About
A coach and mentor to guitarists and business owners looking to step up in their craft.
Phil is a professional musician based in the Blue Mountains – West of Sydney, Australia
A fiery and passionate performer in the folk and independent festival scene across NSW.
A unique and independent artist who performs his original music in venues large and smallaround Sydney.
An alternative and much loved music choice for couples on their wedding day in and aroundSydney.
A trusted and experienced professional corporate events/functions musician for large and small scale settings across Sydney.
An owner and operator and educator at one of Western Sydney’s largest music schools,Stormer Music.
A musical collaborator, working with several outfits and artists across Sydney as the work requires it.
Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Sydney with majors in performance and composition.
An established recording artist having released four full length albums of original music:“Moods and Moments” (2008), “These Hands” (2009), “Light & Shade” (2011), "Not Quite Home" (2023) and "Textures" (2024).
An award winning music video collaborator: with three official music videos, one of which (“Charmer”) was recorded in the hills of Morocco, North Africa.
Current board member and advisor to local arts, council and community organisations.
Phil is a unique and versatile fingerstyle acoustic guitarist whose professional work covers many areas of the music industry.
Cares deeply about his music, his work, his clients and audience.
Overall, Phil is a dedicated, talented, established and professional musician who cares deeply
about his music, his work, his clients and audience. Phil’s talent is rare and refreshing and his
music and performances are inspiring and truly entertaining.
Musician Business
I HATE COUNTRY MUSIC
You’ve no doubt heard people say things like my title here, I’ve heard it a bunch about country and less mainstream styles like metal or rap. I find it so interesting that someone could feel comfortable saying it. Obviously we all have preferences and likes/dislikes...
The Right Teacher Changes Everything
The wrong teacher does too! The place of a music teacher is such a powerful and important role, especially in the life of the young people we are often working with. Music is such a powerful element, far from just an auditory experience or physical exercise, it’s a...
Technical Ability and Musical Sensitivity
Music making is the marriage of technical ability and musical sensitivity. They are needed in balance and must be present for music to really work. Basically the musician must be able to play and play so with heart and expression. You will no doubt have experienced a...
Tone deaf myth
I truly believe that music is for everyone. As a participant one can play music, listen to music and enjoy music on their own terms. The amount of times I have been told by people that “I don’t have a musical bone in my body”, or “I’m tone deaf” is pretty incredible...
Why play music?
We all have our own reasons to play. These are unique and often deeply personal reasons, which should be understood by the musicians themselves and shared carefully (if at all). I imagine music to be deeply connected to something in us, almost a direct line to the...
Music and Image
Consider your favourite artist or song. What comes to mind? It’s likely a combination of an image of them, a tune and an experience you had that had elements of both of these. It’s interesting right? To think about the link between music and it’s visual or...
Good or bad music?
I don’t believe in “good” or “bad” music or rather I don’t believe they should be phrased that way, I think most of us mean “this is music I like” or “this is music I don’t like” when we say this. This is not to say we cannot have standards, or cannot hold music to...
Music and Meaning
I believe music has meaning and can speak deeply to subjects of importance or lightly to subjects of fun. It has the capacity to confront us to think and feel despite our best intentions to push it away. I have been asked about my own pieces before, the instrumental...
Nature or Nurture
As a teacher I have been asked many times by parents if their child has “got it” or if music is just a waste of time for them. I would usually say whether they have “it” or not does not mean it is a waste of time at all. They’re really asking if their child has a...
Musician and Entrepreneur Sydney
Award Winning Recording Artist
Contact and Bookings
If you are interested in booking Phil Stormer for a festival, wedding, event, house concert, venue or if you have any questions or feedback, we would love to hear from you!