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==Early life and forming the band== |
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She was classically trained on piano by her Grandmother from the age of six. She started playing modern pop music at the age of 15, and wanting an outlet for that coincided with Amandah forming a band to enter their high school's [[Battle of the Bands]] competition. This band was the foundation for Operator Please.<ref name="FullyNoted">{{cite news| url=http://www.fullynoted.com/interviews.htm#operator| title=Fully Noted Interviews| publisher=Fully Noted Interviews| accessdate=2007-08-27}}</ref> |
She was classically trained on piano by her Grandmother from the age of six. She started playing modern pop music at the age of 15, and wanting an outlet for that coincided with Amandah forming a band to enter their high school's [[Battle of the Bands]] competition. This band was the foundation for Operator Please.<ref name="FullyNoted">{{cite news| url=http://www.fullynoted.com/interviews.htm#operator| title=Fully Noted Interviews| publisher=Fully Noted Interviews| accessdate=2007-08-27}}</ref> |
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Sarah Gardiner is an Australian musician and member of the Australian indie rock band Operator Please. She is the band's keyboard player, and along with Amandah Wilkinson one of the band's two songwriters. She is distinguishable as the shortest[1] of the five members of the band, which include Amandah Wilkinson, Taylor Henderson, Ashley McConnell and Timothy Comandeur. Sarah has written songs for Operator Please such as “One Yellow Button", and the B-side from the first single (‘Just a Song About Ping Pong’), “In Motion”. She has also co-written “Emo Erotica” and “Two for my seconds”. She is often noted for her stage charisma.[2][3]
Early life and forming the band
She was classically trained on piano by her Grandmother from the age of six. She started playing modern pop music at the age of 15, and wanting an outlet for that coincided with Amandah forming a band to enter their high school's Battle of the Bands competition. This band was the foundation for Operator Please.[4]
References
- ^ "Operator Are Too Cool For School". Evening Standard. 2007-04-24. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Splendour in the Grass @ Belongil Fields, Byron Bay (4-5/08/07)". InTheMix.com.au. 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Arctic Monkeys, Festival Hall, Melbourne". This Is Fake DIY. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Fully Noted Interviews". Fully Noted Interviews. Retrieved 2007-08-27.