Manifesto

Hello.

I am eternally grateful for your support, attention, eyes, ears and connection. I am so looking forward to seeing you at the upcoming shows.

I also just have to say, I am so honoured (and somewhat surprised) that my work still plays a part in your lives. I’ve read every message (and hopefully replied too!) I will continue as long as the volume allows me to.

If you are new here, hello my name is George. I am an Artist who works across music, performance and film. I also believe in the power and importance of Art in our world.

I began my journey as a professional Artist at quite a young age. As a child, I loved to write songs and sing. I loved to paint. I loved to play dress ups. I was a dreamer, lost in thought, giggly and filled with sunshine most of the time.

My journey into the music industrial complex as a 22 year old was intense. A rollercoaster filled with lessons, love, heartbreak, more lessons, more heartbreak, wins, losses and everything in between. Around 5 years ago I made a conscious decision to step away from the path I had been flung upon. I was still deeply passionate about music and creation, but there was something else calling. I also knew there was a chance I would return.

Little did I know, this decision and the next 5 years would completely transform both the trajectory of my life as well as restructure the majority of both my internal and external worlds.

The shift actually began in 2019, with a film synopsis — an idea that popped into my head on a plane. It evolved into a cinematic live show called Utopia. Then came another synopsis and a subsequent film Myth, a one long shot, 24 min live performance film I was lucky enough to privately screen at the Sydney Opera House in December 2020.

The obsession with this cinematic medium was like nothing I’d ever experienced. The joy and excitement I felt as a child returned to me after years of having the wind knocked out of me over and over again. There was a purity and depth to how it sat in my body. I felt a deep connection to every aspect of the process. It was like butterflies and rainbows, feeling seen, felt and understood every step of the way. I am so happy to say, that has not changed once in the 5 years I’ve been on this journey. I love it more and more each day.

Over this period of time, music has been ever present. I write at least every week, if not more. Some of these songs will eventually make their way into the physical world — in films, episodes, a 3rd album, collaborative projects. Some were simply cathartic. I still love to perform, although the physical need is not as strong as my need to write, so I took on a few bespoke performances to nourish that aspect of my being over the 5 years.

If you have followed my work for a while, this shift into film will not come as a surprise. I’ve always seen cinematic montages in my head when I write music. Sound is like a visual portal for me. It shapes everything. My collaborators Noah and Will and I gave ‘Lover’ a genre. ‘80’s Strip Club Cinematic.’ My cinematic genre is Flamboyant Fairytale Fantasy…I’ll let that tickle your imagination.

And so now, here we are — it’s June 7th 2026 as I’m writing this. I’m in London, reflecting on this strange thing we call time. I feel a slight tightness in my throat because a part of me is still nervous entering into this landscape. I lost a lot of my hard exterior shell I developed to cope with life so I feel everything straight away these days. I am feeling a bag of mixed emotions reflecting on all of this. I’ve cried a number of times today both with happiness and grief.

Like much of the path in recent years, this release came as a total surprise. I was travelling back to Australia when I received an offer to perform. The brief was so inspiring I decided to create an original work for the performance. I wrote and performed this work in the span of 14 days and all of a sudden a wave of certainty washed over me and I decided I would release it. That was about 4 weeks ago today.

So here we are.

On my journey over the last few years, in tandem with my creative expansion, I was also thrust into the depths of intense emotional, psychological and spiritual expansion. To be honest, it is this work I am the most proud of. I’ve worked through the deep grief from losing my best friend at a young age, processed heartbreak on heartbreak, relationship ending after relationship ending, faced my own shame and swum to the subterranean depths of my shadows.

For anyone who is familiar with shadow work, you’ll know this is not light healing work.

This is a dark treacherous rewiring of everything you thought you knew, all the lies you tell yourself, all the ways you betray yourself through your actions. All the ways you operate out of alignment with what is real to you. All the ways you’ve faltered or hurt others. All the conditioning you’ve been tricked into perpetuating…and when you come up for air, your entire life tends to rearrange. The certainty disappears to make way for new, more aligned people, places and opportunities. Your life improves day to day. Your heart expands, Life tends to feel better. It is somewhat like the end of Winter.

At the time however it feels like the ground is falling from beneath you.

And so…I feel metamorph is a window into very small slivers of this experience. It also felt like a little tunnel, or pathway, or portal…to whatever is next…and honestly I cannot tell you exactly what that is but I can say with complete certainty that I will spend every day listening to the call. I will act on inspiration. I will create moments for connection and do my best to stay in alignment.

I really wanted whatever I released next in the world, to feel like an offering…and this does. So this is my offering to you.

I want you to know also, a part of the reason I have not released anything is because I just didn’t know how to do this from a place of alignment. I have so many issues with industrial complexes across the board and the firmer my values became, the more internal work I did, the less I was willing to budge. I was at a loss as to how I could possibly justify feeding into a system I disagreed with so strongly.

On my path in film alongside the creation, I have become somewhat devoted to conceptualising new regenerative eco-systems and economic models that can support and sustain creative work. In a similar vein to the above, I wanted to make sure I was learning from my mistakes and decisions in my previous path. I still actively deal with issues stemming from contracts I signed 12 years ago and hasty decisions I made. I am now older, wiser and most of all, highly experienced across multiple tiers of intellectual property ownership.

I think a part of the reason I felt inspired to release this piece of work was because I can now finally see alternative pathways.

It felt like an opportunity to bring something from concept into practice. To test it out.

In this sentiment, I really value feedback and thoughts on the functionality of these systems. If you have any suggestions on improvements to this platform or have any issues at all I would love to hear. It is somewhat of a first draft. Everything is of course, 100% Artist owned. I have more rights for my masters returning to me soon and I will continue to add these offerings to the store so you can access and own them directly.

I’d love to create something long lasting that can remain independent, is sustainable and grows stronger and more stable through the input of the collective.

It’s ok if it takes time to get it right. I hope that’s ok with you too. I believe that’s how we’re going to create change. We have to dedicate ourselves to building great systems that make sense. Systems that create genuine win / wins for multiple parties. Self-watering eco-systems that can thrive because they’re built on solid foundations of nurturing rather than exploitation.

And of course with great infrastructure and collective support…well…more music can follow and thrive.

I really do hope you enjoy everything.

Much love,
George.