Rafe Sholer
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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. 

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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. 
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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)
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