Day Owl's Interview

My name is Dale Chapman.
I am 21 year old singer/songwriter from East Sussex.
I perform under the alias Day Owl as a solo artist.
Previously I have played in bands and as part of a duo.
I’m currently working in a school with children who have learning difficulties,
The holidays and the shorter hours allow me time to focus and dedicate myself to music.







When did you start making music?

I started playing guitar when i was 10 and throughout school i was part of various small bands. I then began recording covers as a due 3 years ago. We filmed them and uploaded them to YouTube and they received quite a high response. I have always been playing music with my friends and family since a young age.

What type of music do you make?

I have a tendency to lean towards the acoustic sounds but record with a full array of instruments I play myself on my songs.

What inspired your stage name?
I really like owls. I like the visual aspect of them and the word play the ties in with my real name.

What music do you listen to?

A huge variety. Anything.

What's your favourite album off all time?

I have so many. But to name a few, Linkin Park - Reanimation / Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way / Atoms For Peace - AMOK

What is An interesting fact about yourself?

that’s a really hard question to answer.. but I think the most interesting thing about me is how long i have been playing, writing and recording music. I started playing guitar at 9 and recorded a song and played my first gig at 10.

Who are your main inspirations?

My main inspirations are every bit of music I listen to. A lot of people I meet and a lot of the places I go.

Would you rather live ten lives, each lasting 100 years as a different person each time, or one life as the same person for 1,000 years? And why?

Definitely a different person each time. that would be huge.

What production programme do you use and why?

Ableton live. I have always used it because I know a lot of the shortcuts and I find it the best for production and live recording.

What is your least favourite song of all time?

Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek

Is there anything you are currently working on that you would like to talk about?

I’m just focussing on getting my album finished. That’s the main priority.

What can we expect from you in the future?

Hopefully after the album is out i will start gigging and showing my face more!

Shout outs?

[Diss]Eptive Productions - https://soundcloud.com/connor-macca-1
Harry Monson - https://soundcloud.com/harrymonson
(These are the two main producers working on my album.)

Links to your work?

Day Owl’s - Have It All - https://soundcloud.com/day-owls/dale-chapman-have-it-all

Day Owl’s - Ruby - https://soundcloud.com/day-owls/dale-chapman-ruby-demo

Day Owl’s - 3 Reasons - https://soundcloud.com/day-owls/day-owls-3-reasons

Well thank you very much for taking your time to answer these questions dude,
I am very fond of the music you are making and I cannot wait to hear what this album sounds like.
Be sure to hit us up when it is done so I can review it, until then, keep doing what you are doing and good luck with the album!

I recommend checking out this guys stuff, especially 'Have It All'

https://soundcloud.com/day-owls/dale-chapman-have-it-all

Peace,

Harry

beforeChrist Interview

When did you start making music? 

So there’s this website called Audiotool or something, me and a friend of mine found this website and decided to start making some music – not that it was ‘making music’; there was a huge sample library of loops which you would use. This must have been in the late years of year ten and we were making this generic Brostep stuff, it was shit but at the time we thought it was the best thing which had ever happened to us. Anyway, we managed to get about 4 tracks down for a small EP but both of us were distracted by exams so we never took the EP anywhere – just as well really!

What type of music do you make? 

I produce Hip-Hop and Trap music mainly, I’ve tried working with other genres but it just doesn’t feel right. Recently, I’ve been listening to a lot of Future Trap and I’m going to try to start implementing elements of Future Trap into my up and coming projects.

What music do you listen to? 

I listen to a lot of music, off the top of my head: Trap, Hip-Hop (obviously), House, some Dubstep, RnB, Soul, and Reggae. I used to be big on indie and rock but I grew out of the phase, I can still appreciate and listen to some stuff but it isn’t ‘up there’ for me in terms of favourite genres.

What's your favourite album off all time? 

I don’t think I could name a top album; I’ll give you a top 5 across a few genres.
In no particular order:

A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes, and Life

Kendrick Lamar – Good kid, M.A.A.D City

Amy Winehouse – Frank

Red Hot Chilli Peppers – By The Way

Hucci – Novacane EP


What’s an interesting fact about yourself? 

I have a very strict routine when bathing and drying myself; the hair is always washed/dried first, followed by legs, feet, then I’ll work my way up from there. When I’m drying I also give the hair another go after drying the rest of my body.

