1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda in the. 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: Morning Sam who doesn't love Kate Sobrano. Everyone loves Kate 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 2: And during this lockdown period, Kate's been hosting a show 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 2: every week live streaming a show from her lounge room, 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: Kate Sobrano and Friends. So the friends are all in 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 2: remote areas, all remote spots in their own homes. Kate 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 2: joins us right now, Hello, Kate. 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: Good morning, God, Yo, how you guys doing. 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 3: We're doing ik We're a bit myth that you haven't 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 3: approached us where your friends A man and I could 11 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 3: perhaps perform a song or something. 12 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, but the thing is received well. First of all, 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: I had to go to my actual industry friends. This 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: is how it works. Because we've been raising money for 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: Support Act and other things. I thought I'd better go 16 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: to some actual professional singers, of which Richard Wilkins was 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: an exception, but he sort of was a musician. Yes, 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: that's right, But when we move forward, there's no doubt 19 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: you and I, all of us, we're going to make 20 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: a trio that we're going to be on full to rid. 21 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: When you say this is about the Support Act, tell 22 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 2: us about Support Act. 23 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: So Support Act is looking after people who actually, like myself, 24 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: are not eligible for any funding during this time because 25 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: we're contracted gigs from one to the next. We haven't 26 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: had the we haven't been able to get anyone to 27 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: well agree that we were engaged in an industry, and 28 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: so they fall through the cracks. There are the people 29 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: like the loaders and the people who're lighting riggers, so 30 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: they're all very technical, specialized roles, you know, sound engineers 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: who are doing the side of stage, and they're the 32 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: people that really put on the show. And so looking 33 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: after them and moving forward to we don't know how 34 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: many months or if in fact, to the end of 35 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: the year. This could be out of work week with 36 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: out of work, I just thought I'd put an initiative 37 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: there to start fundraising an awareness for them. 38 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: Well and musicians, they have a tenure grip on finances 39 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: as it is. How have you been gained, believe, how 40 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: have you been gaining with how you. 41 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: Oh ah, it's terrible. I mean, I you know, things 42 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: sell off the calendar for a full year ahead, things 43 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: that we've been entirely relying on. But you know it's different. 44 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,119 Speaker 1: It's different for me because I have a house over 45 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: my head and my husband's working. And you know, for 46 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: a lot of other other industry peers, that's all that 47 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: they do from day to day, and they don't have 48 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 1: back up. And I mean, we were spending a couple 49 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: of months putting out of fire. We gave all our 50 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: weekends and time and money and and we had I 51 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: don't think the artist really is and I don't want 52 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: to generalize, but from what I can gather, we're not 53 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: really monetary driven. It's really about having a wonderful job 54 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: which we love. And I mean, we gave a lot 55 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: of money away just in a couple of weeks coming 56 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: into this whole pandemic. And I got together with a 57 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: friend of mine, an artist ad Fromley, and a bunch 58 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: of my friends here. We made some money and we 59 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: gave it all out to the rotary clubs in amongst 60 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: the regions, all the way up and down the north 61 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: coast of parts of Victoria. 62 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 3: Because you guys always you're always there, you know, chriss up. 63 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 3: You guys will put on a concert of free concert 64 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 3: for firees or nurses and all that stuff. What happens 65 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: when you guys. I was looking at Shannonole's Instagram. He's 66 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 3: moving out of his house. He's moving back to Condobland. 67 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 3: But I'm thinking, you know, he lost all these he's 68 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 3: a singer, he's not performing any more gigs. He's got 69 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 3: four kids that he's. 70 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: Got a feed, exactly my point. And in my band, 71 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,119 Speaker 1: you know, I've got a couple of band members. He's 72 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: just got new babies as well, and so you know, 73 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: it is it's a call out without trying to you know, 74 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: we're not going to attempt to shame because the government's 75 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: trying to do its best. But when you have to 76 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: make a general package of how this looks our industry 77 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: is it is, it's sort of somewhat difficult to name 78 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: specifically how these things work. We don't see all the 79 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: people that put up the shows. We often just see 80 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: the front singer or you know, like the brown nose 81 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: and big mouth, but see don't see the rest of 82 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: the community. And so this is me. I've been every week. 83 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: I've invited my friends and we give a portion of 84 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: it to of any tips or donations to support up. 85 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: But then I give a bit of lulling money to 86 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: every artist who comes on as well, and we hopefully 87 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: just keep the idea of what the industry looks like 88 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: and the professional. 89 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: And performing from your lounge room. At least it forces 90 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: you to keep your lounge room tidy. 91 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: It's true, actually, Amanda, it's funny you should say that. 92 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: But my house it's looking like with Mail and I, 93 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: it's like a share home of the nineteen seventies. It's 94 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: not pretty. There's cups and sources that haven't been watched 95 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: for seven weeks and they're like, there's just that's turned 96 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: into you know, furniture. But having said that, one of 97 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: the things I was really grateful for, and for budget reasons, 98 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: I had a friend of mine move in the backyard, 99 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: which was a godsend. Kathleen Hellerin. She's the most astonishing guitarist, 100 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: electric and the sick. She's just twenty four, And that 101 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: was to help us pay the rent before all this happened. 102 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: And now she's just this valued asset because I couldn't 103 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: have done it without her. The two of us are 104 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: able to provide the music. Betty like all of the 105 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: beds that you hear every week for every artist, and 106 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: that's going from country rock, just go, you name it. 107 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: We're creating it together. So she's amazing. 108 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 3: So who's on tonight at eight o'clock. 109 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: I've invited. Last week was Boys, Boys Don't Cry. We 110 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: had all the men singing ballads from rick Price, and 111 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: I had, you know, all of all of my male friends. 112 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: But tonight it's Ricky Lee and Tenny Doko and all 113 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: of the theater and stage stars, Amy Lapama Linta and 114 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: a few other young artists that were launching some of 115 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: their new songs this week. 116 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 3: And of course that Kate Sobrano will be there and 117 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 3: we look forward Aman and I to a collab with. 118 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: You down there, absolutely, and even you know, my daughter's 119 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: in a crack for you think everybody except except. 120 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: Well except your husband and us. He was on the phone, 121 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 3: so no. 122 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, she's she's she's brushed me too, he said, exactly. 123 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: But I know, I know. 124 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 3: Come on, you guys suffered Kate Sbrano and Friends live 125 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: in concert eight o'clock tonight. Check it out Katesbrano dot com. Katie, 126 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 3: We look forward to catching up to you when this 127 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 3: is all over. 128 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 2: Talk to you soon. 129 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, see later. Guys joined the and Amanda in the 130 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: morning at one point seven. Tell you