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An interview with: Billy Lockett
Callum Thornhill
Fresh from playing at London, Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol, Billy Lockett is becoming a popular name passed around the music scene.
With no album out yet, Billy is still able to pull in crowds that will sing their hearts out to his tunes from EPs such as Hard Man and Your Love Hurts. "It's a huge buzz because it means people have come purely from loving my EPs" he says.
At the moment he is "concentrating on making the live shows incredible", these live performances have gave the opportunity to support acts like Nina Nesbitt and Birdy in recent years. Not a bad achievement for an albumless artist. However, the album has recently been finished but the songwriting doesn't stop now.
"I still like to always keep writing non stop" he continues, this is clearly true by the songs that Billy has released. The first EP that includes Hardman, Balance and Don't Wait Up to name just three, his songwriting ability is definitely up to scratch and since then the experience has only improved him.
Find his YouTube channel and you' ll come across various tracks recorded in his cellar. The walls of that cellar have witnessed the growth of Billy Lockett; "I learnt how to play down there, had my first three bands practice down there, and then went solo and wrote pretty much every EP and the whole album down there." A pretty special place indeed.
Another place that Billy sees as special is Glasgow - described as his "favourite place to play, always has been and always will be" - no surprise that a date at King Tuts was included on the latest tour. Sadly though no headline dates for Billy Lockett will be announced for a while.
" I will be focusing on making the album and hoping to get it out in the not so distant future" says Billy. Exciting times for the Northampton lad. Speaking of Northampton, the local BBC Introducing took an interest in him last year, although he doesn't feel it broke his career. " I still do everything myself but that is kind of how I like it", considering he is the biggest unsigned act around at the minute, he has done a mighty fine job!
For any other band members/singers reading this, some advice given by Billy Lockett is "touring and supporting artists is the best way because you can meet the fans." I remember talking to Billy at a Nina Nesbitt gig way back in 2012 and I've followed him on his journey since.
What a journey it has been, I genuinely believe that Billy Lockett will be massive when his debut album comes out.
Until then, keep up with him on:
Twitter - @billylockett
Facebook - Billy Lockett Music
Listen to Old Man here:
With no album out yet, Billy is still able to pull in crowds that will sing their hearts out to his tunes from EPs such as Hard Man and Your Love Hurts. "It's a huge buzz because it means people have come purely from loving my EPs" he says.
At the moment he is "concentrating on making the live shows incredible", these live performances have gave the opportunity to support acts like Nina Nesbitt and Birdy in recent years. Not a bad achievement for an albumless artist. However, the album has recently been finished but the songwriting doesn't stop now.
"I still like to always keep writing non stop" he continues, this is clearly true by the songs that Billy has released. The first EP that includes Hardman, Balance and Don't Wait Up to name just three, his songwriting ability is definitely up to scratch and since then the experience has only improved him.
Find his YouTube channel and you' ll come across various tracks recorded in his cellar. The walls of that cellar have witnessed the growth of Billy Lockett; "I learnt how to play down there, had my first three bands practice down there, and then went solo and wrote pretty much every EP and the whole album down there." A pretty special place indeed.
Another place that Billy sees as special is Glasgow - described as his "favourite place to play, always has been and always will be" - no surprise that a date at King Tuts was included on the latest tour. Sadly though no headline dates for Billy Lockett will be announced for a while.
" I will be focusing on making the album and hoping to get it out in the not so distant future" says Billy. Exciting times for the Northampton lad. Speaking of Northampton, the local BBC Introducing took an interest in him last year, although he doesn't feel it broke his career. " I still do everything myself but that is kind of how I like it", considering he is the biggest unsigned act around at the minute, he has done a mighty fine job!
For any other band members/singers reading this, some advice given by Billy Lockett is "touring and supporting artists is the best way because you can meet the fans." I remember talking to Billy at a Nina Nesbitt gig way back in 2012 and I've followed him on his journey since.
What a journey it has been, I genuinely believe that Billy Lockett will be massive when his debut album comes out.
Until then, keep up with him on:
Twitter - @billylockett
Facebook - Billy Lockett Music
Listen to Old Man here:
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