''I was a pretty big loser at school, pretty much as a result of that, before I was into country music I was a sport guy - I was playing on all the footy teams and I was one of the cool dudes, and all of a sudden I stepped out and said 'hey I wanna be singing country music'.
''In the last two or three years of high school that was my sole focus in life - just playing country music. Everyone knew about it and I was a massive loser at school as a result.''Liam said.

But it seems life has a way of correcting itself and Liam is now most certainly the one who'll be having the last laugh, and in fact to many is now considered real cool.
His last 18 months have included taking out the Toyota Star Maker 2009 title, releasing his debut CD, Wild Heart, and rapidly making a name for himself as one of the hottest young practitioners of country music.
If that weren't enough, he's currently on the road with Kirsty Lee Akers, McAlister Kemp and Chelsea Basham for the Guys, Girls, Guitars and Bars tour.

''I'm really excited about it,'' Liam said of the tour. ''We're all gonna do a few songs together which is something cool. People don't get to see that very often - artists getting up and singing stuff together and mucking around on stage. I think that's probably the highlight for me - it will be a lot of fun. And everyone on the tour is a bit crazy.''
Liam said he was getting used to his still relatively new life under the country music spotlight.
''It's been a crazy 18 months of my life since winning Star Maker and going through the process of recording the album and putting out the first single and all of a sudden people know who I am,'' he said.
''Now with the second single [Doghouse] its been a big boost again - it's just been nuts to go from an 18 year old kid wanting to be a country singer to now being out there doing a national tour and people know my songs and know who Liam Brew is.
''It's very strange but great. I'm absolutely lovin' it and it's exactly where I want to be.''
Liam said he was happy to be deemed part of the new breed of young Australian country musicians.
''Definitely as a result of people like Keith Urban and Taylor Swift, awareness of it [country music] is growing in younger people,'' he said.
''That's a great thing, people are discovering it and I'm happy to carry that torch and bring new people to the genre.''
Liam is also quite comfortable in a scene where young male performers are at present few and far between.
''There's a lot of young female singers out there doing country and I guess that makes it tough on them, because you really have to do something different to stand out,'' he said.
''There's really not a lot of the younger male country singers and in a way that adds pressure because you're kind of out there a little bit more and out in the open but it also kind of makes it a little bit easier because if people want to listen to a young country guy there's only four or five out there doing it. There's a better chance of them coming to your gig.''
In between touring commitments Liam is currently writing material for his second release and hopes to head back to the studio in the next six months.

by Matt Lawrence