BTN, Mount Barker (2026)

07/01/2026

A Note From Uncle Tatt

This past month has changed everything.

On December 15, I lost my partner of 24 years — my person — in a freak accident on the farm. Since then, life hasn’t been about momentum or deadlines. It’s been about survival. About breathing through days that don’t make sense yet.

So if Between the Notes hasn’t felt like its usual vibe — this is why.

BTN isn’t gone.
It’s quieter. Slower. Learning how to exist in a world that suddenly has an empty chair opposite me.

That’s also why Wildlands Perth mattered so much.

I wasn’t there to party.
I wasn’t smiling much or dancing.
Not because the festival wasn’t incredible — but because my person wasn’t there to text, to share the moment with.

Still, I showed up.
Because Neil believed in BTN.
And because the music still deserves to be heard.

Wildlands was big, chaotic, beautiful — three stages, thousands of people, and a team of staff genuinely looking out for everyone. Water. Sunscreen. Red Frogs. Care. At an event that size, that matters more than most people realise.

I couldn’t run to every set. One body. A heavy heart.
But the moments I did catch mattered — and the artists I saw deserve space.

The full Wildlands article and the little set reviews are live now on BTN.
Alongside a more personal piece explaining why things have slowed, and why this chapter of BTN looks different.

This isn’t the polished, upbeat era.
It’s the honest one.

Thank you to everyone who’s held space, shown patience, and kept believing — even when I’m moving differently.

I’m still here.
BTN is still here.
For the music. For the people. For him. 🖤
so check out the reviews over at
www.btn-music.club

BRAT
Miss Kaninna
Balu Brigada

070 Shake

Addison Rae

Wildlands Festival

Thankyou for some amazing sets!! I managed to run to all of them listed and a few I haven't- these guys made such an epic event!

Don't forget to read about it over on www.btn-music.club

06/01/2026

I'm still trying to understand life and the empty chair that now sits opposite me.

This months BTN is running late, the reviews are running late - but I just don't have it in me to rush.

We've had a little jiggle to the dates for Tay aka Neil's celebration - it's going to be Saturday Febuary 7th 2026. Here in Mt Barker Western Australia at the farm.

Still time for tree planting and then some amazing music down at the lake- it just gives us a chance to figure things out better.

06/01/2026

Sorry guys, I had the wrong number listed here! These are the correct details to get in touch with Robyn Strike Me Pink where Tay used to work - if you want to contribute to the memorial gardens and won't make it down, Robyn is the one the chat with 💙💙

04/01/2026

Well… despite everything life is throwing my way right now, Tatt made it to Festival
And honestly — what an incredible event.
Not just the artists or the music, but the people behind it.
The staff made the difference. Sunscreen, water, Red Frogs — always watching out for everyone. At an event that size, that care matters more than most realise.

If you saw me not smiling or dancing, it wasn’t because the festival wasn’t amazing.

It was because my person wasn’t there.
Because I couldn’t text him.
Couldn’t share the moment.
But he wanted me there.
He wanted me to keep pushing for BTN.

To keep building this thing into something real.

Once I’ve had a bit of rest, time to go through all the footage, the official BTN music reviews of the sets I managed to run around and catch will be going out soon — because the music still deserves to be heard.

So thank you, my love @🇦🇺 Tay 💙
And thank you to everyone who believes in BTN.
I’m still showing up.
For the music.
For the people.
For him. 🖤

02/01/2026

Even with everything that’s happened — losing Tay, the changes I never imagined, the ground shifting under my feet.

But He saw something in what I was trying to build with BTN.

When I doubted myself, when things felt too hard or too big, he believed. He believed in music as connection. In listening properly. In creating space for artists to be heard and supported — not just promoted.

This month’s BTN site update will be late. That’s just the reality right now.
But it’s not over.

Tomorrow, Uncle Tatt will be heading to the Wildlands Music Festival with the other media to keep doing what BTN is about — music reviews, showing up, and supporting artists where I can.

I won’t be all smiles. I’m not in that place.

But I’ll be there. I’ll be listening. And I’ll be doing my best.

Because this mattered to Tay.

And it still matters to me.

— Uncle Tatt 💛

30/12/2025

Comment below a new song by an artist that deserves to be known. Help build the BTN January 100!!

Folks I'm gonna be honest with you - I'm finding it tough to put together January's 100, because I listen to each and every one properly- too many are just making me cry, for the good and the bad times. Let alone trying to listen to some favourites....

So i need your help to make next months BTN update happen.

Love
Uncle Tatt

23/12/2025

As many people have asked - here are some more details for the Garden and Celebration (exact date still TBC).

Music in the Valley — A Celebration of Life
This is something I’m sharing gently, and with love.

Late January (tentatively the Sunday of the Australia Day weekend), I’m hoping to hold a celebration of his life here — one shaped by the things he loved most: gardens, people, music, laughter, and the quiet magic of shared moments.

Nothing is locked in yet. I want to make sure this works for the musicians first — because music was always at the heart of us.

For those who knew him, there will be space earlier in the day to come, pay your respects, and plant something in the gardens. Creating beauty where there has been loss feels right.

If you can’t make it in person, something will also be set up through the nursery where he loved to be — barista, regular, character, friend — so you can still be part of his living memorial. Details for the nursery are in the images, just chat with the amazing Robyn there.

