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I am a Melboune singer/song writer who has performed in venues as diverse as the Pink Cow in Tokyo to the Troubadour in London. I have put my life into writing songs and have always found the process hard work, inspiring and mysterious. I have taken this path in life as I want to give back to the world the feeling of freedom that music has given to me. The song I have chosen for this competition, ‘The Universe’, is off my new record due out next week titled ‘The Thought’. It is a record that is influenced by the ambience of Pink Floyd, the high vibes of Daft Punk and The police, the emotion of The Cure to the introspection of Nick Drake before turning to a landscape that leaps through the jungles of gothic jazz, folk and narrative song-writing inspired by artists such as Leonard Cohen. The title comes from a moment in time when I was drowning under the weight of having hundreds of songs and being unable to figure out a way to bring those songs into the world. Initially the aim was

Hamish Macleod is a prolific songwriter who first started writing songs whilst travelling up the east coast of Australia with a guitar and a surfboard. His first gig was at the Arts Factory in Byron Bay the same place where one of his major influences, Crowded House, kicked off there careers. He has spent the last decade playing in venues that range from the Troubadour in London, the Pink Cow in Tokyo and the Homebake festival in Sydney. His influences on this record are broad and range from the raw power of the Stooges, the fragility of Nick Drake to the anthemic energy of Oasis and U2. He is a truly inspired artists that has been honing and refining his craft for the last 10 years and who has written over 60 songs ranging in influence from pop, indie, folk, 20's jazz, hip hop, spoken word and alt country. His aim is to get his music out there in the world to as many people as possible.