Your name:
Niki
Tyler.
Where are you
from?
London, UK.
Name of band:
I
work under my name Niki Tyler.
How would you
describe yourselves and your music?
I
guess you could call my music mostly pop/ballad… but I am straying from
that genre a little. I write mostly from experience which makes the songs
easy to relate to and real. I'm told my songs make people cry, which makes me
happy and sad all at the same time. Happy because they clearly get where I was
coming from with the song - and music should reach out to the listener. And
sad, because, well - the aim is not to upset people obviously. People who meet
me say I come across as quite serious, maybe that serious side comes out in a
lot of my songs, but really I’m not that scary – just the opposite really!
Who are your main
influences musically?
I’d
say I’m influenced by life. But I do admire and enjoy listening to artists like
Adele, James Morrison, The Script and Ed Sheeran to name a few and also
unsigned music. I do actually host a live radio show every week at EGH Radio so
I’m privileged to have access to loads of amazing unsigned music and I really
enjoy doing the show.
What do you hope to
achieve in music?
I
think ultimately it would be nice to reach a bigger audience with my music –
I’d love to do a tour of the UK. I’m hoping to do a gig or two when I release
my new E.P. later this year – so yeah, to do more live shows is definitely an
aim for me.
What has been the
highlight of your career so far, and why?
There's
been a few occasions that I thought, wow, didn't think I’d ever achieve that.
Releasing my album ‘All This Time’ was just amazing, I threw a big release
party and we all had a great night. Being entrusted with my own live music
radio show was also something I didn’t even dream of achieving. But I have to
say it's the simple things that have meant just as much, like one time - when I
just started out gigging and at one show I had an amazing reaction
from the audience. I got pretty much mobbed.. even in the toilets! I wasn’t
prepared for that haha.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
A
live performance when I wasn't at my best. Think we've all had those... but it
does stay in your mind. All you can do is put it down to experience and think
hey - this is live, stuff happens.
If you had to pick
just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Just
one? Now that’s tough. As my writing evolves it does seem to be moving in a
slightly different direction so I guess we’ll go with that and I’ll say ‘Times
Like These’ – the single I released last summer. You can read a review for the
track right here: https://saltshake.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/niki-tyler/
Where can we listen
to it?
Here
is the official video for it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nm4o-PS2qI
Where can we find
out more about your music?
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikityler1
Website: http://www.nikityler.co.uk/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NikTT51
ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/nikityler
Anything else you’d
like to say about your music that I forgot to ask?
I
don't think so, but I would like to say that reaching a wider audience is the
hardest thing in this business so thank you for putting this out there.
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