RiverSally is like all the warmth of a country fireplace, and a bottomless pot of your favourite tea or coffee… and all the time in the world to enjoy it…!! Such is the feeling of ease, genuineness and timelessness you have when encountering RiverSally.
RiverSally is an inspirational singer-songwriter, recording artist and creative producer whose journey is about others; about finding tangible ways in which to let people know they are valued and much-loved. Through the most enchanting, endearing and winsome of means, every encounter with RiverSally leaves you with a real feeling of warmth, value, and as though you’ve just shared that bottomless pot of your favourite tea or coffee together. Such is the hallmark of RiverSally.
RiverSally’s inaugural project marking her emergence as a recording artist and creative producer is titled “RIVER SERIES.” Her debut album in this series, titled “RIVER,” was released internationally in December 2012. Her follow-up album in the River Series is nearing completion with a release date to be announced. RiverSally’s current focus is on her first Indie Pop Single, to be released into the Japanese marketplace in March 2012. The song, titled “LOVE IS LIKE…”, will be released in commemoration of the 1st Anniversary of the 3/11 Tohoko disaster in Japan.
RiverSally’s talent as a creative producer and artwork director have to date been focused around her emergence as a recording artist. Her work is showcased in the following artwork: www.riversally.com (her personal website), www.gwhouse.com.au (her emerging creative production company Greenwood House), River Album cover artwork, album cover artwork for her next album in the River Series (http://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/riversally/id410242361) and “Love is Like…” single cover artwork and related videos. A creative visionary, RiverSally is also the author of several children’s books. Working titles include, “Busy Little Bee,” and “Better-Go-Merrily Merry-Go-Round.”
RiverSally’s creative style is inspirational and transformational and typically wrapped in the metaphor and creative vehicle of “a journey.” RiverSally is a prophetic visionary with the wisdom of a sage and the innocence and curiosity of a child. Her expressive means are winsome and enchanting beyond measure.
Musically, RiverSally’s style is warm and pure, yet textural and expansive. Typically, her music is oftentimes set in a lush film score sound space. Sally draws from the full spectrum of musical genres with traditional and modern influences, orchestral influences, music theatre and anime musicals, as well as Japanese elements inspired by her cultural experiences living in Japan, (Japanese folk, Studio Ghibli and J-Pop). Regardless of instrumentation, Sally’s compositional style is orchestral, textural and melody-driven (cantabile), reflecting her experiences as an orchestral musician, choral director, and conductor.
As a creative producer and artwork director, RiverSally’s visual style is winsome and enchanting, earnest and honest, earthy and passionate, film-like and typically-speaking metaphoric. Her visual style and visual aesthetic are drawn from a broad spectrum of influences; the net result of her most-loved visual experiences in life. These include: Nature, theatre and musical theatre, Japanese design elements, children’s musical anime (Mary Poppins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Disney & Pixar), and Japanese anime (Studio Ghibli). Sally aspires to produce anime films, explore hybrid media forms, and multi-media encounter events in the years ahead.
RiverSally’s style as a producer and director is characterised by the following: passionately clear vision, collaboration, nurture, excellence, tenacity to realise vision, and the kind of leadership that draws fullest potential out of everything: people, resource, finance, synergy, opportunity. Sally is noted as a valuer and rewarder of people and their talent – for this reason, she is cherished greatly by her creative colleagues and peers.
Sally is married to her best friend, Nic, and is the mother of Samuel James (aged 3½ yrs). Together they live in Sydney, Australia. Sally’s journey began in the country town of Orange (NSW) where she was born and raised by her parents alongside her older brother and sister in an atmosphere soaked with music, theatre, creativity and a strong sense of community and extended family. Inspired by her own journey and the physical challenges she had to overcome both in her early childhood and as a young adult, Sally discovered that challenges create opportunity for personal growth and developed empathy for people who, for whatever reason, are hurting. Sally’s desire to inspire, to impact and to provide for others are rooted in these empathies. These fueled and shaped her life vision also: “To let people know that they are valued and much-loved.” Her desire to encourage and place value upon orphans is a natural step for RiverSally, given her roots.
Sally has a Bachelor of Music Education (Hons, Sydney Conservatorium of Music), Teaching Certificate (NSW Dept of Ed), and Masters of Art (Biola University, Los Angeles, USA). Her future aspiration is to grow her production company, Greenwood House, in order to ultimately produce/co-produce a lifelong-dream project. Her mandate to is to show people that they are valued and much-loved, which is where the journey began and how it will journey on.
