Tim Plays Tunes How good is music?! I'll give you my take on a range of tunes 70s til now :)

Based in Australia

Newcastle, New South Wales
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Location
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Travel
up to 180 miles
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Price Guide

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About / Biography

Tim has carved a name as one of Newcastle’s most popular and dynamic vocalists and guitar players, and has become a regular performer in the vibrant Newcastle & Hunter Valley music scene.

You can feel assured that your entertainment needs will be met and your guests thrilled by Tim’s presence at your venue. Drawing from much-loved 21st century and 90’s music blended with some of the favourites from the 70’s and 80’s, Tim is guaranteed to create the right atmosphere at your venue or event – whether that be a laidback musical accompaniment or songs that inspire guests to get up and dance… or the faultless balance of both. Tim creates something special for every unique audience.

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Location

Based in Australia

Newcastle, New South Wales
Travels up to 180 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 180 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 60 miles)
Travel areas on the map are approximate (distances may vary) free quote

Song list

1979 Smashing Pumpkins

(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind Powderfinger

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You Bryan Adams

18 Til I Die Bryan Adams

3-AM Matchbox 20

500 Miles The Proclaimers

9 To 5 Dolly Parton

A Bar Song (Tipsy) Shaboozey

Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) Nine Days

Accidentally In Love Counting Crows

Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus

Adam's Song Blink 182

Africa TOTO

Aliens Exist Blink 182

All For You Sister Hazel

All Star Smash Mouth

All Summer Long Kid Rock

All The Small Things Blink 182

All Torn Down The Living End

Always Bon Jovi

Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again The Angels

American Pie Don McLean

Anthem Part Two Blink 182

April Sun In Cuba Dragon

As Long As You Love Me Backstreet Boys

Baby I Love Your Way Peter Frampton

Back To You Bryan Adams

Bad Case Of Loving You Robert Palmer

Bad Medicine Bon Jovi

Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival

Basket Case Green Day

Beautiful Crazy Luke Combs

Beautiful Day U2

Beautiful People Australian Crawl

Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil

Beer Never Broke My Heart Luke Combs

Believe Cher

Better The Screaming Jets

Better Be Home Soon Crowded House

Better Together Jack Johnson

Betterman Pearl Jam

Big Yellow Taxi Counting Crows

Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve

Black Balloon Goo Goo Dolls

Blame It On Me George Ezra

Blinding Lights The Weekend

Blister In The Sun Violent Femmes

Blue (Da Ba Dee) Eiffel 65

Bohemian Rhapsody Queen

Boys From The Bush Lee Kernaghan

Boys Light Up Australian Crawl

Boys Of Summer Don Henley

Breakfast At Tiffany's Deep Blue Something

Bright Lights Matchbox 20

Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison

Budapest George Ezra

Burn Your Name Powderfinger

Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers

Calling All Angels Train

Can You Feel The Love Tonight Elton John

Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley

Can't Stop The Feeling Justin Timberlake

Castle On The Hill Ed Sheeran

Catch My Disease Ben Lee

Celebration Kool & The Gang

Champagne Supernova Oasis

Cheap Wine Cold Chisel

Check It Out John Mellencamp

Cherry Bomb John Mellencamp

Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band

Closing Time Semisonic

Collide Howie Day

Come Said The Boy Mondo Rock

Copperhead Road Steve Earle

Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen

Creeping Up Slowly Taxiride

Crocodile Rock Elton John

Cuts Like A Knife Bryan Adams

Dammit Blink 182

Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen

Dancing In The Moonlight Toploader

Dancing Queen ABBA

Daughter Pearl Jam

Days Go By Keith Urban

December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) Frankie Valli

Distant Sun Crowded House

Don't Change INXS

Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House

Don't Look Back In Anger Oasis

Don't Stop Believing Journey

Don't Stop Me Now Queen

Don't Wanna Miss A Thing Aerosmith

Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds

Down Under Men At Work

