In the recording studio, Shane has played and sung on over 40 albums and performed his way through innumerable jingles and soundtracks. All this time he has been an aspiring songwriter, having had some of his tunes recorded by other artists.
After many years of touring a decision was made to work harder at his guitar playing and focus on his songwriting, with the intention of forming a solo career.
His debut solo CD, "7,000 Miles" was produced by Matt Fell and released independently in 2002. Made up of 13 original acoustic guitar based songs full of melody and harmony, in what has been described as "Rock Americana" or "Folk Rock".
Shane is now a regular contributor to the Sydney live music scene performing as a solo artist and adding musicians to the unplugged duo or trio format. He also has his five piece band, "The Cuckoo's Nest", made up of some of the very best musicians the city of Sydney has to offer.
Touring up and down the East Coast of Australia as well as the inland cities and country towns. So far having performed at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Mildura Country Music Festival, Balmain Peninsula Guitar Festival, Music in the Vines at Joadja Winery, Gympie Music Muster, Southern Highlands Country Music Festival, the Freshwater Fair, Undara Country Rock & Blues Festival and the Kidgeeridge Music Festival, with more to come.
In 2006 Shane released his second album titled "Shaking Up The Mystery", showcasing 11 new original songs. Produced by Rex Goh and featuring more of Sydney`s best musicians and singers. The second CD is released on Regal Records, distributed through MGM (Australia)
Whim 'n Rhythm's diverse repertoire ranges from upbeat jazz standards to contemporary pop hits to traditional folk ballads. Our music has been recognized worldwide and was featured in the Best of Collegiate A Cappella.
Since its founding, Whim 'n Rhythm has achieved world recognition and has performed in venues ranging from high schools to embassies to the White House.
FIRST SOPRANOS Alex Gartner Mae Laudig Nina Goodheart
SECOND ALTOS Ashtan Towles Pascale Bronder Gillian Bolt
SECOND SOPRANOS Lili Clark Raffi Donatich Meg Guzulescu Ivanna Soto-Medrano
FIRST ALTOS Ariela Zebede Anna Ayres-Brown Anelisa Fergus
OUTLiER is fronted by guitarist/vocalist James Parrino (aka JP from the hit Channel 7 TV series Australia's Got Talent 2009). With its powerhouse all female rhythm section, OUTLiER is a band like no other. Pronounced OUT - LIE - AR the trio hails from Sydney, Australia.
The band went through a few different line up changes before JP realised he much prefers working with females, and enlisted the talents of Teya Norris on Bass, and Rosie Burkill on drums.
As a self managed and self promoted band, OUTLiER has acheived considerable success, performing alongside such artists as Faker, Grinspoon, Gyroscope, Spiderbait, KissChasy, Karnivool, Stone Parade, My Future Lies and even Aussie icons such as The Black Sorrows, The Choir Boys and Mental as Anything.
They have been invited to play at festivals in Sydney and Melbourne such as Shoreshocked, Come Together, Future Rock and 'Thank God Its Over'.
In early 2009 JP performed on the TV series "Australia's Got Talent" reaching nearly 1.5 million viewers each episode. JP also performed a special St Patrick's day tribute on Channel 7's Morning Show.
“Holy Sh*t you are good” –Mark Gable (Choirboys)
“Awesome, we both watched you and loved it!” –Colin Hay (Men at Work) Cecilia Noel (Wild Clams)
“I loved the sound of your voice, you made the song your own, it was an absolute piece of magic” –Dannii Minogue
“JP is something really special” –Grant Denyer
“It’s a beautiful thing, very interesting, nicely done” –Red Symons