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Canberra's No. 1 band for corporate events, backed by dozens of positive client reviews. 7-10 piece band Smooth Ops have been wowing audiences in Canberra and beyond for over 10 years, performing at dozens of prestigious charity, gala and black tie events at prestigious venues including Parliament House, the AIS Arena, the National Convention Centre, the National Gallery of Australia and the Australian War Memorial. Stunning vocals, show-style medleys, tight and authentic arrangements and special guest performers combine to add an infectious energy to events.
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Rachel's Corporate Event in Canberra, Oct 2022
Professional, dynamic and all the wow you need for a corporate celebration!
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Canberra's no. 1 band for corporate events
Smooth Ops have been wowing audiences in Canberra and beyond for over 10 years, performing at dozens of prestigious charity, gala and black tie events. With testimonials from many happy clients, they have the recommendations to back them up as the perfect entertainment for your corporate celebration, fundraising event, festival or any other special do!
With an enormous repertoire of over 150 songs covering every artist from The Beatles and Bon Jovi to Bruno Mars and Beyoncé, Smooth Ops have every decade covered, ensuring your dancefloor is packed from start to finish. Some of the reasons Smooth Ops are asked back again and again:
100% LIVE instrumentation and vocals (no backing tracks or gimmicks)
3 talented and charismatic singers deliver powerful lead vocals and tight backing vocals and harmonies for every song.
Excellent 4-piece rhythm section featuring all the right sounds to faithfully reproduce the songs and sound of the world's most iconic bands and performers.
Show-style medleys from artists including Queen, Toto, Earth Wind & Fire and Beyoncé
Special guest musicians including a bagpiper and horn section
Make an enquiry today and let Smooth Ops make your event truly unforgettable.
These are the categories of entertainment or other services offered by Smooth Ops.
STAGING
Minimum 6m wide x 4m deep, noting that band can reconfigure to suit alternative stage sizes as needed.
A drum riser is desirable but not essential.
PRODUCTION & SOUND
Smooth Ops to use own mixing desk located side of stage.
Where sound production is provided by Smooth Ops, Smooth Ops will provide FOH speakers and control the FOH mix and sound levels via iPad;
Where sound production is provided by a production company:
- production company provides FOH speakers
- Smooth Ops to send stereo FOH output from the Smooth Ops mixing desk and patch to the production company mixing desk, or connect individual line outputs to production company mixing desk via loom;
- production company mixes FOH and manages sound level;
- Smooth Ops sound tech to mix and control band’s onstage volume / inear monitoring sound.
- Smooth Ops to use either own or production company’s monitor wedges as general stage fill, patching to these either directly or via the production mixing desk (2 wedges required)
- Smooth Ops to provide their own fold back arrangements for individual players (mix of in-ears and wedges)
- If wireless mics are available, band would like to use 3 for the front line, otherwise band to use own cabled mics.
We pride ourselves on our enormous selections of songs, guaranteed to please your guests no matter what their tastes. Special requests? Just ask.
