Originally posted 2012

Everyone's talking about it. Channel 9 execs must be punching the air. But a lot of people are saying that they don't understand why professional singers, particularly those with family connections, are part of a TV show…

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Entertainment in RSL, Leagues and Bowling Clubs in Australia gets a bad rap - a proliferation of mother-in-law jokes, and over-ruched and bedazzled frocks are probably to blame. But I think it's time that cabaret became cool again…

...AKA The Corrimal Leagues Club Syndrome 

One day I got a call from ah...Mr S, offering me a gig at a leagues club down the South Coast of NSW. Mr S's regular singer had a family function on this particular…

Originally posted 2011

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I find it pretty intimidating playing brand new songs to someone for the first time. It’s one week until my first original gig of the year – where I’ve committed to perform some brand new…

Originally post 2011

Hi there, 
Did you watch the ARIAs on Sunday Night? Aussie pop singer Delta Goodrem performed a cover of 'The Day You Went Away' made famous by Wendy Matthews. Some people weren't happy! Wendy's version is beloved…

Q. Best Way to get to the Entertainment Centre? 

A. Practise! Practise! Practise! 

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When I released my first single, titled ironically 'Celebrity' I managed to pick myself up a little, ah, stalker. A harmless one of the variety…

Originally posted 2012

Christmas tree has come down, time to make plans! I've been talking a bit about making Album No 3 up until now, but I've changed my mind. 

Remember, back in the day, when you used to buy…

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At one stage I planned to write a novel. It was 'chick lit' - a year in the rollercoaster life of 4 best friends who are all singers living in Sydney. Hmm, sound at all familiar? I put…

‘You’d Make a Dead Man…’ 

To cover or not to cover, that is the musical question. 

Well personally I think the line above is one of the best lyrics in rock history. I’m sure you know how that line finishes…

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After an eye operation recently, I found myself in a dark room for a few days with nothing to do but recuperate. With my most-used sense out of the equation, it was audio stimulation I craved. I…

Originally posted 2011

Like many an Aussie musician, I make the majority of my living from singing other people's songs. Lucky for me, I love it. I read a post from MusicMarketing.com recently with the same title as this blog…

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What are some of your favourite lines from songs? Here are some of mine: 

1. Goldfrapp's Ride the White Horse: 
'Now take me dancing 
At the Disco When you buy your 
Winniebago' 

2. Fiona Apple's Limp: 

You…