Downhearted Australian Crawl

Dream Catch Me Newton Faulkner

Dreams Fleetwood Mac

Drive Incubus

Drops Of Jupiter Train

Dumb Things Paul Kelly

Eagle Rock Daddy Cool

Elevation U2

End Of The Line Traveling Wilburys

Enter Sandman Metallica

Errol Australian Crawl

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Rupert Holmes

Everlong Foo Fighters

Every Morning Sugar Ray

Everybody (Backstreets Back) Backstreet Boys

Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears

Everything Michael Buble

Faith George Michael

Fall At Your Feet Crowded House

Fast Car Tracy Chapman

Feeling This Blink 182

First Date Blink 182

Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger

Flame Trees Cold Chisel

Fly Sugar Ray

Follow Me Uncle Kracker

Follow You Down Gin Blossoms

Footloose Kenny Loggins

Forever After All Luke Combs

Forget You CeeLo Green

Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival

Free Falling Tom Petty

Friday I'm In Love The Cure

Friends In Low Places Garth Brooks

Get Lucky Daft Punk

Give A Little Bit Goo Goo Dolls

Gives You Hell The All-American Rejects

Glory Days Bruce Springsteen

Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac

Gold On The Ceiling Black Keys

Gone Gone Gone Phillip Phillips

Good People Jack Johnson

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) Green Day

Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette

Hands Open Snow Patrol

Hanging By A Moment Lifehouse

Happy Pharrell Williams

Have You Ever Seen The Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival

Heartache Tonight The Eagles

Heaven Bryan Adams

Here Is Gone Goo Goo Dolls

Hey Baby DJ Otzi

Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms

Hey Pretty Girl Kip Moore

Hey Ya Outkast

Higher Creed

Highway To Hell ACDC

Ho Hey The Lumineers

Holy Grail Hunters And Collectors

Home Edwin Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros

Home Phillip Phillips

Hooch Everything

Hotel California The Eagles

How Far We've Come Matchbox 20

How To Make Gravy Paul Kelly

Hurt So Good John Mellencamp

I Believe In A Thing Called Love The Darkness

I Gotta Feeling Black Eyed Peas

I Miss You Blink 182

I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles

I Wanna Dance With Somebody Whitney Houston

I Want It That Way Backstreet Boys

I Was Made For Loving You KISS

I Wasn't Expecting That Jamie Lawson

I Will Wait Mumford And Sons

I Won't Back Down Tom Petty

I'll Be There For You (Theme From FRIENDS) The Rembrandts

I'll Follow You Into The Dark Death Cab For Cutie

I'm A Believer Smash Mouth

If This Is It Newton Faulkner

If You Could Only See Tonic

In The Summertime Thirsty Merc

In Too Deep Sum 41

Into The Mystic Van Morrison

Iris Goo Goo Dolls

It's My Life Bon Jovi

It's Only Natural Crowded House

Jack And Diane John Mellencamp

Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield

Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry

Just Older Bon Jovi

Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars

Khe Sanh Cold Chisel

Kiss Prince

Kokomo The Beach Boys

Kryptonite 3 Doors Down

Landslide Fleetwood Mac

Learn To Fly Foo Fighters

Learning To Fly Tom Petty

Lego House Ed Sheeran

Let Me Down Easy Sheppard

Let Me Entertain You Robbie Williams

Life Is A Highway Rascal Flatts

Lips Of An Angel Hinder

Little Lion Man Mumford And Sons

Little Talks Of Monsters And Men

Living On A Prayer Bon Jovi

Lonely Boy Black Keys

Long Day Matchbox 20

Long Way To The Top ACDC

Losing My Religion REM

Lost Highway Bon Jovi

Lover Lover Sonia Dada

Lullaby Shawn Mullins

Making Memories Of Us Keith Urban

Mamma Mia ABBA

Man! I Feel Like A Woman Shania Twain

Marry Me Train

Marry You Bruno Mars

Missing Piece Vance Joy

Mr. Blue Sky Electric Light Orchestra

Mr. Brightside The Killers

Mustang Sally The Commitments

My Happiness Powderfinger

My Hero Foo Fighters

My Own Worst Enemy Lit

My Sharona The Knack

Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley

Never Let You Go Third Eye Blind

Never Tear Us Apart INXS

Nothing Else Matters Metallica

Nutbush City Limits Ike And Tina Turner

Ocean Avenue Yellowcard

Oh No Not You Again Australian Crawl

Old Time Rock And Roll Bob Seger

On Top Of The World Imagine Dragons

One Thing Finger Eleven

Only Wanna Be With You Hootie And The Blowfish

Opportunity Pete Murray

Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers

Parallel Line Keith Urban

Perfect Ed Sheeran

Piano Man Billy Joel

Place Your Hands Reef

Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry

Pompeii Bastille

