Taking inspiration from old rock bands such as INXS, ACDC, Credence, Rage Against Machine and more, La Salle students Nina and Jack Sheather have been part of the band Hollow Point for around three years now.
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Hollow Point is a family band consisting of siblings Nina and Jack, Patrick, Tess and Evie.
Recently the family band played one of their biggest gigs to date at the Royal Bathurst Show to a crowd of thousands.
"We played on the main stage on Friday and Saturday night to a really great crowd," guitarist Jack said.
"The crowd was great, we had so much fun and the energy was really good."
Hollow Point has played many local gigs including Harmony Day, Lithgow Halloween, Drought Relief concerts, at Headspace for Youth Week and much more.
They also attend birthday parties and will be rocking out at a 40th and 50th very soon.
Jack said he liked playing music and got a three string cigar box guitar for his birthday which is how it all started.
The instruments then kept coming as they learnt how to use a Casio keyboard and Nina was convinced from her La Salle music teacher to start playing the drums.
"Now I absolutely love playing and want to keep growing as a musician," Nina said.
Nina said that while COVID had been a pain for most other bands in terms of getting together to practice, for them it had been amazing.
"When there were restrictions and we had to stay home, there was nothing else to do so we would just go and jam together," Jack said.
"Other bands weren't able to meet up but since we all live under one roof we could just go and play whenever we wanted to."
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Nina said that if they have a disagreement they are all able to come together to work it out.
"We don't have anywhere to really go otherwise, it would be like storming off to the lounge room," she joked.
Jack said High Street Music in Lithgow and Penrith had been an amazing support to their family.
"They supply us with all our gear, including strings, keys and drums," he said.
Nina said they have also been attending the Tin Shed which has been playing host as a youth drop in centre for 12-17 year olds.
"For around two hours after school you can go and play music and hand out, eat free food and get drinks, it's really fun to just jam out there," she said.
One thing both siblings agreed on was that being in a family band was "awesome" and something they want to continue doing into the future.
If you would like to follow Hollow Point to see what they are up to, you can do so at their Facebook Page Hollow Point 2790.