by Jim Moginie | Apr 24, 2018 | Writing
The Complete Cold Chisel Liner notes written for ‘The Complete Cold Chisel’. Released the year of their reunion tour, 2011. Jimmy Barnes is screaming in my ear. It’s 3 am one winter’s night in 1980 in the Byron bay hinterland. Midnight Oil is recording... 
by Jim Moginie | Apr 24, 2018 | Writing
Darwin N.T. written the day of his passing. Mr. Yunipingu. June 2 2013. Only a dull sadness right now. Our surf band The Break played in Darwin last Sunday night, coincidentally the night of his passing. We met with AJ who is Yothu Yindi’s manager, and we were... 
by Jim Moginie | Apr 24, 2018 | Writing
Notes on Songwriting Summit Campbelltown Art Centre, 20 September, 2014. (Disclaimer: This is a simple guide for or those that want to navigate the complicated issue of copyright and collection agencies in the music industry. It is specific to Australia but equivalent... 
by Jim Moginie | Apr 24, 2018 | Writing
Warumpi Band 4 Ever Liner notes for ‘Warumpi Band 4 Ever’ complilation. ‘Jailanguru Pakarnu’ blasted out on the airwaves in 1983. Here was a new voice seldom heard: an Aboriginal voice. (Clinton Walker’s learned book ‘Buried Country’ dealt with those, but... 
by Jim Moginie | Apr 24, 2018 | Writing
Off the Leash This was used in “Off the Leash” for publicity for Neil Murray and myself’s Darwin gig at the Darwin Entertainment Centre, September 2013. JIM MOGINIE Q&A Q: Tell us about the first time that you and Neil met? I know I met him... 
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