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There was more road-tripping in May cos we had front row seats to see Tommy Emmanuel at the Moncrieff Centre in Bundaberg!  Awesome night!

I was on the 101FM Radio Logan the next week, when Stevie T played two of my songs ("Breathe, Miss Sunshine" and "How Much You Mean To Me") with a bit of a spiel about me as a local artist.  How good is that?!

The month ended with more great news - another two songs shortlisted in the 2022 Australian Songwriting Contest! "As Time Goes By" made the Ballad shortlist while "Undercover Killer" was a Rock/Indie finalist. 

Both these songs were products of my involvement with the I Heart Songwriting Club. That means they were each written within just one hour (or very close to it).  

"Undercover Killer" is pretty close to my original draft.  "As Time Goes By" was only two verses initially but subsequently gained a bridge and outro.  Good songs don’t need a lifetime to write, just to prepare ...

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘱 30. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘰𝘱 30 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘚𝘈 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦. (𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘪.𝘰𝘳𝘨.𝘢𝘶).

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