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I was born in Australia, but raised in the United States. People often can’t pick my accent, because it goes between Australian and American. I started playing guitar at 10 years, when I moved back to Australia, and then began singing and performing at 13 years.
I first started writing songs as poems, and then began learning how to apply melodies and sounds from guitar and piano, to turn the poems into songs. Now, I often journal, or randomly have lyrics come to me in the middle of the night, in the shower, or driving in my car. I then get my guitar, and find chords to go with those lyrics. However, there have been songs where a Producer has come up with instrumentation, and I write the lyrics to go with that instrumentation. For example, “Thinkin' Bout You” happened that way. Whereas, on “The Pregnancy Sessions” EP, the lyrics came first, then the chords.
My debut single came out in 2016, ‘Love Like That’, which got to the top 10 on the iTunes country charts. I wrote and recorded the song with Steve Deal, who was in Sydney, Australia, at the time. I then worked with Simeon Shinkfield on my single, ‘Soda Pop’ which got into the top 40 on iTunes, and went on to also do a self-titled EP in 2019.
In 2019, I released “Think Again Boy” which was written and recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, with John Capek. I did two trips to Nashville to explore music there, and wrote some other songs, which I have not released to date. I met John Capek on the second trip there. This was the last song I released that was of a ‘country’ style.
In 2018 I met Rob Amoruso, and we started working together in 2020. We have worked on numerous songs together, including “Thinkin' Bout You”, "23" (both songs also written with Alice Blake) and “Two Hearts”.
In 2023, I wanted to put a timestamp on a special time in my life, being pregnant with my first child. Rob and I collaborated on three acoustic songs, as part of a new EP called “The Pregnancy Sessions”, which was released not long after I gave birth. The three songs, “A Flower With Thorns”, “Come Little One (Mum Song)” and “Jack Is Calling Your Name”, are completely acoustic, consisting of just vocals and guitar. “Come Little One” has been a favourite to perform live.
In 2024, I finally got to release some new music that I have held on to since 2022. Rob and I worked on a project a few years back, to write about my husband's journey through multiple myeloma, and what that was like from my perspective. In April 2024, the debut song from that project, called “Winter Coat” was released, and was co-written with artist, Shannen James, and Rob Amoruso. It talks about how I had to be strong, but that it wasn't easy. It also uses the analogy of a winter coat providing protection and comfort, the way I tried to do the same for my husband in that season.
In June 2024, the second song from that project, “Green Eyes” was released. This was about how fleeting a moment can be, and to enjoy it. My husband was singing the song ‘Green Eyes’ by Coldplay to me one evening, while he was going through chemotherapy, and then the song idea came to me.
There are more songs to come, which I'm excited to share. In the meantime, I am performing when I can, in between being a wife and mother. My two biggest shows this year are being held in Townsville, at the North Australian Festival of the Arts, in October.
Daisy xx