Bex, AKA Ruby Boots, strums a 1941 Gibson L-0, Brandy Zdan leading on our 1968 Fender Telecaster and Ryan Gavil on the Ampeg Devil Bass.

How did making music become your life?
I was working on a pearl farm way out at sea off the coast of Western Australia where I taught myself how to play guitar and eventually I started writing songs. Once I had started writing I was never able to turn my back on it, I was 22 at the time so I didn’t grow up playing music or anything like that, but I do know that it found me at the right time for me to be able to give myself to it and grow. I traveled all through Europe and the UK busking for rent and signing to no one and everyone on the street for a couple of years and eventually I found myself back at home in Perth Western Australia and started gigging every week. It's been quite a slow and steady pace for me but I just kept doing the next thing in order to grow and push myself as an artist. I guess there was no real ‘start’ as such but just one thing after the next that allowed me to continue to write and record songs in Australia and then America and now I’m somehow able to play them around the world to people!

How do you make it work? What are your hustles/gigs? How does it all come together?
You know, I really can't answer that one way or the other because the majority of the times there are so many variables that going into making things roll on from one thing to the next and I play so many different roles to make things work, I'm self managed, I TM my own tours, I work remotely writing arts grants for Australians whilst I am on tour in the US ... you name it, if It has to happen I'll just get it fucking done so that I can keep this thing rolling. I'm still not at the point where I make music and support myself from it so everyday I just do what I can to make the next thing happen, I feel like with every next thing there is so much at stake so I try and take the time to look at what's in front of me and then brainstorm what I have to do to make it happen. To put it in a few words I think the three things that sum up how I make it all work is keeping my work ethic in tact i.e. work as hard as you need to to get it done no matter what that entails, love what you do and keep some blind faith in tact so the fear doesn't take over and rule my decisions.