Laments on lost notes from old devices & the belief in the new & surviving ones. Solo Spoken word, songwriting & instrumentals exploring life, death, ourselves & the very expression of ideas.

"The saddest songs ever written are the ones that are never heard", with 26 year old 'red den' utilising production skills to shape loops & textures around songs & poetry to draw you into the words often lost or 'buried' in the mix, exhuming a body of work they themselves have had buried for long enough with Keyboards, Drum Machines & many (many) Guitars.

Bio

Justin has been a lifelong music fan turned player after meeting his favourite band at age 12, picking up the bass guitar a week later & playing ever since, going on to learn electric guitar, keyboard & basic music production throughout his school, moving onto study his Diploma of Sound Production later after playing guitar for Central Coast/Newcastle band Hand Models. Justin also found work after study as a Sound Recordist across the Central Coast for Independent Film Projects & has accumulated several credits on IMDb.

'red den' has been their post-study project, collecting the surviving scraps & the new ideas written down & tracked across the last 6+ years, also utilising skills learned from Freelance Composition Projects, including an original song for an indie video games Steam Trailer.

2026 - Unsigned Only Music Awards - Semi-Finalist

Age restrictions: Recommended 15+ (accompanied by an adult)
Warnings: Coarse Language, Depictions of Mental Health Topics, Religious Topics.

"From Gosford with Love" is Proudly supported by the Central Coast Council community development grants program & delivered to you by the Funhaus Factory.

Enjoy $15 cocktail happy hour from 6pm – 7pm + Delicious burgers and street food from Beau’s Burgers.

This is an all-ages event (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult)

Doors open : 6pm:

Show time : 7pm

If you’re driving, street parking and public parking is available in Baker St car park (enter via Erina St near Gosford hotel and ground floor parking is free)

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