Roma Waterman
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Roma Waterman is an Australian female Christian pop singer, signed to First Company Publishing.
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[edit] History
In the late 1990s, she was told that she may never sing again after being diagnosed with a possible life-long illness.
After being ill for several years, Roma surprisingly found herself in the limelight. After signing a publishing deal with Warner music, she independently released two albums, Fearless Courage in 2001, and People Change in 2003. She has gone on to win several prestigious international songwriting awards for many of her songs. Her single 'lifting me up' released in 2003, was the most played song on community radio around the country. She is most well known however for her hit song More than Ice-cream, which catapulted her into the Christian music industry.
[edit] Touring
She is touring extensively doing many shows as a solo artist on a grand piano. She has performed at major festivals and as a support artist for artists such as Rebecca St James, Jars of Clay, Margaret Becker, DC Talk and the Newsboys. This has led her all over Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the U.S., often to capacity crowds[citation needed].
[edit] Music industry
In the early days she worked as a session singer on TV and in the studio for artists such as Vanessa Amorosi, Jay La’Gaia, Debra Byrne, Marina Prior. She is also the founder and director of the Melbourne Gospel Choir, and has performed on shows such as GTV 9 Carols By Candlelight, GTV 10 Good Morning Australia, Ch 7’s Good Friday Appeal as well as many others.
[edit] Bookwriting
Her wide experiences as a vocalist led her to write a book on vocal technique. 'The Working Singers handbook', is now published and released in Australia, New Zealand, U.S. and Canada via Music Sales Pty Ltd world wide. It has fast become a best seller, with other parts of the world also negotiating a release for 2005. 'The book was never something I expected to do' she muses. 'But I saw a need and thought it might help people who were learning to sing, or needed advice if they were already singing'.
