My family has poured heart and soul into our art. Don’t let big tech steal it

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When my husband and I wrote a song, Little Light, for our firstborn, Ruby, I poured my heart into it. The lyrics, our words of advice to carry her through life – for those days we aren’t there to hold her hand or fix everything. In the studio, my band members played it like they too were playing for their own loved ones.

That record is a snapshot of that moment in time.

Every single time we perform that song live, we carry that intention and feeling with us – but the effect is different at every show because we are different and we are able to respond and be connected, move with the emotions in the moment and the state of the world.

We are able to carry today’s hopes and dreams or today’s losses alongside all the history of time and deliver a performance for now in the most essential and pure way.

Some days it still takes me by surprise and emotion takes over. Last year at a gig,........

© Brisbane Times