Carl Riseley

Carl Riseley (born 21 December 1982) is an Australian singer and recording artist. Born on the Gold Coast in 1982, Riseley started out playing the cornet, and progressed to the trumpet when he was sixteen. Riseley joined The Royal Australian Navy band in April 2003, as a trumpeter. His singing career began in late 2003 when the Navy Rock Band were deployed on HMAS Tobruk to tour around Asia & Australia, but did not have a singer. The vacancy was filled by Riseley, who has remained a vocalist. During his time with the Royal Australian Navy, Riseley was deployed in the Solomon Islands, and played for the troops on New Year's Eve in 2004 and 2005 in Iraq. In 2007, Riseley tried out for the fifth season of Australian Idol. When he failed to...