My fulltime occupation is as Marketing & Communications Manager at the West Australian Music Industry Association aka WAM. I’m also a freelance journalist for The West Australian, Life Is Noise and others; the Director of new biz aaroMEDIA, a PR and career consultant for acts including Diger Rokwell, Mathas, Ylem, Naik and Rokwell & Groom; a Disc Jockey; a RTRFM presenter; occasional lecturer; an obsessive music venue haunter and overzealous beer-soaked banterer.
Why do you do it?
I love music so most jobs are just excuses to pretend I’m ‘working’. I also have a rather ADD mind, so staying busy is essential.
What do you love about the city you live in?
Perth continues to be underrated despite constantly impressing, and hence a certain degree of humbleness is encouraged. In other words, we seem to consistently punch way above our weight yet you’ll rarely catch us sounding like Muhammad Ali.
Where did you go for your last holiday?
Brisbane, to see Radiohead and make amends for a failed trip to Europe. We were devastated when their show in Italy was cancelled, but how can you stay mad at a dancing Thom Yorke?
What's your favourite item of clothing? Why?
Jeans. I look ridiculous in shorts. Correction: I look even more ridiculous in shorts. Specifically, two constantly alternating pairs of low-crutched Chronicles Of Never Cubism, which to some many likely look pretty ridiculous.
What was your favourite TV show when you were a kid?
Doctor Who. Oh what I’d still give for a sonic screwdriver. And Tom Baker is a frickin’ lord. Like, not just a Time Lord but a total boss. I wore a replica scarf of his for a number of years. Got stuck in a lot of doors etc.
If you could travel back in time for a day, where would you go?
Only one day? Gee whiz, perhaps I should have mentioned a TARDIS in the last answer to cheat my way around this answer. Ummm…. Let’s go with the creation of universe, just so I could video it and set a few records straight.
If we were coming over to your place, what would you cook for us?
As a failed contestant of the original series of Masterchef, I’d invite you to bring over some secret ingredients to set a Mystery Box Challenge so I can redeem myself. Matt Preston would not be invited.
What's the best lesson you've ever learned?
That there’s always more to learn.
Tell us one thing about yourself that nobody else knows...
If I was given the opportunity to become a vampire I’d totes suck it up.
Are you happy with your work/life balance?
I have a fear of slowing down, so I hit both work and play hard enough to warrant protective clothing. I probably (definitely) need to curb my enthusiasm a little (a lot) and stop thinking I’m 18. But then again, you are what you feel…
How do you define success?
Happiness. It’s a cliché, but those with nothing can be considered far more successful than those with everything — the trick is to work to attain what makes you happy, not what society perceives as success.
What's your spirit animal?
Just missed out on the year of the monkey, but if you combined a monkey and my Chinese zodiac of the goat then you’d get pretty close — a bad jokey Goakey? Might need to work on some new spirit material…
