Barry Ferrier aka Dr Baz
Australia, Byron Bay
About Barry Ferrier aka Dr Baz
Versatlile Australian musician and vocalist "Doctor Baz", aka Barry Ferrier, is a prolific award winning songwriter with an eclectic and theatrical discography covering diverse styles and genres.
Barry began his fascinating performing arts career working in music theatre, with a 2 year stint as a cast member and as one of Jesus' apostles in the original Harry M. Miller production of Andrew Ll
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Barry Ferrier
Barry Ferrier is an Australian musician , entertainer & composer based in Byron Bay - a multi-instrumentalist, singer & multi-award winning song-writer who has enjoyed a long and diverse career in the performing arts/music and in multimedia design. Enjoying a colourful range of experience in many facets of the music, theatre and media production industries, Doctor Baz has entertained all over Australia, and in Europe & the UK and lived a life dedicated to creativity. Born in Sydney Australia, Barry gained early recognition in music theatre, appearing in the original Australian production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' at the Capitol, Sydney and Palais, Melbourne and in 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' at the Seymour Centre, Sydney. He was composer for the internationally famous Lindsay Kemp Mime Company, performing in their productions of 'Flowers 'in Melbourne, and composing the music for Kemp's production of Oscar Wilde's 'Salome', which was a sell out for 18 months at London's Roundhouse . He has worked with many of the leading names in Australian music including the 70s chart-toppers 'The Ferrets', has opened for guitar maestro Ry Cooder and toured as band leader for the legendary diva Eartha Kitt. Described as 'the Charles Bronson of swamp blues' by someone who ought to know better, Barry has a intriguing range of music industry credits to his name, and has most recently appeared in the lead role of his self-penned music theatre show based on the life of Jonny Cash "I Hear That Train a-Comin' " which has been a sell-out success at in clubs and theatres along the east coast of Australia. He has just begun touring with a new show he has written about the friendship of Johnny Cash & Roy Orbison entitled "Haven & Hell".
Barry Ferrier
Composer Graphic Designer Guitarist Keyboardist VocalistBarry Ferrier is an Australian musician , entertainer & composer based in Byron Bay - a multi-instrumentalist, singer & multi-award winning song-writer who has enjoyed a long and diverse career in the...
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Like the Soothing sounds of Classical Guitar?
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"Angelina" - a new video for my latin guitar instrumental!
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I'm reaching out to all those friends who have taken the time to subscribe to my N1M channel - thanks for showing you've enjoyed my music! I'm delighted we share the same musical "space" and sensibilities.
I've attached a new video of a song which I recently completed, featuring outstanding Byron Bay Kellie Knight in duo with myself, with Kellie taking the lead singing role on one of my original alt rock compositions - I hope you enjoy it!
I've received a great response on this platform for my music and have clocked up over 700,000 streams of my songs, and my tracks reached national #1 on the N1M charts in several categories - including jazz, blues, rockabilly, film score and latin jazz.
As a passionate songwriter, it's great to know that people are hearing my songs. It is of course very challenging, in the contemporary world of playlists and streaming, to get a fair return on the long and arduous process from idea, to creation of the finished piece/composition, to recording to promoting a song.
My tracks are available on all the main streaming platforms - so if you particularly like a song of mine and you belong to any of these big gun platforms - please add me to your playlist - or, even better - purchase my tracks. While the creator of the music gets very little financial return through these mainstream platforms like Spotify, Apple, Amazon Deezer etc - it can help with recognition and broadening the fan base.
If you REALLY want to make a difference, I urge you to visit my BandCamp page at link where you can purchase and download my tracks direct. BandCamp gives a far more equitable share of the royalties the the original artist.
In conclusion I wish you all a happy, prosperous and fulfilling year, ...and I hope to release a new batch of songs in the next few months for your enjoyment.
Stay in touch - I love hearing your feedback on my songs and music through messages on N1M,
best wishes Barry Ferrier aka Dr. Baz
I'm reaching out to all those friends who have taken the time to subscribe to my N1M channel - thanks for showing you've enjoyed my music! I'm delighted we share the same musical "space" and sensibilities.
I've attached a new video of a song which I recently completed, featuring outstanding Byron Bay Kellie Knight in duo with myself, with Kellie taking the lead singing role on one of my original alt rock compositions - I hope you enjoy it!
I've received a great response on this platform for my music and have clocked up over 700,000 streams of my songs, and my tracks reached national #1 on the N1M charts in several categories - including jazz, blues, rockabilly, film score and latin jazz.
As a passionate songwriter, it's great to know that people are hearing my songs. It is of course very challenging, in the contemporary world of playlists and streaming, to get a fair return on the long and arduous process from idea, to creation of the finished piece/composition, to recording to promoting a song.
My tracks are available on all the main streaming platforms - so if you particularly like a song of mine and you belong to any of these big gun platforms - please add me to your playlist - or, even better - purchase my tracks. While the creator of the music gets very little financial return through these mainstream platforms like Spotify, Apple, Amazon Deezer etc - it can help with recognition and broadening the fan base.
