sentences:  Jodi met Kasey and Nash Chambers of The Dead Ringer Band at the Victor Harbour Country Music Festival, and they shared stories of growing up on the Nullarbor Plain.Nash asked Jodi to send him a recording of her songs, which culminated in Kasey recording Jodi's song "Why" for the Dead Ringer Band's album "Homefires" in 1995.In 1995, Jodi enrolled in Southern Cross University’s contemporary music course to further her studies in songwriting and composition, as well as audio production
  
  At the age of 19, Jodi was playing a set at the Lismore Festival's Unplugged stage, which lead to her supporting Arlo Guthrie on his 1996 Australian tour.