composer/arranger/orchestrator created music for Moby, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Idea of North, Chanticleer, Voces8, The Wiggles, Bluey, The Strange Chores & more
Wow, it’s official 🤯😱
Our show 'WATERSHED: The Death of Dr Duncan' will show at the
@SydOperaHouse
next year, performed by
@OperaAustralia
, directed by Neil Armfield.
To say I’m extremely honoured would be an understatement. 🙏💖🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#BehindTheScenes
footage at the music studio 😍🎹💙🧡
One thing I did for big
#Bluey
ep “The Sign” is a gentle arrangement of
@joffbush
’s classic theme for the closing credits, and they even let me play
#piano
on the recording - huge huge honour! 🙏
What an honour to create this arrangement/ re-imagining of Men At Work’s ‘Down Under’ for the great Hon.
#BobHawke
Memorial. Thank you to the Hawke family, didgeridooist
#WilliamBarton
, conductor
#BrettWeymark
&
@sydsymph
for such a fine, magical performance.
Only days away now until the big half-hour
@OfficialBlueyTV
episode airs WORLDWIDE!!! This is gonna be huge!
🧡💙🧡💙
So so honoured to have been part of this one!
#Bluey
🙏💖🎶
Brilliant to finally hear someone (
@KerryOBrien
) call out PM
#JohnHoward
for dividing Australia on Indigenous reconciliation and closing the gap
#qanda
@plesbilongmi
@Trixie_Boo
@abcnews
@newscomauHQ
Don’t forget that at least three Liberals were major architects of the voice: Turnbull set up the referendum council, Wyatt and Leeser were heavily involved in uniting indigenous communities. This is the PREVIOUS gov’t but
@QandA
and
@abcnews
keep allowing the “Albo’s voice” lie
Huge
#gratitude
right now to
@officialblueytv
&
@joffbush
for having me on board for this extra big extra special
#Bluey
! For letting me write some little bibs and bobs, for letting me arrange your gorgeous tunes including the Bluey version of
@WASHINGTONx
’s AMAZING song
🙏💙🧡
Hope you liked our cute little ditty for “Cubby”! 🎶 🎻
@joffbush
made it sound extra groovy as always 🎷🪗 😍
It’s on again tonight at 6pm on
@abctv
I believe, or anytime on iview 💙🧡
#Bluey
@crispinrovere
@JohnRHewson
Liberal Party COMMISSIONED the Uluru Statement. THEIR IDEA. Wyatt and Leeser, Liberals, chief architects. It involved 250 indigenous leaders and 2500 indigenous representatives, who came to almost complete unanimous agreement of voice, treaty truth. These are FACTS
#auspol
@crispinrovere
@JohnRHewson
Albo said he would implement the Uluru Statement in FULL, the moment he was PM-elect, the very beginning of his speech.
Ppl can’t be surprised by this.
Why did Dutton only choose to wreck recently?
His party even VOTED for the referrendum wording.
Gutless dividers
#auspol
@AmyRemeikis
And it was coalition policy. The
#ulurustatement
was COALITION comissioned. The co design process, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PAGES OF DETAIL happened under what government? Morrison.
They divided and gaslit the whole thing.
#auspol
#VoiceToParliament
Humbled by so many lovely messages about my little reworking of
#DownUnder
for Bob. This would have to be my favourite tweet from yesterday, & I must say very tempting! 🙊 Always a joy and honour to collaborate with didgeridooist and composer
#WilliamBarton
#HawkeMemorial
#auspol
I call upon
@joetwistmusic
and William Barton to compose a new national anthem (with buy in from
@RecAustralia
and First Nations communities)
I reckon it would be
#deadly
@nyunggai
Ah so it was political all along eh Warren? So the COALITION commissioned & convened the convention leading to the
#UluruStatement
, the COALITION supported
#VoiceToParliament
in 2021, but just cos Albo took COALITION policy to a referendum, its time for a new PM? You joke
#auspol
@ThatEricAlper
Name another pop tenor who can sing a top D like John Farnham over and over. Seriosuly the most underrated singer of all time in my opinion.
