Faik Nooz

Released 19 August 2020

Pieces Of Our Lives (live album)

Released 23 June 2020

Any Love Here on new SCALA album

I'm pleased to have a song, Any Love Here, on the new SCALA Songs To Sing album available from SCALA (Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association). Thanks to Greg Wright who produced the compilation which has 18 tracks and features winners from the 2016 SCALA Song Competition plus other original songs.

Any Love Here details:

Robert Childs - vocal guitars (recorded at The Songwriters Studio)
Sandy Klose - bass guitar (recorded at Pigs Can Fly Studio)
Mastered by Neville Clark at Disk-Edits, Hindmarsh, South Australia.

Listen to it Here:

SCALA turns Thirty!

... and releases a new CD!

I've been asked to play for the Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association (SCALA)'s thirtieth birthday party at the Wheatsheaf on Thursday 23rd November 2017.  Accompanying me will be Adrian Miller on keyboard and Clayton Werner on bass guitar.  Also on the bill on the night will be Courtney Robb and the Kelly Menhennett Trio, both worth seeing.

SCALA will also be releasing its 25th album and 18th in its CD compilation series on the night. I'm honoured to have a track included - Any Love Here.  I managed to get a sneaky photo of the CD cover!

I'm playing for SCALA at the Wheatsheaf Hotel

Crazy For Somebody's Love on SCALA The Undying Fire album

This is a slightly different version of the song which appears on the SCALA album "The Undying Fire" (2016) mastered by Neville Clark at Disk-Edits.

Vocals and all instruments by Robert Childs. Recorded at The Songwriters Studio. All Rights Reserved.

It's Holiday Time

I had intended to release a full album of my songs this year but I'm slow at recording and getting pneumonia in October stopped me in my tracks (literally!). So I can proffer only this as a Holiday offering. I wrote it on Christmas Day 1999 but it refers back to a Christmas in 1987 when my mother had just died, I'd had a pay cut at work and the hot water service and washing machine both conked out in the week before Christmas!  I hope that none of the things described in this song happen to you this holiday time!

Enjoy!

Someone on SCALA Brighter Than The Sun

My song Someone has been included on the 2015 SCALA Brighter Than The Sun album which was put together by Adrian Miller and released on 30th July.  This is SCALA's second double CD with a mix of award winning songs, live recordings and studio tracks recorded by SCALA members.

Listen to Someone here on my SoundCloud site:

Happy Birthday Matilda

I wrote this song in 1999 when the neo-conservative Howard government was in power. It's sad that so much about the song is still relevant now that Australia has another neo-conservative government Happy Australia Day!

One of my songs on latest SCALA CD

I'm pleased to have my song, That's How It Ended, on the latest (15th) SCALA Photographs And Memories double CD album.  This is a 36 track album containing winning songs from SCALA's 2012 and 2013 song competitions plus a number of live tracks from SCALA's venue and other contributed tracks.  I had a hand in the previous 14 CDs issued by SCALA so I know what effort has to be put into each one and this is a double CD so the effort would have had to be at least double.  Congratulations to Adrian Miller who coordinated the recording and compilation of the album and to everyone else involved in its production.  Copies of the double CD are available from SCALA and I believe that tracks will soon be available for download from the SCALA store.  In the meantime you can listen to my track on my ReverbNation site.

It was 20 years ago today ....

Robert Childs Elastic Band released the 17 track Revenge on this day in 1994.  I'd intended to issue my "follow up" album today but I'm way behind in my recording schedule (Revenge took 2 years to record!).  But you can still listen to Revenge online.  Oh, by the way, Happy Easter!

Robert Childs Elastic Band - Revenge

Long Live The People's Revolution

On this day, forty years ago, 11 September 1973, the democratically elected Chilean government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by a military coup led by General Pinochet.

According to Wikipedia:

'After General Pinochet assumed power, United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it," but "we helped them...created the conditions as great as possible." (referring to the coup itself).'

