Our Beijing Debut!

In 2014 Leesh and I went on a once in a life time trip to Beijing to play at the annual Chinese New Year Spring Gala which was televised to 750 million people….. yes you read that correctly! 750 million! Continue reading below to find out more…

If someone in Australia mentioned the Annual Chinese New Year Spring Gala, would anyone know or care what you’re talking about? But if you said that it airs regularly to 750 million people, you might be inclined to say, ‘wait – what is it?’ or in the very least, ‘wait, how many?’
That would be the same as us when we were flown over to represent Australia on that very show! Back in 2014, some 18 months after we created our duo (then called Syre & Fresko) we won a competition by Chinese vote to represent Australia over in Beijing with a partnership between Beijing TV, BBC, ABC and Triple J. And yes – it was wild!

Between getting the call and getting on the plane, we only had a few days to prepare our performance and pack the bare essentials on to our adventure. After a 24 hour transit and 2 hours sleep, we were immediately up again to hit the studio to record not one, but two songs in Mandarin for the show – neither song had we rehearsed prior and neither of us spoke even a slither of Mandarin! Definitely a steep learning curve!

From here it was smaller TV shows (approx 20-25 million), dinners, concerts, and rehearsals – rehearsal after rehearsal until finally show day came (although to be honest, we were so sick, if it wasn’t for the crowd in the theatre this time, we would never have known!). Performing for a whopping 750 million – the number just gets lost in your mind. What is the difference between even 1 million and 750 million? It’s all arbitrary at some point – we just knew it was a lot!

Combined with some welcome quick sightseeing to a few key hot spots, including the Great Wall, Leesh and I had the trip of a lifetime, only to be upstaged by the birth of our first daughter Savannah almost exactly 1 year later.

Would we do it again? Absolutely! Could we do it again with our 2 daughters in tow? Hmmm. Now that’s another question! 😉


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Testimonials

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Josh is incredible!! He is such an easy going & kind person, yet simultaneously very professional.

Josh is so talented & sounds exactly like he does in all of his videos live, if not better!! From the start Josh was super easy to communicate with. I didn’t have much idea of what I wanted but Josh assured me from the start that he knew what he was doing (and he did not disappoint!) Josh gave our reception a cozy, warm feeling at our winter wedding, as he played a mix of beautiful songs. He then transformed into a great, energetic DJ – our dance floor was NEVER empty! When planning a wedding it’s easy to think “Do we really need a live singer/DJ or should we save the money?” The answer is you absolutely NEED to spend it & with Josh. I am convinced our wedding would not have the same atmosphere that it did without him! We received an overwhelming amount of compliments about Josh from all of our guests, young & old. Josh gets 10/10 from us!!!

Sarah Collimore

2023

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We could not be happier with our choice to have Josh and Leesh as our musicians for our wedding in Noosa.

The music at our ceremony and our reception went seamlessly. Nothing we asked was ever too much trouble. The music choices were done together and we were made to feel at ease at all times with everything that was being planned. Our guests had such an awesome night and we recieved so much great feedback from them about Josh and Leesh and how good the atmosphere was.

Our first dance song sung by Leesh was sung with so much emotion there was not a dry eye in the place.

We can’t thank you guys enough for making our wedding day/night something we will never forget…

Matt & Emily Cox

2022

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WOW we have just started coming back to reality from our real-life fairy-tale wedding.

Leon and I wanted to say a massive thank you to you both for singing at our wedding. It was incredible and complete perfection. You nailed the brief and thank you for learning Songbird for my aisle song. It still brings goosebumps to my skin when you sing and play it in the videos.

We are so grateful for you making the trip and making it so special, so thank you.

We hope to see you again in the future.

Bel & Leon

2023

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We were so fortunate to have Josh and Leesh play at our wedding last year.

From the first phone call, we knew that they were the duo we wanted who would be able to nail our song requests and really set the mood for the night. We received so many compliments after the night about how great the musicians were, and honestly we wish we could go back just to hear them play live again.

Thank you so much Josh and Leesh for helping make our night so incredible!

Dayna & Sam

2023

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Our wedding was absolutely perfect! We are so grateful for your efforts in the lead up and on the day.

Everyone has commented how awesome you were. It was really nice that our photos weren’t too far away from the garden party so we could hear some of your music during this time. We would have loved to be parked up on the couch the whole time though!

Nath & Bec

2025

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Thanks so much for the fabulous day! Your music made our day so special!

Thank you

Jess & Pete

2025

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A huge well done to you, you were absolutely incredible yesterday. 

The night truly wouldn’t have been the same without you. What a talent you are! It was so reassuring having you there, and I’m genuinely glad we all had each other to lean on throughout the day. You brought such a calm and professionalism – well done.

Jodi & Liam

2025

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Thank you Josh! We’re still getting compliments on how unbelievably fun the dance floor was at our wedding, some even saying it was the best party to date!

I had a group of friends also say how awesome you were at reading the room and changing the songs when you saw the vibe go down. You’re a talent, and such a fun person to be around. We’re very grateful to have had you make our day perfect

Kate & Jake

2025