to the soil – that’s the whole point of my songs. The
same message is running through everything.
Do you feel like you’re a voice for the animals?
Yes, I want to be. There are many voices for the
animals; it’s not that I claim to be a voice for the
animals. I think everyone can be a voice for the
animals and they don’t even need to be, if they just
respect them and see them not as commodities but as
being equal to us. Who said that we’re above them?
Just because we build fancy cars and can do math does
that mean we’re above them? They speak a different
language and see things differently, but we’re equal.
What other recordings and concerts do you have
coming up this year?
Following Gallipoli I’ll be releasing the song
“Ordinary” worldwide, which was also recorded in
Istanbul in 2014 – it’s really about freedom through
intimacy overcoming oppression, with Istanbul’s
Taksim Square protests as a basis.
I also hope to be in LA and Brazil this year
recording two new albums. One about humanity’s
place on our earth done to a 60’s Cool Jazz feel, and
the other (in Brazil) more introspective and closer to
original bossa. I also have a Christmas album (but a
very different one) and a children’s album as ideas.
But as always, these things chop and change.
In terms of concerts I’ve got a jazz show called “A
Cozy Night In” which I wrote, and that’s with Nichaud
Fitzgibbon. The two of us put together this show and
we’re now going to tour it across the country. I’ve also
got a few festivals in Japan and I’ve been invited to go
on tour in Brazil.
UPDATE:
The Gallipoli single has now been released.
Buy it on iTunes:
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9586?i=978399602&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
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As well as being a singer, you also work as an
entertainment lawyer. How do you balance these
two aspects of your life – being a musician and a
lawyer?
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I have no idea. They are both kind of hard work really.
One requires being mega creative, and then you have
the law that is far, far away in another corner of my
brain, somewhere. I suppose in entertainment law it is
easier as you are already prepared for the egos and
have an idea how to deal with them (sometimes).
Along the line however, music and law do
complement each other, whether it be managing the
business of music, or trying to be creative in defending
an action in court... Although I’ve come really close,
I’ve yet to sing to a judge.
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