PAM FREEMAN
Pam is a singer-songwriter based in the Northern Rivers of NSW.
She teaches and runs workshops in songwriting, singing and guitar, and loves to support creativity and self expression in those just starting on their musical journey.
She hosted the inaugural Songweaver Retreat in 2026. Songweaver returns in May 2027.
About Pam
Pamela grew up in the UK and fell in love with Australia on a year's working holiday at 23. Since then she has called the NSW Northern Rivers home.In the year 2000 she attended the first Summersong Music Camp and that week, nestled between the ocean and the lake at Lennox Head, changed the course of her life. She discovered her love of singing with Tony Backhouse, wrote her first song under the tutelage of Kristina Olsen, and felt she had finally met her tribe.In the intervening 25 years she developed a serious music camp addiction! Attending almost every Summersong camp, and teaching at various other music flavoured retreats here and overseas, collaborating with incredibly gifted musicians and teachers, too many to list, but notably Jane Cornes and Richard Lawton. She completed a BA in Media (it should have been music!) sung in countless choirs, hosted radio shows, been in several bands, most recently The Loveys a glam cabaret band with whom she has toured and played at festivals including Woodfood, Adelaide Fringe and Nannup WA.She now teaches and runs workshops in songwriting, singing and guitar from her home studio. Her love of music and song continues to grow, she is grateful to be part of a wonderful community of musicians and loves to support creativity and self expression in those just starting on their musical journey.All this has lead to creating Songweaver, a creative camp for women. A safe and supportive space where women can connect with and amplify their voice, a place to share stories and songs. A place women can be witnessed in all their power and also their vulnerability, whether they are seasoned musicians or just finding their voice.
Teaching
Pam teaches songwriting, singing and guitar from her home studio in the NSW Northern Rivers. She loves to support creativity and self expression in those just starting on their musical journey.1 Hour Classes / $80
Voice Jam
10:30am to 12:00pm
Every Friday in Mullumbimby
$20
Voice Jam sessions are an adventurous, off piste exploration in groove, melody and harmony. We will improvise loops, build harmony, take flight in solos, talk gibberish and listen deeply.The sessions will give each of us time to explore the edge of our vocal ability, whilst feeling the support of the whole group. In voice jam there are no mistakes, just bring your childlike playful self and dive in.Contact Pam to get the studio address in Mullumbimby.
Upcoming Gigs
Songweaver - A Creative Retreat for Women
8-13 May 2027, Byron Bay
www.songweaver.com.au
Previous Gigs
Pam Freeman House Concert Ewingsdale - September 2026
Rous Unplugged with Suze Pratten Rous Mill - July 2026
Shara Music Temple Ocean Shores - April 2026
Press Kit
Bio
Pam Freeman is a Mullumbimby based songwriter who refuses to be put in a box. Moving between jazz, Latin, folk and country, Pam draws on a lifetime of musical influences to create songs that are distinctly her own. Raised on a rich musical diet of folk, disco, Motown and soul, she counts Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon among her inspirations. But Pam Freeman sounds like Pam Freeman — and that's the point. Picking up a guitar at 18, she taught herself to play, eventually finding her way into songwriting and, somewhat later, the confidence to perform in public.For several years, Pam was a member of much loved glam cabaret band The Loveys, playing bass, singing harmonies and contributing original songs. The band performed at festivals and theatres across Australia, giving her years of invaluable experience as a musician and performer. A natural storyteller with a wicked sense of humour, Pam writes about the beautifully complicated business of being human: motherhood, marriage, relationships, gratitude and the bigger questions of what it means to be alive. Some of her songs are heartbreakingly vulnerable, others downright hilarious. Often, there's a little of both. She has a knack for finding the funny in the tragic, the extraordinary in the everyday and the truth in life's wonderfully messy moments.Never content to stay in one musical lane, Pam brings curiosity, honesty and humour to everything she writes. Her songs can make you laugh, catch you off guard, break your heart and leave you thinking long after the last note has faded.
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Pam Freeman is one of my favourite singer songwriters. Her lyrics deeply touch my heart. I am a universe of goosebumps and tingles when she sings and shares her songs. I hold tears in, or I just let them flow. Her songwriting is supreme. She holds a course on stage. You immediately feel you’re in safe hands.I deeply look forward to her album release. Capturing her songs is important for a wide regional community of women, men, mums, dads, youth, and musicians.
It will be pure and magical.
- Shelly Brown
Capturing a quintessential 1960s pop-chanteuse charm, Pam's songs are heartfelt and real; her performances will have you laughing, crying or both!
- Rae Stanton
Pam's music delivers elegantly constructed, lyric-based songs that are wise and thought provoking, sometimes funny in their insight, always enlightening and mature, reflective of her broad life experiences. Her melodies touch an inner cord of knowingness. An opportunity to relax and listen is not to be missed.
- David Coyne
Pam Freeman writes songs for today, particularly for women today. She sings about hard things, beautiful things and everyday things. She has a stunning voice, a unique take on the world, and brings a bit of magic and joy to a challenging time on our Planet.
- Michelle Nunan
Stage Plot
Solo (guitar + mic)
Duo (2 x guitar + 2 x mic)
Trio (2 x guitar + 3 x mic + keys)