‘100 or Less’ is the first single to be lifted from my forthcoming, full length second album scheduled for release in 2022. A heartfelt alt-rock song with infectious guitar hooks and a resonating message, “100 Or Less” launches a deeply personal music mission to rock the foundations of a bureaucratic lack of support for the Arts.
I penned ‘100 or Less’ in just a few hours on a wave of escalating frustration during the first 2020 Australian lockdown. My bass-player husband Ken and I saw our livelihoods, among so many others, begin to evaporate as the Australian music industry screeched to a halt with little support from the government. Feeling increasingly frustrated, powerless and desperate, this call-to-arms song formed in just a few hours, in a search for answers still not received in 2021. It’s also an issue that has existed far beyond the genesis and evolution of a worldwide pandemic.
“Those in power don’t truly understand our Industry and its value, despite the widespread, positive effect it has on so many. What does it take to be heard in a world where sporting events are regularly valued above other live entertainment? Music lifts mood; empathises with how we feel. There’s an ongoing lack of respect for these precious, positive outlets and if we’re not careful, we could lose them altogether.”
I teamed up once again for this song with Dave Beacon at High Lion Studio in Central Queensland. Dave also co-produced, mixed and mastered my 2019 debut EP ‘Unconditionality’. Adding to my vocals for this track are Laurie Rayment on guitars, Ken Chynoweth-Tidy on bass and Louis Parish on drums.
The official film clip for ‘100 or Less’, shot in the South of France in October with musician and film-makers Jason Carter and his wife Lydia Martin-Carter, is set to world premiere on our Youtube Channel on Saturday 27 November and pay vibrant visual homage to the song’s powerful narrative, namely government indifference to the plight of an undervalued Arts Industry. Faceless masked men in suit and ties menace a despairing but defiant artist struggling to make a living.
‘100 or Less’ was released digitally around the world on Friday 12 November 2021 and is now available to stream online on your preferred platform and request on your favourite radio stations. This track is music made by artists, for artists – but we also need YOU to join the conversation and help turn tides for ALL who work in the Arts.
Thanks so much in advance of your support!
