Career
In 2002, she formed the duo, Bittersuite, with Georgia Weber and recorded two EPs - Front Row Seat and Open Windows Closed Doors.
In 2005, Dean split with Weber to move into a solo career, she formed the Emma Dean Band with her brother, Anthony Dean, on drums and Dane Pollock on guitar, John Turnbull on bass guitar and Rachel Meredith on cello. She released a self-financed, self-distributed four-track debut EP, Hanging out the Washing. In November 2006, she released her second EP, Face Painter, and performanced in Women In Voice 15 and the Queensland Performing Arts' Spirit of Christmas alongside David Campbell.
Dean played in the Kate Miller-Heidke Band during 2003–2006, playing violin, piano and backing vocals. Once again, with her solo career firmly in mind, she left Miller-Heidke's group to concentrate on her own career.
Dean is active on the Australian music scene, playing regular sold-out shows, touring the rest of the country and supporting major international acts such as The Dresden Dolls and Teddy Geiger as well as the homegrown Bobby Flynn and Tecoma.
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