Tony Proudfoot
Role with Tram Sessions: Photographer
Favourite Tram Session so far: Shaun Kirk or Marlon Williams
Dream band to see on a Tram Session: Chris Russell's Chicken WalkÂ
Favourite Melbourne band:Â The Peep Tempel

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Tony Proudfoot
Role with Tram Sessions: Photographer
Favourite Tram Session so far: Shaun Kirk or Marlon Williams
Dream band to see on a Tram Session: Chris Russell's Chicken WalkÂ
Favourite Melbourne band:Â The Peep Tempel

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Sarah Jo Fraser
Role with Tram Sessions: Videographer/Editor/Photographer
Favourite Tram Session so far: Drunk Mums
Dream band to see on a Tram Session: Weird Al’ Yankovic
Favourite Melbourne band: Oh Mercy
Rafferty Dwyer
Role with Tram Sessions: Videographer/Editor
Favourite Tram Session so far:Â Â The Basics or The Pierce Brothers
Dream band to see on a Tram Session: Led Zeppelin
Favourite Melbourne band: Tsugnarly
Ashleigh Hills
Role with Tram Sessions:Â General Manager
Favourite Tram Session so far:Â Tough call between Paul Kelly + Pierce Brothers
Dream band to see on a Tram Session:Â Ben Howard OR Taylor Swift ;)
Favourite Melbourne band: The Smith Street Band
Ashleigh Royle
Role with Tram Sessions: Videographer
Favourite Tram Session so far: Ron Pope
Dream band to see on a Tram Session:Â City & Colour
Favourite Melbourne band: The Paper Kites

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Radhika Chopra
Role with Tram Sessions: Videographer
Favourite Tram Session so far: Pierce Brothers
Dream band to see on a Tram Session: DeftonesÂ
Favourite Melbourne band: Duck Duck Chop
Joshua BraybrookÂ
Role with Tram Sessions: Videographer/editor/photographer
Favourite Tram Session so far: The Growlers
Dream band to see on a Tram Session:Â The Killers
Favourite Melbourne band: Fractures
Monique Pizzica
Role with Tram Sessions: Videographer/editor
Favourite Tram Session so far: Ball Park Music
Dream band to see on a Tram Session: Jack White
Favourite Melbourne band: The Basics
The magic of being there
The rain is coming in sideways, like only Melbourne rain can, as I sprint to my tram stop on a freezing Thursday night. There's something special and beautiful about the violence of a Melbourne storm: it's truly unforgiving.
Forget your umbrella did you? Let me make sure you never, ever do that again.
When I finally reach sanctuary and huddle with a few other freezing people, sharing "what are we doing with our lives, standing in this weather?" looks and smelling like wet dog, I notice a man slowly walking through the shower towards us.
The way he was stumbling around and intently studying his surroundings suggested one of two things to me:
a) This man has just arrived after a time travel experience.
b) This man had been drinking pure alcohol for seventeen hours straight.
He approached.
"Excuse me mate, can you tell me where I am and what time it is?" he asks me, while still staring at the tall buildings behind me.
It's finally happened Dom - you've run into a time traveller.
"You're in South Yarra, it's about 5pm on a Thursday and Tony Abbott is PM, but we're not too psyched about it."
I could see the Time Traveller taking the information in and figuring out his next move. There was something about his posture and mannerisms that told me he was out of his depth. He was from a different place, a different generation.
He paused for the longest moment, silently nodded and stumbled away. He then hunched over in the rain and took long breaths while staring at his feet - he almost looked like he was going to be sick.
His lungs needed to acclimatise to the oxygen changes in his new surroundings, obviously.
He walked over to the timetable chart, had a look and stumbled back.
"Look mate, I'm sorry but I'll be honest..."
Time travelling, please.
"I'm not from around here and I'm not in a good way - can you tell me how to get to Pakenham?"
