Your name:
Ian Britt.
Where are you
from?
Sheffield... and
Manchester.
Who else is in
your band?
Just me. It's
lonely but much simpler.
How would you
describe yourselves?
I'm an acoustic
singer songwriter. I've been putting out music for around 10 years and it's
been somewhat eclectic/schizophrenic. The main threads being strong
melodic content, classic songwriting structures with honest, confessional
lyrics and a decent bit of wit. I'm accessible yet unique. Your mum will
like it, but also your cool twit mate will find something in there that he
could tip his hat too if he pierced the surface (not that your cool twit mate
will have the time).
Who are your
main influences musically?
Early on it was
things like Paul Simon Graceland, Randy Newman, Talking Heads. Now it's
anything that catches my ear. From Elbow to Ezra. The Lumineers to
Led Zeppelin. If it's good with a bit of a pop ethic, I'll lap it up. (I
love face melting dub-step, but sadly it doesn't find it's way into my
recordings).
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
I hope that
my achievements in music help me build my strength towards getting my Gold
Swimming Certificate.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
I've played
South By South West and Radio One Live Weekend, which were
amazing experiences. I toured in Holland extensively for around four years, supporting some big artists over there, doing national Dutch radio/TV
and playing the mecca venue in Amsterdam, The Paradiso. I've also had a bunch
of my music on TV and adverts. My music has been on Hollyoaks in excess of 100
times, so I'm king of Teenage Telly Boppers. I had a few huge breaks in the US
and Canada on TV shows The Real L Word, The L Word and Parenthood with a song I
recorded in a toilet in Manchester. As a result I gained a ton of new fans
over night and the song in question has now had 6.6million hits on Spotify.
Not bad for a fully independent artist.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
None of it.
Every moment helped me learn something. I know that sounds totally
tie-dye. But it's true.
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
The
Shape Of Us. It shows my truest, most simplest expression of my music. It's
from the base of a song like that, that everything else has come and been built
on. I think that song is where I got that form the most perfect. My voice has
changed a lot since then and I know more about recording than I did then. But
it somehow managed to capture that magic (even if I was sitting in the toilet
when we recorded it!).
Where can we
listen to it?
Where can we
find out more about your music?
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
I am releasing a
new EP called "Guardians" on Nov 13th and will also be releasing 2
FREE acoustic versions of songs off the EP before then as a taster before the
main course.
The first free
song is available right now for free:
SEE THE
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/mg2NAfAtpAA
DOWNLOAD
THE MP3 FREE: http://www.dmfdigital.com/releases/view/release/72
The
next free song before the EP will be available on Oct 17th so join the mailing
list today and don't miss out!
No comments:
Post a Comment