If you REALLY want to make a difference, I urge you to visit my BandCamp page at link where you can purchase and download my tracks direct. BandCamp gives a far more equitable share of the royalties the the original artist.
In conclusion I wish you all a happy, prosperous and fulfilling year, ...and I hope to release a new batch of songs in the next few months for your enjoyment.
Stay in touch - I love hearing your feedback on my songs and music through messages on N1M,
best wishes Barry Ferrier aka Dr. Baz
My cover of "hurt" has been very popular on N1M, so today I'm sharing a video with all my N1M friends of me performing the song live at the Evan Theatre, Penrith in Sydney, Australia.
You can buy my tracks on Bandcamp which is the best site for independent musicians as it gives a fair return from the sale.
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Hi Friends, thanks for supporting independent music. Here's a new video I made for my cruisey latin jazz track "Blue State of Mind" now posted to YouTube. There are a lot of my music videos posted up there on my Channel, so you may enjoy having a look around.
If you like my music, please express your support by buying tracks at my BandCamp site. Bandcamp is much fairer to original musicians than the major streaming sites which only return a pittance to the artist.
I hope you like the video and the new tracks I've posted here on N1M including some live performances of Johnny Cash songs and some recordings of songs I've written covered by other artists.
My very best wishes to each and very one of you!
cheers, Dr Baz.
I hope you enjoy my new video!
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In this world full of challenges I'm sending out a message to all the friends I have made here on N1M who have taken an interest in my music - with a wish that you are all safe and well, and the craziness infecting the world hasn't caused you real tragedy and grief. Music is still the one thing that we all love, that helps us get through the dark times and lifts our spirits. I hope you like my song Get Happy.
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Hi friends!
Wow, these are challenging times and so much has changed for us all. I hope the pandemic has not affected any of you personally in too drastic a fashion and you and your loved ones are safe.
For myself the biggest change is that few venues are able to offer live music yet, so my live music performances have ground to a virtual halt over the past few months. Like most of people I have found positive ways to face the challenges of the "new world" and I wanted to share with you the music I have created in my home studio over this period. and have now uploaded to the N1M website, where we first connected.
There are a number of new songs and in my usual fashion they fall into a diverse range of genres. Here's an example
Miracles Can Happen:
"I was walking up to the Byron Bay Lighthouse lookout at sundown. It was eerie and deserted, with the sea wind blowing in my face when I saw a pair of red evening shoes abandoned on a rocky ledge near the cliff edge. This mystery inspired a story and a song". A dark ballad featuring piano and vocals with cello.
I've also added a bunch of new instrumental tracks - some are bright renditions of some latin jazz classics and there is also "Gremlin's Last Fling" - the first of a whole new album of classical guitar pieces in a relaxing ambient style that I will continue to upload over the next few weeks.
You can buy any tracks that you enjoy on all the major platforms such as Spotify and iTunes, and I'd be most appreciative if you could show some support by throwing a dollar or two "into the hat" - virtual busking! Up until now I have given the tracks you have heard away for free listening, but now that it's all "virtual" for musicians, I am finally giving into the streaming world.
I really hope all is going well for each and every one of you, as best it can under these trying circumstances.
Do stay safe !
best wishes,
Barry Ferrier aka Dr. Baz
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About Barry Ferrier aka Dr Baz
Versatlile Australian musician and vocalist "Doctor Baz", aka Barry Ferrier, is a prolific award winning songwriter with an eclectic and theatrical discography covering diverse styles and genres.
Barry began his fascinating performing arts career working in music theatre, with a 2 year stint as a cast member and as one of Jesus' apostles in the original Harry M. Miller production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit rock musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" at the Capitol Theatre, in Sydney and the Palais Theatre, Melbourne - alongside the creme-de-la-creme of a generation of Australian music and theatre greats including Jon English, Marcia Hines, John Paul Young, Michael Caton, Reg Livermore, and so many more.
He played alongside Mark Holden in "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" at the Seymour Centre Sydney, composed music for and performed with the internationally famous Lindsay Kemp Mime Company at the New Arts Cinema, Glebe and the Comedy & Her Majesties theatres in Melbourne. The music he composed for Kemps adaption of Oscar Wilde's Salome featuring at a sell out season in London's Roundhouse. The music score was described by the London Times as "thrilling".
Barry also performed in numerous theatre and cabaret productions in Sydney & Melbourne, including 'Kabaratz' and 'the Milky Way Cabaret' at the legendary Flying Trapeze Cafe in Brunswick Street, Melbourne and a national campus tour of Steve J. Spears "Africa : the Savage Musical".
Some History
Barry has written & performed theatre restaurant shows, and three stage musicals, Magical Frank, and The Boy Who Dared to Dream with Frank Howson, and Goodnight World with Gerald Frape (performed at Brisbane's La Boite Theatre), and has has produced two cast albums.
