Butthere's a bunchofstuff I wrotebeforethem, whichwasn't thatgreat.
Butatschool, I liketowritepartnering s eyescomposition.
I liked I knowspirituallygoodatart.
So I hadthatcreativekindofsparkoursupplies.
Ah, earlyonthateven, um, I wasbroughtupinthecountryWesternVictoriariseon a soldiersettlementblocfarm, smallfarmthatmygrandparent's ran.
And I canremember a timebeforetelevisiononDuh, becausewenevergotTVatthelittlebetter.
I don't thinkit's aboutknowninCTthreeorsomething, butwhenwegottheblackandwhiteTV, thatcowinsideofbeautifullywiththeBeatlesand I lovemygroup.
Mysister's AlltheSisterswereunderElvisandstuff, buttheBeatlesaremigrantandevenGradetwoinPromiseGirlmadesomeotherkidswouldbesingingbattlesongsformorningTalkshowandtell, andmygrandfatherwas a cleanEmma's a singer.
Encouragemetosing.
Alltherelativessincehavetoldme I I don't have a voiceanywaylikemygrandfather.
Sothat's kindofthem, Yeah, but I remembergoingtopeople's houses, relativesandthathavingsingsongsaroundthepiano, AccordionsandthingsandtinpotBainesthatdancesandstuff.
So I got a bitofthatimport.
AndthenwhentheTVcameintheBeatlesandallthat 60 stuff, andinthe 19 seventies I reallystartedtohearthesingersongwritersthanyouryoungBobDylan's thatJoniMitchell's butalsopeoplenotinthemainstream.
I wasveryinfluencedbyJohnMartinandlighteronGerryRaffertyandof a songwriters, Soit's bettertimewhenwhen I, uh, actuallystartedondrums, I got a littledrunk.
Itwas 10 yearsoldBashDwyanethatusedtoplayalongthesoulsinthewritingonthen I wasabout 13 afford, and I gotholdofmysistersknow a longstringlike a longstringacoustic.
And, um, inabout a fortnight I learnedtoplaythebasicchordsandarestartingtoplaythesongsofthetimesheetmusic, buyingsheetmusicforvariouspopularsongs.
Youknow, there's noreason I wasn't inanychoirmusicgroupofschool.
Itwasnothinglikethat.
We'reonlytookcountryhighschool.
No, I didn't haveit.
I justhadtokindofdoitmyself.
Andandfromtherefromthatplacewhereselftaughtand, youknow, a bitof a multiinstrumentalist, wemightcall, youknow, uh, youknow, Jackup a bitofgrabbingeverythingyoucanget.
Thenyoustartsongwriting.
Yousitwith 75 a littlebitbeforethen.
Where's thetransition?
How's that?
Soyou'velearnedyourlearningLotsofrepertoire.
You'replayinglotsofotherpeople's songs.
Yeah, butsomeonegottoeatschool.
I got I studentshiptoo.
Trainedas a secondaryartandcrafttakesUnitedtwoyearsandvolunteersinMelbournetodothat, causewhichostensiblywe'regonnabeturnedoutas a tryingteachertoteachyoursignatureandcraft.
Um, I wasmeetingotherpeopleofLookthatwe'reintomusicwhoarealsodoinghere.
Youweredoingcoversatthestart, andthenitstarts a collaborativeridingstarts.
We'llhavehadsomeAmericansongsthatthatstyles, but I didn't reallysuitthebandon, and, uh, because I took a walleconomy, itwaseasy.
Oncewehadthelatesinger, umtothenhave a focus, and I thoughtaboutitwritingsongsforhimFor a while, I wasstillseeing a lotofstuffandhewashelping, umthatareinthebackof a model.