{"id":10602,"date":"2013-07-07T13:59:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10602"},"modified":"2013-07-07T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T12:59:15","slug":"fsn2013-special-guest-interview-saint-raymond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/fsn2013-special-guest-interview-saint-raymond\/","title":{"rendered":"#FSN2013 Special Guest Interview &#8211; SAINT RAYMOND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s become a bit of a <strong><a href=\"www.nusic.org.uk\/fsn\">Future Sound of Nottingham<\/a> <\/strong>tradition to have a special performance after all the finalists have played whilst we try and add up the scores. We are now delighted to share with you that this year\u2019s special guest is&#8230;.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaintRaymondMusic\/\">SAINT RAYMOND<\/a><\/strong>! I had a bit of a chinwag with the main man aka Callum Burrows before tonight\u2019s event&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Ray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Ray-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Saint Ray\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Ray-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Ray.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>2013 has been going pretty well for you so far &#8211; you\u2019re almost famous! Let\u2019s start with talking about your recent tour with Gabrielle Aplin. What was that like?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThat was amazing, to get the chance to tour with Gabrielle and for it to be in Europe was an experience ill never forget<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>How did it feel being played on Zane Lowe\u2019s Radio 1 show?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThat was such a great feeling, I discover alot of artists on that show so to have been played 4 times on it now is so good<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>So with those two things in mind, what\u2019s been your best musical moment so far?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s hard! My ep release was a special one, Maybe splendour last year or my headline show at the playhouse which sold out, I couldn&#8217;t pick one<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>&#8230;And your worst?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nNothing majorly just gig incidents, snapping strings, guitar strap falling off etc<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>What\u2019s it like playing the Rock City main stage?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThat was another &#8216;moment&#8217; for me, it&#8217;s a stage I&#8217;ve always wanted to play and to get to play it to a busy rock city was something special<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>The Future Sound of Nottingham is all about giving new artists a bit of a kick start. Any tips for aspiring musicians?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nGig a lot and work hard! They are such obvious ones but at early doors its all about just gigging as much as possible and just doing all you can to write new material and get people to hear it<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>And what are your thoughts on the Notts music scene at the moment?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a real good vibe at the moment, it&#8217;s a real buzz and everyone is supporting each other<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>Things are really taking off for you at the moment, what else is in the pipeline for Saint Raymond?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s been a crazy few months but at the minute it&#8217;s festivals my headline tour and another ep and writing the album<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><em>And finally, anything you\u2019d like to say to the Notts music lovers?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nKeep supporting the scene, the love you get from the hometown is like no other!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nYours in Love of New Music,<br \/>\nMaddie Hammond.X<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s become a bit of a Future Sound of Nottingham tradition to have a special performance after all the finalists have played whilst we try and add up the scores. We are now delighted to share with you that this year\u2019s special guest is&#8230;.SAINT RAYMOND! I had a bit of a chinwag with the main&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"theme-button-text wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/fsn2013-special-guest-interview-saint-raymond\/\"><small class=\"wvc-button-background-fill\"><\/small><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,51,180,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blog","7":"category-fsnsplendourcomp","8":"category-interviews","9":"category-previews","10":"entry-post-skin-dark","11":"entry","12":"clearfix","13":"entry-grid","14":"entry-columns-default","15":"entry-post-module-layout-fullwidth","16":"no-post-thumbnail","17":"entry-post","19":"entry-post-grid"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10602"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10613,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10602\/revisions\/10613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}