He was a recording artist for RCA, appearing on the ABC’s legendary Autralian music show “Countdown” and opening for guitar maestro Ry Cooder at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne. He also played bass with chart topping pop group “The Ferrets” and toured Australia as band leader and guitarist for the legendary Eartha Kitt and opened for blues legend John Hammond in Byron Bay. He played guitar with the eminent Australian vocalist Jeff St. John, and backed Dobie Grey for a ABC broadcast concert, and has opened for a wide range of Australia's leading artists including ColdChisel, the Black Sorrows, the Divynals, and Dragon.
He composed the quadrophonic soundtracks for the QANTAS Light Fantastic animatronic parade at Brisbane's World Expo' 88 and spent several years as resident composer for the Queensland Performing Arts Complex including composing for and conducting the Brisbane Youth Orchestra for Robyn Archer's epic "Three legends of Kra", and the Concert Hall performance of his innovative self-penned multimedia theatrical production "Dreams and Machines" and the award winning children's show "Solomon and the Big Cat".
Barry spent 15 years working on arts projects with aboriginal groups in the Northern Territory including setting up the original recording studio for CAAMA Radio (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association) and collaborated on the award winning radio series "Bushfire Radio" with Bill Davis.
Barry has written and stars in a music theatre production based on the life of Johnny Cash entitled "I Hear That Train a-Comin' : the Johnny Cash Story", which has been a sell-out success at clubs along the eastern seaboard of Australia.
For over a decade Dr. Baz has performed with delta blues exponent Slim Pickens, including two European tours in 2005-6 and performances at several major festivals including the Byron Blues Fest, Tamworth Country Music Festival, Gympie Muster and Blues on Broadbeach. They have recorded two albums "Cactus" and "Next Time'. They also perform as a four piece entitled The Shooflys with Neil McCann on drums and Rod Coe on bass.
Barry has spent many years entertaining as a singer/guitarist and as a piano man in venues up and down the eastern seaboard of Australia. He has performed 5 times at the Byron Blues Festival , twice at Splendour in the Grass, and played the Gympie Muster, Blues on Broadbeach, Airlie Beach Music Festival and the Tamworth Country Music Festival. He has won 6 NCEIA "Dolphin" Awards for his songs. He was a pioneer of the thriving music scene in the Byron Bay region and has entertained at countless weddings and corporate events.
This year Barry's video for the song "Dreamer" was a finalist in the Byron Bay International Film Festival and his 30 minute sci-fi film "Entombed" was a finalist in the Vancouver "Director's Cut" International Film Festival.
About the Tracks
"I love experimenting and composing songs in different genres - it's always a challenge to work within a genre but try to push the boundaries a little..., and I also perform live in a number of different styles, so you will find a lot of diversity in these sample tracks. For the original songs I have played all the instruments myself in my studio except for drums, and with the covers they are feature my vocals and guitar work in collaboration with some of my close friends, who are all Byron Bay musicians.
I hope you enjoy what you hear! I'd love to hear your feedback and get to know the people who like my music - so please drop me a line and I will respond and maybe we can get to know each other! Best wishes, Dr. Baz"
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Past Events
Sat
Nov 26
7:00 PM
All Ages
Johnny Cash Show @ Ballina RSL Bowling Club
Australia, Ballina, Canal Road, 2478
Sun
Nov 27
7:00 PM
All Ages
Johnny Cash Story @ Camelot Lounge
Australia, Sydney, Marrickville Rd & Railway Parade, Marrickville NSW, 2204
Thu
Apr 06
7:30 PM
All Ages
Mullumbimby Ex-Serviceman's Club
Australia, Mullumbimby, 58 Dalley St, 2482
Sat
Apr 08
6:00 PM
All Ages
Ballina Beach Village
Australia, South Ballina, 440 S Ballina Beach Rd, 2478
Sun
Apr 16
6:00 PM
All Ages
Ballina Beach Village
Australia, South Ballina, 440 S Ballina Beach Rd,, 2478
Sat
Apr 29
6:00 PM
All Ages
"The Deck" Ballina Beach Village
Australia, South Ballina, 440 S Ballina Beach Rd, , 2478
Thu
May 11
7:30 PM
18+
Mullumbimby Ex-Serviceman's Club
Australia, Mullumbimby, 58 Dalley Street, 2482
Sat
Jul 01
6:00 PM
All Ages
An Evening with Dr. Baz @ "The Deck" Ballina Beach Resort
Australia, Ballina, 440 South Ballina Beach Road SOUTH BALLINA NSW , 2478
Sun
Jul 02
7:00 PM
All Ages
"The Propellers" feat. Dr. Baz @ Railway Friendly Bar
Australia, Byron Bay, Jonson Street Byron Bay, 2480
Thu
Jul 13
7:30 PM
All Ages
Acoustic Lounge Adventures
Australia, Mullumbimby, Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club Daley St Mullumbimby, 2482
Sat
Apr 06
2:00 PM
All Ages
Ballina Beach Village
Australia, South Ballina, 440 S Ballina Beach Rd,, 2478
Sun
Sep 26
12:00 AM
All Ages
Release of a new Dr. Baz instrumental album : "Meditations for Classical Guitar".
Australia, Byron Bay, 10 Pioneers Crescent, 2479
