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How Dina Eastwood brought a South African vocal group to Carmel Ernie Bates is an internationally acclaimed producer, arranger, musician, singer and reality TV star. He has been working in the professional music industry for over 18 years and has great success worldwide. He has dedicated his life to the art of writing, composing, arranging, producing and mastering music. Ernie is also part of the South African vocal band Overtone. Overtone became a household name in 2009 after being featured in the Warner Brothers f ilm Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, directed by Clint Eastwood. The group was also featured with the Eastwood family in the E Entertainment reality show Mrs. Eastwood and Company in 2012. Ernie arranged and produced 5 songs in the film Invictus and worked with the world renowned film score producers Michael Stevens and Kyle Eastwood to arrange vocals with Overtone singing the movie’s whole soundtrack. He has done music for numerous independent films, American TV and radio ads and his work can be heard throughout the E Entertainment reality show Mrs. Eastwood and Company, ranging across 11 episodes. Ernie has worked with the movie soundtrack composer Mark Mancina. Mark wrote and produced music for The Lion King, Bad Boys and August Rush just to name a few. Ernie also worked with the Hollywood production team
“Da Internz”, who produce music for the likes of Rihanna, Boys 2 Men and Justin Bieber to produce Overtone’s song ‘Nothing else Matters’. The song became a hit in the US summer of 2012 outranking Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and PitBull on the Sirius XM radio charts. Ernie and the group Overtone were featured on every major South African TV show including the Ellen DeGeneres show, Lopez Tonight, the late late show with Graig Ferguson and VH1. Ernie shared the stage with OneRepublic, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pia Toscano’s, Kevin Bacon and the Bacon Brothers, David Foster, Kenny Logins, Kenny G and Seal. The group had the privilege to sing for Quincy Jones and Tony Bennet. Ernie is currently one of South Africa’s top music Producers. He is a Multi-instrumentalist and is known for playing all the instruments on his CD’s. Ernie is currently smashing the radio charts all over SA with his album ‘Droom’. Ernie can be booked with backing tracks or with his band ‘Ernie & the Split’ Awards Ernie recieved was Academy award nominee for the soundtrack of Invictus! The ISFMA achievement in music award and Vonk South African ambassadors award in 2011!
Vossie trots, Harmonique sanggroep. Sanette Bekker saam met Ernie Bates, met die cd en dvd wat vrygestel is, ‘n eerste in die geskiedenis van Vossieland. Vervolg op bladsy 2
Overtone is a cappella/vocal band that made its debut in 2006 and originates from Johannesburg, South Africa. Overtone is best known for their vocal renditions of pop music and diverse repertoire. In 2009 while doing a Queen tribute show in Cape Town, Dina Eastwood, by chance walked into the show. Clint Eastwood was in South Africa filming his movie Invictus, which is based on the 1995 Rugby World Cup. She was so impressed that she booked a private performance for the cast and crew of the film. A turning point for Overtone came with their involvement in the film Invictus. Clint Eastwood asked them to record a demo of the song "Shosholoza", a popular traditional Ndebele song which has been considered the second national anthem of South Africa. After liking the first song, additional songs were requested including "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (the South African national anthem), "Olé olé olé – We are the Champions", "Hamba Nati", "World in Union", "Colorblind", "The Crossing (Osiyeza)" and the theme song to the film, "9000 Days". Overtone joined the promotional team in the United States where they appeared together with Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman on talk shows including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Lopez Tonight. Overtone was invited to the film première which was held in Los Angeles on 3 December 2009, and also did a performance for the guests at the after party. Shortly thereafter they were asked to do the majority of the movie soundtrack. Dina Eastwood kept contact with the group and shortly before the release of Invictus brought them to the United States to help promote the film. Overtone has featured as the opening act on the west leg of Corinne Bailey Rae's The Sea Tour and rock band OneRepublic. In December 2010 the casino and resort tycoon Steve Wynn hired Overtone as the feature band for a three-month run at his Wynn and Encore luxury casino and resort in Las Vegas. Overtone resided and performed out of Carmel and Los Angeles whilst being managed by Dina Eastwood. Ernie is now 10 years part of the group Overtone. The group gained their tribute through their performance of Queen in the Name of Fame theater in Cape Town, one of Ernie's greatest challenges in his singing and production career.