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Cold Ghost is Gold Coast based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and sound designer, Fletcher Babb. Fuelled by curiosity, Fletch explores composition as a vehicle for stories - real and imagined - and uses sound design and post-production as an extension of his instrumentation. His two new releases explore the reality of living with just one ear (Fletch lost the hearing in his right ear to the mumps when just a child). The first single Headphones explores listening to stereo music in a mono world and the single Lip Reading is about…well…lip reading. His 2024 album ‘Red Gold’ is an exploration of The Nerang River through sound and song. This project uses field recording and sound design along with his detuned nylon stringed guitar and flutes to reflect the history, stories and flow of the Gold Coast's waterways. Red Gold was supported by HOTA’s Artkeeper program, a nationally celebrated model of artist support, which placed Fletch on HOTA’s payroll along with three other