Jane Laws announced winner of the open category in the Coastcare Writers Competition 2011.
Jane combined her love of sailing and the water to write a short piece titled My Cockburn Sound. Cockburn Sound is a body of water near where Jane lives south of Perth in Western Australia. Jane sails on Cockburn Sound each summer weekend while participating in the local yacht racing.
Jane said "It is an honour to recieve an award for my writing, it's much more important than the cash prize."
Jane Laws is a singer-songwriter who specialises in building images of characters interacting with each other. The songs take on the personality of the characters portrayed, and one can feel the thoughts and emotions of each personality. Musically the songs take on a soft, intimate folk-ballad style, interspersed with some more up-tempo songs.
Check out the video of motorcycle song "Highway Heaven" Jane wrote & performed in acoustic duo No Drama. It was filmed in the Darling Ranges and the Porongurup National Park in West Australia.
Jane's Yamaha Vstar 650 motorcycle is the love of her life. It has now clocked up over 75,000 clicks. Jane has ridden across the Nullarbor three times to tour the east coast of Australia & Tasmania.
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The Adventures of Red, Dog, Devil & Bat.
Jane's latest creative writing follows four unique Aussies touring the country on their Harley-Davidsons.
The long awaited new album "The Moods I'm In" was released in November 2004. It contains 15 tracks inspired by everyday life in the modern world. In total, over 59 minutes of music.
In 2003 Jane released the maritime "Songs in the Key of Sea" CD. Jane's Gypsy Traveller CD, was released in December 2000. It was recorded and produced by Pocket Universe. Jane previously released the Seaflight cassette.
Jane records her own compositions and performs occassional gigs. A major focus is songwritting and thus Jane is interested in hearing from any artists that may wish to perform or record her songs. Jane is also interested in making contact with other songwriters.
