CHA5M Converses

My guest this episode is actor, teacher, singer, director and a whirlwind of yes energy Grace Mezak! This discussion goes for over an hour because it had too. You'll soon see as both Grace and I don't run dry of any conversational topic. There's stories of learning how to act and thus teaching acting to younger students. Her love of music and creating shows, writing for the collaborative Adelaide Fringe show Send in ...

This week we’re heading to Perth to talk to singer songwriter Sofia Gale, whose just released a new single Playing the Game. Though still in high school Sofia has a talent and a drive that is not to be underestimated. She tells me about her love for music and writing and releasing her first song at 13 years old. Discovering and navigating her way through digital media and her goals in songwriting. And she goes behind the scenes of ...

This week we’re heading to Melbourne to talk to singer songwriter Paige Barnard whose just released her new single What Else, on the journey to her debut album Find Your Way Back. She shares stories and her process behind creating the record as well as travelling away from Australia, visiting Armenia, Lebanon and Europe and the effects those travels had on her creativity within her songwriting. She discusses touring, her favourite ...

This week we’re heading back up to Brisbane to chat to singer songwriter Jo Davie. She’s just released her new single Colder, and is gearing up for her debut EP release Nothing Comes Free at the start of May. She tells me all about that, as well as learning the fundamentals in music technology, formulating and finding her comfort on stage with her band Cigany Weaver, into branching off and writing her own solo songs and the process...

This week we’re going to Canada, all the way to Toronto to talk to a rock chick in a pop world CMAGIC5. There’s so much that we discuss, her music journey from performing in her living room to opening for Simple Plan, her 2 newest singles which fall into her upcoming EP Happy Never After, which she shares some insights of. Releasing 12 singles, and album and an EP whilst also graduating university in 2024 this girl sure is cut diff...

This week, I'm taking you back to the United States, to Arkansas, where I have Sam and Nick of the metal/deathcore band Hell Comes Home. We have a fantastic conversation which includes the pairs ambitions and inspirations for music, Sam takes me through his practice of extreme metal vocals, while Nick shares his inspiration to further connect the metal music scene in their hometown. There’s talks of their newest EP Dying Breed...

This week my guest is Keshia Nathanael frontwomen of Adelaide band Spaghetti Death Trap. We’re taking it old school with my classic podcast setup one of the reasons this chat is one of the longest yet! She talks through her musical journey, from listening Limp Bizkit at 12 years old, Impersonating the Pete Holmes Batman voice as an introduction for learning how to do harsh vocals. There’s stories about her vocal lessons with her me...

It's episode #80! How awesome this ride has been so far and it only gets better as I have Australian alternative metal giants Sienna Skies joining me. Tom and Nick take me through their resurfacing after covid times, there's music, stories from tours and the guys outlook on the current state of the music scene in Australia. Join them this Friday at the Crown and Anchor in Adelaide with Left on Seen, Down and Out and Conne...

I'm back with my first guest of 2025 and its Adam Kronowski based in Los Angeles!
Known for his glorious chorus' and love for metal and punk, we have a great discussion about his love for music and his incredible versatility. Competent on Drums, Guitar and Vocals, Kronowski is absolutely Adams creation and he doesn't hold back in throwing himself into almost every aspect of the songs recording and creation. As we...

In this episode I reflect on my year and go back through all my amazing guests for 2024. I huge thank you to all of them!
Jannah Fahiz, Obscura Australis, Noanne, Lucinda Poy, Stacey Ann, Jack Bolingbroke, Douzey, Idol Minds, EDIE, Ava Charlotte, Dolly Dagger, SAMMM, TYDE, OMRA, Philline, Dylan Guest, Falter, Piper Butcher, My Favourite Nemesis, FA$T Company, Siobhan Cotchin, Roisin O'Hagan, Ryan Wright, Nathan Ball, MikhM...

My guests this week are Rachel and Daniel from the grunge metal band from Brisbane, Flamboyant Nightmare. We have a fantastic conversation as we get to know each other and they each share their creative journeys with me. Their influences vary from Tim Minchin to Evanescence, they have so many fun stories, including walking up Mount Coo-Tha at 3am, which then inspired them to write a song. They tell me about starting Flamboyant Nigh...

This week we’re heading back overseas, all the way to the north of Italy! And joining me for this special episode is Daniel Fleba from the symphonic metal band Marble. He takes me back to the bands beginnings, as well as his beginnings, watching his dad perform on stage from an early age, to beginning is music journey, through lessons and university, to creating Marble and releasing 3 albums. Their most recent one, T.I.M.E is an in...

This week we’re back in Adelaide, SA and my guest is someone who I’ve known in the music scene for over 9 years, its Samuel Perry. We have a great chat about his beginnings, growing up in Kadina and playing in bands and pubs whilst still in school. Moving to Adelaide and sinking his teeth into the live scene, we reminise with some of our previous bands, and then we tranisition into the present day, where he shares all his current m...

This week we are heading back to Virginia, USA to meet and converse with Luke & Josh of the alternative metal/grunge band CURSOR. I heard one of their songs on Spotify and a month later, I got the opportunity to talk to them all about themselves and their band, and in this conversation they talk about creating their debut album Apparitions, as well as their influences and ideals around songwriting. Both Luke and Josh take me ba...

This week, I am joined by Will and Ashlea from the band Left on Seen currently based in Adelaide, South Australia. I had the privilege to join both Ashlea and Will from their studio, which makes this my first person to person podcast since episode number 16! That I recorded back in February 2023. We run through both of their musical journeys, that eventually led to the two of them meeting and creating Left on Seen. They’ve also rel...

Today we’re back in Australia, and we’re heading to Melbourne to talk to someone who is making their mark on the scene, it Terra Rouge! We have a great conversation and she tells me about her tour that she conducted recently for her latest album So Fucking Over It, travelling and playing across several states in Australia. Including Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane. She shares with me her motivation for music and creative desire to pu...

This week we’re heading back overseas, this time to Sweden, where I converse with musician Antoine Mikhtarian. He takes me through his love of singing and playing guitar, creating his own band titled MikhMakh, and we go through his discography which includes his newest album Flash Sale! You can buy and or download it right now! He talks about being born in France, but then moving over to Sweden. His passion for music and playing in...

We’re into the final week of my sessions from London and my guest this week hails from Cornwall, in England, It’s Nathan Ball. He is an incredible singer songwriter who has just released a brand new song called Lovers Game that you should check out right after the conversation, For this conversation however, he joins me from Amsterdam whilst on a tour of Europe. We talk through his music releases and he shares with me some incredib...

We’re into week 2 of my Overseas sessions from London, and my guest this week hails from the states! Virginia to be exact, it’s singer/songwriter Ryan Wright. Just arriving back from Europe, she tells about her adventures over there, as well as a quite interesting plane ride back. We dive into her music catelogue her, 3 albums in 3 years which is an incredible feat to achieve, and we talk about a few of her recent releases, mainly ...