Benjamin Swinburne is a long time musician, singer and songwriter, he has a Diploma in Contemporary Music and has been an avid performer, supporter and promoter of live music on Tamborine Mounatin and the Beaudesert Shire. He is the founder and coordinator of the A-Park-Pella Festival, an outdoor choral festival held in the Botanic Gardens on Tamborine Mountain and conductor of the Evolution Choir, he also regularly sings and performs with his band 'Cud', and also writes a weekly music column in the Tamborine Times.