Wally De Backer (Gotye)

So that was a really exciting time, kind of really, I suppose, my first real feeling of being like a professional music in a way, like here's a month and a half where I'm fully taken care of, paid, put up to rehearse and to perform in this amazing and have this amazing experience.

And so, yeah, I was wandering around Sydney just kind of with a bit of time off, exploring some nooks and crannies and blaring Emily's track.

That one's especially into my ear and just really loving that line.

Whatever you love, you are.

I wonder if she was consciously tipping her hat to the Dirty Three there.

It's a beautiful line and I really connect with it.

I've definitely been thinking about it a lot.

I wish I'd had more time.

I'm very much a doing person, I think.

I think I like to consider things and be thoughtful about stuff, but I like to be active and getting things done.

So it's hard to have this.

It's the second time I've had this experience, which is working hard to kind of finish an album, finding it fairly difficult, putting it out myself.

And then I guess feeling a bit locked into, you know, for good reasons, I guess, because there's been response to my music, but feeling locked into this sort of lifestyle, which is extremely busy and

taking care of everything, organising your own release, promoing it, doing interviews, organising your own band, being your own manager, musical director, trying to contact labels overseas yourself, spending lots of hours on the internet doing email and MySpace, etc.

So, yeah, I've been thinking a lot about, you know, what do I do next musically?

Where do I go?

You know, the response to this album...

Maybe will that make it hard for me to start, you know, when I start writing songs, will I be sort of second-guessing myself or aiming for something because of, you know, the response to certain songs on this album?

I kind of hope not.

But I think one main challenge I've set myself is to hopefully avoid any potential copyright issues with the way that I sample and what I do.