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New Video From HBC HipHop Artist AR
HBC HipHop Artist AR (Alexander Reidy) is experimenting with a new identity for 2026. NOWON is a masked figure able to take on different characters in order to express various emotional states. Kundalini Odyssey is the first in a series of songs exploring NOWON’s story. produced by Stephan Beattie and Alexander Reidy at The Bunker…
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2025 Theatre & Film Projects
“The Holiday” or “It’s More Fun With Friends“ Scary Hairy Fairies ~ Fairies have little eyes they use them to look at birds in the skies Fairies have little mouths they use them to eat their little fairy pies The Holiday poem or “This Woud be More Fun With Friends” Scene 1 ~ we find…
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Fairy Tales & Dragon Scales
Honeybee Creative ~ Music Creation Wednesday 2025 Album In celebration of unique voices and perspectives, Fairy Tales & Dragon Scales represents the musical output Honeybee Creative’s 2025 Weekly Music Creation Group Sessions. In collaboration with the HBC music crew with special thanks to Rachael Sait, Ruby Tuesday, Michael Cullen, Andrew Browne and the HBC Theatrical…
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AR ~ Una Mente En Guerra
AR’s 2025 EP Una Mente En Guerra is now available for streaming on Bandcamp AR ~ Una Mente En Guerra All songs by Alexander Reidy Lyrics / Vocals : Alexander ReidyMusic / Production / BVs : Stephan Beattie Recorded at The Bunker Studio, Gympie QLD, 2025 Una Mente En Guerra by AR
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“The Holiday” ~ Saturday 6 December 2025
Honeybee Creative presents for Your Viewing pleasure… The Holiday And End-of-Year Celebrations For 2025 12-3pm Saturday 6 December The Gympie Music Hall 28 Channon St Gympie
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The Bunker Studio
We have finished all of the extra construction work needed to get The Bunker knocked into shape. We now have a fully functioning studio on our hands and it sounds great. Obviously we’re doing all of our one-on-one projects and sessions right here but we’re also currently conducting our 10am – 12pm Wednesday Music Creation…
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Honeybee Creative Music Studio
We have well and truly moved in to our new studio at The Gympie Music Hall. We are currently conducting our 10am – 12pm Wednesday Group Music Creation sessions from The Bunker. Get in touch if you’d like to make some noise in this groovy space.
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Studio Trails 2025 ~ Saturday 5 July
We’re really happy to be taking part in Studio Trails 2025. Due to our move, we’ve had a date change. We are now showcasing our new sudio at AICM, 28 Channon St, Gympie, 9am – 3pm Saturday 5 July. Drop in any time you like on the day and check out our new space. We’d…
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Honeybee Creative Is Moving
Hi Friends, We have some very big news; Honeybee Creative is moving from our original home at Honeybee Farm in Kandanga and are taking up residence in the AICM building in Channon St, Gympie. AICM has become Gympie’s Arts Hub. Home to the Gympie Music Hall, Heart Of Gold Film Festival, CAGR, School Of Rock,…
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Carolyn Mort ~ Mountains ~ 2024 Album
Carolyn has released album number three this year. Her lyrical output has been immense with 14 songs in the bag. Carolyn says: “As we travel the journey of life, these are some of the mountains we may have to climb : addiction, homelessness, deaths of loved ones, mental health traumas but my songs may help…
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“Day And Night”
