{"id":13111,"date":"2014-06-19T18:51:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T17:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13111"},"modified":"2014-06-19T18:51:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T17:51:35","slug":"fsn-2014-special-guest-georgie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nusic.org.uk\/wordpress\/fsn-2014-special-guest-georgie\/","title":{"rendered":"FSN 2014: SPECIAL GUEST – GEORGIE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year we have a bit of a tradition at FSN<\/a><\/strong>. No, not bringing you some of the best new musicians in Notts; that’s a given! We’re talking about our guest artist – a Nottingham musician on the rise, already selling out their own shows, who keeps you entertained playing the main stage whilst all the FSN<\/a><\/strong> scores are counted up.
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\nPrevious year’s guest artists have included SAINT RAYMOND<\/a><\/strong>, INDIANA<\/a><\/strong>, Today, we can announce this year’s special guest. And she’s very special indeed. It’s GEORGIE ROSE<\/a><\/strong>, who’s gone and got a new band together, and now they’re called GEORGIE<\/a><\/strong>, but it was the artist formally known as GEORGIE ROSE<\/a><\/strong> who answered the questions… my head hurts…
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\nHow did it feel to play your debut band show to a standing only crowd at the Glee Club?<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
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\nAmazing, that was a very special night for me and the guys, first headline show in my hometown and to get that response was great. It was lovely to see faces that I’d seen at my first gigs there supporting me and enjoying it.
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\nYou’re one of the most loved Nottingham artists around; with love from some pretty big names, yet you’ve not released anything officially yet. Why?<\/strong>
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\nI guess I’ve been perfecting my sound, finding the sound and myself. Which I have now, so no excuses haha. I mean these past two years I’ve played some great shows and had some great experiences but now I feel I’m finally at that stage where I’m like “now’s the time”, I’ve found the sounds that I wanna make with the people I wanna make it with , but you know you’re always developing.
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\nYou’ve had support from KT Tunstall<\/strong> & Billy Bragg<\/strong>; but is there anyone out there that you’d love to call a fan?<\/strong>
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\nAnyone who supports my music no matter what, comes to my shows, show their love, they are the people to call fans.
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\nHow did the new band come about?<\/strong>
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\nA change in direction that I felt was right, so I stripped back to my original influences, like Fleetwood Mac<\/strong>, Doobies Brothers<\/strong>, Carole King<\/strong> that 70s west coast stuff. Found what I loved doing then got in contact with these very talented guys I’ve known for a while and the first practice we were like “yes that felt great”. We make our own kind of music and hopefully things will just keep evolving.
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\nDo we have a name for the new band yet? <\/strong>
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\nAyye it’s GEORGIE<\/a><\/strong>, but we are GEORGIE<\/a><\/strong> (ED: the FB name is still being changed over, lazy Facebook!), so I guess think Blondie<\/strong>. So there you go, you are the first to know!
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\nDoes the new band mean a new sound for your music?<\/strong>
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\nThe new sound came first I suppose. It’s not completely different but it’s more lively, diverse, fierce but subtle, west coast American. As individual musicians we all put our own creative stamp on each song.
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\nDo you feel more pressure performing as a solo act, or as part of the band? <\/strong>
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\nI never feel pressure, no I mean nerves come naturally you wouldn’t be whole if you didn’t feel anything but I guess in terms of enjoying one more, I’d say it’s as a band, cause we have so much fun, and I feel more expressive with them.
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