Nik Phillips

Nik Phillips, is an Australian singer-songwriter who's music is an honest reflection of contemporary Australian life with a musical style ranging from pop/roots through to alternative/country, Nik's thought-provoking lyrics blend effortlessly with his emotional melodies. Nik is an independent artist who has released 6 albums. His most recent has just become the first Australian CD to be released in mainland China through a major Chinese record company.

Nik is an independent artist who has released 6 albums. His most recent has just become the first Australian CD to be released in mainland China through a major Chinese record company.

He has received Golden Guitar nominations and receives strong radio and TV coverage as an alternative country artist and Nik is currently receiving popular airplay across China.

Nik Phillips began his career hosting an Australian TV music show called Saturday Juke Box. During this time his first single "Something About You", released by Festival Records, reached number 10 in the Queensland music charts. Shortly after, he moved to Los Angeles, where he recorded his first album, Poetry and Beer, under the production skills of famous US producers the Robb Brothers. This album has since become a cult classic among Nik fans.

Whilst in the USA, he performed on the famed Santa Monica Pier as part of the Soccer World Cup celebrations.

His next album 'Four Poet Steps' was released through BMG and featured the single "Bleeding Valentine", a song described at the time by some critics as the years most radio friendly single.

His other CDs include Six Pack (2001), Northern Rivers Child (2003), Songs From the Fourth Floor (2006) and Postcard (Chinese release 2007). Other songs to have shaped Nik's career include "Forever Queensland", the official anthem for Australia's biggest sporting event, the Rugby League State of Origin series. He also wrote and recorded the official song for Queensland's other leading sporting team, the Queensland Reds. Nik regularly performed at their matches before crowds ranging from 25,000 to 56,000 people.

In 2001, while Australian troops where undertaking Peacekeeping duties in East Timor, Nik penned the song "Come Back Soon". This song was endorsed by the Queensland Premier Mr Peter Beattie and was involved in projects which raised over AU$70, 000 for two East Timor orphanages. During this period, Nik was the only independent artist to have 3 singles play listed on major radio stations.

In 2007 Nik received a Golden Guitar nomination at Australia's leading Country Music awards for the song "Not In This Life". His song "Postcard" was nominated for a major award at the Mildura Independent Country Music Awards festival last October.

Throughout his career, most of Nik's success has been as an independent artist, recording and financing his own releases. The Country Music Chanel and country radio have supported the songs Postcard, Not In This Life, No One Is To Blame and My Town off the CD Songs From The Fourth Floor.

Venues who use the Night Life music system can find all these film clips plus a 1997 release of Bleeding Valentine. In 2007 Nik travelled the country with his good friends James Blundell and Karl Broadie, as the Like Minded Felons.

In China, Nik Released his CD, 'Postcard' through the Guangdong company Pacific Audio and Video (a subsidiary of the Southern Media Group and Guangdong Radio) in Nov 2007. He became the first western artist to sign with a mainland Chinese record company.

In June 2008, Nik wrote the song 'Hold Their Spirits High' for the people of Sichuan. This was recorded in mandarin with Guangdong artist DJ Lam and released at a concert in Guangzhou which helped raise over 4 million RMB for the Chinese Red Cross. The clip, shot on the Sunshine Coast, has been receiving wide coverage and promotion for the region in Southern China).

As a live performer, Nik has few piers. His ability to perform over 300 shows a year sees him play before crowds ranging from the local hotel venue through to capacity football stadium events such as the State of Origin.

Nik wrote and recorded the official Qld State of Origin and Qld Reds songs.

Nik's albums are full of depth and conviction, the product of a creative life well-lived. His collection of songs will surely resonate around the state and beyond. Like seeds of the prodigious local Moreton Bay fig trees, these songs will germinate, grow and occupy a special place in your mind.