@murpharoo
Kathryn, there were some dubious claims made at this conference by
@JNampijinpa
, including that indigenous leaders/ representatives didn’t know what they were signing at Uluru Statement. I hope the media asks her for evidence on this. It’s quite a claim
#VoiceToParliament
#auspol
#Bluey
is the one of the most watched shows in the USA… amazing! Still can’t believe how lucky I am to be a little part of such an fabulous Aussie creation 💙🧡💙🧡💃
@KatyMontgomerie
I tried replying directly to
@jk_rowling
informing her that trans people have existed in non-western cultures for centuries. I also asked her if she would rather call them “mudbloods”
I can’t help but observe that practically EVERY account I see with a paid-for blue-check is either a no-voter or a trans-hater.
#FuckTwitter
. What an absolute cesspool.
@KobieThatcher
Why?
On Australia Day you’re literally celebrating the beginning of stolen land, stolen children, genocide, slavery and decimation of the longest continuous culture.
Meanwhile you celebrate the UK. Why don’t you deport yourself there, if you’re so enamoured with the empire?
Excited for tomorrow’s new ep of
#Bluey
on
#ABCkids
. Had the honour of writing music for this one with the
@joffbush
team. Get ready for some crazy magic times at the Heelers’
💙🧡🪄💫
@vanbadham
I think it’s also fair to acknowledge that Barry did make some transphobic comments which was disappointing, but it doesn’t preclude any of his incredible comic genius. We don’t have to agree with our heroes on everything 💖🏳️⚧️
@FavorInfan61251
@Thom71900733912
@TaggSue
@IndiaWilloughby
@jk_rowling
BULL FUCKING SHIT
Trans ppl were on the forefront of gay rights reform, risking their lives when it wasn’t even their rights to fight for yet.
We were criminals, bashed and killed by cops. TRANS folk were there for us
You have NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT YOY ARE TALKING ABOUT
@TonalConfusion1
@Esqueer_
@jk_rowling
No one was jailed for being “cis”. There wasn’t a civil rights movement to decriminalise being “cis”. No was was ever killed in many hate crimes, often perpetrated and/or covered up by police for being “cis”.
People called “fag” absolutely experienced all of this and more 🏳️⚧️
@climatebabes
@MikeSington
@AllanWebster14
Who is telling children they “must” change sex?
I assure you it’s literally no one.
I mean for what purpose would anyone ever tell anyone that?
@HonTonyAbbott
A shameful day and the beginning of a shameful government, continuing the gutless bigotry of Howard. We had the most effect carbon emissions scheme in place and you sent it backwards for over 10 years. Cuts to ABC and SBS despite your lies, and so much more. Knighting Philip?🤦
So on this platform currently
@LaTrioli
&
@vanbadham
and many other informed professional journalists don’t have a blue tick, while trans-hating fascists and racists do, thanks to
@elonmusk
.
This platform is truly stuffed. F__k
@Twitter
.
@Serena_Partrick
@AhmedBaba_
Yes, we have someone (you) who is unwilling to actually listen to a trans person. Typical lack of empathy from a hateful bigot.
@BevJacksonAuth
In what way is any of that in opposition to LGB rights? I’ve been living my life happily as a queer man and never once been inconvenienced by my trans friends. What on earth are you rambling on about?
@strangerous10
And it’s the same typical response from this mob refusing to listen. “Oh we can just fly out there.”
JFC. The voice literally makes a structure and enshrines the voices of these remote marginalised communities.
And they say it’s a waste of money 🤦
@vanbadham
The people who think it’s their right to flout rules in a public health crisis are the same ones who give zero fucks about desperate refugees lockeddown in a prison for 8 years or more
@murpharoo
It was strange when David asked her about intergenerational trauma and she mocked it, bringing up combination of her convict and indigenous history. No one challenged her. Pretty sure there was no “Convict Only Policy” like “White Australia Policy” into 1970s. Weak media
#auspol
@Mschatnoir
@womensmarch
I guarantee you, literally GUARANTEE you that won’t happen. Trans women have always existed. Trans women always have and always will be women.
I GUARANTEE you in 50, 100, 500 and 1000 years this will still be the case.
GUARANTEE.
@vanbadham
Remember how “gay” was introduced to counteract pejorative descriptors, then it reversed its meaning and became a slur? Yeah the same thing has happened with “woke” and it’s the same band of gutless gaslighting conservative looneys doing it
@vanbadham
Currumbin State Primary School
Kingsbridge Public School (UK)
Acle High School (UK)
Keebra Park State High
My high school had no performance venue and no grand piano. Somehow I got into
@musicuq
on piano, ended up doing a PhD there, then masters at NYU🙏
#ProudToBePublic
@QandA
@abcnews
And even more, stop giving them a microphone. He’s had 25 years of dragging the nation backwards. We’re trying to wipe the skid marks clean.
