#207 Jemma Beech
This inspirational story of Jemma will encourage anyone who is finding their feet in any creative industry.
\nJemma Beech and Rae Leigh catch up for the first time after meeting in 2016 DAG Singer Songwriter Retreat in Tamworth Australia. Jemma talks about living on stations, nannying and balancing life and music.
\n\u201cWe only have one life so I\u2019m going to do what makes me happy\u201d
\nThe pressure and demand of trying to keep up with others in the country music industry got to her when she was younger and she is coming back fully passionate about doing it as she wants to, how she wants and when she wants to do it.
\nRaised in the quiet town of Yanderra, NSW, singer-songwriter, Jemma Beech has Country in her blood. Her hard-hitting blend of modern and classic Country music spins tales of love and rural life.
\nWhen Jemma was just 3 years old she fell in love with music \u2013 despite the fact that nobody close to her could play or sing. 90\u2019s Country queens like Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain and The Chicks would be her inspiration. "I was three years old in the back seat of the car when Mum was flicking through radio stations driving around Queensland on a holiday,\u201d recalls the now 30-year-old. \u201cA Trisha Yearwood song came on and I was hooked from that moment on.\u201d
\nGrowing up in a small town meant a fair dinkum Country upbringing - everything from horse riding to dirt bikes. \u201cWe had a few acres of land with a front paddock where my horse was kept,\u201d reminisces Jemma.\u201c The back half of our property was slowly turned into a motorbike track \u2013 mostly for my two younger brothers \u2013 I really enjoyed riding the PeeWee 80 around the track and over the jumps and side berms they made.\u201d Although her potential motocross career was short-lived, as the track later became a learner driver\u2019s course when she got a \u201997 Toyota Corolla.
\nA string of odd jobs followed. Bartender, Truck Stop Worker, Nanny \u2013 you name it. Music began to take centre stage in Jemma\u2019s life when the she attended the 2015 Senior Academy of Country Music in Tamworth. Previously studying as a beauty therapist she crowd funded the lion\u2019s share of the costs to get her to the Country Music capital.
\nJemma\u2019s latest track, \u2018You Fool\u2019, drops on November 11th. Recorded at the renowned Music Cellar by Rod McCormack and written alongside Rod and Sally Barris.
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