My brother who literally rocks! Wes is a beautiful man that really brings his heart and soul into what he does, not just in his incredible music, but into all areas of his life. The answers to these questions in his interview are so heart felt, I just wanted to hug him as I felt into what he expresses below.

Married to the most gorgeous and happy woman, Charlotte, he is father to the most beautiful boy ever. Young Willow has already started naming all things musical and sounding in life, Dadda. When Willow sees anything to do with nature, such as a flower, its called mumma. This gorgeous baby is such a true reflection of his amazing soulful parents.

Wes has been on quite a journey with understanding who he truly is. Suffering from anxiety and depression pretty much most of his life, he has had no option but to face his ego and realise his truth. He admits if he hadn’t, he may not of been here today. His music is one of the most powerful expressions of his truth, if you haven’t experienced one of his live gigs, do yourself a favour and do so! Heart opening and mind blowing!

Wes’s Story

Wes Carr is a well known Australian singer, songwriter and actor.

Wes was a member of the Johnny Young Talent team in Adelaide from the age of 8-14. He trained five nights a week in singing, dancing and acting, and took part in countless School Holiday Theatre performances, pantomimes and local shopping centre shows.

At 15, he was awarded a Scholarship at The McDonald College performing arts school in Sydney. At this time Wes started playing local gigs around the Sydney folk scene which gave him the opportunity to work with Australian music icons including Paul Mac, Missy Higgins, Don Walker and Andrew Farris from INXS.

In 2005 Wes collaborated with Ben Gillies from the very well-known Australian rock band ‘Silverchair.’ Together they formed a band called ‘Tambalane.’ They gained critical acclaim, extensive radio play across Australia and toured nationally twice.

After winning Network Ten’s Australian Idol in 2008, Wes’s single titled You became a Platinum selling Aria number 1 single and his Gold selling album The Way the World Looks debuted at number 2 on the Aria chart. His track Feels like Woah became the most played Australian radio song and the Rugby League theme song in 2009 and CBS in America also used it as their promotional song in 2010.

He went on to tour around the country to packed out gigs and then toured with Ian Moss playing 58 shows with sold out audiences and rave reviews.

In 2012-2013, Wes created a new side project Buffalo Tales which is an intimate and natural fit with folk and alt country overtones that lets his music speak for itself. He also released an EP titled Blood and Bone and an Album titled Roadtrip Confessions which both went to number 2 on the ITunes singer/ songwriter charts. The BuffaloTales releases also gained a lot of college radio play across America debuting on the CMJ Top 200 at #168.

Wes won the Best Male Artist Award at the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2013. He also won 2nd place in the international songwriting competition with his song ‘Lost’ which he co-wrote with Don Walker from Cold Chisel.

In November 2013, Wes worked with Simon Phillips and Graeham Goble of the Little River Band to workshop a new musical about the band itself.

Wes’s Interview

What does limitless living mean for you?

When I write a song, I channel an environment and in that environment there are no limits, no boundaries, pure freedom to do or say what you want. There is no attachments in creating music, the Ego is completely removed when you are alone and creating a song. Just Like magic, a good song writes itself, you are just the vessel for that creation. Totally limitless.

What has been your biggest challenge in life where you were faced with limitation in some way? What supported you to move through it?

Anxiety and Depression have been the two main negatives in my life. At times it has been completely debilitating where I just couldn’t function in the world.

As a young kid i’d have pretty serious and traumatic anxiety attacks and then came the depression that followed. I can’t really remember a time where it wasn’t in my life. I was medicated a lot. Growing up in Suburban Adelaide and being a young male, the subject of mental illness wasn’t a regular one and most of the time you had to deal with it alone in case you were called weak, weird or just alienated from your society and the expectations to be the best at school and sport were huge. So if I became the best that would cure my problems.. etc.. I think some young kids these days are limited by this very thing. Schooling is great for some but destructive for others.

When you are told to ‘fit in’ it automatically limits you. you can be effected by your environment but also your chemistry in your body is also effected and when we become habitual in a low vibrational state it’s hard to get out of that funk and intern you become depressed, anxious etc..

I’m lucky I made it through the darkness and everyday I have to remind myself of staying on track and keep dedicated to keeping a fit mind, body and soul by working out at the gym or outdoors, meditating twice a day (morning and night) and eating the right foods that compliment my body type. I avoid most news and bad tv shows and choose to listen to positive audiobooks that keep me inspired. Everything you choose to absorb you become. I’m a sensitive sponge that needs to filter out some of the low vibrational things that is all around us everyday, to help keep me inspired by the truer things in life.

How often do you follow your intuition/gut feel in life? Why?

I have learnt the hard way with not following my intuition. I guess that’s everybody’s experience at one stage in their life. When I follow it sometimes it’s completely bat shit crazy, like making a decision for less or no money over something that can be so lucrative but very wrong for who I am inside.

The universe looks after you when you get into the flow of life and trust in your intuition, it is law. When you start to question it you separate yourself from yourself and things become a little distorted. That said, with all the distractions around you and pressures in life to chase whatever illusion you think you need, it’s hard to maintain this level of awareness, so I guess awareness is key to keep practising it.

Falling off track is great because it lets you know that approach (listening to your ego) doesn’t work and reaffirms that all you have is your intuition and when you finally make use of that knowingness, shit gets real! ha!

Can you describe the feeling or space you are in when doing what you love?

Doing what you love should not feel like hard work. Entertainment is a service for others. Songwriting is a service for others. Everything I create, I create it for others. Yes, I want to leave a great legacy, I want my music to be heard all over the world, but to look at it like a service to others wipes away all potential bullshit when the ego gets in the way.

Performance can sometimes be all ego, but when i’m on stage, I lose myself to a higher energy. I hardly remember what I did when I play a show and it’s in the surrendering to that energy that gives rise to inspiration, love and higher awareness that connects you with your audience. Sometimes it’s like telepathy, I can tell what an audience is thinking and wanting from me and I give them that.

Some people could argue that performing is all about the Ego but I believe this approach is very limited. Performing like creating has no boundaries and when you get in that flow it’s like meditation and it’s electric and people feel that and then they become electric with you.

How important has it been for you in working on yourself? Did you or do you have a mentor?

To be honest I think if hadn’t turned the corner in my life and found a better approach I would have passed on by now. My mentors have been everyone I have come close to over my whole life, friends, family, lovers you all learn from them.

My 18 month old son Willow, although not a mentor in the traditional sense has been my biggest teacher about myself and about life. When you spend a lot of time with apart of yourself and watch their limitless way of approaching anything you realise we spend more time here trying to get back to that state of pure joyous energy than anything else we do, even if your aren’t aware of it. We were born the way we were always intended to be, most ‘knowledge’ we acquire in our lives blinds us from who we really are.

So lets say in this moment you are totally limitless, free and happy. What would you love to do next?    

HAHAH! i Don’t know.. I told you, i don’t like contemplating the future too much! Be me i guess.

I feel so appreciative in knowing this man, I hope you can also feel the space he comes from and the journey he continues on so to be able to express so beautifully his truth. Would love to hear your comments and contributions below. Also make sure you jump on my newsletter for more incredible interviews and fun stuff I’m getting up to.

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