Northern resonance

Northern resonance Musician Tim Finn is playing a “best-of” show in Cairns, his first show in the northern Australian city in nearly 3 years. Finn says he’ll be performing music from his 29 album Anthology: North, South, East, West, a collection of his best songs from the whole gamut of his career. What does he think makes that perfect song, one that runs around your mind like [Split Enz hits] I See Red or tugs on the heart strings like How’m I Gonna Sleep? According to Finn, it isn’t something esoteric or philosophical, rather a simple approach that resonates with people deep inside. “Good melody, good words and some sort of mood or atmosphere. Above that, it’s got to take you somewhere, take you out of yourself. You kind of know when you’ve written one, they always seem to come easier than the rest.” Finn performs at the Tanks Art Centre in Cairns on October 8.