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Media - Articles.NIGHT LIFE: MX After your initial success, why did you split with the record label, Sony? "It gave me a good profile being on a major label when I was younger and finding my feet, I guess, but I wanted to continue doing original music. And that's where we didn't see eye-to-eye." What advice would you give young musicians going into the industry? "To follow your intuition. Intuitively, most of us know what's best and how we feel inside about certain things. It was very important to remain true to myself and not sell out. I can see that some people give in to those pressures because they don't see they have options. I was fortunate to survive the difficult, emotional time of not being able to release my music. Just keep fighting hard and doing the work." Was it a difficult decision to release your new record independently?
What has been the inspiration for your new songs? "The inspiration has come from experiences I've had, both good and bad. People inspire me to look inside of myself and explore more about my own spirituality. Everybody you meet you can learn something from. Just being free to be yourself I think that's the sentiment of the album." You're originally from Tasmania. Why have you settled in Melbourne? "Melbourne is my home musically. When I first released Thylacine I was just a babe in the woods and there were places and streets in Melbourne I was apprehensive about. But now I drive around Melbourne like running around an oval, it's easy. I feel Tasmania is my spiritual home, but Melbourne has been my home for so long in the physical sense." Signal Hill (Shock) is out now. |
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"It wasn't so much a difficult decision, it was something I just didn't know was open to me. It was trial and error, basically. When I finished the album I had to make a decision as to what I wanted to do and I didn't want to sign another contract. I'd just gotten out of another one. Shock Records got the album and they were passionate about it, and it seems like a union that was meant to happen."