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Here's my diary dating back to 2018 when I started this website :) Latest posts are over on INSTA - @emptyfishtankmusic (follow :P)

March 2024

• 10/3/24 - 'Same Old' Same Old Same Old - 10 Years Anniversary Gig! Sunday 28th April at Petersham Bowling Club with supports from Migz and Bourke's. Buy a presale ticket to go in the draw to win an Empty Fish Tank prizepack! - tinyurl.com/sososo10

Jan 2024

• 02/1/24 - A photo of a studio microphone and acoustic guitar hey... Also, this year marks 10 years of SOSO!

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Dec 2023

• 22/12/23 - Not the end of 2023 quite yet :P Here is the live bootleg from the awesome 'Little Chicken' EP Launch at Lazybones, Marrickville.

https://emptyfishtank.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-lazybones-marrickville-little-chicken-ep-launch -  Merry Christmas and enjoyz!

Nov 2023

• 17/11/23 - 'Little Chicken' is out! And the launch with 2 huge sets and Darling St support at Lazybones Lv2 was a BLAST (although it almost didn't happen...) Cheers as always to everyone who came out and the amazing band! That marks the end of 2023, but 2024 is gonna be a big one so stay posted :D

Oct 2023

• 05/10/23 - Lead single off 'Little Chicken' was released today called 'Bridge 43', with a special solo live acoustic version uploaded on Youtube as well. This marks 43 days exactly (see what I did there :P ) until the EP LAUNCH - Friday 17th November at Lazybones! Very keen for this gig!

Sep 2023

• 27/9 and 5/10 - WSU solo acoustic gigs in the lead up to the EP LAUNCH!

• 1/09/23 - NEW MUSIC ALERT! A new EP 'Little Chicken' is coming out Friday 17th November! PLUS a launch party of 2 BIG SETS at Lazybones Marrickville with the incredible @darlingstreet as support. Get tickets while you can fishies! Tickets via moshtix - https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/empty-fish-tank-little-chickens-launch-darling-street/155994?fbclid=IwAR31KHEBRnBwJwfVtRQeAUt1cIidq31iQbmxPRAc0QQW2_0KhaknzRnTMiw

July 2023

• 21/07/23 - Performed in the Best in the West grand final at The Joan tonight. Great vibe and audience, plus Alina Grace took the title which is great! More things to come soon, plus more live streams because they were fun :)

June 2023

• 11/06/23 - I must have only put this info on Instagram (@emptyfishtankmusic to follow y'all!), but I was lucky enough to win Round 2 of the 'Best in the West' comp at The Joan :) This means I'm through to the final on Friday 21st July at The Joan, performing a unique version of 'Maybe Sorrow'! Thanks as always for your support, and hopefully you can come along to support the finals with me :D

March 2023

• 18/03/23 - ***GIG! Friday 28th April at The Joan, Penrith, 6pm. Save the date please *** Remember a while a go I asked what your favourite EFT track was? Well, from that, I entered the majorities favourite #maybesorrow into a competition called #bestinthewest , and I'm very humbled to say it's made it through to the next round! Next round is a live perform of the song. I'll be doing a unique solo arrangement of the track I hope you all enjoy In order to get to the final round, the audience on the night votes for their favourite song across all the performers. So if you can make it to this unique night to help vote for 'Maybe Sorrow', it would mean the world to me. And of course you can purchase the latest album 'Ladybeetle' on the night if you'd like. See you there!

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December 2022

• 07/12/22 - It's been 1 year already since 'Maybe Sorrow' was released! Thanks so much for the support of this song and the album everyone! To honour this, released TODAY are recordings of both 'Ladybeetle' album launches from October - Full band mode at Lazybones and trio acoustic at The Joan. Over on Bandcamp to download those for yourselves for FREEZIES ENJOY!

