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Michelle Grace Hunder is one of the most trusted and in demand music photographers in Australia. From Genesis Owusu to TK Maizda, Rural to Hilltop Hoods, G Flip to Jim Jefferies, she's captured the faces that define Australian music culture. She's behind landmark projects like Her Sound, Her Story and Rise, has two separate portrait series at the National Sound and Film Archive, and has spent nearly 15 years building a career that started with zero photography experience at age 31. On this episode of More Questions Than Answers, Ron Haryanto sits down with Michelle Grace Hunter for a conversation about the moment that changed everything, the creative risks that redefined her work, and what it actually takes to build a career in an industry that keeps moving the goalposts. Michelle didn't pick up a camera until she was 31. She had no formal training, no industry connections, and no plan. She had a failed business behind her, a husband who'd just bought her a camera for Christmas, and a hometown friend named Briggs who was making rap music that blew her mind. Six months later, she went professional. What followed was full immersion. Every hip hop show. Every artist. Every night. Between 2010 and 2015, if there was a show in Melbourne, Michelle was there. She inserted herself until she became part of the furniture. That's how Rise happened. That's how Her Sound, Her Story happened. That's how the career happened. But it wasn't just about showing up. Michelle came from a business background in sports marketing and event management. She understood punctuality, deadlines, invoicing, delivery. The things that separate working photographers from talented photographers. The things that keep a career going when the passion runs out. And she was terrified of the studio. For years, Michelle called herself a natural light photographer. It wasn't a style choice. It was fear. She had no idea how to use studio lighting. So she forced herself into the studio for a year and learned everything. That decision changed her career. It changed the standard of her work. It changed what was possible. Now she runs Got Next Studios in Melbourne with her husband Jarvis. It's named after a basketball term. It's soaked in hip hop. It's their second home. And it's become a space for the next generation of photographers to learn, make mistakes, and build the skills that actually matter. This conversation is about the intersection of business and creativity. About finding your people and building meaningful relationships that aren't transactional. About hitting the ceiling in Australian music and deciding whether to stay or go. About navigating an industry that's changing faster than anyone can keep up with. And about the creative risks that redefine everything. INSIDE THE EPISODE Picking up a camera at 31 with zero experience and going professional in six months The catastrophic business failure and the dishwasher moment that changed everything Full immersion in the Australian hip hop scene and becoming part of the furniture Creating Rise and Her Sound, Her Story and the impact of those projects Being terrified of the studio and forcing herself to learn creative lighting The decision that changed her career and raised the standard of her work Working with Rural for nearly a decade and the family that project became Hitting the ceiling in Australian music and the decision to stay instead of going to America Opening Got Next Studios and building a space for the next generation The business skills that separate working photographers from talented photographers Finding your people and building relationships that champion you when you're not in the room Navigating the pressure to be pigeonholed and the push to define yourself on your own terms The moving landscape of the Australian music industry and what comes next If you've ever wondered what it really takes to build a creative career that lasts, especially when you start late and have no idea what you're doing, this one's essential. Subscribe to More Questions Than Answers for new conversations every month with the artists, producers, executives, and creative forces shaping Australia's music and creative industry. For more, head to mentoracademy.com.au, where emerging creatives connect with the mentors who can actually help them. Powered by Mentor Academy. #MichelleGraceHunder #AustralianMusicPhotography #MusicPhotographer #MoreQuestionsThanAnswers #MentorAcademy #HerSoundHerStory #RiseProject #AustralianHipHop #GotNextStudios #AustralianCreatives #PhotographyCareer #CreativeCommunity

You've heard him a thousand times. You just don't know his name. Kacey Baker is one of Australia's most in demand voiceover artists, a multi-ACRA winning radio producer, superstar DJ known as DJ KCB, and now a filmmaker with Hollywood on the phone. If you've turned on a radio, watched TV, scrolled YouTube, or queued a Netflix trailer in this country over the last 20 years, you've heard him. On this episode of More Questions Than Answers, Ron Haryanto sits down with Kacey Baker for the conversation that finally explains why one of Australia's most prolific creative forces has spent two decades hiding in plain sight. Kacey has been the voice behind campaigns for Red Bull, BMW, Mazda, Beyond Blue, YouTube Music, Channel 7, Channel 10, FOX 8, MTV Australia, UKTV, 2Day FM and Netflix Australia. He was KIIS FM's first ever voiceover artist, voicing the network's 2014 launch TVCs. He launched The Kyle and Jackie O Show. That's just the voice. Kacey came up through the Australian club scene as DJ KCB, mixed the biggest selling Wild FM CDs in the country, and got pulled into the Hot 30 Countdown by Kyle Sandilands, who crowned him the world's best megamixer. He spent years as image producer for 2Day FM and the entire Austereo network, picking up multiple Australian Commercial Radio Award wins along the way. Then in 2012 he walked away from all of it.He studied film. Bought a RED camera. Started his own production company. In 2020, his COVID short Stay Home Stay Safe hit two million views in a week. New York Times writers were tweeting it out. Foxtel called for an interview. Netflix directors and crew started reaching out. Then came the LA manager and the call from Warner Brothers. Kacey is one of the most prolific creative forces in Australian media. And almost nobody outside the industry knows his name. This conversation is why. INSIDE THE EPISODE- Coming up through the Wild FM era and the Australian club circuit- Being crowned the world's best megamixer by Kyle Sandilands- Image producing the Hot 30 Countdown and voicing the Austereo network- Becoming one of Australia's most in demand voiceover artists across radio, TV, and the internet- Being KIIS FM's first ever voiceover artist- Walking away from radio and DJing in 2012 to start over- Stay Home Stay Safe going viral and the LA call that followed- The call from Warner Brothers- The reality, the challenges, and the heartbreak of being a creative- Why being one of Australia's most in demand voices still wasn't enough- Building Bay Rock Films and life as a writer / directorIf you've ever wondered what it really takes to build a creative career that lasts, in front of and behind the curtain, this one's a must listen. Subscribe to More Questions Than Answers for new conversations every month with the artists, producers, executives, and creative forces shaping Australia's music and creative industry. For more, head to mentoracademy.com.au, where emerging creatives connect with the mentors who can actually help them.Powered by Mentor Academy.

You might know Timomatic from So You Think You Can Dance or Australia's Got Talent. Or from his run as a chart-topping pop artist with hits like "Set It Off" and "Parachute". Or, more recently, from his transition to the stage: playing Ike Turner in Tina: The Musical and starring in Pretty Woman. The truth is, Tim (real name Tim Omaji) is a true slashie: dancer, singer, songwriter, actor, and one of the most reinvented entertainers in Australian music. For the first ever episode of More Questions Than Answers, Ron Haryanto sits down with Tim for a long conversation about identity, longevity, and what it actually takes to keep evolving in a music industry that keeps moving the goalposts. Inside the episode: Breaking his back, the long road back, and what real adversity teaches you about your craft The shift from Timomatic to Tim Omaji, and what dropping the stage name unlocked creatively and personally Walking away from the major label machine and restarting as an independent artist in 2026 The "stay ready" mindset, borrowed from James Brown, and how it holds up in the algorithm era Why the most useful question for artists today might not be "how do I succeed" but "what should I be asking" What's next for Tim, on stage, on screen, and in the studio If this one resonates, follow the show, share it with someone in your corner, and head to mentoracademy.com.au to connect directly with mentors like Tim across the Australian creative industry.