| Amandah Wilkinson | |
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Amandah Wilkinson at Falls Festival, 2007
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| Background information | |
| Born | 16 August 1988 |
| Origin | |
| Genre(s) | rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 2005– |
| Label(s) | Virgin/EMI, Brille Records |
| Associated acts | Operator Please |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Rickenbacker 330 | |
Amandah Wilkinson (born 16 August 1988) is an New Zealand-Australian musician and member of the Australian band Operator Please. The Falls Festival is a New Year's Eve Music festival, held annually in Marion Bay Tasmania and Lorne Victoria Australia since 1993 Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Brille Records is a Independent record label based in the UK, which has released work from bands including Whirlwind Heat, Good Shoes, Envelopes Operator Please are a pop rock band from the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. The Rickenbacker 330 is part of Rickenbacker 's 300 series of guitars the series for which Rickenbacker is perhaps best known Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs Operator Please are a pop rock band from the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. She is the band's vocalist and guitar player, and the band's main songwriter. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Amandah spent most of her early childhood in New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In New Plymouth, she attended Marfell Kindy, went on to Marfell Community School until the Wilkinsons relocated to Kaiapoi, Christchurch where she attended Kaiapoi Borough School. for the place called New Plymouth in the United States see New Plymouth Idaho. Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand In 1997, Amandah and her family moved to Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Amandah has been plagued for years with her weight issues, and has stated that "Being a big girl can be big style. "
In her last year at Elanora State High School, she wanted to enter her school's Battle of the Bands competition. Elanora State High School is the high school serving the Elanora area of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Battle of the Bands is a generic term for a contest in which many bands, usually rock/guitar bands but often from a range of different styles compete for the She sought out a drummer, Tim Commandeur; a keyboardist, Sarah Gardiner; a bassist, Ashley McConnell, and a violinist, Stephanie Joske (later replaced by classically trained Taylor Henderson). According to Amandah, none of them were friends before the band, although they are close knit now. . [1].