WELCOME

WELCOME

The website of Seven Hawkes

Songwriter,  Guitarist,  Vocalist,  Producer,  Music Tutor,  Guitar Mechanic

   info@thegatcat.com

THEGATCAT

Commercial Rock songs with Big 80s Guitars mixed with 90s-inspired Dance grooves

ALCOHOL FUELED

- "this is where I get super honest and brutally cynical...anything goes"

SEVEN HAWKES

- "Rock songs with a commercial edge served

loud and upfront"

I DON'T GO OUT OF MY WAY TO WRITE POP SONGS... BUT I CAN

I've split my songwriting into 4 categories

Here's an example of each

NO COMPUTERS ARE USED ON MY RECORDINGS

I believe the magic should come from the musician... not a machine

As a musician I have made a living……

     * Writing, recording and producing stings and themes for TVNZ

     * Studio sessions with the famous and the not so famous

     * As a guitarist I have toured with top 10 selling artists

     * Educated the next generation of amazing musicians

     * Toured performing my heroes' songs in top-selling tribute bands


I consider myself extremely lucky to have been part of Sydney’s thriving pub music scene at its peak.


Now... I'm stepping into the spotlight to front my own music.

Trust me, I’m not doing this for fortune or fame…far from it.

My personal view of fame is  -

“ A life where you are constantly surrounded by financially motivated vultures who at any time will bleed you dry then move onto the next victim, while your corpse slowly rots in the sun“  

-  metaphorically speaking, of course. 


Don’t get me wrong, I once craved the fame and fortune my idols wore so well in public.

Then as time went on and the experiences I heard from more of the industry folk I met, a completely different picture became clear  from what I as a child dreamt of being part of.

Can't Escape This Feeling

Saved By You

Bad Girls

Up Yourself

ALL SONGS WRITTEN, RECORDED AND PERFORMED

BY SEVEN HAWKES