November 2022

• 26/11/22 - Played ROAM Festival in Penrith tonight! Full band with a rockin set, and Olympic colours to match! Great fun to rock out! Thanks band as always! Keen to play another soon :)

October 2022

• 14/10/22 - Had a lovely trio acoustic set tonight at The Joan in Penrith as part of 'Open Fridays'. Was almost like a 2nd album launch for 'Ladybeetle' with tonnes of people coming to support and enjoy, and a setlist focussing mostly on the newest tracks. For me it was probably one of my favourite gigs ever, especially with little family members being there and behaving :) Keen however to try and do a rock set soon to get on our dancing shoes!

• 09/10/22 - It's here! It's FINALLY here! 'Ladybeetle' was released today - a collection of short but sweet songs I recorded myself for my Mum. Stream it anywhere or purchase a CD if you'd like. So proud of this album and I hope you dig it to! The launch at Lazybones was compact, red, but good! SOLD OUT show with Honey Head's funky, smooth jazz vibes to open the night, and then a predominantly low-key set from the 5 piece EFT version. Thanks again to the band, and all who came out to celebrate 'Ladybeetle'!

September 2022

• 09/09/22 - 4th release off 'Ladybeetle' is now exclusive over on Youtube, with an early snapshot montage of the recording process :) The song is called 'Down Down Here' so check it out now! Or you can wait 1 month until THE ALBUM COMES OUT :D

August 2022

• 12/08/22 - WOW! What a beautiful Kawai grand piano to play at The Joan :) The set was received well which is nice. So well, that we're gonna play an acoustic trio set there Friday 14th October :D So stay tuned for that one, but come to the album launch first yeah :P

• 11/08/22 - I'm playing a special short piano set tomorrow afternoon at The Joan in Penrith as part of 'Open Fridays' if you can tag along. I wouldn't normally play these new tracks on piano, but because there's a grand there, I have to use it right. Music is from 5:30pm-7:30pm. I'll try to remember to post when I'm playing, but I'm sure it will be great music for the entire show. Hope to see you tomorrow!

• 06/08/22 - Well, here's the big news. ALBUM LAUNCH TIME BABY!!!!!!!!!!! #ladybeetle is finally being released. Oh yeah, the new album is called 'Ladybeetle' :D Sunday, October 9th at the amazing LazyBones Lounge Restaurant & Bar, supported by the incredible Honey Head. There are only 50 tickets so get in quick! Your ticket purchase also comes with a curry dinner which is nice Link to get tickets is here: https://www.moshtix.com.au/.../lvl-1-empty-fish.../142354 Doors at 5pm!

• 04/08/22 - It is with great pleasure that I can unveil for you all today the coverart for my new album!!!! This was painted by the creative genius Ronell Catulong and I can't thank him enough. So what's it called???  Well Saturday I'll let you know plus some other really exciting news so stay tuned

May 2022

• 13/05/22 - Bit long in between, but today 3rd single 'I Want To Believe' was released! It features a clip with a very cute actress so check it out :P First song written for #EFT5 actually. This song really got me in the 'groove' for writing and arranging #shortandsweets

February 2022

• 02/02/22 - 2 months after the release of 'Maybe Sorrow' comes 2nd single '2 Months' :P It's about letting go but never forgetting. Getting closer for the entire release of #EFT5, I can feel it :D

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December 2021

• 02/12/21 - Well, I'm not going to be able to finish #EFT5 by the close of 2021 sorry due to COVID and other things, But.... 'Maybe Sorrow', the 1st single off said album was released today :D I also created a flipart video clip for it which I hope you enjoy with it :) 

September 2021

• 17/08/21 - Even though August looks like nothing was happening, things were happening folks! The #EFT5influencecovers series finished up over on INSTA, and more mixing was done for #EFT5 :D Today a live version of 'When Will I...' is available to listen to over on the tube or here. It's the last of the live previews I've recorded, so next has to be a studio version off the new album surely :D Stay tuned!

