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AARON IS A TASMANIAN-BASED SOLO ARTIST WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS FROM AN EARLY AGE. HE PERFORMS ANDER THE NAME - "THE NATIONAL AVERAGE" HE STARTED HIS PLAYING CAREER IN KALGOORLIE, W.A. AS A DRUMMER IN A BAND CALLED "THE BANANA SPLIFFS." THEIR BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT WAS SUPPORTING THE SCREAMING JETS IN APRIL 1998. HAVING ENOUGH OF PLAYING IN FRONT OF SMALLER CROWDS HE MADE A MOVE TO PERTH AND FORMED ANOTHER BAND IN 2000 CALLED 'NEW FOURTH ARMY", A VERY TIGHT WELL POLISHED 3 PIECE BAND WHICH HAD A MELODIC PUNK-POP SOUND VERY UNIQUE TO PERTH AT THE TIME. SADLY AFTER THE BAND RECORDED A DEMO CD THEY SPLIT. FRUSTRATED BY THIS AARON DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO HIS HOME STATE OF TASMANIA. HE SAVED HIS MONEY TO BUY EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO SET UP HIS OWN STUDIO FROM HOME TO WRITE AND RECORD HIS SONGS BY HIMSELF. HIS MUSICAL VERSITILITY BECAME EVIDENT ON HIS NEW DEBUT E.P. "APATHITE" WHICH HE FUNDED AND RECORDED ON HIS OWN AT WOODSTOCK STUDIOS IN MELBOURNE.