Living A Messy Life

Chelsea Zerna DJs under the name Hart Flayme and the co-owner of Ancient World, an underground nightclub in Adelaide. We met in late 2025 and we reconnect in this conversation, covering her alternative upbringing and foray into the arts from art and classical music training to playing in punk bands and buying a club! Follow Chelsea on instagram @hart_flayme as well as the temporary Ancient World p...

This week's episode we have Psychedelic Disco Punk Queen, Ellie aka Patsy Skeet! Ellie is the creator of Thunder Horse Studio, a bold, rebellious art haus where creativity knows no bounds and individuality is the mission.  She is also the creator of the Patsy Skeet Experience, an immersive, silly camp ritualistic experience. Ellie and I met in Bali in 2025 and spent a bit of time getting to kn...

Helen and I met many moons ago, back when I was a classical singer and she was a classical composer. We both ended up moving into electronic music, and now run into each other at underground raves rather than classical concerts! Classically trained, Helen Grimley aka Grimbo, began her musical education from a young age as a clarinettist and saxophonist. She went on to study composition at UNSW and...

This week on the podcast I welcome an old friend, Benny Davis of The Axis of Awesome fame. We went through university together many moons ago, and I invite you to be a fly on the wall as we talk about many things.. music included.. and a little bit about how The Axis of Awesome and the 4 Chord Song came into being. ​ Benny is a musician and occasional comedian from Sydney. He's best known as t...

This week I had the pleasure of catching up with the creative director of Newy Bass Crew, Dreadmaiden. We talk about the Newcastle dj scene, both of our bad backs and where she gets her cool glasses from.. As the creative director of Newy Bass Crew, Dread Maiden is at the forefront of fostering underground rave and doof culture, creating safe and inclusive spaces for self-expression, and championi...

Ponymeadow is an Australian electronic music producer who creates uplifting progressive house and trance tunes that feature evocative female vocals We chat about her journey from playing bass in New York to producing electronic music in Sydney, the importance of having a mentor and playing at Comet Ping Pong. Follow Ponymeadow on instagram.. https://www.instagram.com/ponymeadow_music/

For this week's episode I had the pleasure of chatting with Kinetic Theory. KineticTheory is a DnB artist known for her deep, dark, and heavy sounds in jungle, dancefloor, and neurofunk drum and bass. We talk about her diverse musical education, that time she auditioned for Australian Idol, and her ideas for the future of youth culture on the Northern beaches. You can follow Kinetic Theory at http...

This week I had the joy of speaking with the wonderful Jessica O'Donoghue. We talked about her music career, motherhood and changing direction as an artist. Jessica and I have crossed paths a few times; we've sung together, I've photographed her band and most recently when I conducted a new Australian work for which she was a composer. Jessica is an award winning performer and composer...

This week I had the very fun time of interviewing Nick aka nickname. Based in Melbourne, he's coming up to Sydney to play Keep Hush this Friday night - something he's about to be able to tick of his bucket list! Nick produces a sick mix of underground music that I wouldn't dare try to define. He's released on the likes of Taipan Trax, Happy Wax and Extra Spicy, just did Mix Up for...

Welcome Liam Gowchi to the podcast! Liam goes by the DJ and producer name Gowchi.. and he's got his EP release party coming up this Friday night.. where you can find both him and yours truly spinning some sick choons! Liam and I had a good chat about his musical family, starting his own crew, and how he felt when Mall Grab played one of his remixes.. You can catch him on insta and soundcloud at th...

Sydney DJ Daniel Rubio, aka Cosmic Boogie has a chat about finding his path into DJing, being passionate about what he loves, and realising that life is short! Check out his party Cosmic Boogie - next gig is a 12 hour one at the Lord Gladstone in Chippendale, Sydney. Find him on socials below..! https://www.facebook.com/cosmicboogieyep https://www.instagram.com/rubio_cosmicboogie/

This week’s episode is with the outstanding Nick Wilkinson! Nick is a DJ, music producer, underwater photographer and AI-infused audio visual artist. We chat about how he got into the creative field, being raised in Club 77, the gift of stillness and using AI for good. His upcoming projects include.. Teenage Crime and Tidal Traces, and you can find info and links to tickets here. Tidal Traces - Oc...