July 2021

• 11/07/21 - 'With You Above' is the latest live version of a new track from #EFT5 coming soon in 2021. Been doing lots to complete the album behind the scenes so don't you worry, this puppy will be complete and released into the wild by 2021 for you all :)

May 2021

• 22/05/21 - 'Life Must Go On' is the latest live version of a new track from #EFT5 coming soon in 2021. Regardless of what happens, time doesn't stop. That's what the track's about, plus features my first ever swear word #bigboypants :P

April 2021

• 24/04/21 - New live take off the new album #EFT5 released today. It's called 'All This Light' and is once again short and sweet :)

• 14/04/21 - Here's a cover of Paul Kelly's 'Petrichor'. It's part of a series 'EFT5influencecovers' that's over on my Instagram channel, but I thought I'd post the 1st video here in case you haven't added my Instagram yet :) New ORIGINAL music coming soon as well, but I though it would be cool to post some of the influences for #EFT5 as well :) Enjoy!

• 03/04/21 - WOAH! It took a while, but FINALLY some new material shown off from Album 5 :D It's a live version of a track from the album called 'The Point - short and sweet :D More to come at a quicker rate I promise ok :) ENJOY!

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November 2020

• 20/11/20 - SURPRISE! Welcome to an EXCLUSIVE listen to my NEW ALBUM which will come out early 2021 :D This will also be the last gig for 2020 so I can finish said album :P

October 2020

• 16/10/20 - Special piano set just because

September 2020

• 26/09/20 - Morning all :) Well I haven't done much in a while because I'm trapped at uni sorry. BUT I'm free soon :D And when I am, I'm keen to play! So I'm guessing mid October I'm gonna stream some stuff for ya if that's alright :DStay tuned and safe

July 2020

• 31/07/20 - Playing some music at this great event tonight :D So tune in over on The FaithFeed from 6pm and listen out for a BRAND NEW EXCLUSIVE TRACK 

May 2020

• 30/05/20 - HELLO!!! 2 year PARTY for my 2nd album COMMERCIAL MUSIC!!! Grab it on VINYL if you haven't yet on my bandcamp page :) Hope I play your fav from it. Cheers SOMAD for having me. That was fun!

• 23/05/20 - WOOOO! Got another gig on the internets coming up. Saturday 30th at 8pm thanks to SOMAD I'll be playing a 2 year anniversary gig for COMMERCIAL MUSIC! Already 2 years old woah! So get your requests in and I'll play some tracks from that little ditty. Go buy the vinyl as well alright :D

April 2020

• 26/04/20 - Played another live set today this time on Facebook and this time just guitar out on the balcony. Little windy but it was fun :)

March 2020

• 29/03/20 - Woah, isn't this a unique time in history. Anywho, while stuck inside, I played my first every INSTA live set which was a lot of fun ;) Plus released the live recording of the 'UNO album launch at The Clarendon in Katoomba' last month. Go check it out on Bandcamp for freezies! Might do another live set I reckon soon so stay tuned :)

February 2020

• 28/02/20 - 'UNO' album launch at The Clarendon, Katoomba. WOW! What a special night! Great music from Max Steel and Gen Lee, then being able to play a lovely Kawai upright for the first time live was divine! Big set and big turn, thanks friends :) 'UNO' is out tomorrow! 10 new solo arrangements of previous tracks recorded to tape, plus a new song called '13th' :) What's next? Well.... :P

• 17/02/20 - WEBSITE SUCCESSFULLY UPDATED :D Enjoy the fishness

• 14/02/20 - Very nice mention on The Clarendon website if you want to check it out :) https://www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au/whats_on.html?fbclid=IwAR2WuHoqHIpmtb1yTcpuXnHTM_H596Ao0E4AAWPyNted32rnWqCfsikYDCU

