Local Songwriters
Jen Anderson
Biography
Jen has toured and recorded with many of the country's best known rock, folk and country artists, including the Black Sorrows (89-93), Weddings Parties Anything (93-98), Tim Rogers (You Am I), Tiddas, Paul Kelly, Archie Roach, and the Waifs.
She has produced and/or engineered albums for many artists, including Ruby Hunter, Andy Baylor, Tim Rogers and The Waifs, along with five CD's of her own work; THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE (sountrack from the silent film )PANDORAS BOX, (string quartet), SEEK (pop EP), SILENT CATALYST, (instrumental piano and violin music), and THE GODDESS OF 1967 (soundtrack for feature film)
In recent years she has concentrated on developing her skills as a composer/producer, particularly for film and television. Her many credits in this area include Clara Law's THE GODDESS OF 1967, SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR'S BABIES (ABC television mini-series), and the silent movies PANDORA'S BOX and THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE.
Her busy calendar in 2003 included an international tour with ambient rock artist MOBY as violinist, performing at the Port Fairy Folk Festival with ASHLEY DAVIES and his Ned Kelly audio visual presentation,and completion of the music for the documentary EINSTEIN'S WIFE, which received high profile international release. She also completed a national tour with her band 'the Larrikins' performing her original score to the classic Australian silent film THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, as part of the Big Screen Travelling Film Festival. She is currently completing her fifth CD release - the soundtrack to THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE. The music will shortly be recorded in its entirety for a DVD release.
