How best would you describe your music sound?

 

Generally speaking I come from the time where my world was influenced by the Soul genre, I also like the Funk sound, Grit, heavy Groove, I’m a big fan of the 70’s & 80’s and the way these genres resonated with me, these influences best describes my music sound.

 

A common misperception people have of you?

 

That I’m a rock chick, I guess it’s because I play the electric guitar, yes I’ve been known to play a couple heavy solos, and I rock the two colours in my hair which might give the impression I’m a rock chick,  but I guess; that’s what’s cool about music expression, though the image tells one story, its only until you hear the music do you really understand “the” artist, as I said before the fact that I love combing two different genres; of which has nothing to do with rock chick per-say, is the music I love.

 

What are you bad at?

 

I’ve been known to be a stress head, with my enthusiasm being what it is I’ve been known to drive people up the wall, according to my partner in crime- Jimmy.

 

In a nutshell, what is your philosophy?

 

Tenacity. Tenacity pays off, with hard work, passion for the work, my philosophy is never bloody give up, and I know life isn’t that simple, how you want things to turn out doesn’t necessarily mean it will turn out that way, but never letting go of your ideas is something I adhere to, in a big way.

 

A phrase you use to often?

 

That’s a good question, there are a few, however what comes to mind is, as opposed to the straw that broke the camel’s back, I tend to say;  ‘the cherry that broke the camel’s arsehole’, its makes no sense whatsoever but it’s what I say, I’m like that.

 

The most surprising thing that has happened to you.

 

Hard to say, if you push me I’d say winning a competition with XFM. You had to submit a track; of which me and my band did, and out of the thousands of entries we won, and the prize was a trip to L.A. to record the track which was brilliant, yeah, that was really good.

 

In another life, who would you have been?

 

Prince, I’d love to be Prince.

 

The song- ‘Where is the Mercy’, with the timing of the attacks in Paris, can you talk about

what this song meant for you?

 

We actually recorded the song before the Paris attacks, and with the tragedy of the affair, and what happened at the Bataclan theatre, having that music connection with artists just like me, and the worldview a lot of us have with all the wars and atrocities happening around the world, I guess it was tragic timing, and because I want to write songs that have real meaning, away from singing about being in love...of which I’ve done, for me writing and producing songs that have real meaning according to everyday life is important, that’s the inspiration behind the song.