Prisoner Of Society The Living End

Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival

Pumped Up Kicks Foster The People

Rain Dragon

Real World Matchbox 20

Reckless Australian Crawl

Riptide Vance Joy

Rock N Roll All Nite KISS

Roll On The Living End

Rumor Lee Brice

Run To Paradise The Choirboys

Santa Monica Everclear

Satisfaction The Rolling Stones

Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) Big & Rich

Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry

Say You Won't Let Go James Arthur

Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers

Scotty Doesn't Know Lustra

Semi Charmed Life Third Eye Blind

September Earth, Wind & Fire

Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon

She Will Be Loved Maroon 5

She's So High Tal Bachman

Shimmer Fuel

Shotgun George Ezra

Shoulder Ed Patrick

Shutup And Dance Walk The Moon

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder

Sister Golden Hair America

Sitting Waiting Wishing Jack Johnson

Slice Of Heaven Dave Dobbyn

Slide Goo Goo Dolls

Small Town John Mellencamp

Smile Uncle Kracker

Solid Rock Goanna

Somebody Like You Keith Urban

Somebody To Love Queen

Somebody Told Me The Killers

Something I Need One Republic

Something So Strong Crowded House

Soul Sister Train

Soul To Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers

Stacy's Mom Fountains Of Wayne

Stargazing Myles Smith

Steal My Kisses Ben Harper

Steal My Sunshine Len

Stuck In The Middle With You Stealers Wheel

Suck My Kiss Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sugar Maroon 5

Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams

Sunday Morning Maroon 5

Sunsets Powderfinger

Superman (Theme From SCRUBS) Lazlo Bane

Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond

Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweetest Thing U2

Sympathy Goo Goo Dolls

Take A Picture Filter

Take It Easy The Eagles

Take Me Back Noiseworks

Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver

Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand

Take On Me A-Ha!

Taylor Jack Johnson

Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus

Tenerife Sea Ed Sheeran

Tequila Sunrise The Eagles

Thank God I'm A Country Boy Billy Dean

The Anthem Good Charlotte

The Bad Touch Bloodhound Gang

The Best Tina Turner

The Gambler Kenny Rogers

The Horses Daryl Braithwaite

The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The Lazy Song Bruno Mars

The Middle Jimmy Eat World

The One Kodaline

The Power Of Love Huey Lewis

The Rock Show Blink 182

The Way Fastball

The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson

The Zephyr Song Red Hot Chili Peppers

Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran

Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors

Ticket To Ride The Beatles

Time Is Running Out Muse

Times Like These Foo Fighters

Tiny Dancer Elton John

Tip Of My Tongue Diesel

TNT ACDC

To Her Door Paul Kelly

Tribute Tenacious D

Tubthumping Chumbawamba

Two Princes Spin Doctors

Two Strong Hearts John Farnham

Under The Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers

Unwell Matchbox 20

Up & Up Coldplay

Uptown Funk Bruno Mars

Valerie Amy Winehouse

Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles

Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker

Waiting Green Day

Waiting On The World To Change John Mayer

Walking In Memphis Marc Cohn

Walking On Sunshine KC & The Sunshine Band

Wannabe Spice Girls

Wanted (Dead Or Alive) Bon Jovi

Weather With You Crowded House

What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong

What I Like About You The Romantics

What Is Life George Harrison

What's My Age Again Blink 182

What's Up 4 Non Blondes

When I Come Around Green Day

When It Rains It Pours Luke Combs

When You Say Nothing At All Ronan Keating

When You Were Young The Killers

Where The Blacktop Ends Keith Urban

Who's Gonna Save Us? The Living End

Whole Lot Of Leaving Bon Jovi

Wild, Wild West The Escape Club

Wish You Well Bernard Fanning

With Or Without You U2

Won't Let You Go James Morrison

Wonderwall Oasis

Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes

You And Me Lifehouse

You Get What You Give New Radicals

You Make My Dreams Come True Hall & Oats

You Shook Me All Night Long ACDC

You're A God Vertical Horizon

You're The Voice John Farnham

Your Song Elton John

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

A performance area of about 2m x 2m. A standard accessible power outlet by itself (nothing on the same circuit as fairy lights, urns, bain-maries etc).