According to another Wikipedia article "Pinochet's government killed at least 3,197 people and tortured about 29,000." One of the many killed was singer/songwriter and theatre producer Victor Jara along with many other artists and musicians.

No matter what the opinion of the Allende government might be it's noteworthy that the "people's revolution" in Chile that brought him to power was a democratic election.

Whose Turn Is It Now? on iTunes

Listen to me on RouteNote!

I've joined RouteNote which is a digital distributor that places tracks on popular download sites including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.

My first "single" on the site is Whose Turn Is It Now? which has previously been available on the SCALA Higher Ground album. 

I hope to add more songs soon.

Check out my RouteNote page.

Now on ... TwitMusic!

It might not sound inspiring!  TwitMusic - music for twits?

Nope it's Twitter's solution for musicians who tweet a lot.

You can hear me twittering on my very own TwitMusic Page!

Ornithologists and other twitchers beware!

(tweet, tweet, tweetly-tweet!)

My live tracks on Soundcloud #2

You can listen to this live track in high quality wav format, originally from the SCALA Higher Ground album, on my Soundcloud site.

My live tracks on Soundcloud #1

You can listen to this live track in high quality wav format, originally from the SCALA Steps album, on my Soundcloud site.

Arigato, xi xi, merci beaucoup, thanks!

Thanks so much to everyone who came along to the "Robert and Jane Childs Appreciation Night" last night at SCALA's new venue, The Colonel Light Hotel.  I was very appreciative of the numbers of people there.  It was fantastic to again hear Catherine Blanch and Vicki Bennett, as both have had quite a long break from performing, as well as The Miller Trio, Corey Stewart and Andy & Marta.

And thanks for all the song requests that I couldn't fulfil last night.  Here's the recorded version of Sugar Addict featuring the late Ren Forsaith doing fine work on drums.  Adrian Miller (keyboard) and George Will (bass) are also playing on this track.

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It's my turn! Tonight (4 April) at 7.30 and 10.15ish

Whose Turn Is it Now? It's my turn Tonight (4 April 2013) at The Colonel Light Hotel, Light Square, Adelaide, starting at 7.30.  I'm on first at 7.30 for a short set, and then again at about 10.15 with a longer set.  In between you can enjoy, Catherine Blanch (who turns 25 for the 20th time tomorrow), Adrian Miller, Vicki Bennett, Corey Stewart and Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly.  Entry is FREE!

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Playing with me - 4th April

Here's a bit of background on the acts playing between my two sets on Thursday, 4 April at the Light Hotel, Light Square, Adelaide. We commence at 7.30pm.

Catherine Blanch




Catherine first played for SCALA last century.  She won awards in a number of song competitions and her songs appear on a number of SCALA albums.  She is a freelance journalist with Rip It Up magazine and she has been a full time mother for the past few years.  This is the first time that Catherine has played her songs in public for some years!




Adrian Miller




Adrian is the single most successful songwriter in SCALA's FOOM Song Competition having had a winning song in various sections on 12 occasions to date plus a number of other minor awards.  He has played in a number of bands including Robert Childs Elastic Band!






Vicki Bennett




Vicki has won a number of awards for her songs and has played in the bands, The Outskirts and The Standard Deviations.  Her songs have been covered by various artists and have received extensive airplay.  Vicki hasn't played for SCALA for some time so it's about time she did!





Corey Stewart



Corey has played for SCALA for many years and has run a number of Open Mics around Adelaide as well as playing in a number of bands or solo.  He has also won awards in a number of song competitions.  Corey is also SCALA's new Time Lord.







Andy and Marta



Andy and Marta combine the extraordinary talents of Andy Armstrong and Marta Bayly, each of them award winning songwriters.  Andy has released a number of albums since the 1970s and appeared extensively on The Book Place children's television program.  He teamed up with Marta only a few years ago and in that brief time they have released three well received albums and have played at a number of venues and festivals.

The lineup is:


Robert Childs (short set) Starting at 7.30pm
Catherine Blanch
Adrian Miller
Vicki Bennett
Corey Stewart
Andy & Marta
Robert Childs (longer set)