Australian singer, songwriter, guitar player who has a new single out. She released an EP at the beginning of this year after having put one out last year as well. She toured Europe this past December and has even performed U.S. at the famed Hotel Café in Los Angeles. She has found success on YouTube as well, with close to five thousand subscribers and almost a quarter of a million video views. For artists recording on your own, listen for the shortcuts Chelsea gives for treating the room you record in.
"The way I go about it is that I will get the song title idea or the concept first and then I just write that down and somehow I have enough room in my brain to just be able to store this information that when I look back at it I remember what I wanted it to be about or even just what I wanted it to generally sound like."
"I'm very strange when it comes to the way that I songwrite. I write the lyrics first. I never have a melody first, which I know is against the rules. But that's just what works for me and it kind of always has."
"While I was also working with these other producers I found that I wasn't getting the sound that I really wanted. I wasn't really being heard. There just wasn't that spark that you hear about with an artist and a producer. So, I was just like, 'If I want to keep doing this, I'm going to have to do it myself'."
"I've never co-written with anyone, so I'm very set in my ways with my method... There is a certain process that I go through."
"Brisbane... is a very indie, folksy dominated music (city), so I come in with my pop songs and it's just very different to what else is here."
"I think about things a lot longer than I should and I think that those are the moments where I'm like, 'Oh, that would make a really good song,' or, 'I really want to write about this. It would make me feel better.' So, I literally can get inspiration from anything and at any time."
"I just find that having consistent content (on YouTube), particularly in the vlogging arena, has been really great for me."
"I think the most important thing when it comes to music in today's society is social media... You need to be posting all the time... promoting yourself as much as you possibly can."
"House on Fire"
"Jeans"