Dobe Newton

Dobe Newton

Genre: Folk/Rock

Band: ‘The Bushwackers’

Current Position: Lecturer Music Business – NMIT, RMIT

Association with LNF: Music Educator – ‘Words not Weapons’ program

Website: www.thebushwackers.com.au/dobenewton

If you could give just one piece of advice, what would it be?

If your heart says follow the music – then follow your heart. But take your head with it. Remember that popular music is a business and your creativity will reach its full potential the better you understand that business.

What do you do when you feel that the pressure of ‘the world’ is getting to you?

Go and do some gardening.

What is your all time favourite quote?

“The most successful person is usually the one with the best information” – Benjamin Disraeli