Rafe began studying music at 3 years old. Taking piano lessons under the Suzuki method, Rafe composed his first song when he was 7. Today, Rafe is a university lecturer in music, an experienced music producer, and a classically trained freelance bass player.
PRODUCTION: In October 2018, Rafe composed and performed an original piece of music for cello and synthesisers for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Elements Music Festival, to an audience of 5000 people, accompanied by large-scale projected visuals, acrobatic performers and fire dancers. The music will be used for future events of a similar scale. Rafe was recently asked to perform audio editing and post-production in 3.1 surround sound for a short documentary called Strudel Sisters, directed by award winning filmakers Peter Hegedus and Jaina Kalifa. The documentary was filmed in Hungary, with audio editing and post-production performed in Brisbane, Australia. Strudel Sisters has since won the Golden Tine Award for Best Short Documentary at the 2016 Devour Film Awards, Official Selection at the prestigious 2016 HotDocs Film Festival in Toronto, and had it's Australian premiere at the St Kilda Film Festival, shortly followed by the West End Film Festival here in Brisbane. Queensland Music Awards Finalist Rafe Sholer's original music productions have been used in TV Shows, Films, Video Games and much more, including high profile programs such as Geordie Shore through MTV UK, Party Bruder! through MTV Germany, Charmed on CBS and the The 7:30 Report on the ABC. He was selected as a Finalist in the 2012 Queensland Music Awards, Highly Commended in the 2013 QMAs and has placed in the Top 10 of the MusicOZ Awards. Rafe releases music with several respected record labels worldwide; his most recent release was listened to by over 22,000 people in just 3 days, scoring the Number One spot on prominent music blog Dubstep.Net. Rafe also performs at many iconic venues, including the Empire Hotel Moonbar, The Zoo, The Rev, Rics, The Valley Studios, and music festivals including Earthdance and Sounds of Spring. An Ableton expert, Rafe's classical training is evident in his mixes and productions - he uses cutting edge techniques while maintaining strong musicality to ensure the punters are enthralled. Rafe has released dance music on MWM Recordings (Netherlands) and Traxacid Records (Italy), plus many independent releases. 
BASS:
Rafe has played Bass alongside many iconic musicians including Megan Washington ('Washington'), Pete Murray and James Blundell. He supported Wolfmother at the 2014 Caxton Seafood Festival, and recorded music with veteran engineer Jeff Lovejoy (Powderfinger, Resin Dogs) and Magoo (Regurgitator, Midnight Oil, Custard), at top studios including Ian Huag's Airlock Studios. As the bass player for Brisbane blues rockers Go Van Go, Rafe has toured the East Coast of Australia, with standout shows at The Espy (Melbourne), The Great Northern (Byron Bay) and Frankie's Pizza (Sydney), along with Brisbane's Black Bear Lodge, Beetle Bar, The Arena RAW Showcase and Rics Bar. He's also performed in many major musical theatre seasons, including Les Miserables, RENT!, JC Superstar, Chess, Oliver, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Company and more. 
Professionally, Rafe has worked as an Audio Operations Specialist for ABC Radio for over 5 years, a casual Lecturer in Music Technology at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (QCM), QUT, JMC Academy and currently the South Bank Insistute of Technology. He concurrently runs the music services company Custom Compositions, and the website design company Web.Rafe.
PROFESSIONAL / ACADEMIC:
Rafe is currently a full-time music lecturer at the University of Canberra Brisbane campus. His academic resume lists past positions as a lecturer in music technology at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (QCM), a tutor in film and television at the Queensland University of Technology, a lecturer in acoustics at JMC Academy Brisbane, a VET trainer in music at TAFE Brisbane, and a tertiary studies tutor with LEB Education in London while living in the UK in 2016. Rafe published and presented research papers on music education at the Inted 2019 and Edulearn 2019 conferences in Spain. He has written articles on creative practice including ‘The Cost of Creativity’ and ‘Creativity, Culture and Musical Groupthink’, both published by the University of Canberra Postgraduate Student Association. Professionally, Rafe has worked as an Audio Operations Specialist for the Australian Broadcasting Coprorpation (ABC). Rafe concurrently runs the music services company Custom Compositions, and the website design company Web.Rafe. Apart from music, Rafe loves the beach, boating and water-sports, tennis and international travel. He's travelled extensively through India, Europe and the UK. |
Awards
