“Less is More and The Oily Rag,” a song about leaving the treadmill of corporate life, found her on Channel Nine’s A Current Affair in 2008 singing about her fiscally poor yet “rich” lifestyle. When it comes to money, she says “too much is never enough” and so “it’s important to make time for the things that really matter,” she said.
Fans attending her regular shows around Melbourne’s popular music venues would agree as they make time, often on quiet week nights to enjoy her music: a rich blend of country, folk, blues and roots.
A former marketing professional who left the daily grind to peruse a career in music, Rachael hasn’t made it rich from her singing career. But she says that there’s a richness to her life that wasn’t there before .
“Time is money and money is time, and you’re clever if you’ve got both in line, but if it’s only one then I know I’d, rather time than fancy wine,” sings Rachael.
Our relationship to money, spending and affluence are common themes that Rachael explores in her songs. La La Land, a song about burning the candle at both ends asks the question are we consuming ourselves to death like a “boom and bust” plague species? And Scheme of Things, is a song about caring less about “financial success” by lifting your perspective to the “grander scheme of things.”
Rachael plays her next two gigs at the Wesley Anne: Friday 12 June at 8:30pm, followed by the 24th at 8:30pm.
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