The Brisbane Writers' Festival brings together an amazing range of people and interests.
So the session on The music - the words was fascinating: panellists Kev Carmody, Richard J. Frankland, James Freud and Andrew Morris agreed that the music came before the words.
Kev Carmody emphasised his Irish/Aboriginal storytelling tradition (in common with all dispossessed people) and the importance of community in his work.
Kev Carmody's approach was that songs should tell stories that are universal.
Richard Frankland also described his Aboriginal background and how that influenced his music, writing and films.
Andrew Morris is in the early stages of his career (but recently won a QSong writing award) while James Freud has written 2 books about his alcoholism and drug dependence following the excesses of the '80s.
Carmody, Frankland and Morris gave short acoustic guitar demo's which helped me understand their music and words.
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