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Songwriter. Musician. Storyteller.

I'm a Melbourne-based songwriter, guitarist, pianist and vocalist who writes from the inside out — about the things I see, the things I feel, and the moments that stop me in my tracks.

My heart has always lived somewhere in the 70s and 80s. The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Stevie Wonder, Tears for Fears, Steven Wilson — these are the artists who shaped how I hear music, and they still do. Albums like Dark Side of the Moon, Abbey Road, Aja, Silk Degrees and The Seeds of Love are as alive to me now as the day I first heard them.

My own music draws from that rich well — rock, blues, soul, funk and jazz woven together into something that feels, I hope, like its own thing.

I've been in love with music since before I could play a note. A guitar at fourteen sealed the deal, and nearly five decades later that love hasn't dimmed. These days I make the first few hours of every morning my creative time — writing, recording and producing before the world wakes up and starts making demands. It's the thing I love most, so it gets the best of me first.

I write, record and produce everything myself, though I've never been precious about collaboration. Over the years I've worked with musicians both locally and from around the world to bring tracks to life — whatever a song needs, it gets.

As a writer I'm drawn to the human condition — the struggles, the contradictions, the moments of grace under pressure. Rarely a traditional love song. My first album Redemption grew out of the experience of climbing back from depression, with the title track and the closing song Scars bookending that journey. The second album Big Picture turns the lens outward — war, displacement, institutional abuse, environmental blindness, the comfortable apathy of those with the most to lose. Heavy themes, but I've always believed music is one of the few places you can say the hard things and have people actually listen.

"... classic rock with all the damn feels!"

Latest Album

visceral rock

Great lyrics, great production, Steely Dan with social conscience!

- Richard H, Ipswich

Classic rock with all the damn feels!

- Kelley G, Minneapolis

U2 have a song called trip through your wires (from the Joshua tree album, one of my all time favs) Redemtion is giving me those vibes, Got that cruisey yet driving groove and cutting melody. What a way to open the album!

- Michael B, Melbourne

Great lyrics, great composition, and your voice is perfect for this genre.

- Q, Somerset

That solo screams soul dude! beautiful... damn!

- Ian F, Pittsburg

Wow, what a track! Great performances perfectly captured! Much enjoyed!

- David S, California

A real Steely Dan feel to it. Very smooth!

- Audrey K, New York

You make impactful music!

- Marie H, Buffalo

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Get Me Off This Rock

Album: Big Picture (2020)

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Big Picture

Album: Big Picture (2020)

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Carry Your Cross

Album: Big Picture (2020)

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The 7th Floor

Album: Redemption (2019)

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Black Widow

Album: Redemption (2019)

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Redemption

Album: Redemption (2019)

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Dreams

Album: Redemption (2019)

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Where's Your Heart

Album: Redemption (2019)

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Hey You

Album: Redemption (2019)

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