Pakenham may as well have been China - this guy had a long journey ahead. Maybe longer than the one he had just been on. I outlined what he had to do to get to Pakenham - it involved walking down to Flinders Street and taking the train.
"Jesus," he moaned. "Not a train... everyone with their canned music - kill me now."
Without another word, the man marched off again into the rain. He walked with a carelessness that you rarely see in these conditions - like he wanted to take in every droplet and feel what it was to be truly soaked.
What a mysterious figure. I should have asked him more questions, he could have taught me so much. I regretted letting him go.
'Canned music'. The term was of interest to me.
He was obviously referring to people on their smart phones, listening to their downloaded music. I had heard this phrase before and when I looked it up, I remembered where.
I had once read about a grumpy old composer named John Philip Sousa.
Around 100 years ago, Sousa was the most vocal critic of the first ever audio recordings.
Sousa thought there was something about music that could never be captured properly. He said that 'canned music' would be the death of live performance and refused to have anything he did ever recorded.
Maybe the time traveller was J-Phil himself. The pieces fit.
Of course, his protests against 'canned music' fell on deaf ears (well, actually, audible ears).
Recorded music is with us everywhere and forever. We are never far away from putting in headphones and escaping to another place - a better place.
As I was reading about my new friend, my tram arrived and the worries of my day all evaporated. On the tram was one of my favourite Melbourne bands - about to begin a Tram Session.
None of the other passengers knew what was coming, but as the band began their set, a hush descended on the packed tram as the band played.
With pelting rain hitting the windows and a city racing by in the background, the band rose above the distractions to capture everyone aboard for that moment.
As people removed their headphones and did their best to make eye contact with the musicians, I thought about Sousa again. He was half right. There's an element of music that can never be captured. Just like life cannot be captured.
That moment of creation can never be captured or reproduced.
Tram Sessions always manages to do something that perhaps needs to be done more and more today – remind everyone about the power of a live performance. Remind them that no matter where you are or who you're with, live music can find a way to move you. Remind them that nothing will ever rival simply being there and seeing it yourself.
J-Phil would have loved this.
As the packed tram applauded the end of the first song, I knew that 'canned music' would never kill off the magic of a live performance. No matter how good technology gets, nothing will replace moments like these.
On that tram, in the last place anyone would expect to be left awe-struck, everyone was given a fantastic reminder as to why it's important to experience live music.
We'll never be able to explain that experience properly – scratchy video recordings will never do it justice. I hope they never do.
It's better left as a mystery.Â
The magic of being there.
by Dominic Ciconte
National Volunteer Week: Thank You Justin
Tram Sessions volunteer: Justin Araco aka Stanks
What do you do as a volunteer at Tram Sessions? After being the fare collector (treasurer) for the past 3 years, I've recently been promoted to depot manager (president), following the departure of co-founder and all around nice guy Nick Wallberg, back to his motherland (Sweden).
