- In our class we set up a mock interview between one of my classmates and my teacher. We were told to make notes so that we could use them to help us write our article.
Notes Made:
- Influences
- Pixie Lott
- Tattoo
- Working with a Top Produce
- Home Life
Influences:
- had a boring life - wanted to express himself
Pixie Lott:
- new girlfriend
- going to be doing a duet - possibly a love song
- show their chemistry
Tattoo:
- large dragon - fierce and ferocious
- wanted to 'be known'
- links to song 'flame of passion' and his personality
Working with a Top Producer:
- I picked Taio Cruz to be the top producer
- pessimistic at first
- good experience
- temperamental because he kept messing up
- taio was angry because he was late (driver's fault)
Home Life:
- ideal meal - curry - spicy - chicken tikka masala
- favourite drink - Kopparberg cider
- favourite TV programme - The Inbetweeners
Final Article:
Interview with Daniel Rawlings...
Laid back as ever, in strolls Daniel Rawlings dressed in jeans, a checked shirt and a grey coat as if he is going down the town with some mates. He takes a seat on the chair in front of me ready for the interview to start.
Dan’s rise to fame in the music industry has come around so quickly that it’s hard to imagine life without his music. With a number one album under his belt and brand new hot girlfriend Pixie Lott, we talk to new indie-rock star about his influences and the extraordinary tattoo on his back.
We start the interview off by asking Dan his influences to which he replies about how he had a boring life whilst growing up and all he really wanted to do was to express himself and that came about through his love for music. At the young age of 10, Dan started playing the electric guitar and he can be heard playing it on several of his tracks from his recent album ‘The Unknown’. When quizzed about the title of his album, Dan replies that all the tracks are different so you don’t know what to expect when you first hear it.
When he is back in the recording studios at the end of November, Dan will once again be writing his tracks for his new album set to come out around the early summer next year. Dan also told us that he is very excited to be collaborating with his new girlfriend pop superstar Pixie Lott. Who wouldn’t be excited to work with her? That’s going to be one hell of a bestseller when that track is released. Dan reveals exclusively to us that he thinks it will probably be a love song that they will do so that the public can see the chemistry between them and feel their love for each other through that song.
Dan then talks to us about working with top producer and successful artist Taio Cruz. He said that ‘it was a good experience to work with someone so successful and someone who has the eye into the music industry both as an artist and a producer.’ Dan also mentioned about how Taio got a bit temperamental as he kept messing up. Also Taio got very angry at him because he was late to the studios one day because his driver got stuck in traffic both coming to pick him up from his half a million pound mansion in Surrey and taking him to the recording studios in Liverpool.
Moving swiftly onto his tattoo that he got done as his birthday present to himself last year. He shows it to us and it’s of a large dragon surrounded by flames which takes up the majority of his back. We asked Dan to explain the reasoning behind the idea of the tattoo. He says ‘a dragon is a fierce and ferocious creature and I want to be known like that!’ The dragon is also linked to his new track ‘Flame of Passion’ which can be seen on the single cover. Dan also says that it’s linked to his personality.
His home life is pretty normal compared to his hectic music schedule. When asked what his ideal meal was he came back with the response of ‘a spicy curry’ later then changing it to a chicken tikka masala. Dan says his favourite drink is a Kopparberg Cider and that he loves drinking and eating in front of his 50” television in his front room whilst watching his all time favourite TV programme ‘The Inbetweeners’
Reported by Jenna Grieves.
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