15 Facts About Monique Brumby

Monique Brumby was born in 1974 in Devonport, Tasmania, and moved to Hobart at age seven.

Monique Brumby attended three different primary schools including Lauderdale Primary School and then secondary school at St Michael's Collegiate School to Year 12; she sang in stage musicals and tried out for women's soccer.

In 1993, after leaving school, Monique Brumby had paying gigs in Hobart clubs and then travelled to England on a working holiday as a boarding house mistress for a year; she returned to Tasmania to write songs and, in 1995, relocated to Melbourne, where she performed in local pubs and clubs.

Monique Brumby joined a guitar-based band and wrote songs with its members before leaving to concentrate on her own songs.

Monique Brumby signed with Sony Records, she wrote and recorded her debut single, "Fool for You", which was released in April 1996 and peaked at No 31 on the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Singles Charts.

In October 1996, Monique Brumby attended a Mushroom Records-run writers' workshop, she worked with Paul Kelly to co-write "Melting".

Monique Brumby's version appeared on her 2006 album, Into the Blue.

Monique Brumby used session musicians: Barker, Bridie, Craw, Dickins, Moffatt and Patten, with Helen Mountfort on cello, Simon Polinski on bass guitar.

Monique Brumby was awarded Young Tasmanian of the Year in the field of the Arts.

Monique Brumby started writing songs and making preliminary recordings for her second album, Signal Hill, however problems occurred with Sony and she left to form her own label, Little Wind.

Monique Brumby toured extensively throughout Australia, including a performance in her home town of Hobart playing alongside Jewel and george as part of the 'A Day on the Green' concert.

Monique Brumby was the support act on the Australian tour by US group, The Bangles.

In March 2006, Monique Brumby released her third album, Into the Blue, produced by Monique Brumby and Doug Roberts.

Monique Brumby has since produced the debut album, Zenith Valley, for Melbourne based acoustic rock group, Mosaik.

In 2011, Monique Brumby released "Underground" which was to be released from her fifth album Half Moon, Half Everything but the album never eventuated.