What are you listening to at the moment?
I’ve just bought the new Goldfrapp album, I think Alison
Goldfrapp is great I also bought the new Chili Peppers album
I just think they are great guys.
Have you got any live dates coming up?
Yes I do have some live dates in the summer but I’m
not entirely sure what the specific dates are .
Have you got a favorite gig you have played?
Most recently I did radio one out in Ibiza last summer, that
was just such a great experience we were on the beach and
it was so much fun it was crazy. The crowed was such fun
and they were all totally up for it and there were loads
of people from London who I know who were there so that
is the one that definitely sticks in my mind.
If you were going to collaborate with somebody dead or alive
who would it be?
Dead it would be Nina Simone but alive would have to be Antony
from the Chili Peppers
How do you go about writing songs?
I don’t use any kind of formula , personally I am quite
strict with my writing, I work 9 to 5 and I have a studio
next door to Tim Deluxe so I do have quite a few distractions
during the day, I go in to the studio at 9 and I don’t
come out until the evening, I have to get into a head space
that says work, I lock the door and go in some days I’ll
just play and play and play the piano other days I’ll
write words. If I’m stressed I find it very hard to
focus on writing.
What kind of reaction have you had to your album so far?
So far it has been great, This time of the year isn’t
very good for making your debut because of all the huge summer
hits that come out around now, there is just so much going
on. The reaction has been really confident but unfortunately
so much in the music business is beyond your own control,
people do expect lots from a first single and I think it
get very over emphasized, it used to all be about growing
and that’s what I intend to do spend time developing
because I am an album artist really.
What songs are you most proud of?
Well my next single which is called ‘Single’ that’s
a really powerful song it’s one for the girls yea but
I’m alright with that another song called Miss America
I recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra in Abbey Road
so I was really happy with that and I thought it was quite
a triumph for a first album.
At your Ideal after show party who would you invite?
I think I would go for something really silly like all my favorite football
players, I would fill the room with testosterone and be done with it!
On Contactmusic.com we have an area dedicated to unsigned
musicians, what advise would you give them starting out in
the music business?
Always be confident, do listen to advise, never stop plugging and just believe!
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