The one and only Lachie Massey joins me for this week's episode! We've known each other since he was about 11 years old, under my baton as choral conductor, singing the solo for Once in Royal David's City. Since then he's gone on to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for both highschool and college, and apart from founding and directing an opera company (I remember him tel...

An amazing conversation with Rebecca Newman, a Growth Architect! If you want to find out what that means.. definitely press play! This podcast so far has focused on creatives, but Rebecca's approach to work and life is very creative and it felt very appropriate to have her on and learn how she juggles all the things in her life and how it can relate to creatives and anyone really! I must apolo...

This week is a solo episode. I've been listening to Sprouht on Youtube, and he goes around interviewing people asking them for life advice, one piece of advice they'd give a stranger, regrets etc. A couple of the responses people gave really stuck with me, and this one was one of the ones that stood out. This was the regret a man had for not continuing to pursue his acting career. He'd started to...

This week I had a conversation with Micky Lau! We have known each other since about a year before Covid. We've sung in a couple of productions together, we've worked on the sound and photography for a production together, and I've photographed her for her burlesque dancing! We talk about all sorts of things, and I must include a trigger warning regarding eating disorders. We talk about...

Welcome back to a new year of the Living a Messy Life podcast! It's January 2024 and our first guest is Nikki Carvell! We have a good natter about what she's been up to since we spoke with her this time last year.. We talk about manifesting, not setting goals and changing the narrative around women in the industry. You can keep up to date with her goings on by following her socials - https...

This episode is with the beautiful DJ and producer Wyskii! We've known each other since pre-Covid.. We got into a deep chat at Club 77 about a month before lockdown.. and have finally had another deep chat nearly 4 years later! We touch on ADHD, letting go of ego and letting go of trying to be a success. https://www.instagram.com/wyskii.wav/ As always, let me know if you enjoyed this episode,...

Part 2 with the fabulous Alexandra Hutton! We discuss imposter syndrome, believing in yourself and being like an airline pilot! Check out her socials and her website to see more of what she's up to! https://www.instagram.com/lexisoprano/ https://alexandrahutton.com/

Welcome to Part 1 of my interview with the fabulous Alexandra (Lexi) Hutton! This beautiful human is a soprano with the Deutsche Oper and we studied classical singing together in Sydney many moons ago. In this part of our interview we cover relationships, parts of the music industry and imposter syndrome (which we get to more in depth in Part 2..)

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with actor, DJ, yoga teacher, voice over artist and now director, Monica Sayers. We've known each other since 2019 and met through the DJ world. She is a complete breath of fresh air, thinks outside the box and sees life if in a beautiful way. We talk about her journey into the arts and all the different careers she's had.. with a lot of life lessons and...

This week's episode is with the lovely Jayden Selvakumaraswamy! A beautiful soprano, teacher and all round great human! We talk about sorts of things, and don't touch nearly enough on her singing career.. which is why I must have her back on for a follow up episode! You can follow her on instagram here, where you can also hear some of her singing! https://www.instagram.com/selvakumaraswamy...

The next episode is a solo one! Here I talk about what I've recently learned about jealousy and envy, and how we can change them from being problems to lessons.

Welcome to this week's episode with the very lovely Eryn Sailer! Eryn goes by the DJ name Dread Maiden, and we talk about all things music and music industry. Check out her sets and what she's up to at https://www.instagram.com/dreadmaiden.audio/

After last week's cliffhanger.. here is Part 2! This time we delve more into some of my experiences living and working in London, the different fields I've gone into since moving back to Sydney, and dealing with Covid in the middle! We refence a few things, which I'm leaving links to below, including a music video I made during Covid - the music of which is actually the theme song for my podcast!...