Attention lovers of live blues music!

Come and enjoy live blues music with John McNamara and Andrea Marr performing at the Emerald RSL on Friday 31st May

Gather family and friends and warm up with great live music as we head into winter.

Tickets are only $10 for 3MDR/RSL members/subscribers or $12 full price.  Doors open 7pm with the music starting at 7:30pm

The RSL bar will be open for liquid refreshments and food options are available with a local community/school fundraiser BBQ.

Tune into Red To Blue every Friday from 3pm for more information.

There are two fabulous new programs firing up on 3MDR:
'Do Your Thing' with Daniel on Thursday nights from 11pm-Midnight | A weekly music based show on Thursday evenings between 11pm - 12am. A sharing of a record collection, a journey through old favourites, recommendations, discoveries from the depths of the inter web, record shop finds and current musical obsessions.  Exploring but not limited to the following musical worlds:
A prominent feature of New Zealand guitar pop, post punk and DIY weirdness.
http://programs.3mdr.com/do-your-thing

​'The Subway Walls' with Patrick on a Saturday evening from 10pm-Midnight | A music show exploring the role of language in songwriting.  Featuring artists from a variety of eras and styles, The Subway Walls is all about great lyrics, the writers who pen them, and the stories behind the tunes.
http://programs.3mdr.com/the-subway-walls

Local musos check this out...
Cardinia Shire Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from a professional contemporary
musician/s to lead a month long residency program for four independent emerging musical
groups/individuals in collaboration with a professional sound engineer.
The Residency comes from local artists expressing the need for more links and opportunities
with the music industry. It aims to provide early career musicians with professional
development opportunities inside an industry standard work environment allowing the
musicians to create and take risks in a mentor context. The focus of this residency is to
develop a body of musical work as a key outcome.
The selected Music Mentor will have a key interest in mentoring and nurturing emerging
musicians as well finding unique ways to help them develop as a group and individuals. The
residency schedule will be developed by the Mentor in conjunction with the Cardinia Arts team.
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​For any further information, please contact the Project Manager:
Dave Thomson, Arts Project Officer
Cardinia Shire Council, PO Box 7, Pakenham VIC 3810
Telephone: 03 5943 4604
Email: arts@cardinia.vic.gov.au
The Residency is supported by Cardinia Shire Council and the Victorian Government through
Creative Victoria

3MDR is pleased to introduce our newest volunteer Committee of Management members.

Joining the leadership team in May 2019 is Samantha Dunn, Bluzal Field and Edward Willoughby.

3MDR's CofM now has nine members overseeing the governance of the association.  

​Samantha Dunn loves being part of the Dandenong Ranges community, a place of natural beauty and inspiration. She takes an active interest in community matters and enjoys working closely with the community on a range of advocacy issues.
 
She's been a local government councillor, serving three terms with Yarra Ranges Shire Council and also served one term as a member of the Victorian Parliament. She's been on a number of boards and is a champion of good governance, integrity and open and transparent decision making.
 
She has also led extensive community engagement campaigns during her time in local government and the state parliament. Samantha has campaigned on forests for nearly two decades, passionate about environmental protection, including biodiversity, water security, climate change, air quality, tourism and recreation. 
 
She is an experienced strategist, advocate and negotiator and dedicates much of her time inspiring others to love nature. 

Bluzal has always had a long relationship with arts, performance, community and culture.

With a history that includes film production, circus, performance art, media and communication Bluzal is currently interested in the intersection of old and new media, and how we tell stories, collaborate as communities and thrive in a predominantly digital landscape.

​She brings her expertise in marketing, social media and digital media to the board. She is currently the Marketing Manager at Burrinja Cultural Centre in Upwey and is passionate about arts in all its forms in the Hills community.

Edward Willoughby - ​After almost a year on the Programming Committee, I am very excited to be taking over from outgoing Program Manager, Lee Hannah. Both I and the rest of the Programming Committee are greatly in debt to all his diligence and initiative and he will be greatly missed.
 
I come with great love for our local area as a hills resident of 7 years, and I am so passionate about our diverse community and the amazing things we create together, much like this radio station. I especially love the music that comes out of this part of the world, over the airwaves as well as in our live music venues.
 
I am a musician: a pianist, singer and composer; I completed my Bachelor of Applied Music (Composition) in 2012. I have composed for live theatre, dance, film as well as having written contemporary baroque pop songs. I was a proud staff member at the iconic Skylark Room in Upwey until it sadly closed its doors and I now work across a diverse range of cultural venues in the Yarra Valley with a dynamic mix of arts, culture and heritage. I am currently preparing to record a full length album of compositions at home and in my spare time I review new music releases for Piano & Coffee Co.
 
I am very excited to make a positive contribution to the culture of this station, and by extension to our community. I hope I can make you all feel supported in making your shows and our station thrive, and I am confident we can continue to grow in a positive direction. I’m looking forward to working more closely with you all!

You can email Edward on programming@3mdr.com about 3MDR's programming or how to apply for a program.

Should you wish to get in touch with 3MDR's committee members you can email
Jeff Springfield - President - president@3mdr.com
Kathleen Snowball - Treasurer - business@3mdr.com
Neesy Smith - Secretary - secretary@3mdr.com

A super month of live blues music at the Emerald RSL this May!

