Figtree barista Kane Neville struggles with anxiety and knows he's not alone.
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From once travelling to far away places every year - his last major trip was with his dad, visiting sacred locations with shamans in Peru - to then being locked down and told to go nowhere, music has been his saviour.
In a way the pandemic has been a blessing for him, he said, as her finally "found his sound" and who he wants to be as a solo musician under the name Calcite.
"Calcite [the name] came because I'm really into crystals ... it's the stone of emotional intelligence so it kind of brings a harmonious bridge of awareness between your emotions and intellect," he told the Mercury.
"That's what I try to channel in my music by naming myself that ... and to target other people with that and bring a bit of a healing through music."
Neville is creating reggae and surf beats in his home studio, his happy place that brings him joy, and hopes to bring others joy during the uncertain times of NSW's lockdown 2.0.
"COVID made the world stop [in 2020]," he said.
"I went out and bought a laptop, bought recording gear and locked myself away and just wrote and didn't stop. By October I had an album down.
"It gave me inspiration to reach out to people that are feeling how I'm feeling."
The first single from his upcoming debut album is titled Who Am I and is about struggling with identity, anxiety and the way that music can help people find peace within themselves.
"I wanted to write a track that would encourage people to be true to themselves despite the pressures of everyday life, especially in these crazy modern times," he said.
"Lockdown is hard, I've just renovated my home studio because there's nothing else I can do, it is one of the sort of things that keeps any day easy and something to look forward to.
"The positive of it is there's time to write."
You can find Kane 'Calcite' Neville's music on Bandcamp or through Instagram @calcite_music.
- If you or someone you know needs support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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