Honeybee Creative’s 2024 Album Is Here! This record was created out of Honeybee Creative’s music creation / song writing workshops in 2024. Settled into our Kandanga studio, we were able to focus on our creative impulses with little distraction, enabling us to complete more songs than in any previous year. Add to that five video…
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Honeybee Creative End Of Year Celebration ~ 2024
We’ll be celebrating and showcasing all of our achievements for 2024 : 10am-12pm Thursday 12 December at Honeybee Wellness Retreat‘s The Hive in Kandanga and you are welcome to join us. We’ll be launching our new album “Day And Night” which we’ve made 5 filmclips for + new work from all of our song writers…
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Koala Disco Banger ~ Video
“Koala Disco Banger” was developed as a project with the Honeybee Creative “Music Creation Wednesday” & “Theatrical Thursday” sessions 2024. Lyrics: Rachael Sait . Vocals: Rachael Sait. Backing Vocals: Michael Cullen, Andrew Browne, Sarah Allen and Brian Bickmore. Music and production : Stephan Beattie. Choreography and cat herding : KerryDee MacDonald. A Honeybee Creative production…
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Cows In First Class ~ Video
“Cows In First Class” was developed as a project with the Honeybee Creative “Music Creation Wednesday” & “Theatrical Thursday” sessions 2024. Lyrics in collaboration by the HBC Wednesday Music Creation Crew . Vocals: Andrew Browne. Backing Vocals: Michael Cullen, Rachael Sait and Sarah Allen. Music and production : Stephan Beattie. Choreography and cat herding :…
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On The Blue Bus ~ Video
“On The Blue Bus” (The Bus Trip Song) was developed as a project with the Honeybee Creative “Music Creation Wednesday” & “Theatrical Thursday” sessions 2024. Lyrics in collaboration by the HBC Wednesday Music Creation Crew . Vocals: Michael Cullen. Backing Vocals: Andrew Browne, Rachael Sait and Sarah Allen. Music and production : Stephan Beattie. Choreography…
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Day And Night ~ Video
“Day And Night” was developed as a project with the Honeybee Creative “Music Creation Wednesday” & “Theatrical Thursday” sessions 2024. Vocals : Michael Cullen. Lyrics by Rachael Sait, Michael Cullen, Andrew Browne and Sarah Allen. Backing Vocals: Rachael Sait, Andrew Browne and Sarah Allen. Music and production : Stephan Beattie. Choreography and cat herding :…
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Honeybee Music Creation Wednesday Playlist ~ 2024
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Studio Trails ~ Saturday 27 July 2024
We’ll be opening our studio 10am – 4pm Saturday 27 July and doing some live music/recording demonstrations. Come and check out our space and what we do. Everyone is welcome! “Uncover the creative side of the Gympie region” Take a rare opportunity to explore behind the scenes of the private studios of the Gympie region’s…
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The Clouds In The Sky ~ Video
“The Clouds In The Sky” was developed as a project with the Honeybee Creative “Music Creation Wednesday” & “Theatrical Thursday” sessions 2024. Lyrics and Vocals by Rachael Sait. Backing Vocals: Andrew Browne and Sarah Allen. Music and production : Stephan Beattie. Choreography and cat herding : KerryDee MacDonald. A Honeybee Creative production © 2024
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HBC Wednesday Music Creation Session Playlist Is Now Live…
Here’s a few of the songs we’ve been working on in the 1st half of 2024. As usual it’s a sometimes raucous journey from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again, Lyrics, Vocals (mostly) and arrangements by the Honeybee Crew ~ Composition and instrumentation by HBC facilitator Stephan Beattie. We’ll be adding to this…
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Start Your Week With An AHHHH!
