By mid-2001, Brian had independently released two singles into the Australian Country Music Charts - "My Bare Hands" (written by Greg Macainish of Skyhoooks fame) pre-released on NfS 67 and "Love Had The Last Word" (A duet with Kayleen Newton, QLD and written by Alan Wagstaff, NZ) pre-released on NfS 68.
Around the middle of 2001, Brian had independently released two songs into the Australian Country Music Charts - "My Bare Hands", which was co-written by Greg Macainish, a well-known songwriter from Skyhooks, and initially made available on NfS 67. He also released another song, "Love Had The Last Word", a duet with Kayleen Newton from Queensland, written by Alan Wagstaff from New Zealand, before it appeared on NfS 68.