• 01/02/20 - 'UNO' ALBUM LAUNCH!!!! Well, the 'Doge' launch was so fun, I thought I better do another sooner rather than later. 'UNO' is a solo record which features all new arrangements spanning across the previous 3 albums, plus a brand new track. The launch will feature extra tracks, all played solo on acoustic or piano. Supported by Gen Lee and Max Steel, it's at The Clarendon Guesthouse, Katoomba at 6:30pm for $14 on Friday 28th Feb. Needless to say, it's going to be very special and I'm gonna have to practice a lot :D

January 2020

• 17/01/20 - 'DOGE' ALBUM LAUNCH!!!! COME ALONG! At Cafe2773 Glenbrook - gonna play the entire album in full from start to finish, then a special acoustic band set afterwards :)

• 10/01/20 - BIG NEWS! I'm honoured to say I'm part of the 'Stranger Than Fiction Records' family :D Go check them out if you want a label that loves music more than YOU! https://www.facebook.com/strangerthanfictionrecords

• 01/01/20 - Well happy new year, I finished recording my 4th album! Pretty special one called 'UNO' that I'll give more info on later once it's complete but it's a nice little collection indeed :)

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December 2019

• 12/12/19 - Busking in Springwood again. I'll be honest, I was scared for the WATERFALL again :P Thankfully it didn't happen at it was a really enjoyable gig. Debuted new song 'Before You Leave' which went down a treat. Next one to come is THE BIG ONE :D

November 2019

• 16/11/19 - A year ago I played a festival in Richmond at Maccas. The lovely management invited us back this year to provide music on McHappy Day! Great atmosphere, and always good playing in acoustic format. Special mention to Tabib on cajon! Great debut!

• 01/11/19 - Real Fest Penrith, Tench Reserve Jamisontown!!! Man, what a great experience! 1st festival experience, and to have a green room with chocolate, that was  great experience in itself :P But the gig went down so well! Heaps of chairs for people to watch from, but heaps of people getting food and watching from afar as well. Great sound and good vibes indeed! Hope we get to play it next year because it was so well run.

May 2019

• 17/05/19 - Sneaky surprise gig basically 1 year after the 'Commercial Music' launch at where it happened, Petersham Bowling Club with Ambulare and Victory Nap. Debuted a HEAP of new tracks, testing the waters really because these won't be released for ages. Scary but got through it and the new ones seemed to go over well.

April 2019

• 13/04/19 - SURPRISE! Released the 1st clip off album 3 today. It's called 'Nothing's Stopping Time' and it's a fast pop/folk track that was written last for the album actually. Filmed by Chrischris while we were waiting to record. Great spontaneous idea uce!

March 2019

• 14/03/19 - HERE IT IS!!!! 1st release off the NEW ALBUM! It's called 'FCG' (inspired by Powderfinger) and its on JJJUnearthed for you to download NOW. Hope you dig it!

February 2019

• 16/02/19 - This was a BIG day for 1st gig of the year standards. Played a very special cave gig in Linden, then rushed up to Station Bar in Katoomba to play a band set. What a gig! The crowd there always dances and always sings back. Especially special because GAV was up from Melbourne so he played with us again :) THEN he played his solo stuff after with The Distractions. GREAT gig!

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December 2018

• 13/12/18 - Oh man, the 'Good News' single launches very vastly different, but both awesome! 13th saw us doing a special band busk launch in Springwood which is unique already, but the WATERFALL we were caught in while we played was something new :P 19th at The Brass Monkey supporting Matt Charleston was great! Great crowd and great sounding gig. Cheers band for playing on both nights so much. Never really done a single launch before, but any excuse for a gig :D

October 2018

• 27/10/18 - Lifted Live at Parramatta Cathedral - BIG sound, BIG crowd and a great time :D Big thrill playing the Pokemon Theme song as well :) Well done Max playing his 1st gig! Such a pro :) Cheers to Chrischris for stepping up also. So much talent

• 04/10/18 - AUNTY DONNA!!!!! Best gig of my life! Great blokes, great crowd (that sang along which was nice), plus a heap of vinyl sales. Just an awesome night with awesome sound from the Factory :) Gonna be hard to beat for best gig truly!