Honeybee Music & Movement Monday ~ Every Week 10:30-11:30am ~ Join us on Zoom from the comfort of your own home. Hosted by physiotherapist and yoga instructor Lisa Mondo for people with mobility issues. Start your week with an Ahhh
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AR ~ When Stars Align
AR (Alexander Reidy) has released his fisrt album “When Stars Align” for streaming and download on Bandcamp. We’ve whittled around 120 songs down into what we considered the best 12. Despite his struggles with ADHD and mental health, Alex has been working hard honing his writing and vocal skills over the past two years (and…
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Honeybee Creative’s 2023 Album “The Year Of The Unicorn” Is Out Now
This record was created out of Honeybee Creative’s music and song writing workshops and comprises work from 2021 / 22 / 23. Facilitated by James Warner and Stephan Beattie in collaboration with the Honeybee Music Creation Crew. released November 21, 2023 The Honeybee Creative Music Crew Rachael Sait – Lyrics, Vocals, ArrangementsAndrew Browne – Vocals,…
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Michael Cullen ~ Throw Down Your Guns
2023 ep Throw Down Your Guns by Michael Cullen These songs comprise some highlights of Michael Cullen’s 2023 musical output. Amongst providing lead and backing vocals for (disability arts organisaton) Honeybee Creative’s “the Year Of The Unicorn” album, Michael spent time in the HBC studio engaged in an experimental collaboration with music facilitator and producer…
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The Unicorn Song
The Unicorn Song A Honeybee Creative Production © 2023 ~ Developed through song writing workshops from April 2023 onward with music by HBC facilitator Stephan Beattie in collaboration with the Honeybee Creative Music Crew. Rachael Sait : Lyrics, Vocals | Michael Cullen : Vocals | Alex Reidy : Raps | Andrew Browne : Vocals |…
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Carolyn Mort ~ Do It All Again
Carolyn Mort has released her 2nd album of original songs in 2023. She’s called it “Do It All Again” and it’s available now on Bandcamp for download and streaming and you can buy it for $7. A physical release is forthcoming. Do It All Again by Carolyn Mort released October 12, 2023 Carolyn Mort :…
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Charlie Rose The Baker ~ Video
“Charlie Rose The Baker” A Honeybee Creative Production © 2023 ~ Developed through song writing workshops from April 2023 onward with music by HBC facilitator Stephan Beattie in collaboration with the Honeybee Creative Music Crew. Rachael Sait : Lyrics, Vocals | Graham Buttenshaw : Vocals | Andrew Browne : Vocals | Sarah Allen : Vocals,…
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Preproduction for The Unicorn Song Video Has Begun!
Listen To It Here…
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Cath Manuel’s “Wellbeing Garden” Podcast Intro Music
We’ve been producing Cath Manuel’s “Wellbeing Garden” podcast at the Honeybee Creative Studio for the past couple of months and have just created some new intro music for her. Cath’s a big fan of banjo and birds and it turns out those sounds fit together really well. This clip is just the music without the…
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Our Awesome Fig Tree
When we arrive at Honeybee Farm the first thing we see is our awesome fig tree. She makes a warm start and gives the best welcome to every day
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All Systems Go…
Our music and video production studio is completed and we are back in action. The Honeybee crew are loving it. The acoustic treatment has it sounding great and it’s got a super groovy vibe.
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Studio Update
Work on the Honeybee Creative Studio has begun in earnest and is progressing steadily. The room has been sealed and cleaned from top to bottom. The construction work on the curtain rails has been completed and the curtains have been hung. The acoustic tiles are being installed and the carpet will be laid by Friday…
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Get The Songs Of Carolyn Mort On CD
Carolyn has released a CD of her album. It’s available on Bandcamp for $10 + postage along with streaming and downloads of the whole record. CD Artwork by Victoria Brown A Honeybee Creative Production The Songs Of Carolyn Mort by Carolyn Mort
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We are heading back to the farm in 2023
We are tremendously excited to announce that Honeybee Creative is heading back to Honeybee Farm in 2023. Honeybee Farmstay is our original home. Situated in the beautiful Mary Valley just outside Kandanga, it was the exclusive base of our operations from 2015 – 2020. We unfortunately had to move due to circumstances beyond our control.…
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Honeybee Creative
2023 ProgramWe’re very excited for our 2023 season. Honeybee Creative will be building on our successes over the past few years and continuing to champion the Arts in the disability community. Creative Mentorship for Neurodiverse Art Lovers Music | Theatre | Visual Arts Engaging through music, dance, theatre, performance, storytelling, video and sound production and improvisation.…
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Merry Christmas From Melanie 2022
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Birds Sing
Birds Sing features a lyrical collaboration from the HBC crew, based on a Rachael Sait poem with vocals and percussion and samples from the crew. The birds sing their words The birds sing their words The birds sing their words Through the trees With all the other birds Have you heard A story about The…
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Clap Hands
This year we’ve been exploring video. Clap Hands is a collaborative piece made with contributions from the whole Honeybee Creative crew from our music creation, theatre training and video production sessions. Showing off their skills with a lyrics, vocals and percussion; it’s a song about a few of our favourite things. Clap our handsClap our…
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We Love It!!
