COLOURS started out as a 'creative exercise' and also as an exploration into the moods that certain colours evoke. I decided that i would compose and record one song per day over the course of ten consecutive days. The only rules i put on the project was this time restriction. To really capture my own reaction to a certain colour, i felt it best to concentrate within 24 hours for each one. To keep a long story short, i became engrossed in the project and by the last...

This weeks interview installment is with good mate and producer/engineer of the album 'Fire Flood Freedom', Jeremy 'Jez' Reynolds. MikeJez, I recall a gig up near Wyong where i got talking with you about music and recording? Was this your first encounter with me?JeremyI believe it was. You played after my band's set. I remember really liking your music and your personality and thought 'I'd really like to record this bloke' (I had just finished studying audio...

From Garden Shed recordings and crazy roadtrips to Melbourne, this week i catch up with Keyboard/Accordian whiz Michael Carney. Mike McCarthyAlright Mr Carney, so i'm vaguely recalling a recording session in a garden shed, you were there weren't you?Michael Carneyyes that's the first time I played with youMikeand we were recording for Wisdom is Delight. So was that your first 'gig' with me?Michaelyes, under the pump from the get go.Mikenice... i do recall thinking i...

In this, the first installment of CHATS with the band, I catch up with Shannon Kelly (drummer/fisherman). From Biker gigs in Western Sydney to playing in front of 25,000 people at WYD 09, Shan shares thoughts from his time playing music with me and fellow band members.MikeShan, you've been playing kit (drums)for me for the last...how long exactly? 5 years?Shannonyeh that sounds about right I thinkMikei guess 'shelter and the sea' was the first recording you played on,...

How the blackened dice fallsand tinder burnsbracken forlornthis sticky sap cursemoney with blooddestitute petsand a deathly still airafter raging windsoh love it's gonethe dice fell oddnone could've knownyour summer spotrun Laurie fastJimmy hide in the bathtowels and blanketslong tightly charredIt's coming, it's rushingtoo hot and quicka thousand wild horsespassed over headRumbling lasts months on endseventh of Febagain and againagain and again.*Black Saturday...

He'd only heard of this world in Tom Waits tunes, Hollywood...movies. Not too familiar here. He was losing his will in this place, Norms Diner, drinking filtered coffee and eating two scoops of ice-cream from a bowl. Meticulous, withdrawn. On the corner of La Ciegnega you could see him through the clear plate windows, not as lost as he seemed. From an outside perspective you could almost think he fit the picture."things aren't too bad...I could be lost at sea", he...

Korduroy TV have used 'Pink' from my forthcoming 'Colour' album. I wrote and recorded 10 songs, using 10 different colours over 10 days. Each day i'd use a new colour to inspire an instrumental piece, super fun and a fine creative challenge! Stoked Korduroy have picked up on the project!

And they ragedthose four windssomehow all at onceforming circlesto crescent amongthe formless fewmind no refugebody confusedthere amongst brambleswith rabbits and thornsa little light shonebattling the stormbreak into stridesoh little lovertime close at handthe world to discover*for Kirsty and Eliza

the press release to radio for the album 'The Harrowing Account of John William Tate'. JWT is still running strong, i'll be touring NSW with PJ Wolf later this month.

south pacific blueIn the narrow window between morning and afternoon, the man rubbed his burning eyes with both hands. The skin would be burning again tonight and sleep would not be easy. Not only the skin but also the shoulders, especially the left, right under the blade. He hadn't been in the salt water longer than two hours for almost a month. It was an early morning rise and dance with the waves that had rendered him useless. It was still dark at 5am when he...