September 2018

• 8th-9th/09/18 - Well the goal was to do a 'King Gizzard' and WE DID! This weekend in my garage, 8 of us recorded the NEXT FISH TANK RECORD :) 1 mic, straight to tape, with a lot of pre-jams, it was AWESOME! Seriously 1 of the best weekends of my life! Can't thank enough Chris, Cam, Dave, Leo, Matt, Max and Seamus - plus the girls for bringing frozen cokes :) CHICKEN AND CHIPS! Wanna buy a GRETCH! So when will you hear this you may ask??? I'm not sure really.  Still fresh from 'Commercial Music' and other things like filmclips from that album to release so probably next year sometime. Point is IT'S RECORDED and it sounds GREAT!

August 2018

• 27/08/18 - HERE IT IS!!!!! 3 months after the launch, a pretty nice audio capture of the Commercial Music Album Launch at Petersham Bowling Club is HERE :) Plus, FREE AS :D So download it and listen and enjoy, and buy the actual album while you're at it :P I'm gonna be sharing each week live clips of the gig also in case you enjoy watching more than listening :P ENJOYZ

• 16/08/18 - Photos from the Commercial Music launch have FINALLY been added to Facebook! It's all in prep for NEXT WEEK! New stuff to be shared over the WWW for you all so get keen :)

July 2018

• 29/07/18 - 2 months since the launch I FINALLY organised online merch on Bandcamp! If you can't come to a gig, purchase the VINYL online alright cause it sounds HEAPS better on that thing trust me :)

• 11/07/18 - Record Crate gig was good fun! Debuted a NEW SONG called 'FCG' and DaveDave on guitar as well (he nailed it!) Also played a solo piano gig the following day at Paddo RSL which was a unique experience :)

June 2018

• 22/06/18 - went on RBM FM 89.1 Retro Rehash to play 'Nala' live which was fun. But also to announce the POST launch gig ;D Wednesday 11th July at The Record Crate COME ALONG! Great line up as well (poster above, until a new gig comes :P )

May 2018

• 27/05/18 - THE LAUNCH: 

WOAH! What a launch! Cheers every single one of you that came to pack out the Petersham Bowling Club :) Truly means a lot! Was so much fun :D

Can't do a concluding post without thanking some key people:

- THE BAND! - Gav, Cam, Conroy, Seamus - you guys are INCREDIBLE cheers

- The Bancrofts and Discosaurus - NICE ONE BOYZ!

- ChrisChris on samples

- Mumzy on door

Head to Bandcamp to grab the album and also PURCHASE IT ON VINYL :D Stay tuned! More gigs coming soon and NEW MUSIC :D Thank you all for your support. CHEERS!

• 22/05/18 - The vinyls have arrived!!!! Man it's cool to hold the finished product, and it sounds great! Grab at the launch LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY :D

• 12/05/18 - Had some fun today with Chris from Motion Factory and Leo as well. More to come on this later :D oh and ALBUM LAUNCH 2 WEEKS :D :D :D !!!!!!

• 01/05/18 - 'Clothesline' and 'Ambient Wind' are now available to DOWNLOAD FOR FREE over on TripleJUnearthed :) Go do it! https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/empty-fish-tank-0

April 2018

• 28/04/18 - LYRIC VIDEOS!!!! YAY!!! It's here! #newmusic for everyone 😀🤘 & not just 1 but 2 NEW TRACKS 😀👍 a double single release! #edsheeran eat your heart out 😜 Lyric videos for you to learn #ambientwind & #clothesline over on Youtube NOW so you can prepare for the #albumlaunch for #commercialmusic at #petershambowlingclub on Sunday 27th May 😎😀 Also able to download via Unearthed soon but I'll let you know. I REALLY hope you all enjoy the songs & don't forget to put 27th May in the calendars ok 😎 #eft #emptyfishtankmusic #eftlaunchmay27pbc#lyricvideos #castleonthehill is better than #shapeofyou #anyday

