons twice a week," she recalls. "I've always had a low voice, but you can find a couple of shitty covers on YouTube from when I was 12 or whatever, and my voice is quite nasal. Strange tonally. I got to strip all that stuff back and kind of rebuild the machinery, take a lot of twang out of my sound."[13].

Lorde won the award for Best Pop Solo Performance for her vocal performance on her song "Royals" at the 2014 Grammys[14].

References

  1. ^ Creative New Zealand. "Funded Artists Showcase". http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/funded-artists-showcase/frances-dickinson?tab=artform&title=Artists+by+artform+es. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ FasterLouder. "Lorde-Pop's new ruler". http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/headliners/lorde/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ NZ Musican Magazine. "Fresh Talent: Forbidden Joe". http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/1574. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ Radio New Zealand. "Nine to Noon: Music Review with Manu Taylor". Retrieved 6/6/2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ Reid, Graham. "Oh! what a queer sensation". http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/2022/forbidden-joe-oh-what-a-queer-sensation-fj/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ Reid, Graham. "Forbidden Joe: In Mourning for the Pride of Petravore". http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/3059/forbidden-joe-in-mourning-for-the-pride-of-petravore-forbidden-joe/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. ^ Creative New Zealand. "Funded Artists Showcase". http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/funded-artists-showcase/frances-dickinson?tab=artform&title=Artists+by+artform+es. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ "Best Folk Album Finalists Announced". http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2011/01/10/best-folk-album-finalists-announced/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  9. ^ "Establish Music - vocal coaching". http://www.establishmusic.com/vocal-coaching/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ^ TV3. "Meet the judges - interview with Ruby Frost". http://www.tv3.co.nz/Interview-with-Ruby-Frost/tabid/3472/articleID/90111/Default.aspx. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Establish Music - What our clients say". http://www.establishmusic.com/clients/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  12. ^ FasterLouder. "Lorde-Pop's new ruler". http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/headliners/lorde/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  13. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine. "Lorde's Teenage Dream". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lordes-teenage-dream-20131028. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  14. ^ "56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". http://www.grammy.com/nominees. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
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