Gradually watched new season of
@TheOrville
lately. I absolutely adore this show: poignant themes, characterisation, hints of
@SethMacFarlane
’s humour & of course an absolutely INCREDIBLE score by brilliant group of composers, recorded by LA’s superhuman musos. Bravo all!
💖😍👏
I should be writing music but I made this instead 😅 My first collaboration with this furry little friend. Always wanted to do one of these cute pet accompaniment thingos 🐱🎹🎶
#cat
#cats
#piano
This is such a huge loss to Australia and the world. On the few times I was lucky enough to meet and work with this amazing human I was so incredibly inspired.
Vale
#RichardGill
💔👏
@vanbadham
I was shocked that the poll about nuclear energy was supported 60 percent. Nuclear should be totally written off. IMHO we can and will be a renewable superpower. We would already be one if it wasn’t for the last government of absolute shitlords
@TomRed43
Why am I imagining, if the wonderful John Clarke were still with us, there would be a skit with Brian trying to interview him while he’s lying on the ground 😂
@theprojecttv
Curious to know if at any point in the hearing someone asked the Liberal Senator what exactly he thought was “grooming” about the Play School ep. I know it’ll be nonsense but just curious to know his answer.
I love that
@OfficialBlueyTV
shares the distinctly
#Aussie
#Christmas
experience with international audiences; pool swims near a barby on a hot summer day😍
And that’s me singing along the background. Always a huge treat to add my musical bit to the
#Bluey
Christmas eps
🧡💙💖🎄
@PaulSimon1971
Funny story, when I explained they/them pronouns to Dad: English teacher of decades, he said “what if you end up making food for two people at a dinner party cos you assume ‘they’ means more” I said, “leftovers.” “Fair enough, language is dynamic anyway and I’m being silly.”😅
@barriecassidy
I get the impression no-voters/undecided aren’t aware indigenous advisory bodies similar to the voice have existed many times before. It never provided more privilege, in fact we know things went backwards when they were disbanded. The voice ensures they aren’t disbanded. Yes?
@CTAtlantaGa
@StacyCaySlays
What’s the point of having a clowns perform for children? What’s the point of having a musican, a dancer or magician perform for children? They’re all performers who entertain and can introduce children to arts, culture and expression. Ok?
@SpeakerHarlan
@WhereTrueLoveIs
Ok so, Elliot literally suggests “not being horrible to each other” and your response is literally to be a horrible person.
You’re the problem.
@JosieMcskimming
@MargieJay50
@JNampijinpa
I am so sick of it. How many bloody times do we have to keep repeating: the Uluru Statement was comissioned by the PREVIOUS LNP government. Turnbull, Wyatt and Leeser were major architects. It was a momentous uniting moment for FN communities. These facts are constantly ignored
#Bluey
music dream team, dead and alive. Made an old fashioned music score for an
@OfficialBlueyTV
recording session today thanks to legendary
@joffbush
🎻💙🧡🐶💕
@vanbadham
@monkey_brennan
Twitter is a strange one on Speers. Half is “Speers is woke left!” and the other half is “Speers is anti-Labor!”
He’s actually very decent imho.
This.
All the detail you need is in the question and proposed wording.
The detail is there, plain and simple.
If you don’t know, read barely 3 paragraphs.
#VoiceToParliament
#auspol
This is another great video from
@wilstracke
- whose 100-second explainers about the Voice cut like a razor through all the guff on social media.
Please share them! On social, as text messages, as emails - reach out to those undecideds!
#auspol
#voteyes
#Yes23
Good on you
@DougCameron51
for rightly challenging John Lee’s neo-liberal nonsense.
#covid19
has exposed the great failings of privatisation when it comes to both aged care, hotel quarantine security and general world inequity
#TheDrum
@vanbadham
While I agree with you to a point, by pushing for something better, they achieved the Carbon Tax which I think was a good move. I just wish it stayed. I feel like that gets forgotten a bit in the political slinging here.
Dear Australian Government:
People aren’t religion, they’re religious.
But people ARE gay, bi and trans.
It’s that simple
#auspol
#lgbtq
🏳️🌈
#israelfolau