On the verge of releasing a new record and post honeymoon to New Zealand, i've been thinking about the real reasons behind why i use my voice to sing, why i create songs and why i have the desire to travel and share all this with other humans.

To answer these deep questions conclusively is nigh impossible yet i can let you in on one thought that has landed neatly in recent days.

It's grass roots. I first sang when i came out of the womb, using my voice to say...

It dawned on me over my morning coffee that my tour with Dan Hannaford begins next week. 

We are old pals Dan and I. When i lived in Ballina on the North Coast NSW, studying music, i met Dan and his family. They were all beautiful people with a love of the ocean and rivers around the North Coast. I learnt alot about the area through the Hannafords. We would surf North Wall, Trestles, Sharps, Speeds reef and Lennox Head. We would also snorkel through the river,...

Autumn is here in Australia...and i am happy.Ideal times to be putting the finishing touches to the new album and preparing for a long list of tour dates...Warm water, cooler evenings, some groundswell and the balance will be complete.

It's been almost three long years since i released my experimental, instrumental album called Colours. 

It seemed like a crazy idea at the time but i had none better...hence i went on a journey to discover the potential within. On this journey i met the irrepressable Cyrus Sutton and Reis Paulso. 

Tom Wegener had told me i HADDDD to visit these guys and that i'd enjoy their creative energy and lifestyle. So i met up with Cy and he took me on the most...

If only I could get “it”I’d then know what “it” really isIf only I understood “it”Perhaps “it” would be well pleasedIf only I could hold “it”I’d hold on and not let goI’m scared that if I see “it”I may be blinded by “it’s” glowYattalunga NSW12/05/2009M E McCarthy

Preacher; We are such complex creaturesCongregation; God love us!Preacher; We, with our evil intentionsCongregation; God help us!Preacher; We like the cake yet eat it tooCongregation; God love us!Preacher; We have plans to become youCongregation; God help us!MEMcCARTHY3/01/2011Avoca Beach

I have been deep in thought and practice on the following quote from Michael Leunig's "The Curly Pyjama letters". "In response to your question 'What is worth doing and what is worth having?', I simply have this to say...It is worth doing nothing and having a rest!"This world can demand so much and we can so easily get caught out by selling ourselves short of simple and beautiful truths like this.

Coffee with apple pie á la modeLost souls on La CiegnegaThe sea is high Wind strongPerfume smell of mineralsThat rise from the brinyClose to truthHolding lifeHow do these survive?Pay them. Dress them smartCut the hair and Bleed the heartA wind blows to stir the treeMoney falls Whilst we stand beneathArmed with rake and shovelAll I want is another coffeeAnother shot at the lightsJust to hear them goPOP! TSCHHHH!You hit one and coffee dropsLike a circus prizeIn a...

Here's the level, with confusing aspects of meagre re-arranging. The beggars of Lands end broke the light of miscommunication and fell off the edge of the world. Time kills the pain in the end, kills the communication between beings. Perhaps it is that all life transcends to a base product of matter that will have the power to heal all things.Without lapses in pleasure we necessitate toward lowliness, self-absorption and useless takings. A ruined part of existence....

pic; ame berlach-woodYes well i am here reminiscing...days past in Noosa, fumbling round at Johnsons, bicycle stance at Tea Tree and chasing my board up the rocks at Nationals. Eating sushi and drinking beer post surf. It sounds like everyone had a fine time up at the Festival this year...i'm quite green with envy but that's okay i'm happy to swim out with some fins at my local spot and pretend i'm a dolphin for awhile. Some might call my style 'sea cow' but that's...