Congratulations to Year 11 specialist music student Anika Lawrence who is one of ten Peel region artists selected to take part in West Australian Music's (WAM) Demos from Peel regional recording project, and feature on the upcoming compilation set to record in Fairbridge Village this March.

The high quality of applications received for the project is testament to the talent throughout the region, and made for a difficult selection process. The successful acts were chosen to provide a snap-shot of the varying ages, musical genres and geographical locations of artists within the region, enabling the compilation to capture the multiplicity of stories, experiences and musical contributions the region has to offer.

Anika will be working alongside renowned sound engineers and producers, including Matt Gio and Dan Carroll of Rada Studios, Debaser Studio’s Andy Lawson, with Ryan Brennan and national hip-hop legend Dazastah dropping by as guest producers.

Last year Anika was a finalist in the 2019 Fairbridge Festival Songwriting Quest, a nominee for the 2019 WAM Song of the Year Award and took out second place in the Act-Belong-Commit Breakthrough music competition in 2019.