Who are you outside of Tram Sessions? I do the 9am-5pm thing as a consultant at a large accounting firm in the CBD named BDO. Yes, I'm an accountant. Still awake? Don't worry, it's not as boring as it may sound. My specialisation/focus is in advising start-up and young organisations how to best structure and operate their businesses. Otherwise I avidly support the mighty bombers (no peptide references please) and enjoy the occasional pub counter meal. Preferably when there's a little acoustic band playing in the corner. What motivates you to volunteer? Passion for live music and belief in the Tram Sessions mission. I'm one of those people who struggle to find time to get to gigs, so I love that we aim to solve that problem by taking the joy of live music to the people! What would the world look like without volunteers? Volunteering supports, fosters and binds communities together. They provide critical services like search and rescues, disaster aid and relief, fight fires, deliver food to homeless and the homebound, keep our neighbourhoods safe and clean, teach, mentor, support and ensure our local festivals and events remain free to participate and are run smoothly. Without volunteers, communities would suffer and a lot of needy people would be much worse off. Volunteers work for no money, but they certainly don't work for nothing! What has been your most memorable experience as a volunteer? There are so many! Hard to go past being Paul and Dan Kelly's personal chauffeur prior to our Mass Jam last November. But it's often the little things you remember most like when the guitarist from the band Hey Rosetta! stood up and made his seat available to an elderly commuter mid session, kept playing without a fuss and later exchanged smiles with the lady when he noticed she was really enjoying their music. Check out the video - it's priceless! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1M9i_sweqc

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National Volunteer Week: Thank you Simon
Tram Sessions volunteer: Simon Conlon
Vance Joy, team shot by Simon Conlon What do you do as a volunteer at Tram Sessions? At Tram Sessions I am a photographer, I take the photos. Who are you outside of Tram Sessions? I take mini exhibitions from Melbourne Museum out into regional Victoria, I teach at Westside Circus, and I make a mean cocktail. And I take photos. What motivates you to volunteer? I’m new to Melbourne and trying to find my way into interesting projects. Also, you can call yourself whatever you like, but if you are not doing it regularly… What would the world look like without volunteers? There would only be a small number of large-scale, ready-established ventures. What can you name that didn’t need a bit of a push from some good people for nothing at the very start? Never mind the charitable work that will never break even. What has been your most memorable experience as a volunteer? I worked with Clowns Without Borders and took a Clown show into outback communities in the Tanami desert in the Northern Territories for a week. I will never forget it. Simon’s favourite Tram Session: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Ih_7nEWNI In the theme of National Volunteer Week, Tram Sessions would like to say ‘thanks a million’ to Simon!
National Volunteer Week: Thank you Rommel
Volunteering Australia has put together a new campaign which asks people to 'say thanks a million to Australian volunteers'. The statistics show that over 6 million people in Australia are giving up their time, free of charge on an annual basis.
Here at Tram Sessions there are 16 volunteers who help out in some way or another. We have put together a Q&A to find out why they love volunteering.
Tram Sessions volunteer: Rommel Henricus
What do you do as a volunteer at Tram Sessions?
As a volunteer with Tram Sessions I get to film some very cool artists play some very cool music, on Melbourne's very cool trams.
Who are you outside of Tram Sessions?
Outside of Tram Sessions I work on the production team for JAMTV
What motivates you to volunteer?
My motivation to volunteer with Tram Sessions is to show Melbourne what an incredible wall of talent we have in our music scene and to promote Melbourne's awesome culture and arts scene to the world.
What would the world look like without volunteers?
Without volunteers the world would look like that scene in the Lion King when Scar took over the pride.
What has been your most memorable experience as a volunteer?
My most memorable experience as a Tram Sessions volunteer was hearing a fan of Paul Kelly's tell the crew that she had just had the night of her life after witnessing the great man play a private set to only 50 people. That's the great thing about Tram Sessions, it takes music to people whom otherwise may not be able to experience it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5oQv2F8Ia8 Tram Sessions would like to say thanks a million to Rommel!
Congrats Nick!
We had a really nice surprise yesterday. Our co-founder Nick was awarded the 2012 Anthill Magazine 30under30 Readers' Choice Award. As it was voted by the magazine's readers and our supporters (you might have been one of them?) it goes to show that what we do is appreciated. And by more people than us! So we thought we would ask him a few quick questions. Feels weird to interview your own crew member but hey, it's our blog so we're allowed to do it :-) An award Nick, must be a bit special? Yeah, it sure is! Haven't received too many in my life so really happy about it. But it's really a testament to our crew and the bands really. I think people care less about me and more about seeing Paul Kelly on a tram! So what's next? Well, we have a few new partnerships forming which is very exciting. We're working hard to build on the momentum from last year and make some really cool stuff happen in 2013. From what we have in the pipeline I can only say it's looking good! When's the next session? We have two awesome sessions coming up in the next two weeks! I'm super excited. One international act and one local Melbourne band who's making headlines wherever they go really. Just keep an eye out on Facebook and Twitter and you'll be the first ones to know!