• 26/04/18 - Bloody AWESOME warm up gig at TATTS Penrith with Memorial Field and Ambulare. Head to this link to see a HEAP of photos from the night:  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1028635397292752.1073741840.158924820930485&type=1&l=4a37922f57                   

So much fun, great turn out, and the new songs feel really good to play live. BRING ON THE LAUNCH!

• 12/04/18 - ATTENTION - WARM UP GIG ALERT!!!! Those near Penrith, come on back to TATTS cause Empty Fish Tank PLUS Memorial Fields AND Ambulare are playing Thursday 26th April, 7:30pm FREE ENTRY!!!! Gonna be great to test out the new songs plus a few tracks we won't do at the launch to make this a bit more unique yeah :)

March 2018

• 27/03/18 - COMMERCIAL MUSIC!!!!!!!!!! That's the name of my 2nd album :D SO KEEN!!!!! To celebrate, gonna  have a HUGE album launch in 2 months time :D Sunday 27th May at Petersham Bowling Club, 3pm ALL AGES only $10, come along for a whole heap of Empty Fish Tank songs played in FULL BAND MODE :D Plus you'll be able to purchase the album ON VINYL!!!!!! There'll also be some support acts which I'll announce soon, but for now just SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!!!!!! Actual MUSIC from the new album COMMERCIAL MUSIC to be released in the REAL soon future so STAY TUNED :D

• 20/03/18 -  😀 can't be happier! Above is the coverart for my #newalbum 😀  but it's missing something - #thetitle 

Which brings me to the announcement - #competitiontime 😀 If you can either: 1. Guess the actual title Or 2. Create the funniest title; you'll #win a #brandspankingnew copy of the album #onvinyl before ANYONE ELSE gets their hands on it 😀 The 1st person to have the winning/funniest post, plus LIKE the Facebook page & SHARE the post will win 😀Be quick though cause you only have until #nextweek to enter (27th March). Have fun, #goodluck & I hope you like the look of my #newalbum 😀😀😀

February 2018

• 22/02/18 - Just got back TODAY the final MASTERED TRACKS :D :D :D #EFTLP2 is officially all DONE! WOW what an epic experience and WOW what a result :D Can't wait to share this little project with you all and see what you think!

• 17th-18th/02/18 - Well that's that! The album is now all professional mixed by Paul and WOW! It's truly been a musical highlight of my life having this guy mix my little tunes! So inspiring watching this humble genius at work. NOW, onto mastering and then it's actually all completely DONE :D

• 9th-11th/02/18 - More mixing done with the man that is McKercher! We did 5 tracks and it was again incredible to see him work and bring these song to a new life. I thought certain tracks were gonna be easy and others hard, but it turned out to be the complete opposite! Last mixing session is next week. It's gonna be sad no always coming here every weekend to work on the album, but then again, it's gonna be great to have this album FINALLY done!

• 01/02/18 - To say SUCCESS would be an understatement :D Today with Leo we did the photoshoot FOR THE COVER ART OF #EFTLP2 !!!! We got all the shots we needed and it looks very profesh indeed :) Cheers to Dan for assisting with setup and the camera also. Can't wait to reveal it to you guys! So much fun :)

January 2018

• 27/01/18 - WOW! Paul is a magician! The way he uses subtleties and his mixing experience with compressors and other plugins has been truly inspiring. And what a humble guy! Completed 4 tracks in 2 days so right on schedule to finish this album according to plan :) REALLY looking forward to the next mix sessions!

• 26/01/18 - Started mixing #EFTLP2 with the incredible Paul McKercher! So keen to work with him and get this album DONE!