Most of my songs are about offering people the incentive to get out of their own way. Take the blinkers off and re-awaken. Things are not necessarily as they appear. Most of what we think to be real are in fact just human constructs and infact do not exist.
Take the time to open the imagination and start to see that there is possibilty wherever you choose to look.

Raff

"I like to sing about the battle of fear versus love. Or, if you like, the ego versus the soul.
Something happened at around age 26. I'd been singing in bands from the age of fourteen and performing regularly at local hotels in Victoria doing what I loved. When all of a sudden I got scared it was leading no-where. Scared I wouldn't be able to support my family. So I took the more standard road and I got responsible. And lived a miserable life doing jobs I wasn't passionate about for the next decade. Now, after teaching myself guitar, I'm back writing, performing and smiling more. And will probably do so til I die. (Here's hoping that's a ways off)."

"This guy sings directly from his soul" The Empress Hotel.

"This guy is a dominating presence who has the ability to make people look at life in a different way. With his definitive lyrics and melodic voice he strives to inspire humanity into a new way of thinking. His style is a mix of John Lennon, Paul Kelly, Nick Cave and Lou Reed".

"Raff is one of those quintessential musicians whose desperate desire for harmony and peace is at the forefront of much of his work. Raff takes the pain of lost love, the banal attitude of the ignorant plus the sunshine of life and rolls it all into a telling message of understanding. His ability to capture any audience through his melodic ballads or rhythmic rock tunes shows the diversity of his talent and his ability to entertain."
(Eve Fisher, "The Echo" 2006)

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Patty Boss
over 30 days ago to Michael Rafferty

Hi Raff - thanks for the connect -- i definitely relate to the 'getting out of one's own way' - funny as it sounds, it's true, yeah? xo



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