1.

What inspired you to want to become a full time

artist? I dont fully believe that you are inspired to
become a full time artist. You are inspired to make music
but then you start to think yeah, you know what people
might like this so in my eyes its less an inspiration and
more of a realisation.
2. What Bands or Artists inspire your music? Im a
huge fan of bands like You Me At Six, Panic! At the Disco,
All Time Low, and Cage The Elephant but my style is most
influenced by Frank Turner. He was originally the frontman
of the punk band Million Dead but after they broke up he
started to do solo acoustic stuff. Its just amazing how he
has influences from punk within a more folky style. His
albums are some of my all-time favourites and are well
worth listen for those looking for an inspiration.
3. What do you believe are your biggest achievements
so far while being an artist? My biggest
achievement Im torn. I cant decide between my first
gig, and conversing with Frank Turner. In regards to my gig
it was the first time Id performed as a solo artist before
and it quite nerve wracking. It was a small venue but
bigger than I had experienced before. I was unsure of how
people would respond but the reaction got from the
crowed after my first song really spiked confidence in me
and I carried on with the show with real ease. For talking
with Frank, I managed to contact him a while back to ask
about recording a cover of his song Rivers. I went to a gig
of his in Manchester and his manager took me to see him
after the show. It was such an amazing feeling having my
musical inspiration personally take the time to talk to me.
Its something you dont forget in a hurry.
4. What is it like playing gigs? Especially in places as
large as the Manchester Academy? Like I mentioned
before about my first performance, playing gigs is always
scary, especially for a solo artist. You get yourself worked
up about all the things that could go wrong. Of course,
once you get up there and get into it everything is fine
and you start to enjoy yourself so much more. And as for

the Academy, that is something that Ill never forget, its

always nice getting to play in your home town.
5. What do you study at College? - I have a very un-rock
and roll timetable at college. I study Maths, Physics,
English Language and Media studies. This has nothing
musical in it but you always need a back-up plan! Usually
in my free time I try to escape away to a spare music room
or the studio to practise, but to be honest, you don't need
a qualification to be a musician. All you need is skill, talent
and passion.
6. How did you manage to balance out work and
College life as well as performing? - Simple answer? I
don't! I could ******** you about careful planning and hard
study but truth be told I do none of that. Gig comes up. I
play gigs. Homework waits. It's not a very model system
but Im not a model student.
7. To you personally, what do you feel are the best
aspects about being a solo artist? - The thing about
solo music is you have sole creative control. There is
nobody questioning your work or trying to change it and it
makes the music yours. You are purely free to create
whatever you want with no complications of making sure
everyone is happy with what you as a collective are
producing. However, thats kind of a bad thing too.
Sometimes its good to have that 3rd party critiquing you.
It pushes your creativity and drives you to be a better
musician or lyricist because after all, the goal is to create
music that you and others want to hear.
8. Have you ever wanted to collaborate with other
artists or form a band? Not a lot of people know it but I
do feature in a band on the side. We called ourselves
Outnumbered because there are six of us. We are an
eclectic bunch. Our guitarists and drummer are all into
indie rock, one of our vocalists is into queen and musicals
and we have a classically trained pianist! Then there's me
sharing the vocals and occasionally on bass playing poppunk riffs. Oddly enough, somehow it works. Yes it can be
stressful but we all fit together and I love playing with
them!
9. What are your dream venues that you would like to
play? - Dream venue goes to the Albert Hall. I know its a

classical venue but that's exactly why I want to play there!

It would be nice to challenge the convention and bring
something new to the place. A few times when I was
younger my family would take me there so Ive always had
a liking to the place and a real want to perform there.
10.
Are there any festivals that you would love to
one day be able to headline? - I kinda wanna headline
Kendal Calling. Its on the smaller side but it has amazing
feel to it. Its a place where the likes of me could really
blossom. From then I would have to say Reading and
Leeds festival. I am an avid festival goer and when it
comes to down to it RandL would be such an amazing
experience for me and in my opinion would make my
music career.
11.
In 10 years time where do you think youll be
as an aspiring artist? - Maybe... Who knows? I could be
in a studio recording my next hit album, filming a short
film or an unknown who has slipped into the background
of pop culture. I don't like to dwell on things like that and
rather take each hurdle as it comes.