CONTEMPORARY
Rolling in the deep - Adele
Skyfall - Adele
If I had you - Adam Lambert
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Get stupid - Aston Merrygold
Addicted to you - Avicii
Wake me up - Avicii
24K magic - Bruno Mars
Locked out of heaven - Bruno Mars
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Uptown funk - Bruno Mars
Forget you - Cee Lo Green
Rather be - Clean Bandit
Sky full of stars - Coldplay
When love takes over - David Guetta
Groove is in the heart - Deee-lite
Cake by the ocean - DNCE
Mercy - Duffy
Castle on the hill - Ed Sheeran
Exes and ohs - Elle King
Red neck woman - Gretchen Wilson
Bad things - Jace Everatt
Ain't nobody - Jasmine Thompson
Love foolosophy - Jamiroquai
Love me again - John Newman
Can't stop the feeling -Justin Timberlake
Sex on fire - Kings of Leon
Spinning around - Kylie Minogue
Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sugar - Maroon 5
All About the Bass - Meghan Trainor
Troublemaker - Olly Murs
Counting stars - One Republic
Love runs out - One Republic
On My Mind - Powderfinger
Let me entertain you - Robbie Williams
When I get you alone - Robin Thicke
Smooth - Santana ft Rob Thomas
Pictures - Sneaky Sound System
Starlight - Supermen Lovers
Shake if off - Taylor Swift
Gold on the ceiling - The Black Keys
Lonely boy - The Black Keys
Shut up and dance - Walk the moon
CLASSICS
Waterloo - ABBA
Long way to the top - AC/DC
Living on a prayer - Bon Jovi
You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Bow River - Cold Chisel
My baby - Cold Chisel
Khe sanh - Cold Chisel
Chowdown - Corduroy
Let's dance - David Bowie
Going home - Dire Straits
Hound dog - Elvis Presley
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns 'N' Roses
The power of love - Huey Lewis & the News
New Sensation - INXS
Crush - Jennifer Paige
You're the voice - John Farnham
Love is in the air - John Paul Young
Walking on sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Sweet home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cherish - Madonna
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Sway - Michael Buble
L O V E - Natalie Cole
Crunchy granola suite - Neil Diamond
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
The groove - Rodney Franklin
The Look - Roxette
Birthday - The Beatles
I saw her standing there - The Beatles
Run to paradise - The Choir Boys
Better - The Screaming Jets
Hold the line - Toto
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
How Will I Know - Whitney Houst
Sharp dressed man - ZZ Top
SOUL/MOTOWN/DISCO
Knock on wood - Amy Stewart
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Finally - Ce Ce Peniston
Hot stuff - Donna Summer
Bad girls - Donna Summer / Jamiroquai
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
Blame it on the boogie - Jackson 5
I feel good - James Brown
Shake your groove thing - Peaches & Herb
Hit the road Jack - Ray Charles
Gimme some lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
Signed sealed delivered - Stevie Wonder
I'm so excited - The Pointer Sisters
Jump - The Pointer Sisters
Disco inferno - The Trammps
It's raining men - The Weather Girls
Don't leave me this way - Thelma Houston
Nutbush City Limit - Tina Turner
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Teardrops - Womack and Womack
MEDLEYS
Queen
(Bohemian Rhapsody, We are the champions, Another One Bites the Dust, Don't stop me now, Crazy little thing called love)
Toto
(Rosanna, Africa)
Earth Wind and Fire
(Dancing in September, Let's groove tonight, Boogie Wonderland)
Beyonce
(Love on top, Crazy in love)
Pharrell Williams / Daft Punk
(Happy, Get Lucky)
Jessie J / Katy Perry
(Domino, Last Friday Night)
Charlie Daniels / Metallica / AC/DC
(Devil Went Down To Georgia, Enter Sandman, Thunderstruck)
The Commitments
(Take Me To The River, Treat Her Right, Land Of 10000 Dances)
DINNER/CHILLED
Winter wonderland - Andrews Sisters
Body and soul - Billie Holliday
Weather with you - Crowded House
Thank you - Dido
C Jam blues - Duke Ellington
Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran
It's only a paper moon - Ella Fitzgerald
Song for guy - Elton John
Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop
At last - Etta James
God bless the child - Eva Cassidy
Over the rainbow - Eva Cassidy
Time after time - Eva Cassidy
Wayfaring stranger - Eva Cassidy
More - Frank Sinatra
Burn for you - John Farnham
Better the devil you know (Abbey Road) - Kylie Minogue
I Should Be So Lucky (jazz version) - Kylie Minogue
Even when I'm sleeping - Leonardo's Bride
Reminiscing - Madison Avenue / LRB
Dream a little dream - Mama Cass
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
Bb turnaround - Matt Otten
Jazz rock - Matt Otten
Fever - Michael Buble
Don't know why - Norah Jones
Rhumba blues - Robben Ford
Kiss me - Sixpence None the Richer
There she goes - Sixpence None the Richer
Riviera paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Fragile - Sting
Here comes the sun - The Beatles
Close to you - The Carpenters
Moon dance - Van Morrison
WW2 Showpiece
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Andrews Sisters
Lili Marlene - Marlene Dietriech
We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn
As Time Goes By - Frank Sinatra
Smooth Ops has comprehensive gear insurance and full public liability insurance which can be produced on request.
All equipment is tag tested and all and members ahve undergone relevant training to perform in heritage and high security venues.
The band uses special power conditioners to protect electrical equipment.