Afterwards, the day will shift into what we always dreamed of.

A twilight picnic with fairy lights and love.
Music across the valley.
Echoes of joy, laughter, and songs drifting over the water.

There will hopefully be bbqs and maybe some food and coffee vans.

There will be room for you to set up tents, make yourselves comfortable and enjoy this place we've worked so hard on.

Òur dream of Music in the Valley was never meant to be just a festival — it was about celebrating life, creativity, and connection. That’s how I want to farewell him.

So it will be a small festival. A celebration.

This part of the day will be open to music lovers, friends, and anyone who simply wants to come and celebrate life together.

If you want to contribute towards the festival in any way - join the fb group and let's make this a celebration of life.

🎶 Musicians:
If you’d like to be involved — solo, band, any genre — please reach out. We celebrate all music. That was our passion.

🎧 Artists who can’t attend but want to contribute:
You’re warmly invited to send in a song. Please include a short introduction — who you are, the song, and anything you’d

22/12/2025

All these posts about how great a song is for CPR - it's all bull.

The reality of the moment, you don't remember a song, any song, you don't have time to put on music. If your lucky you have the medics on the phone.

And you count through the fear and the pain. 30 pumps, 2 breaths and start again.

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Breathe
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I don't know how many times I did that, I know it was over 30 minutes. I know our friend helped step in a few times, but once I found my rhythem- I was going to give my love everything I had.

I didn't stop until the medics took over. I helped carry him into the van.

And it wasn't enough.
Apparently it was never going to be enough.

That's not always the case.

Don't get caught up in phases to remember this - learn your basic CPR. Because when it comes down to it, you won't remember a song, but counting is possible.

19/12/2025

As many of you know, I’m slowly learning how to say goodbye to my partner of 24 years 🤍

He loved this property deeply and had so many dreams for what it could become.

One of the biggest was simple and beautiful — Music in the Valley.

I’m hoping to hold his farewell early in the new year, here on the farm in Mount Barker WA, and if there’s one part of his dream (aside from the gardens) that I can honour, it’s this.

If you’re a musician and feel able to join us — to share a song, a moment, or some sound in the open air — I know he would have loved that more than anything.

Maybe this is how something new begins.
Music in the Valley.

Perhaps even an annual gathering.
No pressure. Just music, nature, and connection. 🎶

send us a DM if you would be up for joining us and sharing some music💙

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19/12/2025

BTN is going to be quiet for a little while.

Not because the music has stopped — but because life has shifted in a way I never imagined.

Monday my partner and love of my life for nearly 24 years suddenly passed away.

We always dreamed of BTN becoming something, he's helped the whole way.

We always dreamed of turning this place into a magical garden.

Somewhere to heal. Somewhere to share. Somewhere music could live.

A jetty on the water.

A recording space by the lake for musicians passing through.

Animals. Horses. Life moving gently around us.

These dreams were never meant to be carried alone. But for now, I’ll do my best to keep them breathing.

Right now, stepping outside is hard. Looking out the window is hard. Grief has a way of sitting in places you don’t expect — and I need a little time to sit with it.
We talked, once, about what we’d want if one of us left first. He was clear — no farewells shaped by hurt or old belief systems that never loved him.

He belonged to the universe. Not quite pagan, not quite witch — just wholly, casually himself.

His first idea involved a wood mulcher… which I’m still fairly sure isn’t allowed 😅

So instead, we chose the gardens.
And the music.

When the time is right — and I’ll give plenty of notice — I want to invite those who knew him, who loved him, and those he would’ve welcomed here, to help turn this place into what he imagined.

Bring a plant. Create something living from the loss. Something I can look out at and feel love.

We’ll share food.
Tell stories.
Remember the good.

And if any musicians feel called to it — if you want to bring a song, a guitar, or just sound carried on the air — you’ll be welcome to help fill the valley with music.
BTN will return.

The dream is still alive.

It just needs a little quiet first. 💙

Date TBA

14/12/2025

This chat with Ally Row was something special.

They’d just rushed in, Rowan anxious to get set up, Alice balancing it all — and in that moment before the music, we talked about identity, creativity, van life, burnout, mental health… and the courage it takes to chase a dream with your whole heart.

Our Mental Health Reflection and Podcast about this chat are still to come!

If you want a story about partnership, honesty and finding your place in the world — this one hits deep.

Full feature now live on www.BTN-music.club 💛🎶

14/12/2025

🎶 Music doesn’t just soundtrack our lives… sometimes it writes the moments we don’t know how to explain.

At BTN Music Club, we celebrate songs that live in the in-between —
between wanting and waiting,
between staying and leaving,
between connection and goodbye. 🎧

💫 “Mr Right Now” by Lewis
This one doesn’t promise forever.
It promises right now.
A song for late nights, almost-love, and moments that burn bright and disappear fast.
It carries that cinematic, after-dark feeling — tender and dangerous at the same time.
Tig3r’s voice wraps around every line like it already knows how the night will end.
There’s longing here…
and honesty…
and that quiet tension of knowing something won’t last, but leaning into it anyway.
This is music for the heart that understands some connections aren’t meant to stay —
they’re meant to be felt.

🎧 Discover “Mr Right Now” and more at:
👉 BTN-music.club

Because between the notes…
is where the feeling lives. 💖

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