What inspired your stage name?

Before beforeChrist – no pun intended- I was Chilla, which I loved however I soon realised that every other fucker wanting to be a DJ/Producer had similar ideas. I wanted something different!

SO...
Soon I’m going to changing my name from Benjamin Smith to Benjamin Chamberlen. Why? Because ‘Ben Smith’ is one of the most common names in the world and I hate it. Chamberlen is my Step-Dad’s surname, and I’ve always rated him so I figured I might as well. My initials would be BC, any guesses where this is going? I just thought that beforeChrist had just an arrogant ring to it; it would have to get some peoples’ attention. The whole concept behind the name has been great fun so far and the only problem I’m facing is finding a tag that people will recognise easily.

Who are your main inspirations? 

I’ve got a shit tonne of inspirations, some for Hip-Hop and some for Trap, mainly for Trap. Hip-Hop has been done so many times that it’s hard to take inspiration from songs without ‘copying’ another tune or something so it’s more about feeling the track and putting what you think is going to work. Regarding trap though: TNGHT, mainly Lunice, Hucci, Stooki Sound, Mr Carmack, Butch Clancy, Baauer, LOUDPVCK, and many, many more. Obviously every artist has their ‘trademark sound’ so I find it great to listen to their music and pick out bits of each and then try to fuse them together in one track.

Would you rather have fingers as long as your legs, or legs as long as your fingers? Why? 

Legs as long as fingers, not only do I have quite long fingers but could you imagine trying to produce, DJ, or whatever with fingers as long as legs? Fuck that. I’d probably then get my finger legs amputated and hit the trap scene by storm in my wheelchair. That may be offensive to some people so you can take it out if you want, but you did ask.

What production programme do you use and why? 

At the moment I am using Logic Pro, a month or two ago I upgraded to Logic Pro X but I just couldn’t get along with it. Apple could have done much better things with the upgrade to Logic Pro X; I just found it marginalising and not very user friendly at all. After a few weeks of trying Pro X, I moved back to Logic Pro. Once I’m extremely comfortable on Logic, I’m going to move onto Fruity Loops Studio and see what sort of havoc I can conjure up there.

What is your least favourite song of all time? 

I’ve got a little sister who listens to badly ripped songs off of YouTube and the majority of what she listens to is dead. I couldn’t name you a song, but if you were on my landing on a standard weekday evening, you would understand.
I think would have to say Young, Wild and Free by Snoop and Wiz. I don’t even dislike the song that much but it was been played, and played, and played by a variety of people and now I can’t stand the sound of it.

Is there anything you are currently working on that you would like to talk about? 

I’ve just started this new concept – Sweet Shop Sessions.
I live above a sweet shop (no shit), and I’m going to be releasing a channel on Soundcloud where people can record a mix and send it in to me or ‘Sweet Shop Sessions’. I’ll be able to make new contacts, scout new DJs based in East Sussex – hit me up if you’re interested – and promote myself as an artist. Imagine a Boiler Room sort of thing, but cooler.
But in regard to my music, nothing in particular. I got a new tune I’m working on at the moment, which should be pretty sick so keep an eye out on my Soundcloud.

What can we expect from you in the future? 

With my next few tracks, I’m going to be experimenting and trying new techniques to try and find my own sound and to scope out on what people want to hear from my music and me.

Shout outs?

I Been working with one of my good friends, his stage name SLiNKZ so expect to see some good shit coming from us in the near future.

Jarrod Dean – Don’t Look. Crazy experimental stuff and noise if you’re up for some trippy tracks!
https://soundcloud.com/dontlookofficial

Harry Barrow Music, got a sweet EP coming up in about 3 weeks so hit up that for some fresh, alternative Hip-Hop.
https://soundcloud.com/harrybarrowmusic

Links to your work

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/djbeforechrist
Twitter – https://twitter.com/bensjamin_
Bandcamp – http://beforechrist.bandcamp.com/

Well Jesus, Thank you for the shout out!, And thank you for answering the questions so well, and adding a lot of detail.
I enjoyed reading your answers, and also enjoy your music.
I'm sure we will see and hear more of you in the future, until then, good luck!

Peace,

Harry.

Fullmarx Interview

Short Bio -

I'm Fullmarx...aka Scott Hendrie aka fathead records. I'm 28, I'm a producer a singer / songwriter a rapper and I'm half decent on piano and guitar. I've lived in Eastbourne most of my life and I'm hoping to hit the big time very soon.

