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About Me

I write the songs that make the whole world sing. I write the songs of love and special ... no wait that's not me... that's Barry Manilow. Well I do write songs though. and maybe they don't make the whole world sing, but I know that I have made at least one young girl cry.. and not just because her cat had recently died. I am very proud of the songs that I have written, but as for my bio... well it's nothing special. Put simply... I write songs. When pressed for a description of my songs, my response is often 'suburban-folk'. I write songs about the little things and the bigger things. I write about life. I write about planes and jumping out of them. I write about small seeds. I write about tall trees. I write about standing on bindi and sleeping on clover. I write about clouds and raincoats and rainy days. I write about trams. I write about trains. I write about walking shoes. I write about Dr Suess novels and the fear of using public toilets. I write about inventors and explorers and that old t-shirt of yours that you just can't bring yourself to throw away... I'm always looking for a new point of view and a new song to write. I record these songs in the hope that people will enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoy writing them. Well I think that covers it.

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Member Since: 7/27/2006
Band Website: kelt.com.au
Band Members: Essentially I am a solo artist. But as Oliver Stone once said "being a great director is not about 'being a great director'. It's about working with great people" (well I am not sure of the exact quote but you get the gist of it).. and work with 'great people' is what I have done. These 'great people' include: Ben Tolliday (bass/cello/loops/production), Richard Johnston (drums, backing vocals, vibe), Greg Cathcart (glockenspiel, piano, guitar, recorder, production), Luke Foran (backing vocals), Chris Pickering (drums), Emerson Bavinton (production), Adrian Mauro (trumpet), Rae Howell (melophone)...
Influences: Darren Hanlon, Bob Dylan, Art of Fighting, Gersey, Coldplay, Counting Crows, The Beatles, Bob Evans, The Thrills, Tamas Wells, REM, Radiohead, Augie March, Ed Harcourt, Sarah Blasco, The Shins, The Verve, The Kinks, Damien Rice, Jewel, The Who, Burt Bacharach, Grandaddy, Speedstar, The Sleepy Jackson, The Eels, Greg Cathcart, The Frames and many many more...
Sounds Like: Why not have a listen and let me know!!
Record Label: Popboomerang Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 7 - 31/03/08

Well just when your Japanese seems to be becoming useful... you meet someone from Korea. I met a girl on the plane home who is coming to Australia for a working holiday. I needed to fill in my arrival...
Posted by kelt on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:40:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 6 - 30/03/08

Today started off messy and all indications are that it’s gonna be messy all day long. Before going to sleep last night I was feeling a little queasy. As suggested earlier, I suspected it might ...
Posted by kelt on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:50:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 5 - 29/03/08

Well if it is indeed ’all about the journey’, as many will tell you, today was a success. I thoroughly enjoyed my Next Sunday gig. Last time I played there I felt I was well below par...
Posted by kelt on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:35:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 4 - 28/03/08

Well my struggle to find food that I like seems to have come to an end - for this trip anyway. I’ve found a great little bakery nearby with a fine assortment of sweet and savoury delights. Mostl...
Posted by kelt on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:28:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 3 - 27/03/08

I had given myself until 9am to decide whether I..d be alright to play at the conference. Naturally I was very anxious to see whether the Shippu patches had helped at all. At around 8:30am I got out o...
Posted by kelt on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:09:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 2 - 26/03/08

Well not much really worth writing today. Just spent the day wallowing in self pity, a whole lot of ’if onlys’, a few tears and some serious DOH! One of my few outings today was to th...
Posted by kelt on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:52:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 1 - 25/03/08

Having toured Japan earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be invited back here to perform at a conference - an all expenses paid oppurtunity to play to 200 Japanese and Australian...
Posted by kelt on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:46:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 10 FEBRUARY 22ND 2008

Following the adventure that was Misfits Nagoya, I woke on a futon bed in the spare room in Brian and Sarah's home. I was surprised that anyone in Japan had a 'spare' room as I had heard stories of en...
Posted by kelt on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:04:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 9 FEBRUARY 21ST 2008

Well its nice to get a dose of reality from time to time. Having spent the past week playing at some of the nicest venues I have ever played, tonight I played at Misfits, Nagoya. I had been pre-warned...
Posted by kelt on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:59:00 PST

JAPAN TOUR DIARY - DAY 8 FEBRUARY 20TH 2008

With confidence comes complacency. I mentioned earlier in the week how good it felt to be playing so many gigs in a row and the positive effects this can have on your confidence. I discovered the down...
Posted by kelt on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:30:00 PST