Best of 2012
Hey guys, We've had so much great music lately that we thought we needed to try this new little nifty play list function using Spotify. This is the first try so let us know what you think! Best of Tram Sessions 2012
Thanks guys!
Parts of the crew at the Mass Jam Event for Melbourne Music Week
2012 has been a big year for Tram Sessions. We’ve reached 50 filmed sessions (pretty stoked!) and have had a great mix of artists jammin’ with us. All from legends like Paul Kelly to up and coming bands like Alpine, Lanie Lane and Vaudeville Smash. We’ve had more of those invaluable ‘what the h&*# moments‘, where passengers have started to sing back-up vocals or rapped (yep, that was awesome!). Now, it’s easy to think that this just happens by itself, but the reality is that all what we do take time and a lot of effort from the team. And what a team it is! So instead of going on with more of what we’ve achieved, here’s the great people behind Tram Sessions. They all contribute in different ways and make this project what it is today. In no particular order, here they are: Rommel Henricus – Video/Sound and PR Luisa Mirabilio – Video, Editing, Production & Band Bookings
Parts of the crew at the Xavier Rudd session. Ashleigh Hills – Event coordination, Band bookings Ed Rossi – Video, Editing & Social Media Hayden Bevis – Video & editing Sebastian Fiori – Sound & Event crew Justin Araco – Organisational strategy Darryn Henricus – Sound & Event crew Paul Meates – Design and strategy Adam Saraceno – Photographer Alex Topaloski – Online guru Emma Shepherdson – Organisational structure Anthony Cole – Website guru Susann Anna – Secretary Prue Schofield – Support crew Michael Araco – Website Busra (Bee) Copuroglu - Funky Relations & Photographer    Â

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Win a double pass to Tram Sessions: Mass Jam
 Our friends at Yarra Trams are giving away two of their tickets to our Tram Sessions: Mass Jam event. The ticket includes live bands playing back to back on our very own chartered tram, while rockin’ and rolling through Melbourne’s CBD. It also includes entry to the epic Mass Jam After Party that will follow. The tickets sold out in less than a day, so this competition is a chance to enjoy what are uniquely Melbourne- trams and live music! To win, simply answer the question below. The best and most compelling answer will win.
--- Tell Yarra Trams which tram line you would like to see a Tram Session on, and why. ---
How to enter: Twitter: Tweet your answer to @yarratrams and include the hashtag, #MassJam. Facebook: Post your answer directly on Yarra Trams Facebook page Instagram: Take a photo of your favourite tram line and answer the question. Include the hashtag, #MassJam. And for you who doesn't want to gamble on missing out on the after party- head to our crowd funding site to get your tickets and support the great music scene of Melbourne!
Runners up will receive some other tram inspired goodies; a rhino shaped as a stress ball, who has tagged along to a few sessions (see picture).
Win a double pass to Tram Sessions: Mass Jam
Our friends at Flexicar are giving away two of their tickets to our Tram Sessions: Mass Jam event. The ticket includes live bands playing back to back on our very own chartered tram, while rockin’ and rolling through Melbourne’s CBD. It also includes entry to the epic Mass Jam After Party that will follow. To win, simply answer the question below. The best, most creative, and correct, answer will win two tickets to this exclusive, sold-out event.
--- Tell Flexicar who you think will headline on the #MassJam event, and why. ---
How to enter: Twitter: Tweet your answer to @flexicar and include the hashtag, #MassJam. Instagram: Take a photo of the act you think will play (write their name on a piece of paper for example) and include the hashtag, #MassJam. Facebook: Post your answer on Flexicar's facebook page with #MassJam. 'Mass Jam' AFTER PARTY And for you who doesn't want to gamble on missing out on the AFTER PARTY- head to our crowd funding site to get your tickets and support the great music scene of Melbourne!