When did you first start making music?

I used to write entire songs in my head when I was about 10 the first thing I put to paper was a hip hop track for my GCSE. I recorded it at Ratton school and I can still remember the bars even tho it was 14 years ago.

What type of music do you make?

I make the type of music that makes people react to it in some way shape or form. That's my objective with every track. The genre or style changes from track to track.

What inspired your stage name?

My stage name comes from my old English teacher, he would write it on my spelling tests each time I aced them...which was always. My logo has a 10 out of 10 and an A+ in it.

What music do you listen to?

Weirdly enough....the music I like to listen to is nothing like the music I make...I haven't listened to another rap artist since 2005. (Unless it was one of the old greats ) I listen to Motown and country and western some 80's pop rock. Lots of Coldplay, lots of Bon Iver, generally stuff with accentuated melody and harmony.

What is your favourite album of all time?

Obviously that's a well hard question...but if I could only listen to one album ever again I think it would be Journey's greatest hits. It's fucking epic.

Give us an interesting fact about yourself.

An interesting fact about me is that from 18 months to 4 years old I lived in Fremont San Francisco which means I would have been a west coast rapper.

Who are your main inspirations?

My main inspirations in life , with regard to music, have been my family. As kids my dad and aunts and uncles would teach my cousins and I to sing in harmony. There's was such tangible magic in that thick wall of sound. I recognised a power in synchronising notes when I was about 6 and It was natural in my evolution to want to recreate it with instruments.

Would you rather lose all the hair on your body, Or be covered from head to toe, in thick hair, with no option of shaving, and why?

I'd rather be bald....at least i could draw some brows on an find a good wig maker....and if your gonna say that's not an option I'd still say bald because I like to be aerodynamic for a multitude of functions. All that hair would cause static, and be really itchy and I couldn't be doing with all the friction.

What music production programme do you use, and why?

I'm a logic man...it's logical. Logistically speaking and metaphorically.

What is your least favourite song of all time?

Least favourite song of all time is anything by the cartoons or random TV personalities...too many to select one.

What are you currently working on that you would like to talk about?

 I'm absolutely chocca bloc doing about a thousand projects...I've got a battle coming up, I've done a feature for Flowdan from roll deep and will be doing more, I've got an E.P called "hoping you'll hear" coming out very soon and an album to follow that called "sex drugs and livin local" also my landing page is finished and live www.fullmarx.com

What can we expect from you in the future? 

You can expect me to become some kind of Southern English White Nate doGg as bigger and bigger artist are contacting me for hooks. I'm happy with the comparison that was coined by the guy I'm battling in May. He's called Evol and he's actually bloody good.

Shout outs?

Shouting out to the Sick on the south coast boys...they've really dropped down a gear on my career and put the pedal to the metal. Stu, Yoshi p, Nrky Betson. The Righteous Ethicss project...definitely the sickest hip hop group for a 80 mile radius. Dj Jonny Jazz, Velocity, Driscoll, Wardy. Also got to do a special shout the London team... RBN (who's from Kent but we met in London ) Morfius, Big Cakes, Toastie and Flowdan plus all the budding radio stations that are play listing fullmarx.

Links to everything are at www.fullmarx.com

Well, thank you very much for taking your time to answer these questions Fullmarx, It looks like you have a promising future ahead, and I am sure we will soon be hearing your name everywhere we go. Good luck!, and thank you again. 

Peace, 

Harry. 

My Favourite 'FullMarx' song is at the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5muCq6jB_tE

Sweet Nightmare EP

My EP 'Sweet Nightmare' is being released in three weeks on Itunes, Spotify, Amazon and many other platforms.

I'm pretty excited and hope the reviews aren't too bad...

More info on my music website www.harrybarrow.co.uk

Official release date : 21/04/14

Hi.

So first of all, My name is Harry Barrow (www.harrybarrow.co.uk)

I started this blog mainly because i love writing, not just songs, I am just very fascinated with words in general and how they can effect an individual in so many different ways.

I plan to use this blog for many different things, the one thing i will never be posting on this blog is anything negative.

I will be posting weird facts, weird stories from around the world, what music i find myself listening too, and i will also being doing album reviews of all types of music.

Things will start soon.

Peace.