Big Day Out Signed Maton Guitar Auction

Save the Kimberley is holding an online silent-auction for the Maton guitar signed by performers at Big Day Out.

Follow this link to view details about the auction and to place your bid! : Save The Kimberley Guitar Auction

Big thanks to Maton for donating this beautiful M325 and infinite gratitude to Anthony Knowles from Maton and Philip Stevens from Jarrah Records for supporting us at Circle of One and Save the Kimberley.

This is Big! This is BIG DAY OUT!

We are ready to take on Big Day Out thanks to John Butler Trio and Maton! Here's a very quick preview of the guitar Belle and I have painted which arrived today! It's a M325 model RRP $1578

This will be signed by performers at the Sydney Big Day Out. It will very soon be up for auction with the proceeds going to Save the Kimberley.

The Circle of One team will be at Big Day Out representing Save the Kimberley at their stall and helping to spread awareness and gather support for this cause. It's Australia Day and what better time to make a stand for the future of our nation, our environment and our people.

Environment, Tradition, Respect.

Festival of the Overcast and Chance of Rain (oops! I mean Festival of the Sun)

What a wonderful weekend at FOTSUN! And while despite the Sun failed to show up for its time on stage, the performers at Festival of the Sun rocked it through the rain and the cloud cover!

We are pleased to announce that with the support of the FOTSUN team and performers we were able to take our Save the Kimberley painted guitar to raffle and came up with another $1070 for the cause! Big props go to Macron Music for donating a guitar for this project, FOTSUN management and crew for assistance in raffle sales and the signing by performers, DALLAS freakin' FRASCA (you rock my world woman!), and XAVIER RUDD for supporting our project and spreading the Save the Kimberley cause to the crowd at the festival.

More photos to follow.

On a final note for today, I am very pleased to announce: it's official! We are taking the guitar project to BIG DAY OUT!!!!! Thanks to Blue King Brown and John Butler Trio support we are taking this project to a whole 'nother level!!! Jah bless!!!! One love's the movement!! 1 Y

STK and JBT have Calgary join the cavalry

Thanks to Emily Exon and Axe Music in Calgary we have raised $675 for Save the Kimberley through the painted guitar project! Not bad for an oil province! Big ups to all who supported through their donations, talents, and times! Canada is deadly as eh!

Photos to follow shortly!

We wish John Butler Trio all the best with the rest of their North American tour.

Next stop for STK guitar project: Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie!

STK and JBT hit Winnipeg in a flurry of goodness!

I know I can win you all over with the following statement: I love Canadians!

But seriously, I do! I'm so proud to announce that Chelsea rocked it with John Butler Trio in Winnipeg, raising an outstanding $1110 for Save the Kimberley!

Thank you to the Trio and Chelsea for braving the snow and sharing a beautiful night of music, respect and power with crowd there in Winnipeg.

Next stop for STK guitar project Calgary! Let there be a stampede for the raffle tickets! Big ups Canada! You're all deadly as eh!

O Canada! Deadly as Eh!

We've sent out a call to arms for our fellow eco-warriors over in Canada! We're taking the Save the Kimberley guitar project on the road as we follow John Butler Trio on their Canadian leg of their world tour. With the support of John Butler Trio, crew and management, the Save the Kimberley message will be shared with Canadian audiences.

So it is here where I am most delighted to introduce you to one of our Canadian representatives: Chelsea French.

Chelsea has been putting her talents and creativity to good use painting guitars to be raffled at the Winnipeg show (November 24)/ She has teamed up with Mark Johnston, and together they have produced these beautiful guitars! It just blows my mind the amazing work they have done! It's such a blessing to know there are people in all corners of the world willing to put in the work, spread the word, and stand up for what is right!

"when one love's the movement, we're all included"

Big ups to you Canada! Look, Listen, Choose, Act!