2019 West End Film Festival - Unofficial Selection (Keep West End Weird) 2016 Devour Film Festival, Canada - Winner, Best Short Documentary (Strudel Sisters) 2016 HotDocs Film Festival, Canada - Official Selection (Strudel Sisters) 2013 Queensland Music Awards - Highly Commended - Indigenous Category 2012 Number 1 on Dubstep.Net (November 2012) 2012 Queensland Music Awards - Finalist - Dance / Electronica Category 2012 Queensland Music Awards - Highly Commended - Indigenous Category 2010 MusicOz Awards - Top 10 - Dance/Electronic Category Sound and Music Credits Film and Television: 2017 Keep West End Weird (Ind. Documentary) [Producer] 2016 Strudel Sisters (Ind. Documentary) [Audio Post-Producer] 2015 MTV Exit Weekend (MTV) [Music Producer] 2015 Adopted (MTV) [Music Producer] 2014 Geordie Shore s8 e4 (MTV) [Music Producer] 2014 Playboy Amateur Girls ep.304 (Playboy TV) [Music Producer] 2014 Popcorn (MTV) [Music Producer] 2013 Offical SA Top 10 (MTV Africa) [Music Producer] 2012 MTV Base VJ Search (MTV) [Music Producer] 2012 My Super Sweet World Class e209 (MTV) [Music Producer] 2012 Party Bruder! (MTV Germany) [Music Producer] 2012 Game One (MTV Germany) [Music Producer] 2012 The 7:30 Report (ABC) [Sound Designer] 2012 Fleur De Lise (Short Film) [Audio Post-Production] 2012 Club Virtual (MTV) [Music Producer] 2012 MTV @ Wakestock [Music Producer] 2011 ABC News Qld [Sound Designer] 2011 Charmed [Advertisement] (CBS) [Music Producer] 2011 Popland (MTV Latin) [Music Producer] 2011 Robots! (Short Film) [Music Supervisor] 2008 ABC News Qld [Sound Designer] 2008 The 7:30 Report (ABC) [Sound Designer] 2007 ABC News Qld [Sound Designer] 2006 Indigo Group Corporate Videos [Music Producer] 2005 Red Nose Day Advertisements [Music Producer] Singles: 2014 The Fire Parking Lots 2013 Shola ft Kitch Booty Groove 2013 Shola ft Kitch Fly Away From You 2013 Shola ft Kitch Take What’s Yours 2012 Shola ft Kitch Xplodes When Played [MWM Recordings] 2012 Michelle Xen Silver Bullet 2011 Shola Sensation [Traxacid Records] 2009 Ma Sheen Break 9 (Instrumental) [Independent] Albums: 2012 Michelle Xen Synasthesiac [ep] 2012 Carly Dickenson Still Life [ep] 2008 Ma Sheen (Self-Titled) [album] 2005 Caraki (Self-Titled) [album] Remixes: 2013 Shola Xplodes When Played (Sqeepo Remix) [MWM Recordings] 2012 Shola Another Day (Sam Laxton Remix) [MWM Recordings] 2013 Quan Yeomans L.O.V.E. (Shola Remix) 2011 Edge of Colour Glimmer (Shola Remix) 2010 Fedde Le Grand Back and Forth (Shola Remix) 2009 Models I Hear Motion (Shola Remix) Compilations 2021 Various Trishula Travels 2012 Various Betamorphosis Vol 4 2012 Various All I Want For Christmas Is Bass 2011 Various Traxacid To Ibiza 2011 Various Traxacid Circus Theatre Productions and Installations 2006 Revolve Cremorne Theatre QPAC 2005 River Installations The Brisbane River Festival 2002 Granular Synthesis Instrument Brisbane Powerhouse Videogames: 2012 Soccer Punk - iPad/iPhone/Google/Android - www.soccer-punk.com 2011 Grav-T : 3D Motocross - Online - www.grav-t.com 2010 Pocketbike Multiplayer -Online - pocketbike-multiplayer.com Internet and Podcasts: ⁃ Richard Bell Showreel (In Production) http://www.richardcbell.com/ ⁃ The Complete Showcase http://www.thecompleteshowcase.com/ ⁃ Rekord.tv http://www.youtube.com/user/rekordtv ⁃ Life Video Productions http://www.lifevideoproductions.co.uk/ ⁃ Radiant Press Publishing http://radiantpress.com/ ⁃ Startled Bunny Podcast http://startledbunny.wordpress.com/ ⁃ Inflame Casting www.yasuhisa.com/inflame/ ⁃ The Sufferfest www.thesufferfest.com/ ⁃ Dalecast Episode 631 www.dalecast.co.uk/ ⁃ WMR Music Showcase www.wmrvideo.com/ ⁃ GDs Bite Size Bonus Podcast http://castroller.com/Podcasts/GdsBiteSize ⁃ Theotokos Podcast http://adamthecatholic.blogspot.com/20 08/02/theotokos-podcast.html Live Sound / FOH Mixing 2012 QUT News QUT ETV 2007-2012 Live ABC Television Broadcasts ABC News 2007-2012 612 Brisbane Outside Broadcasts ABC Radio 2009 Big Sound Q Music 2008 4C Art Parties 4C Arts Collective 2008 Hungary Kids of Hungary Freelance 2008 My Fiction Freelance Live Performance 2019 BIGSOUND Footstomp Showcase Brisbane 2018 Elements Festival Opening Brisbane 2014 QUT Escape Festival Brisbane 2014 Caxton St Seafood Festival Brisbane 2014 QUT Orientation Week Brisbane 2014 Go Van Go (Band) Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne 2014 The Fire (Band) (multiple) 2012 FreqTRIBE Coniston Lane, Brisbane 2012 Carly Dickenson EP Launch Black Bear, Brisbane 2010 Club 299 Brisbane 2010 Kaliber Nightclub Brisbane 2009 Earthdance SEQ Brisbane 2008 Earthcore Global Carnival Melbourne 2008 Sounds of Spring RNA Showgounds Brisbane 2008-9 4C Arts Parties Brisbane 2008-9 Friends of Hers (Multiple) 2005 Caraki Album Launch Empire Hotel Moonbar 2005 CI Precinct Opening QUT 2005 River Audio Installations Brisbane River Festival 2005 The Executives Dinner Brisbane City Hall 2005 Mikini Fundraiser ft Pete Murray Mercure Hotel 2003-4 Megan Washington Trio (Multiple) 2000 James Blundell Tour (Multiple) Theatre - Bass Guitar / Double Bass 2013 The Wedding Singer - Schonell Theatre 2008 Tell Me On A Sunday - Schonell Theatre 2007 RENT! - Schonell Theatre 2002 Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute Show - GCAC 2001 Jesus Christ Superstar - GCAC 2001 Company - TSS 2001 Phantom of the Opera - GCAC 2000 Les Miserables - GCAC 2000 Sweeney Todd - GCAC 1999 Oliver! - The Southport School (TSS) 1999 Chess - Gold Coast Arts Centre (GCAC) |
