‘Wait for the Change’ has made it into the top 10 on the Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts for January 2023 up from number 43. A big thanks to all the independent radio presenters who have supported the album by playing tracks on their shows over the last few months. This is my second album to break into the top 10 with ‘More Than I Need’ reaching number 8 back in 2012.
One of the most rewarding achievements as a musician is collaborating with other artists. My new video for ‘Wait for the Change’ is one such achievement made possible from a life-long friendship which started at art school, in the university student union café, when I introduce myself to a very quiet and very shy young lady and her friend. She went on to become interested in film making and I pursued my art and music.
Four and a half decades later I asked if she could help me with a new video and she agreed.
Lynn quickly had a vision for the style and elements of the video so we both went about planning it out, discussing costume and making props. We filmed it over a weekend in October 2022 in Ghost Pictures studio with Andrew de Groot filming and lighting the project. Lynn then spent several week editing it together and creating the beautiful animated sequences that populate the chorus sections.
View the wonderfully creative and inspired result HERE.
I’m am pleased to announce that ‘Wait for the Change’ is now released and available on Bandcamp as both a CD and as a digital download.
‘Wait for the Change’ contains eleven songs made up of a mixture of blues and contemporary folk – nine originals, a cover of Memphis Minnie’s ‘Moonshine’ and a rearrangement / reworking of Leroy Carr’s How Long Blues.
In a way this collection of songs is a clearing of the deck to make way for newer works. It’s made up of songs that I needed to record, songs that I didn’t wanted to lose.
The title of the album and opening track reflects on the need for patience and resilience – two traits which I drew on deeply to see this project through to the end. Due not only to the COVID pandemic but also to other hindrances from life in general the album took four years to complete.