Brisbane based songwriter Benny Elder spent his days out in the mines and his nights with a guitar with a dream for himself. A mechanical engineer by trade but a storyteller by heart, so knowing that he decided it's time to take a leap of faith, and has begun turning his music dreams into reality. He's set to share a raw and honest tune "Gotta Make It On Your Own"  due to release on June 1st.

Being a Brisbane local, Benny thought this track would be done best by with engineering and mixing coming from Darek Mudge out of Brisbane's renown Airlock Studios. Mastering for "Gotta Make It On Your Own" was later done by Matt Gray out of Matthew Gray Mastering.

"Gotta make it on your own" is about the complicated feelings of being a musician trying to navigate your way through the industry. Benny sings about how it feels to be competing with everybody, yet at the same time competing with nobody. Benny explains "Gotta Make It On Your Own" is about as the name suggests, making it on your own. "The music industry is ultra competitive, and can be very lonely at times. This song expresses the feelings of isolation, despair and abandonment that many musicians feel during their careers." 

 At 12 years old Benny discovered his love for music when gifted Blink 182's self titled album, however it wasn't until ten years later he would begin crafting his own songwriting; taking influence from Blink 182 as well as artists like Passenger, Bob Dylan, Machine Gun Kelly, John Mayer, Ed Sheeran & Luke Combs.

"Gotta Make It On Your Own" is a little different from the tunes that we've heard from Benny so far, taking more influence from his pop punk side. leaving us with an upbeat and honest take on the music industry we're sure will help others sharing similar experiences.

"GOTTA MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN" OUT JUNE 1