What information do you require about a venue?

I need to know any directions that will help me find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. I’d also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter or any other restrictions in the venue.


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

Yes, I'm completely self contained. I'll bring my own PA system to all of my gigs as well as a simple lighting rig. I also include background music for during any breaks taken and a wireless microphone for any speeches or MCs you may have.


Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

I am NOT a DJ but yes, I'm happy to play music from Spotify before and between our sets. I'm happy to choose the music or let the client choose the music.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best gig you've ever done and the best venue you've ever worked at?

Biggest crowd I've played to would be at a football home game with a crowd of about 15,000 people. What a blast!
I've also been able to support some of Australia's favorite artists over the years too like Jon Stevens & Dragon.


What's your favourite type of event?

While I do enjoy public pub/club shows I'm a real sucker for private events. Weddings and corporate functions are always a ton of fun. People are there to have a great time and I love getting in on that energy and fueling it with good tunes.


What's your previous experience and how did you start gigging?

I started gigging playing originals music with a few different projects between 2005-2012. But from 2013 onwards I started playing covers shows and never stopped.


Which artists have you been most influenced by, who is your favourite artist and what is the greatest song of all time?

Off the top of my head my top fav artists would have to be:
Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, Yellowcard, Blink-182, Bryan Adams

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

I normally arrive 1.5hr before the performance time to bump in and set up. A typical wedding reception has me play:
x1 40min entrée set
x1 40min dinner set
x2 50min dance music sets
These timings can change however. I am flexible and work myself around whatever schedule is planned.


Are you happy to perform outside?

I do please ask that my performance area be in a place where there is no chance of adverse weather, or liquid of any kind, damaging my equipment. Any outdoors areas must have decent flooring and shelter that is considered to be a solid structure and not a temporary gazebo (like a cheap Amazon/Bunnings quality).


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

Definitely. Please feel free to have a browse of my songlist and let me know your favs. Anything you deem a MUST play and anything you'd really like me to avoid.


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

1. "Tim was absolutly amazing from start to finish,played a great mixture of songs to accomadate all ages,would highly recommend for any function".
2. "Tim was amazing and was so easy and accomodating to work with to create our dream wedding! Thank you so much Tim".
3. (Booked my duo) "These two nailed every part of the night. So pleased we chose them and the feedback from guests was amazing"

Venues

Tim Plays Tunes has performed at these venues:

The Mercure (Hunter Valley)

Bimbadgen Estate (Hunter Valley)

Bimbadgen Palmers Lane (Hunter Valley)

Brown Sugar (Warners Bay)

Newcastle Club

Newcastle City Hall

Peppers Creek (Hunter Valley)

Adam's Peak (Broke)

Peterson House (Hunter Valley)

Chateau Elan (Hunter Valley)

Green Cathedral (Pacific Palms)

Margan Estate (Broke)

The Anchorage (Port Stephens)

Riverwood Downs (Barrington Tops)

Hunter Valley Gardens

The Spit (Mossman)

Tocal Homestead (Paterson)

Stanley Park (Fullerton Cove)

Ben Ean (Hunter Valley)

B Farm (Bobs Farm)

Spicers Guesthouse (Hunter Valley)

Merewether Surfhouse

Leogate Estate (Hunter Valley)

Thirty Three Degrees (Tuncurry)

White Barn (Hunter Valley)

Shoal Bay Country Club

Dark Horse (Hunter Valley)

Seal Rocks Lighthouse Cottages

Rancho Relaxo (Crescent Head)

Sergeant's Mess (Mossman)

Rydges Ressort (Hunter Valley)

Rafferty's Resort (Swansea)

... ...

Honestly, the list is too massive so I'll just stop here. I have been very lucky to perform at hundreds of fantastic venues over the years. Not to mention the countless functions I've also done on private properties.

More Info

Event types

Wedding

Party

Private Event

Corporate Event

Hotel / Restaurant Event

Bar / Venue Event

Christmas Party

New Year's Eve

Genres

1980s Music

1990s Music

2000s+ Music

Easy Listening

Background Music

Country

Pop

Acoustic

Covers

Karaoke

Rock

Classic Rock

Rock 'n' Roll

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