Press,  interviews & other writing.

Interview with Jason Heath for Contrabass Conversations podcast, May 2021

“Erica Bramham just released Enamel, her third album and her first self-recorded release. We talk about how the pandemic inspired these compositions, what it was like shooting the music videos for this album, what the pandemic has been like for her in Melbourne, thoughts on future projects, and such more.”

Interview with Jason Heath for Contrabass Conversations podcast, September 2019

“Erica Bramham is a critically acclaimed vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Melbourne, Australia. She has recently taken up the bass and has been studying with Anita Hustas. For her, playing the bass has been a uniquely challenging experience, and one that she has become deeply passionate about.”

INTERVIEW WITH AUSTRALIANJAZZ.NET, FEBRUARY 2018

"... Each day’s work was recorded and shared through social media, in a gesture of brutal honesty that shed light to the creative process, the struggle, the joy, the inspiration, the limitation, the block.  At times, you could almost feel the labour pain associated with crafting a song and the emotional cost that it has. ..."

- Nikos Fotakis, February 2018

Interview with Rehearsal Magazine, February 2017

"... I think a lot of musicians (myself included) spend too much time trying to become the kind of musician we think others want us to be, rather than figuring out the kind of musician we want to be and working towards that goal instead. ..."

Interview with Ben Turner, February 2017

Ben Turner and Erica Bramham chat about perfectionism with the creative process, inner dialogue, people pleasing and Erica's song-chain project.

I’m just about to reach my three year anniversary learning and playing the double bass. I asked myself some of the questions beginner-me would have liked to know the answers to when just starting out.

Until the Covid-19 crisis really took hold I had been taking an extended break from online life. I’d come to the conclusion that my relationship with social media was almost identical to my relationship with alcohol, and like alcohol I found moderation almost impossible. It was far simpler to abstain completely. I have tried setting many different rules around my use of social media, but like trying to drink only three days a week, or stopping after one glass of wine, the willpower involved in enforcing these rules is exhausting, and the times when the object of your addiction gets the better of you become a source of shame and anxiety.