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A song about…..Lip Reading In celebration of National Week of Deaf People I have released my new song LIP READING. I’d love for you to take a listen. https://fletchmusic.bandcamp.com/track/lip-reading This song is about those moments in loud places when you lose those conversations and have to read the lips and face and whole body to find it again. Sometimes it becomes too much and you have to…

What’s it like to wear stereo headphones with only one ear? Spotify Hear: Bandcamp Hear: https://fletchmusic.bandcamp.com/track/headphones When I was in my early teens (1990 onwards) I was devouring music via a Sony Walkman and a collection of cheap cassette tapes I had bought on a family trip to Bali when I was about 12 years old. Like most teenagers, I would escape the world under my…

Sounds from the Ping River to the Streets of the Old Town… I finally received these wonderful images from my recent collaborative performance in Chiang Mai for APWT2024 (Asia Pacific Writers Translators). Thanks Indyana Horobin (@erik_the_deer) for capturing such great moments from the night. You were so busy the whole event, I only really got to meet you as we waited for our connecting flights…

Working as a mono musician in a stereo world My new Substack blog explores my experiences in navigating the music industry as a hard of hearing, small (d)eaf musician. I’d love you to have a read….. https://coldghost.substack.com/p/i-ammono-man Although I have lived with a deaf ear all my life, there are still challenges that I face in working in the stereo world. And I am only now just…

Here is my film clip for the title track from my new album Red Gold. Big thanks to Ben Dougherty for all the hours you have put in creating this video. All the footage is taken around Springbrook, Neranwood and Austinville on the Gold Coast, Australia. This project was created on Yugambeh Country and the lands and waters of the Kombumerri people. Thanks again to HOTA, Home of the Arts for all…

My New Album RED GOLD is finally out in the world….set free like the bird it was destined to be (maybe it even takes the form of a Currawong) Listen, and purchase here (vinyl available) Or stream here (if you like what you hear, please like Cold Ghost and add a song to a playlist) I am super proud of this album and am excited for your to listen. I’d love to know what you think of the record,…

My debut album is online for the first time….. 2003 feels like it is both a million years ago…and only just yesterday.  The US led invasion of Iraq began in March and I marched in my first ever protest in Melbourne. Billboard’s number 1 song was 50 Cent’s ‘In Da Club’ (I still do not think I have ever heard that song). John Howard is the Prime Minister of Australia and I was a young, shy but…

Vivi Baker’s Goodbye Letter to the Gold Coast

Here is poet Vivi Baker’s “Open Letter to the City that Grew as I did”

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6xIdGgTc1HUNhVfnp6TFv1

https://storiesinthekeyofgc.libsyn.com/vivi-baker-open-letter-to-the-city-that-grew-as-i-did

Stories in the Key of GC wrapped up 2020 year with a trio of stories performed live on stage at HOTA, Home of the Arts. Vivi kicked off the night with this goodby…

Stories in the Key of GC…..Nov 27th

I am excited to present the next Stories in the Key of GC show at HOTA’s Lakeside Room on November 27th.

I will be performing a soundtrack to three great stories from Walkley award winning journalist Hedley Thomas, local music legend Samantha Morris and young Gold Coast poet Vivi Baker.

You can buy either a table of 2 or 4…Get you tickets here

https://hota.com.au/music/stories-in-the-key…

Michael Caine says my name

A few months ago I did a tape sync here on the Gold Coast for Audible Originals’ true crime series Heist. I recorded one side of an interview with a federal agent Brad Kirwan who helped arrest and convict the masterminds of one of Australia’s biggest heists.

In the credits the most excellent host Michael Caine says my name…

This could be a song ‘Michael Caine say my name’

Check out Ep.…

Friends in Law Podcast

Welcome to the first episode of Friends in Law. A podcast about lawyers, for lawyers.

https://friendsinlaw.libsyn.com/episode-1-xxxx

Personally, I think that non-lawyers would enjoy listening in too…

Thanks Alex for having on board as the post production engineer….These are great conversations….

I’d better get back to work on the next episodes…

‘Love on the Beach’ by Ann Wason Moore

As you know Cold Ghost fans, the theme for the recent Stories in the Key of GC show at HOTA was ‘Love on the Beach’. Here is Ann Wason Moore’s story of the same name.

https://storiesinthekeyofgc.libsyn.com/love-on-the-beach

It is her love of Texas, USA and her love of the Gold Coast. Circumstance may have taken her from one to the other. But one day she would have to choose.

I perform…

‘When Love was a Flash in the Pan’ by Matt Eaton

I am proud to present the first story from the second ‘Stories in the Key of GC’ show at HOTA, Home of the Arts.

The theme of the night was ‘Love on the Beach’.

https://storiesinthekeyofgc.libsyn.com/when-love-was-a-flash-in-the-pan

Matt Eaton delivers his hilarious account of his teenage years at Keebra State High School and the lead up to New Years Eve in the heart of Surfer’s…

Stories in the Key of GC “Love on the Beach”

I have got to say…I thoroughly enjoyed Friday night’s Stories in the Key of GC….

On the day restrictions were finally lifted to 100 people in Qld, we performed a special show themed “Love on the Beach” at Gold Coast’s HOTA, Home of the Arts.

“Oh Bernadette”

Banquo, Jonquil and myself opened the night with Dvorak’s ‘Going Home’ from his New World Symphony. Piano and two flutes signalling…

Stories in the Key of GC is back

Friday, July 10th will be the day QLD social restrictions will be lifted to 100 people in a venue and I do not think there is a better way to celebrate on the Gold Coast than with a special Stories in the Key of GC as part of HOTA’s fireside Fringe program.

Veteran ABC journalist and author Matt Eaton along with writer and journalist Ann Wason Moore will share their stories on stage with…

Love on the Beach

Cold Ghost has new music

3x brand new tracks that you can listen to and buy here

https://fletchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/love-on-the-beach

I have had this project in the back of mind for a while now and it was not until the global shutdown that an opportunity presented itself to create something meaningful in strange times.

This is a concept album of sorts.

‘Love on the Beach’ is a…

‘Cyclones and Sickness’ by Sean Flanagan

Here we have the final episode from the first Stories in the Key of GC event.

http://storiesinthekeyofgc.libsyn.com/sean-flanagan-cyclones-and-sickness

Sean Flanagan, aka Flan, delivered this story only a few hours after the death of his Father. For a guy best known for making people laugh, this story explores the power of love and family in facing sickness and death. The music is largely…