You might know Timomatic from So You Think You Can Dance or Australia's Got Talent. Or from his run as a chart-topping pop artist with hits like "Set It Off" and "Parachute". Or, more recently, from his transition to the stage: playing Ike Turner in Tina: The Musical and starring in Pretty Woman. The truth is, Tim (real name Tim Omaji) is a true slashie: dancer, singer, songwriter, actor, and one of the most reinvented entertainers in Australian music.
For the first ever episode of More Questions Than Answers, Ron Haryanto sits down with Tim for a long conversation about identity, longevity, and what it actually takes to keep evolving in a music industry that keeps moving the goalposts.
Inside the episode:
- Breaking his back, the long road back, and what real adversity teaches you about your craft
- The shift from Timomatic to Tim Omaji, and what dropping the stage name unlocked creatively and personally
- Walking away from the major label machine and restarting as an independent artist in 2026
- The "stay ready" mindset, borrowed from James Brown, and how it holds up in the algorithm era
- Why the most useful question for artists today might not be "how do I succeed" but "what should I be asking"
- What's next for Tim, on stage, on screen, and in the studio
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