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Rod Whitfield, Journalist

Rod Whitfield

Rod Whitfield is a retired musician and long-time music writer. He joined his first band on drums way back in 1987, playing in myriad original rock acts before hanging up the sticks and retiring in 2015. In 1995, he joined Forte Magazine, Geelong’s premier street press magazine, as a journalist and has not stopped writing about music since. He has written for The Music, UK Prog Magazine, Beat, was The Buzz Magazine’s chief rock and metal writer for eight years, and has worked for countless online publications and zines. 

Since retiring from the original band scene, he has become a novelist, and at the time of writing he is completing work on his fourth book, the third work in a trilogy based on an upcoming fantasy/combat/adventure video game, as well as designing the narrative of the game itself. Keep an eye out for the release of Brides of Vampira in the coming years. 

Reviews / Live
Live Review: James Norbert Ivanyi, Dyssidia, Logic Defies Logic, The Omnific
"On their respective instruments, the backing musos Ivanyi assembles are just as good as he is."
Features / Music
Eye-Popping Imagery Helped Pull Focus In Those Shy Early Days
"... It was a way of compensating for not being a very extrovert frontman on stage, so then maybe people could forgive me for staring at my shoes the whole time!"
Features / Music
Even Genuine Guitar Heroes Need To Drop The Six-String On Occasion
"I'll go three, four months without even playing music, without even writing a song or even picking up a guitar other than to move it out of the way."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Starset, Branch Arterial, Transience
"The overarching vibe is that of a pumping, over-the-top, powerhouse rock show that gets the crowd howling in unison with the band and thrusting their fists skyward."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Toxicon, Nucleust, Beyond Contempt, Primitive, The Orphan
"Throw in very extroverted live performances, especially from frontman Wayne Clarris, and you have yourself a heady mix."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Steven Wilson - To The Bone
"He displays his unmatched knack for crafting intelligent, classy, catchy and powerful progressive rock music."
Features / Music
How Pond And Methel Ethyl Delayed The New Hamjam Release
"It's already been out in the world, and then it got taken down from the world, and now it's coming back out again!"
Features / Music
Life's Looking Smoother Than Ever Over At 'Rocky's Diner'
"I jump a lot between musical styles. I get bored really quickly. In hindsight, it's probably better to stick with one thing and just get really good at it."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Rival Fire - War
"... Mightily impressive."
Features / Music
Phil Slabber Shares Why Crooked Colours Struggled To Get 'Vera' Released
"...We're going to knuckle down and get the next record written and finished so that it's not another two-year process between releases."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Flynn Effect - Obsidian
"The music is sometimes dark and heavy, sometimes soft and wistful, sometimes symphonic and bombastic, but always compelling."
Features / Music
Ivanyi's Cut The Fat, He's Fitting Fit, And He's Ready To Take 'Denalavis' Around Oz
"Even just chatting to people at the festivals in different countries, they're really aware of the wave of instrumental music coming out of Australia… and I'm really honoured to be a part of that."