Brent Hayhurst

The Long Way Here

My name is Brent Hayhurst. I'm a singer-songwriter, carpenter, support worker and music mentor based in Daylesford, Victoria.

Since I can remember, I've been absolutely obsessed with music. My father left home when I was fourteen months old, and I was raised by the most incredible single mother, who sacrificed everything for me and my brother.

At ten, I heard Metallica's "Sad But True" for the first time and my mind melted. I was hooked. That guitar never really left my hands after that — through my father's death when I was fourteen, through years supporting my brother Leigh's long road back, through a decade working across the music industry, through five years and fifty thousand dollars making the Tapestry EP at Rockfield Studios in Wales, the same room as Bohemian Rhapsody and Oasis.

By the time that EP came out, I had nothing left in the tank. I uploaded it to Spotify and quietly disappeared. I didn't promote a single thing.

That's part of why this site exists. I'm now finishing my debut album after twenty years of writing songs, and turning my attention — properly, this time — to getting the music out there. Not just the songs, but the threads of story that bring them to life.

So please, take a look around. Make yourself comfortable. And don't be a stranger. — Brenty