Australian born expat ..... jumped the "pond" in 2006....Got here in sunny Cali.... stuck my shingle out "there" .... callin' all muso's down on the farm... callin' all muso's up to the barn..pro muso... 'gentlemen start your EGO's ..... I would say as I walked on stage' downunna to the hottest players in the land... smackin' time... shakin' & wakin'... with 'musical manners'... that's why I worked when and where i wanted......... not gonna happen here in the melting pot of all cultures & music.... 99% of the worlds innovation in popular contemporary music rock blues jazz & country... .....all  "roots" are solidly based in USA... inspirardo's come from this rich heritage along with wisdom.... in the lyric....representing all cultures... I have family who also pioneered here....and found.... under the STARZ & and in the BARZ ......west coast cali... USA... was just the same as.... " in the COLD COLD heart 'o' Tennessee,
        there's 10,000 dreamers just like me,
        with a song & a guitar, a message to sell
         trying to find heaven, in hillbilly hell....."
~Bobby Bare/ Me & McDill....mid seventies....
So I bury the ego and get a job and go to work... bottom rung...pick me mark... shufflin' up market groceries to the well heeled on the central coast....superstar on the checkstand....soon as I open me gob.... 17 in my line... 5 checkstands 'dead in the water'... you see I gave them all a show as I extracted.... 'n' packed their groceries....surgeons doctors lawyers pastors elders in fact each and every one... "as a customer is forever, not one transaction" ...... Ten years of this taught me how to make myself understood as my accent is very strong ... most times after the greeting I would have to say ..."please don't inform me that we are separated by the same language"...