​Multiple award-winning Australian Blues musician Darren Jack has been electrifying audiences with his signature powerhouse Rock ‘n’ Blues and original music for over twenty years. 

Darren Jack is heading down from NSW for another performance at the Red To Blue Sessions on Friday 10th May at the Emerald RSL.

Doors open at 7pm with the live music commencing at 7:30pm

Tickets are only $10 for MDR/RSL Subscribers/Members or $12...available on the door.

The RSL bar will be open for liquid refreshments.  A local school or community group will also fire up a fundraiser BBQ.

And because you can never have enough live music in Emerald, the Red To Blue boys will be hosting John McNamara and Andrea Marr on Friday 31st May....pop the dates in your diary.

Tune into 3MDR every Friday afternoon for Red To Blue with the Webstar & Doc for all the info.

We look forward to your company on Friday 10th May for Darren Jack and again on Friday 31st May for John McNamara & Andrea Marr.

The Music Garden Presents: Jules Boult & The Redeemers live on the front veranda at Forest Park Studios this ANZAC Day - April 25th from 12noon

Come along to the 3MDR studios this Thursday for some free live music with Jules Boult & The Redeemers performing on the front veranda at Forest Park Homestead from 12noon.

The Goonybird & Biff will be firing up the BBQ as Jules fires up his special brand of New Orleans style jazz.

Entry is free but if you would like to help keep 3MDR on the air you can make a donation or subscribe to the station while you enjoy the live music on the veranda.

We look forward to seeing you!

3MDR is once again partnering with Upwey / Belgrave RSL to broadcast live from this year's ANZAC Day Dawn Service.  Tune in on Thursday 25th April from 6am to hear the service and then Ron & Chris D will interview RSL President David  Eaton and local Veterans about what ANZAC Day means to them.  You can also live video stream the service via Upwey / Belgrave RSL's Website.
Lest We Forget

Dear 3MDR family,

  It is with heavy hearts that we report Andrew Lack (pictured here with Paula from Bangers N Mash) from Woori Yallock was tragically killed in a head on collision on the Warburton Highway, Seville on the morning of Thursday 4th April.  Andrew was age 54.

3MDR and our communities have lost a much loved member and supporter of the station.

The 3MDR family extends its deepest sympathies to Andrew’s partner Mu, family and friends.

Andrew made many friends amongst the 3MDR presenter group and the station’s community over the last 10 years or so and we are reeling from the loss of our dear friend.

A truly beautiful soul, Andrew was one of 3MDR’s greatest supporters and tuned into many a program throughout any given week.  The studio SMS line would receive several messages a week mostly showing appreciation for a track just played or for a request.  A subscriber numerous times over with aliases such as Belly Button Lint, Inanimate Carbon Rod, Joey Joey Sha Da Ado Jr, Ted Buggins and as Andrew Lack himself he aimed to subscribe to a show a month.  He loved the station and he valued community radio with all it has to offer.

It was not uncommon to receive regular parcels of CDs and gifts from Andrew, addressed to various presenters of shows such as Chick Habit with Sally & Michelle, Bangers N Mash with Paula or Cosmik Debris with Sebastian to name just a few.  It was always a pleasure whenever Andrew popped into the station.  Sometimes he would arrive with bags of goodies for community groups who he had heard about on 3MDR, a painting for a presenter’s birthday, Doc Martin shoes he found at a market which he thought someone may like or simply some kind words of encouragement and appreciation for what 100 or so volunteers do each week at the community radio station.  He never muttered a negative word about anyone or anything.  Nothing but love.

A lover of music, his favourite band being The Clash, Andrew’s musical tastes were extensive and he enjoyed numerous programs on 3MDR.  From Chick Habit’s women-focused punk, soul, rock, to the request laden Bangers N Mash to the rock and or roll, psych, jazz and genre defiant on Cosmik Debris to the rockabilly, punkobilly, psychobilly of Rockbilly Drive By to the soothing chants on the Buddhist Hour and all those inbetween, Andrew had his radio tuned to 97.1fm on a regular basis.

Andrew would also support 3MDR’s events whenever the station got out and about in the community.  We have fond memories of Andrew enjoying the Pirate Radio Day, numerous Big Gigs, Rockin’ The Ranges, Bangers N Mash at the Bell and more recently the Open Day at Forest Park Homestead followed  by the 2018 Back To School Radiothon Graduation Day celebrations. He was also a supporter of other local community stations, and had recently guest-presented a show on Yarra Valley 99.1fm.

We extend our love and condolences to Mu, family and friends.  The 3MDR door will always be open to you and the kettle will be on, should you ever need some company in a safe space.

Such was the love in Andrew, we feel blessed to have known him and he will remain a part of 3MDR’s family forever.

A funeral service for Andrew will be held at Le Pine Ferntree Gully, 2:30PM Friday 12th April. 

We invite you to tune into Chick Habit this Friday as a few 3MDR presenters are hosting a special tribute show celebrating Andrew's love of music from 5-7pm.
 
With warm regards
The 3MDR Family