EP 33 - FROM GYPSY TO AUSSIE MUSIC ROYALTY - WENDY MATTHEWS

The First Lady of Australian Music

Over 10 years ago, singer Wendy Matthews quit Bondi for the NSW mid-north coast. On four-hectare mountain-top property near Coffs Harbour, she and some mates - including actor Russell Crowe - built a tepee using heavy, waterproof canvas. The Canadian-born singer of '90s hits The Day You Went Away and I Don't Wanna Be with Nobody but You would often leave Sydney about 5pm on a Friday and by midnight would be lying in her double bed with the roof flap open, gazing at the trees and stars. She'd spend not only weekends but weeks at a time in the tepee.

This week on the Mojo Radio show we explore the woman behind some of the greatest songs of the past 3 decades. 

In this show we cover:

• Chasing Dreams
• Having confidemce in your craft (Finding your voice)
• Song writing and what her songs mean to her
• The song writing process
• The finer details of the creative process that can be transposed to the business world
• How to "Get out of your own way"
• Getting yourself "in the lane"
• The upside of change

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RESOURCES

Websites/Links
Wendy Matthews
http://wendymatthews.com/

Wendy's Tour Dates
http://wendymatthews.com/tour/

Facebook
facebook.com/wendymatthewsmusic

YouTube
@WendyMatthews

Inside the Actors Studio
http://www.tv.com/shows/inside-the-actors-studio/