TYRELL MARTIN IS A 17 YEAR OLD
ASPIRING ARTIST WITH HIS UNIQUE SOULFUL/R&B MUSIC. HE IS A FULL TIME
STUDENT LIVING IN HACKNEY BUT WANTS TO MAKE IT INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AS A STAR!
IS HE READY FOR THE BIG TIME?!
1. Let’s
start of by asking what inspires your music?
That’s hard to
say, I don’t really have one I respect and listen to all genre and enjoy it. I
feel that I’ll learn more about music if I listen to different types of songs.
If I had to pick one style, it may have to be R&B since I’ve been listening
to rob music since I was younger. Artists like Eminem he’s that kind of guy
that doesn’t care about what he says and the way he raps is just unbelievable.
2. Do
you have a favourite song that you can’t stop listening to repeatedly?
Hamm, probably
right now it would be royals by lorded because it talks a lot about how people self-indulge
themselves with expensive things and her opinion about where she lives. She inspires
me to write my songs on what I feel strong about. You should listen to it
sometime.
3. Is
it true you’re in college? What are you studying?
Yeah I go to
Brit School, studying music; just focusing on college for now. In my spare time
I write my own songs for fun. I guess music is like a hobby I’d like to never
stop doing. This is why I go to Brit school… To somehow pursue a life in the
music industry.
4. How
does it feel to be recognised today because of the X Factor winner Leona Lewis
in 2006, how did you guys meet?
Ahhh yes… I was in
college one day when Leona Lewis randomly just appeared in Brits to visit. She
used to go there when she was younger. I completely forgot that she use to go
here and luckily my performance was during the lesson she was visiting and she
was so in love with my performance! After lesson she gave me advice saying I
should take this seriously as a career. So I told her about the music video I
was currently doing and asked if she could be featured in it… and she said
“yeah why not?”! It was like a dream come true! I videoed her singing a short
verse for my song in her recording studio the following week.
5. What
did you do once your music video was complete?
Well I obviously
uploaded it onto my YouTube channel (Tyrell Martin of course) and that’s when the
views started rolling in. In one day I had 5000 views… just yesterday I reached
1 million views! All because Leona featured in the song for only 30 seconds! I
feel blessed to have had this opportunity! And now every time I’m out with my
friends people recognise me and my fan base is expanding.
6. Would
you consider going onto x factor next year to get a contract and be recognised
more since Leona herself did this 6 years ago?
Umm good
question… I feel that my voice hasn’t reached its full potential vocally. X
factor is a big deal in the UK. I will definitely consider it since Leona did
it and won the show. Going to X Factor is my goal in the next 2 years.
Hopefully I would be able to win a £1 million recording contract just like Leona.
7. I
see your guitar is next to you, do you play the guitar when you write songs?
Yes, I’ve been
playing the guitar since I was 10. I feel that playing the guitar while I write
my own songs helps me to think as it helps to make the song I’m creating flow.
If I audition for X Factor I would probably just play one of my own songs with
my guitar.
8. How
exciting, what do you have installed for the year 2014?
Since my song Cry
featuring Leona Lewis is a success on YouTube. Leona is inviting me to one of
her performances next summer to play my Song LIVE. Which is something to look
forward to, but I’m still going to concentrate in Brit School and take as much
as I can from it; with any luck I will be a Soulful/R&B artist in the next
5 years.
The journalism is still not finished I still need to add more mannerisms to the journalism to make the journalism less formal and less boring. I feel that the journalism is more engaging (finally) but I still have to make it slightly informal as it is Q&A.
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