The First Record I Bought:
Crazytown’s Butterfly single at Springwood CD shop. I remember my sister saying how much she liked it so I wanted to buy the single first. I think that happened a few times, my sister would say she liked something, I’d try and buy it before her, then pretend I didn’t remember her saying that.
The Last Record I Bought:
Chris Isaak’s Greatest Hits album from Vinnies. I was driving down to Melbourne with a friend and wanted a new CD for the car. I was curious about what his other hits were. Still not sure, but I did really enjoy driving down the Hume with the windows down screaming to Blue Hotel. Wicked Game just makes me want to cry every time that lead guitar comes in.
The First Thing I Recorded:
I started recording myself at the beginning. The first one was a song called Paul which is a love song to Paul Newman, it’s on Youtube. I moved into a share house and one of my housemates was an audio engineer. I used to waltz down the hall and pop my head in the door and say “Hey man you free? Wanna record something?” He ended up recording my first EP and has helped me a lot over the years.
The Last Thing I Recorded:
I just released the second single Leadlight off my debut album Don’t Let The Kids Win, which will be out Friday October 7. I recorded it last year in New Zealand with Ben Edwards. It was just a great month of my life. Living in Lyttelton, waking up to views of the mountains and the harbour every morning. Ben is a great producer and person and ridiculously entertaining at all times. I was very lucky to have that experience.
The Record That Changed My Life:
Fiona Apples’ Extraordinary Machine. I heard it when I was sitting on my first loves couch at 15. I hadn’t really heard anything like it before and it really got to me. She has a killer turn of phrase. That record followed me along for about a decade as I learnt the craft. I sang Parting Gift for a year 11 singing assignment, the first time I ever got on stage with a guitar I played Not About Love and my first band covered Extraordinary Machine.
