Artist:Hadyn Ward

There’s a lot about Hadyn Ward and his music that can be summed up in one simple quote. “I think the biggest buzz of all is playing your music to the folks who don't often get much attention in life,” he says. “I think that’s what my music has always been about.” Life lived, music shared. It’s been that way since Ward first picked up an acoustic guitar at age 12 in his country hometown of Albany, Western Australia. He was a ‘90s kid, however, so the acoustic model was soon enough replaced by a distortion-drenched electric guitar and a grunge obsession spurred by the energetic-yet-eternally-searching likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots. At the time, however, it was a passion lent to solitude. “My family don't have one single bone of music in their body,” he notes. “So for me, the guitar was always a very private thing... and still is to this day.” Moving to Perth as a young adult, Ward’s first taste of gigging life came when he worked as a barman at ...