Instead of a lost treasure, I want to tell you all about an undiscovered treasure for a change. Her name is Destiny Feeney, she is a 17 year old country music protege, she comes from Mackay in Queensland, and to me she really has got something special.
Veteran country crooner Graeme Connors also comes from Mackay, he could have got up and left for the big city years ago if he wanted to, but he chose to give up a lot of potential commercial success to stay put in his home town.
Destiny cites Taylor Swift, Eva Cassidy, Patsy Cline, Faith Hill and Kasey Chambers as her big musical influences, particularly the first three.
She has taught herself how to play acoustic and bass guitar, and she can really beef out the vocals in an incredibly powerful manner for someone her age.
Because of her melting pot influences, ranging from the wonderfully melodic modern country of Taylor Swift, the gospel and blues fired power of Eva Cassidy, the catchy hook laden jazzy croon of Patsy Cline, and the modern pop based country of both Faith Hill and Kasey Chambers, Destiny has already developed her own unique synthesis of modern country which could be best described as being a cross between
country, blues and pop.
country, blues and pop.
I have spoke to her myself, she is a down to earth girl with her feet on the ground and
she isn`t stuck up in the least. The fact she comes from Mackay instead of a capital city means Destiny has had a very normal and unpretentious upbringing.
she isn`t stuck up in the least. The fact she comes from Mackay instead of a capital city means Destiny has had a very normal and unpretentious upbringing.
And even though she knows she`s HOT shat lol, Destiny is not allowing anything to go to her head, and that is fantastic.
Veteran country crooner Graeme Connors also comes from Mackay, he could have got up and left for the big city years ago if he wanted to, but he chose to give up a lot of potential commercial success to stay put in his home town.
Destiny Feeney has amazing talent, I hope
she makes it big, and I also hope she follows the lead of Graeme Connors and gives tinseltown the flick as well.
she makes it big, and I also hope she follows the lead of Graeme Connors and gives tinseltown the flick as well.
Destiny also helped getting the new Youtube internet show 'Aussie Talent Showcase' (search on Youtube and Facebook for it) on the right track by becoming it's first performing member and she gives a lot of encouragement when the creators of the show are uncertain what video of hers to use or if things get tough creating episodes she will say something that helps get things back on track.
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