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Musician Cliff Raux outside his gig venue Melbourne's Golden Monkey

     CLIFF RAUX

“That’s the best thing you can do – your primary function as a human being, is to love and connect. I do that through music.”

I am a Musician – Drummer / Singer / Songwriter / Producer.

I was born into a musical family, my dad is a drummer/bass player and my mum used to be an opera singer and a dressmaker. My parents exposed us to music at an early age. Dad used to take me to his band practices, and I’d always be mesmerized by the drummer. I started playing drums when I was 3, mainly because I was drawn to them, but also because I liked to bang things loudly.

As a kid, I loved to watch old movies just to listen to the soundtracks: there was something about the music that made me feel as though I was seeing what I heard, like colours. It was my own little world; I started going to sleep with headphones on just to be in that world all the time, which I still do to this day.

My family was very much a working class household, so we couldn’t afford much, like actual music lessons. Continue reading →

Flight attendant Susie at home

     SUSIE *

“I got to the stage where I’ve been flying for over twenty years, and I needed a change.”

I juggle two roles: a flight attendant and a real estate agent.

I didn’t do very well in high school as I was more interested in boys and partying. After high school, I found I didn’t have any real job prospects. So I went to work for my dad, who was a chemist. He trained me up to do dispensary work, fill out scripts and do customer service, which allowed me to get a better role within a bigger chemist franchise two years later.

I worked there for seven years, progressing within the company. By the time I was 25, I was managing the whole branch, doing the payroll, buying stock and overseeing staff. I did enjoy it, but knew I didn’t want to do that for the rest of my life. Continue reading →