Q: Where were you born and where did you grow up?
A:. I was born and bred in Sydney.
Q: Was there anyone in particular who played an influential part in shaping your career?
A: Not particularly. But the first band I ever worked in had musicians who were 20 years older than me, so I guess they were very influential on me. The band was called ‘The Family Von Trapp’.
Q: You haven’t been in the industry all that long, how long is it since you first got started?
A: I’ve been singing professionally for about 7 years now, and songwriting for about 5.
Q: What year did you do your first recording?
A: My first recording was The Lonely Road in 2004.
Q: You are an accountant … what was it that made you decide to go into the music industry?
A: I guess I had no choice, because I absolutely love singing, and it was torture not being able to do it and having to go to work everyday in a job I hated. So eventually there came a point where I realized singing was the only thing that would make me happy.
Q: I went & had a look at your Blogging Along on My Space, you have a bit of a talent in that area as well.
A: thank you – it’s something I’m developing further. I hope to host my own TV show someday!
Q: In total, how many cds have you recorded?
A: My Ep – I’ve Got the Blues and My Album – The Mile
Q: You write most of your own material as well
A: Yes, all of the tracks on the EP and Album are written or co-written by me
Q: I believe you have some favorite places for writing, like granny flats for example
A: Ha yes, I like cosy writing spaces.
Q: Maton recognized the talent they saw, becoming you sponsor.
A: I was so excited when I received my new Maton in the mail last year! It’s a great guitar, and it’s a great honour to be sponsperd by them.
Q: You did a tour with The McClymonts, entertaining the troops in East Timor – want to elaborate on that?
A: Entertaining the troops has so far been one of the highlights of my musical life. It was such an honour. And of course to be on the tour with The McClymonts was fabulous as the girls are friends of mine, and are heaps of fun to be around.
Q: Your most memorable occasion?
A: Entertaining the Troops, and performing Live for TV at the 2008 Golden Guitar Awards
Q: Your most embarrassing moment
A: Dislocating my shoulder on stage!
Q: You have been awarded some pretty special awards, would you like to tell me about them.
A: I was awarded the Female Artist of the Year at the Independent Awards last year. That was a great honour. I have also been awarded the Coopers Golden Saddle Award, plus lots of other nominations.
Q: I have placed the titles of the tracks below, and you may add a comment to any or all of them if you wish.
A: Please refer to the comments about each track on my website.
Q: Is there anything you would like to add that we haven’t already mentioned?
A: No - thank you!!
The Mile
1. Feels Fine
2. Things That Bring Me Down * I wrote this song in the comfort of my granny flat – the organised but very cluttered and messy place I call home. I live my life by extremes, and I think this song reflects it. I work hard and I have fun, but I am always paying for it. Be it by constantly trying to clean up my room, waking up late, or eating too many donuts (my favourite food), it’s really having too much of a good thing that brings me down. Personally, I haven’t changed, and I think I will always live by those rules.
3. Won’t Let Our Love Die
4. Good Girls * This song flows nicely from ‘things that bring me down’. I wrote good girls because I have a bunch of girlfriends who seem to lead much calmer and saner lives than I do. One night after chatting with one of my best friends, I had a think about why I keep getting into trouble and I think it’s because I just can’t behave myself for long enough. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t see myself as a ‘bad girl’, but things like forgetting birthday’s, leaving things in a mess, saying dumb things and not being able to cook, make me think I have a few things to learn. I love the way that Rod and Jeff produced this song, and I think it’s kind of cool to not always be a good girl!
PS… I can cook cupcakes!
5. Just Us
6. Gonna Fly
7. The Mile
8. You Saved Me * Love does strange things to people. This is a song that I didn’t intentionally sit down to write. The “You Saved Me” melody came to me after I farewelled my lovely boyfriend after a great day. I truly felt ‘saved’, and lucky to have found such a great person. I wrote the rest of the song, and then worked on some finishing touches with my mate Luke Dixon. By the way, I used to be a Surf Life Saver at South Maroubra, so all the life saving and water references came easily (not that I ever saved anybody)!!
9. The Tide
10. Soldier
11. Love You Like No Other* I wrote this song originally about myself, but after realising I had too many love songs for one album, I changed the words and made it about a ‘friend’ of mine. This song was started in my granny flat, and finished in another granny flat on Norfolk Island. I must like small spaces for writing! It’s a feel good song about someone who’s finally given in to love!!!
12. Hole In My Head
Available from
Domenica LaMacchia
Destra Entertainment
+61 2 9433 4800
Domenica.lamacchia@destra.com
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