In 2009, Spencer Miles—frontman, bassist, and New Jersey native—quit his job, left the band he was in, and packed up to follow his girlfriend to London despite not knowing where he would live, if he would find a job, nor ever having visited the city before. Once he arrived, Miles fortuitously met drummer Billy Hawkes and guitarist Tom Welch.
"I'm motivated by the urge to make music and express myself, rather than by some abstract idea of being some kind of pop star, so I feel like I'm making music for the right reasons." ~Edward Rogers
Needless to say, I'm a little obsessed with the music competitions - for obvious reasons....
I especially love the UK competitions - they seem to always have these jaw dropping moments...these incredible voices that finally have their well deserved moment in the spotlight.
And cue 16-year old Janet Devlin from a small town in Northern Ireland - who sang in her bedroom as way to escape and dream.
So I few days ago I was having a music 'who are you listening to now that you love' conversation with a friend of mine (we'll call him 'King') and he mentioned having newly discovered a UK band. The band is not so new but it was new to him.
So last week through the power of Twitter and my blog on The Musgraves, I connected with a fab singer/songwriter from the UK by the name of Stylusboy. He has a great new EP out called 'Whole Picture' which I love. It's charming, sweet and poppy.
So next thing you know we're chatting away on Twitter and email and I managed to sweet talk him into doing an interview.
Mark Vidler aka Go Home Productions Producer / Remixer / Songwriter / DJ & VJ
Mark Vidler is based in Watford, United Kingdom has spent the best part of nine years producing Bootleg Mash-Ups / Remixes Radio Sessions / TV Theme & Music Ad works that have achieved a fair degree of worldwide notoriety.
He really does do killer mash-ups.
Go Home Productions - Smells Like Rockin' Robin (Nirvana vs Michael Jackson)