YOLANDA THOMAS
Vocalist · Songwriter · Choreographer · Performance Coach
Meet Yolanda
Yolanda is a 2x L.A. Music Award winning songwriter and vocalist from Sydney, who relocated to Los Angeles. She has worked as a professional singer across all areas — live bands, studio sessions, TV appearances, and touring — working with original bands, providing backing vocals for major artists, and performing in Musical Theater. She is a full Voting Grammy Member.
Before the shutdown, Yolanda completed a year-long Residency with Think Floyd at Wisdome LA, which included sax player Scott Page who toured with Pink Floyd. She shared the stage with backing vocalists carrying credits with Bette Midler's Harlettes and Guns N' Roses.
As a choreographer and Performance Coach, she is the founder and owner of Groove Zone — an online dance tutorial and courses platform based in Sydney and Los Angeles. Her YouTube dance videos have clocked a combined total of almost 2 million views. Students include many Hollywood actors including Samara Weaving and Aisling Bea.
As a dancer she toured Australia with Reel 2 Real, promoting their mega hit "I Like to Move It Move It". She was one of the 2 featured dance members of the group. Yolanda taught Mad Stuntman to read music and he taught her how to rap.
"Make them fall in love with you — it's so much more than technique."
2x LA Music Award Winner
Charting Recording Artist
10+ Years Coaching in LA
Sydney & Los Angeles Based
ELECTRIC VOYAGE
RECORDING ARTIST
"Left Me Doing Time" EP — ARIA Chart Debut
Debuted on the Australian ARIA charts at #31 and the AIR charts at #13. Gigging heavily around Sydney, her rock band Yolanda and the Stolen Boys supportedSteel Pantherat Key Club and showcased at Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip. They released 3 albums and one single on iTunes.
2x L.A. Music Awards — Female Pop Vocalist & Female Rock Singer/Songwriter of the Year
Winner for 2014, also nominated for "Artist of the Year" and Live Performer of the Year.
LA DI DA — Top 10 Hit in
Australia
Lead vocalist with rap group LA DI DA, who had high radio rotation with a top 10 chart hit in Australia.
CORPORATE EVENTS & GIGS
Powderfinger / Wendy Matthews / Vanessa Amorosi
Backing vocalist for multi-ARIA award winning artists on live gigs, tours and TV appearances
ARIA Awards — Live Televised Performance
Live comedy singing skit with Harry Connick Jr. and Bob Downe
Mr & Mrs Smith
Performed with prestigious hip hop/rap band on the Las Vegas Strip with Dustree Productions
Celebrity Ultimate Jam Night — Hollywood
Performed with members of Guns N' Roses, INXS and Pink. Also performed alongside Johnny Depp
Soundcheck Live — Hollywood
Regular performer alongside top session players performing Rock and Pop classics
Think Floyd Residency — Wisdome LA
Year-long residency including Pink Floyd touring musicians. Shared stage with Bette Midler's Harlettes and Guns N' Roses vocalists
ELECTRIC VOYAGE
REALITY TV SHOWS
Road to Rockstar — Fox8
Gained nationwide exposure in Australia when she was featured as an Australian finalist for American show Rockstar SuperNova.
X-Factor Australia
Lockdown Top 40.
MTV's "Full Tank"
Appeared as herself, choreographing the finalists of the "Cleo Bachelor of the Year" competition into a boy band.
What Clients Say
"It's so much more than technique."
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