Save the Kimberley Guitar Project (update)

As promised, here are some images of John Butler Trio and Blue King Brown with the guitars painted for the Save the Kimberley cause. In total we have raised $2300 for the cause and had thousands of petitions signed urging our government to heed and respect the wishes of the custodians of the Kimberley Country and to respect the culture and the land. For more information and to support the cause please visit www.savethekimberley.com

A big thank you again to Macron Music for their generous donation of the guitars for this project. Thank you to John Butler Trio, Blue King Brown and their crew and management for their continued support. Thank you to the Save the Kimberley crew and mob for their persistent passion and drive. And an amazingly huge thank you to my wonderful team: Julie Lowe, Jason Weeks, Anita Tassone, Vanessa Young, Wazza Jones and Jennifer Rose. What a deadly as team eh!

We are excited to announce the next stop for the Save the Kimberley guitar project is the Canadian leg of the JBT tour. Following this; Festival of the Sun (Port Macquarie), Peats Ridge Music Festival (Central Coast - supporting The Thin Green Line) and drumroll please..... Big Day Out 2011!

Save the Kimberley Guitar Project

We are teaming up with the Save the Kimberley crew to help support and raise awareness of this issue. We will be painting guitars and having these signed by the John Butler Trio and Blue King Brown who are currently touring Australia. These artists create "conscience music". They demonstrate a passion for raising awareness and taking action against the atrocities of our government's greed for wealth and power.

We met with JBT and BKB last night after their amazing show in Newcastle. We are so very pleased to have their full support for our guitar project and look forward to seeing the great things we can achieve through the collective of passionate beings who have the courage to stand for what is right!

Here is a quick sneak peek at the design for the Blue King Brown guitar (artwork appropriated from Worldwize -used with permission from Natalie Pa'apa'a and Carlo Santone)

Some words from BKB's "Worldwize"

This music is about life, its about the people and this planet, the world we live in today, the challenges that prepare us, the history that inspires us to change, the battles that surround us, and the victories that wait for us, this era that demands our ATTENTION, and the training of our minds to be MIGHTY, informed, in touch...

and here is the design for the JBT guitar: Boab trees representing the bounty of the Kimberley.

some words from JBT's "Revolution"

Big heavy pirates man digging those holes, messing with something that they can't control

Trespassing lands where they don't belong, all I hear is screaming where there once was songs...

The threat to the country, the culture, the song lines, the pristine environment is not something to be ignored! Check out www.savethekimberley.com and be informed about how our government has plans for compulsory acquisition of the land. Take a stand! Make a fuss! Our government speaks of "moving forward" let's not move backwards into colonialisation, theft and invasion.

Bluesfest, Tibet Guitar Project, Deadly as Eh!

April was an epic month! I had the opportunity to catch up with my beautiful friend Jennifer Rose, cruise up and down the east coast of Australia, and meet an incredible crew, now known, for all intensive purposes, as "Deadly as Eh!".

I was able to collaborate with Wazza Jones for his Tibet Guitar Project.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tibet-Guitar-Project

For the past three years Wazza has painted guitars and had them signed by the artists performing at the Byron Bay Bluesfest. The mission of the Tibet Guitar Project is "To raise as much money for the Tibetan Refugee Centre in Dharamsala India through the auctioning of hand painted guitars personally signed by Musicians at the 2007 , 08 ,09, 10 Byron Bay Bluesfests. To raise awareness of the Universal responsibility we have to be the voice of the Tibetan people."

Wazza, Rosie, Julie, Angus, Anita, Jason and myself rocked Bluesfest '10 raising awareness and spreading the message of change. With the support of the artists and performers at Bluesfest, we had three guitars signed, raising funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Tibet Guitar Project.

In addition to this, we also asked the artists and performers to sign a "world invitation to change". Green organic silk banners were signed as part of Satish Sikhar's mission: www.ourworld-wewill.com.

So, overall the Deadly as Eh! crew was on a mission to use our voice and "be the change we wish to see in the world". It was an inspirational and amazing experience to be surrounded by people passionate about their music and creativity and most importantly passionate about making this place a better place to be.