Morning SHow Interview

Flashback Friday 

Candid chat with Kylie Gillies & Larry Emdur on Channel 7 Australia's The Morning Show.

I Got You Babe (Feat. Shaggy)

Sonny & Cher Classic 

Collab with Shaggy on this classic for the movie Welcome to Woop Woop and shot the video in L.A. - we had a lot of fun.  

Merril Bainbridge & Coolio

Presenting at the American Music Awards 1997

Coolio and I presented the award to D’Angelo. Backstage I spent time chatting and drinking tea with the Bee Gees while Alice Cooper in full makeup sat nearby eating a sandwich.

Up Close and Personal

WITH RAY MARTIN

An intimate chat with one of Australian TV's most respected interviewers. Includes a performance of Lonely.

Girl Next Door

with Samuel Johnson

At the time I was pregnant with my son and I take the opportunity to show off my big beautiful belly.

Sydney From a 747

Directed by Bruce Beresford

Shot in my studio with some friends and members of my production team this video was directed by Bruce Beresford. “Sydney from a 747″, written and previously recorded by Paul Kelly. My version appeared in the film ‘Sydney – A Story of a City’, released as part of an official music compilation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic games.

Walk on Fire

Like the Travelling Wilburys only Prettier

If you look closely at this video it has all my fabulous team members in it. The characters you see were all part of my Production team and Record company.

Lonely

First Edit Version

This version is a copy straight off the Director’s first edit. Its not the version that made it to TV but I like it.

Between The Days

Molly Meldrum’s Countdown Flashback

The start of this clip features my friend Molly Meldrum who really supported my music. Its a takeoff of his show Countdown, an Australian Music TV show from the 70’s & 80’s. My band were awesome. Thank you. 

Under The Water

Universal Music Release

This clip was shot in the US for the release of Under The Water. Check out the two big guys at the end.

Sleeping Dogs

Rock Out

This clip has me playing all the instruments, based on an early Wings clip.

FIRST SIGNED

• In 1994, Ross Fraser heard a demo of mine, played it to John Farnham and signed me to their new label Gotham Records, which was distributed through BMG (now Sony) Australia.

• I spent the next 9 months locked away with a group of really talented people in Powerplant, a large recording studio in Melbourne, writing and recording my debut album, The Garden.

MOUTH – 1st SINGLE

• One day Ross heard a demo of a new track I’d just finished writing.  He was excited.  It was simple with a quick vocal I’d recorded in the control room, a guitar groove and a vocal beatbox drum loop. It was called Mouth and became the first single off my debut album, The Garden.

• When we first released Mouth it was ignored by radio and lost in the Christmas rush.

• In February of 1995, Tony Glover, BMG’s A&R manager took the song to Adelaide where it became an instant radio hit.

• Mouth ended up going to No.1 Nationally and staying there for 6 consecutive weeks.

• Mouth went on to sell over a Million copies Worldwide.

THE GARDEN – 1ST ALBUM

• My first album, The Garden was released with the second single, Under The Water.

• Both sold well with Under The Water at No.4 on the charts and The Garden at No. 5.

USA

• 1996 – a loophole in my contract gave me the chance to sign with a different Record Company in the US.

• I signed with Universal Music in New York.

• Mouth became the most requested song Nationally on American radio for 3 weeks running.

• After 12 weeks on the American Billboard Chart it went to #4 and stayed there.

• Mouth was the most played song on US radio over the 1996 Christmas period.

• Mouth spent 30 weeks in the charts selling 600,000 copies and earning me my first US Gold single.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Promoting Mouth in the USA took me to 42 cities in 6 weeks. Sometimes doing 3 cities a day.

• Flew by Lear jet between Dallas and Austin for 2 separate gigs in the one night.

• Performed with Sheryl Crow and No Doubt at Madison Square Garden, NYC.

• Toured America playing with Jewel and Wallflowers (Bob Dylan’s son)

• Got to meet some great people – Roger Daltrey, KD Lang, Ray Manzarek (The Doors) just to name a few.

• Presented at the Billboard Awards and was backstage while Madonna presented and Celine Dion performed.

• Presented with Coolio at The American Music Awards.

• Drank tea with all three Bee Gees backstage and shared a sandwich with Alice Cooper.

• Performed at Disney Land and got a special VIP tour behind the scenes through underground tunnels.

• Performed with John Farnham at Melbourne Grand Prix to 50 thousand people.

BETWEEN THE DAYS – 2nd ALBUM

• I wrote songs for the second album while touring US, Europe and Asia.

• When I returned to Australia I bought an old Church and converted it into a recording studio.

• I recorded the new album there.

• I began my own label producing new artists – who we later signed to BMG and one band to Columbia (Sony) in the US.

• Shaggy and I did a cover together of the Sonny & Cher hit, ‘I Got You Babe’ and shot the video in LA.

• I joined John Farnham on his “I Can’t Believe He’s 50″ Australia wide tour with Kate Ceberano, Ross Wilson, James Reyne, and Human Nature – singing duet with John on ‘Burn for You’ and ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’.

• In 2000, I wrote and recorded the song “Friends” for the Australian film ‘The Magic Pudding’.

• I recorded Paul Kelly’s ‘Sydney from a 747’ and filmed the video with Bruce Beresford.

THIRD ALBUM, GIRL NEXT DOOR & MOTHERHOOD

• By the time we’d finished recording the third album, everyone at BMG were excited about its impending release and the up coming promotional touring schedule.

• After my son’s birth, I kept working promoting my first single, Girl Next Door.

• But one day, after returning from a weekend interstate, I noticed that my baby would no longer look at me, he kept turning away and just snuggled into his dad and wouldn’t let go. I naturally burst into tears and spent the rest of the week doing some hard thinking.

• I decided to take a break.

• Life is good.

The Peachymama Adventure

In 2011 I turned my attention back to fashion & founded the maternity brand, Peachymama.

We grew Peachymama into an internationally recognised maternity fashion brand featured in Vogue UK, with stores in Australia & USA.

In February 2022, the Peachymama brand was acquired by equity investors and I successfully exited the business.