Wendy Elizabeth Rule (born 31 October 1966) is an Australian musical artist. She was born in Sydney and later moved to Melbourne. She performs regularly and has toured the United States and Europe. She has been based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Early life As a child, Rule was a keen singer from a young age and was described as having "a magical voice" which she would use to "burst into song beneath the blackberries in the backyard". Her tomboy tendencies were ended abruptly once she hit puberty and she was turned upon by her sister and mother, making her feel "repressed, unwanted and weird." At the age of 15 while in high school, she started to sing with rock bands, although it did not feel natural to her and she had moved onto jazz by the time she was in college. While she felt this was OK, it didn't feel like her passion. Once she reached the age of around 26, when her son was born, she had an epiphany whereby she was composing songs "about magic and witchcraft". She had always had an interest in fairies, tarot and the occult. After some soul searching, she came across a white magic guidebook in a bookshop, which she described as being "like BANG! This is what I'm meant to be doing!" Career Musical style She released her first album in 1996, around four years after she had dedicated herself to performing and composing. Although her early roots were in jazz, she moved to the Goth genre. Rule both composes and performs vocals on her albums. Publicity During the late 1990s, Rule's website was credited for generating interest in her music overseas, particularly in the United States and Europe, with a radio station Germany featuring her compact disc catalogue which was believed to have generated "a massive response". Foreign album orders around 1998 were seeing a 100% increase around every three months, with orders from America estimated at between $50 to $100 each week. A show that Rule performed in at the Continental Cafe in Prahran, Victoria had already sold half its tickets through her website prior to any advertising from the press. Her early website assisted in getting information out to a fan base at little to no cost, particularly as emails did not cost anything as opposed to posted letters. Theology She is a practising witch and her lyrics