Born in rural Australia, Ross has had a lifelong passion for poetry and music. Of himself he says "In our house we bridge three generations and just about every music genre. Son Jono is a university student, who has lived his life in almost equal parts between Australia and England. My wife Linda has strong Irish-American roots and I'm an Aussie country boy. So, we are able to accommodate everyone's musical passions in our home". 
 

Most of Ross's working life has been in telecommunications. In Australia, working in Sydney, Perth and Adelaide and for the past 8 years in London, England. He and his family have also traveled in the USA and widely in Europe. Of his interest in music, he says, "I've been a fan of The Beetles, Elvis, Shirley Bassey. Also, country greats like Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell and Dolly Parton to name a few. But my move into writing lyrics came via my interest in poetry, which I began dabbling in as a spiritual exercise as far back as the 1970's".

For Ross the expansion into song writing in the last couple of years has opened up new horizons and put him into contact with some very new talents. He says, "I noticed that my poetry started to flow like a song, so I began searching the internet for a likeminded soul who I could exchange ideas with and was lucky enough to come across Jeffrey Ullsperger. He became a mentor and co-songwriter and although our styles are different, we complement each other and now we believe that this combination is developing into a winning formula."
Songs that they have written together can be heard on the internet at

http://www.broadjam.com/lyrics 

http://www.songcastmusic.com/profiles/lyrics