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transcription of organ music (AKA Damon Bird) records and performs simple bittersweet alternative folk songs that creak and roll through heart and history. Whether taking the form of a bare-boned, elegiac tale perambulating a macabre colonial narrative, or a contemporary existential lament for environmental catastrophe, or even a simple song of lost love, a transcription of organ music song is always lyrically driven and delivered in an emotionally raw, sincere heartfelt performance. Born in 1980 and raised on convict worked farmland at the foothills of the Great Western Tiers in Central-North-West Tasmania, Damon has held a lifelong fascination with Place and History that fuels both his visual art and musical practices. Learning to play the piano in the family farmhouse from a young age, Damon soon picked up the guitar and not long after began escaping into the original farmhouse of the property, a semi-abandoned 1800’s cottage, to craft songs in isolation. After a brief stint of