IF YOU WANT TO DO MUSIC - JUST PUT IT OUT THERE

Mikaela Castine is a 19-year-old indigenous singer/songwriter from Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory.

Mikaela has been singing from an early age but she always wanted to write her own material instead of doing covers of other people’s songs.

This year Mikaela took her big chance. She released an album of her own compositions with the help and support of family and friends.

Speaking to Ngaarda Media, Mikaela’s advice to other young budding songwriters is “if you want to do music, just put it out there. No matter if people like it or not, whatever you like just put it out there. There'll be people lots of people that enjoy your music.”

The fact that our reporter Cassandra Ariuu found Mikaela, adds weight to her point of view. “Just yeah keep promoting it do whatever you can and eventually get noticed”.

You can listen to Mikaela’s latest song by clicking on the link.