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My name's Jacqui, I'm born and raised in Melbourne.
I have a passion for the arts, in particular music and theatre.
I play the trumpet, the sax and the guitar but I'm not very good at any of them!

I love local and independant music and think many artists are extremely underrated. I also love to write, so I thought I'd put my two passions together and write about music!

I also enjoy getting active and playing soccer, footy and tennis or just kicking back with a few good movies. I love food and drink and people.

• The Hello Morning, 
• Stone Parade 

• Missy Higgins, 
• Plain White T’s, 
• Snow Patrol, 
• The Red Jumpsuit Aparatus, 
• Gomez, 
• Powderfinger, 
• Augie March, 
• Coldplay, 
• Jeff Buckley, 
• The Beatles, 
• John Mayer, 
• Matchbox 20, 
• Thirsty Merc, 
• Ben Harper, 
• Bon Jovi, 
• Kisschasy, 
• Ben Folds, 
• Maroon 5, 
• Pink, 
• Depeche Mode, 
• The Cat Empire, 
• Muse, 
• Stereophonics, 
• Manic Street Preachers, 
• Crowded House, 
• Eskimo Joe, 
• Gotye, 
• Michael Buble, 
• Wayne Bergeron, 
• Chris Botti, 
• Till Bronner, 
• Miles Davis, 
• The Brecker Brothers, 
• James Brown, 
• John Williams, 
• The Dave Matthews Band, 
• John Butler, 
• Jamiroquai, 
• Stevie Wonder, 
• Josh Groban, 
• Evanescence, 
• etc. Then there are the local, 
• independant and unsigned bands like Stone Parade, 
• The Wellingtons, 
• Basic Shape, 
• Royal Parade, 
• Maunder, 
• The Guild League, 
• Lior, 
• Major Chord, 
• Civic Times, 
• Jack’s Castle, 
• Peregrine, 
• The Tealeaves, 
• Walking to Winter, 
• My Future Lies, 
• The Hello Morning, 
• Groove Child, 
• Frankie Wants Out, 
• Dan Sultan, 
• Sarah Blasko, 
• Abby Dobson, 
• A Sound Mind…

• I'm pretty eclectic - anything that makes me think and doesn't put me to sleep is a good movie!

I could go on forever,  but some of my favourite authors are Charlotte Bronte,  Jeffrey Archer,  Dan Brown,  Sidney Sheldon,  Dianna Wynne Jones,  Oscar Wilde,  Dean Koontz,  Jane Austen,  Anne Rice,  George Orwell,  John Marsden,  James Patterson,  Angela Carter,  Elie Wiesel,  Aldous Huxley,  Meg Cabot,  Shakespeare,  Sophocles,  Euripides