The Honeybee crew is pleased, proud, happy and humbled by the APRA Art Music Award we won this year. We love it!
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APRA Art Music Awards ~ Judges Report
“A thoroughly deserved winner who has championed the creative development of people with disabilities in the Gympie, QLD region and beyond. Moving to working online during (Covid) lockdowns, Honeybee Creative hosted their song writing and music creation sessions successfully through online mediums. The facilitation work by the faculty to take the creative thoughts, desires and…
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APRA ART MUSIC AWARD WINNER
It is a great pleasure and honour to announce that Honeybee Creative has been awarded the National Award for Excellence in Music Education. Nominated, reviewed and selected by our industry peers, the APRA Art Music Awards are one of Australia’s most prestigious arts awards.
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AR ~ There’s Always Hope
AR performing “There’s Always Hope” live at Noosa Come Together Festival 2022 HBC has been working with AR (Alec Reidy) since February 2022. Al has recently released his first single “Bodies Movin” on Bandcamp. Check It Out Here…
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2022 Art Music Award News
We are finalists in the APRA AMCOS 2022 Art Music Award for Excellence in Music Education. “Honeybee Creative for teaching neurologically diverse people music skills, song writing and recording projects, in the Sunshine Coast and Gympie regions of Queensland, culminating a number of major public performances”. APRA AMCOS
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Carolyn Mort
We are currently rolling out the release of Carolyn’s 1st album. Catch a taste of it here… Carolyn is an Australian lyricist and performer. She performed from an early age with her Mother at Country shows. In recent times she struggled with mental health issues. Carolyn’s recent lyrics reflect her journey to recovery and the characters…
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Michael Cullen – Spiders
We’re extremely proud to release Michael’s first single “Spiders”. Available now on Bandcamp… ;Spiders by Michael Cullen Spiders crawling through my mindMaking clear thoughts hard to findTaking over logical thoughtThat distracts me all the timeSpinning a web that catches fliesTo help me make my alibisGiving birth to it’s hungry youngMaking lies fall off my tongueI…
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Spider Mel
The one and only Melanie Towers bringing her favourite things all together.
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Mel Sings Happy Birthday Leigha
Check out our very own Melanie Towers singing Happy Birthday for her cousin Leigha. This piece was put together and produced at our weekly one-on-one music creation session with Mel.
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MC Andy Layin Down Some Impro…
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Honeybee Creative Music Creation Sessions
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A Big Welcome to our friends at Learning & Lifestyle – Gympie
We were so happy to be joined by some new friends including Endeavour Foundation’s Learning & Lifestyle – Gympie and also the unforgettable Tim and Michael, for a Honeybee Creative Theatrical Thursday Session at Long Flat Hall (Thurs 9 December 2021). Everyone had a whale of a time and we’re very much looking forward to…
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Bee Creative Dayz Videos
Check out all the Bee Creative Dayz wrap videos… Bee Creative Dayz ~ Body Movement Workshop with Lisa A body movement workshop with our yoga instructor and physio therapist facilitator Lisa Horton with live music at Bee Creative Dayz, Thursday 2 December 2021. Bee Creative Dayz ~ Theatre Workshop A theatre workshop with our resident…
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Bee Creative Dayz an Outstanding Success
Much love and gratitude to everyone who took part in Bee Creative Dayz over 1 and 2 December 2021. So much heart, so much determination and so much fun! photos thanks to Annette Ougette Clifford ]
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Bee Creative Dayz
Honeybee Creative is very happy to present… Bee Creative Dayz 2 days of fun and creativity. Featuring Craft, Drama and Music Workhops led by Honeybee Creative Crew Members, culminating in a live concert both days. 10am – 1:30pm Wednenesday 1 – Nelson Reserve, Gympie 10am – 1:30pm Thursday 2 December – Gympie Senior Citizens Centre…
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Honeybee Creative Music Creation Sessions
We host online live original music creation sessions every Monday and Wednesday morning. Feel the need to sing your heart out or play along to some groovy tunes you’ve helped to make up? Send us a message, everyone is welcome.
