Loretta Miller

Where do we know you from?
Jazz Party, The Dusty Millers, Clairy Browne & The Bangin Rackettes, filling in for Grant Arthur at The Rooks Return, working the bar at The Caravan music club, singing in many shows and doing backing vocals on every second person's record hahaha. My taste is quite eclectic so I spread myself out.


What do you do with yourself?
A woman of leisure. Swim in the ocean (no matter how cold), cook, eat, drink and dance. Also lying about. I live for lazing around. I have a nickname “Lazy Lottie” for a reason… I really love movies, playing music with friends and being a show pony as often as possible… that is what I choose to do with myself if given the choice.


Best way to clock off after a long workday?
Go for a beautiful walk outside OR just take off your pants. Get them off at once!


What’s your method of cooking rice?
Whack it in the pot, one and a half cups of water to one cup of rice, bring to the boil, put a lid on and lower heat for 20. I if you aren’t lazy you can rinse and soak the rice and put a tea towel over the pot and tie it around the lid, if you rinse and soak the rice it reduces the cooking time but DON'T LIFT THE LID, for the love of god, until the time is up.


What was the last lie you told?
I’m pretty honest… probably when I’m acting like I know the person who’s talking to me who clearly knows me and my name and I’m sure we’ve met multiple times and shared conversations but I was either working, anxious or inebriated and my short term memory is not so great… very awkward... Happens too often… Not so much lying though, more like pretending?


What’s your perfect Sunday?
If I’ve done a Jazz Party monday night gig, then my Sunday is on Tuesday. On those days I sleep as long as I can, eat whatever I want which usually involves Pho or noodles at some point - HEALING BROTH, hallelujah. Lie on my couch in the sun. Cups of tea with my friends. If it’s raining, stay in bed forever and then cook bolognese... this is all relating to hangovers though… hahaha

Melody Pool

Where do we know you from?
You might know me from Telstra Road To Discovery in 2013, or Australian Story in 2017, or from the million gigs I did between the years of 2012 - 2017. Or you may not know me at all. Do I even know me?


What do you do with yourself?
Music-wise I write songs, play guitar and sing. I’m also learning piano at the moment. Day to day life, I am in my garden a lot, I take my dog for walks around the farm my boyfriend and I live on, I try and write (not just songs - poems, rants, anything), and I love cooking and kitchen witchery in general.


Sell us something.
The best thing you’ll ever own is your brain, so learn how to use it. Like literally, LEARN how your brain makes connections. Hack your own mind. It’s better than any product.


Can you give some advice to someone picking up an instrument for the first time?
See above! Learn how your brain likes to learn. My brain bounces around constantly, so if I’m practising piano, I will switch exercises regularly so I stay engaged, and I’ll try and play a few songs in between so I don’t get bored with just exercises. Also, there’s a lot to be said for how a kid learns too. A kid doesn’t give up when they can’t get something right. They’re kinda used to not being immediately great at everything they try, unlike adults. We tend to want to be great NOW and if we’re not, we give up. Feel liberated in being able to learn something with complete freedom or no pressure to be great at it.


What’s your take on self-driving cars?
On one hand I think - “sign me up - I’m sick of driving!” but on the other hand, I think “has nobody seen Westworld?”


What’s your perfect Sunday?
Lazy morning (no exercise), coffee in bed, pottering around the house and garden, eating delicious food and maybe going for a swim.