Jason Singh comes from a family of small-business owners so transitioning from a music career to the owner of a wellness retreat was not as daunting as he thought.
Jason, the lead singer for the band Taxiride, is still heavily involved in his music career, launching a new album last year, but he and his wife Leah wanted to do something different.
Together they opened Pinch Salt and Float at the industrial estate in Ocean Grove.
The business contains two flotation tanks (one a pod and one and open-water pool), a salt room and a hyperbaric chamber pod.
Jason said the Bellarine needed a place such as Salt Pinch and Float.
“It’s not easy to get into town to do anything and we thought our local residents deserved a place like this so we decided to be the people to open it,” he said.
“A hell of a lot of hard work went into it and it’s amazing to see an idea come to life.
“It’s been an incredible six-month learning experience opening a small business in a small community.
“The response has been really good. A lot of first timers have wanted to try to it and then rebooked straight away.
“You just float away to outer space.”
Jason’s music is still going strong, though.
“I’ve still been doing music the whole time while we’ve been setting up, working weekends and working here during the week,” he said.
He still performs with Taxiride, sings solo and gets together with the like of Kate Cebrano, Mark Gable of the Choir Boys, Rob Mills, Shannon Noll and Boom Crash Opera’s Dale Ryder.
Jason said the mission for Vale was to try and trick Shazam into thinking the songs were the originals.
“I picked every song on there because they are masterpieces as they are so who am I to change it at all,” he said.
“I even had Jeff Buckley’s manager send me an email saying it’s the best cover of Last Goodbye he’s ever heard.
“Every song was picked for a sliding doors moment in my life.
“Last Goodbye was our (Leah and his) my first kiss.”