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Creative Live Theatrical Arts Mentorship Sessions
Honeybee Creative Theatrical Arts Mentorship Sessions * Every Thursday * Long Flat Hall * Mary Valley Rd, Gympie * Open Creativity For Neurodiverse Arts Lovers * Message us to get involved
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A Rant With Steady Eddy
Check out our series of live videos we did with Australian Comedy legend Steady Eddy… Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5
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Honeybee Creative Live Mentoring Sessions Every Thursday
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We Are Now On TikTok
@honeybeecreativeqld are now on TikTok Follow us there for all our silly videos 😀
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Happy Birthday Leigha!!
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Mel Sings Happy Birthday Tabatha!!
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Honeybee Creative Online Yoga Sessions ~ Every Monday
We host an online yoga session every Monday morning from 10-11am. Facilitated by instructor and physiotherapist Lisa Horton with Live music from Mel and Steph. We’d love you to join us. Send us a message for details
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“In The Rainforest”
A live excerpt from Honeybee Creative’s End Of “What A Year” Show 2020 (Lyrics by Rachael Sait)
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Melanie Sings Happy Birthday
Mel sending all her love for her niece Tazmin’s 21st Birthday.
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A Song For Mel
One of our crew are in hospital today…. hope this cheers her up….
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
A very happy new year and much love from the Honeybee Creative Crew!!
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Watch Honeybee Creative’s End Of “What A Year!!” Show On Youtube…
Check out our Youtube edit of our 2020 show. We’ve cut it down to just the singing and dancing.
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End Of “What A Year” Show : Full Video
Live From Long Flat Hall, Sunday 6 December 2020
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Mel tracking drums for “Banana Peel”
Mel laying down drum tracks on the verandah studio for a song worked up in a Monday moring Honeybee Zoom Music Creation session.
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In the Studio…
Mel and Steph working on “Submarine” at their one-on-one Honeybee music creation session.
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Honeybee Lyrics
All the lyrics for Honeybee Creative’s 2020 Album “Harmony” Happy Today Hanging out with family and friendsWe don’t want the day to endMaking music with the crewMakes us not feel so blue Hip hip hooray feeling happy todayFind our music and get up and playHip hip hooray I’ll be happy todayFind some music and get…
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Honeybee Creative “HARMONY” 2020
We are proud to announce the completion of our 2020 Album “Harmony”. Set for physical release in December 2020, you can now stream and buy it from our Bandcamp Store… Harmony by Honeybee Creative
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Zooming with the Honeybee Crew
Having heaps of fun!
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Harmonica Duet
Andrew and James blowing up a storm on Zoom…
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“Sometimes” Live
“Sometimes” live at the Majestic Theatre Pomona from Honeybee’s Puppet Extravaganza December 2019.
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Honeybee Creative Online Sessions
We are pleased to announce Honeybee Creative has made the jump to online services during the Covid-19 pandemic. You can now experience Honeybee live from the safety of your own home. We’re using Zoom Video Conferencing. All you need is an internet connection and a computer or tablet and you can join the fun! Email…
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The Buzz Songwriting Workshop
Today we worked on a song we’ve been writing together called “Fun In The Sun”. Here we see the chorus being recorded in our wonderful studio at Avenues.