Wiste
Creative. Original. Independent.
Wiste is a collection of diverse musical projects that was launched in 2025 with the release of three EPs: “Pieces”; “Another Somewhere”; and “Desire”.
Each EP has five tracks- all in a definitive style both lyrically and musically. The concept behind Wiste is that music is diverse and I don’t have a single musical home or style that I adhere to. The music I write changes thematically & stylistically over time and Wiste is the project that brings it all together.
Wiste: Desire (2025)
1970s Blues
“Wiste: Desire” is a set of five blues / rock tracks inspired by early 1970’s artists with a common lyrical theme of dark love, lust & passion with an emphasis on rhythmic engagement that’s varied and vibed.
The style of the tracks arose from spending months on a Hendrix / Clapton / Stevie Ray Vaughan project that reconnected me with the guitarist influences when I was growing up. But the rhythmic nature of the tracks is different to much of what I’ve written before as I was searching for music that was so regimented in nature- I wanted music that was more musical– fluid and with an engaging vibe driven by rhythm
Wiste: Desire is available on Spotify and Soundcloud.
Wiste: Another Somewhere (2025)
Middle of the Road
“Wiste: Another Somewhere” is a collection of songs that have all arisen from external inspirations- largely commissions- and so thematically they stand out from the other projects and stylistically are in a middle-of-the-road, bordering on country music, space.
They’re uplifting, inspiring, hopeful & happy songs- a long way from a lot of the introspective themes of “Pieces” and the darkness of “Desire”.
Wiste: Another Somewhere is available on Spotify and Soundcloud.
Wiste: Pieces (2025)
Singer | Songwriter
“Wiste: Pieces” is a Singer/Songwriter project with a common thread of gentle love- that of Children, Parents, Partners and Families.
The B-Side is a trilogy of three songs sown together through the use of soundscapes created to be listened to as one continuous cycle. Side A is a set of single takes from a live studio performance of five songs with the opening and closing tracks bookending the pieces from the Trilogy but with minimalist production- just once voice and one guitar.
The songs are gentle, soft, intimate.
Wiste: Pieces is available on Spotify and Soundcloud.
The Roadhouse Regulars
Alternate | Acoustic | Blues | Roots
The Roadhouse Regulars is my current project for original material with the debut album “Redemption” released in 2017. The album is a major development in my songwriting with the album achieving a consistency- rhythmically, lyrically, thematically, musically– so that the album is indeed a whole. The album is heavily influenced by the strong rhythms and lyrics of hard rock but equally influenced by the raw sounds of acoustic roots music that lets acoustic guitars, harmonica, drums, piano and pedal steel speak in their natural voices. The result… Alternate | Acoustic | Heavy | Roots.
Redemption (2017)
The Story of the Man, the Woman, the Preacher, and the Way out of Town.
Redemption is a firmly in the tradition of concept albums with the songs forming one performance piece that tells the story of the Man, the Woman, the Preacher and the Way out of Town. The album was largely inspired by a desire to strip back songs- heavy rock and blues- to their roots and relying on acoustic guitars and drums with harmonica, pedal steel and piano adding voice. Thematically the songs talk of rebellion & reckless abandon, wild nights, lady luck and her incarnations, the darkness before dawn, and the reflection and redemption that follows.
Redemption is available on iTunes and Spotify.
Take me to the Badlands, Mamma (2017)
A large inspiration for the music and style of The Roadhouse Regulars is the hard blues and rock of the 1970’s. “Take me to the Badlands, Mamma” is a recording project that takes some of these iconic songs, reinterpreting them in the Alternate | Acoustic | Heavy | Roots style. The project takes songs from Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Deep Purple and KISS and takes them into the style of The Roadhouse Regulars.
Third (2014)
My third album, Third, is a series of stories about faith, hope, love and pain. Each song has it’s own story about where it came from and how it came to be – you can read the stories in the tasting notes. Third is available on iTunes and Spotify.
Delicacy (2012)
My second project was also recorded in Miami but was written in Sydney after my initial return home. The album– Delicacy— retained some of the eclectic feel of my first album however there was a significant shift away from instrumental pieces towards songs that fitted firmly in the country/ rock genre.
Pennies for Tomorrow (2011)
I’ve been playing music for a long long time, but only started writing and recording my own music since returning to Australia in 2011 after working in financial markets for over 20years.
I recorded my first album- Pennies for Tomorrow, in Miami in 2011. It started off as a project to record just one instrumental jazz piece I wrote but as I started the recording process– other songs started to come out. The album emerged as an eclectic collection of material that reflects the sudden release of creativity that must have been waiting inside for all those years working. The songs range from ambience and instrumental blues to swing, rock and country. I never thought I had it in me to write an album until I started with just that first song. To me, the album is…
Something sweet, something sad,
Something lonely, something wild,
Something cheeky, something happy,
Something quiet.