‘With Love’ is a collection of songs about love and sending love. This was not an intentional concept but rather a result of finding myself expressing love through playing piano. The album is all about sending love to important people in my life.
It started as a wedding gift for two of my dearest friends Pierce and Marie. I wanted to gift them songs that represented various stages of their love. Three of the songs are reflections from seeing them together in Marie’s world, as well as living with them in Footscray, and living with Pierce during long periods in which they were apart. From here the other songs came into fruition as I started reflecting on other important people and moments in my life.
Up until 2020, my life as a musician had focused on working in rock and contemporary groups such as, Crepes, Robot Fox, Tropical Snakes, Dreamin’ Wild, and Chimpanzee. Being in lockdown brought everything to a standstill. It created time and space. As a musician I’d never really found time to focus on my own music, now I could reassess what I needed and what I wanted to prioritise.
I’ve always held a special relationship to the piano. For me it is a tool that provides rich healing and deeper understanding for and of myself. It is a vital outlet for me to process life and what I am feeling. I have struggled to allow myself to have a voice in words and in turn spoke through my piano. Through piano I could clear my mind and just express myself fully. I think spoken language and words are so limiting, and through playing I could say what I needed and wanted to say. Where some people might turn to paper to write, I turn to the piano. This has been and will always be my therapy.
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