Friday
7th March 2003
Budding musician Baz |
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ultimate dream |
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Baz from Kingswinford is keen to make it in the music world. Let us
know what you think of his music?
If you're an unsigned artist, why not tell us about yourself? |
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| Baz,
tell us a bit about yourself... |
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I’m
a solo artist, 22 year old and live in Kingswinford, West Midlands.
I make techno, dance, trance, and electro-pop music and have
completed two albums (though I'm still unsinged).
I enjoy music, acting, and IT. I’m a very easy going and happy
guy and work as an IT Technical Support Assistant. |
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you Black Country born and bred? If so tell us about your Black
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I've
lived in the Black Country all my life. It is such an interesting
place because it is full of history. I enjoy the Black Country
museum, Merry Hill shopping centre, and its just a short distance
from Birmingham.
I've lived in Kingswinford for most of my life and it's not
a bad place. I also like Kinver as it is special to me and where
I used to play as a child. Kinver is full of interesting history
and I enjoy visiting Kinver Edge because you can see the rock
houses there. |
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us about your music, how you got started and who is your music
for... |
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music falls into many different styles including Trance, Techno,
Dance, and Electropop. I started writing and playing music from
the age of five. I play the electronic organ and the keyboard.
Because I have become more and more familiar with computers,
it's great to use them as a tool for music. |
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are your influences in music... |
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main influences are Mel C, Soft Cell, Marc Almond, Erasure,
Spice Girls (Yes I know!!!), Pet shop boys, Kylie, and many
more 80’s stuff. These artists have really inspired me to work
harder at my music. Because they use professional producers,
composers, I used to feel that my work would never be as good
as there's. But now I know that it is achievable with the right
frame of mind and the right equipment. |
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successes have you had... |
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have had nearly 500 people listen to my music online (on my
own website) which is something that I am very proud of. I have
just finished my second album: experimentation. It’s about me
progressing through life. One of my favourite and most liked
tracks is ‘Bass’. It has recently been played on Stourbridge
FM. I haven’t long started promoting my music but will continue
to do so. |
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| What
would you like to do with your music and where would you like
to go with it... |
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music has progressed and matured well over the years. I would
like to hit the club scene if possible. My main dream is to
go into a night-club and hear my music being played while everyone
enjoys it. I want to go as far as possible with my music and
want to reach the general public more. |
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us about your acting... |
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used to love acting with a passion at school but I never kept
it up because of IT and my music. It's something that I really
do want to get back into because I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It began in year 8 with a performance called Dazzle. My small
part was a character in a gang called the greasers. Our part
was to sing a song and throw our arms in the air - we were dressed
hideously. On the last performance I over performed and the
audience wouldn't stop laughing - at the end there was a standing
ovation. It was the most amazing feeling I have ever felt and
I miss it.
Since then I did three more performances that were also successful.
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| Where
do you work... |
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currently work in Birmingham, which is a brilliant city. I enjoy
the nightlife there and there is always something to see or
do in Birmingham. I love the monuments scattered around and
the tall buildings. In the morning whilst walking into work
its amazing to see so many people either wearing a suit or begging
for money. |
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are your 10 favourite things in life and what are your pet hates... |
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- Music
– It is my life.
- Love
– To be loved by that perfect person and to get through
the hard times - enjoying the good times together is what
life is all about.
- Family
– I love my family. Also life with my friend Helen. She
is my best friend and whenever we're together we act like
children. We don't care about anything and will shout and
scream and that is the time when I feel free.
- Friends
– I have many close friends - it's really important to have
close friends.
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Life – I love to let my hair down and enjoy life.
- Acting
– To entertain on stage is am amazing feeling.
- Shopping
– Everyone likes to have a spending spree, especially me!!
- Scotland
– If I need a break I love going to Scotland. It's such
an amazing place and it's full of exciting and amazing sites
to see. The landscapes are excellent and it’s a whole different
world for me.
- Skiing
– This is something that I haven’t done often. I've only
been skiing for one week but it was great. I was about ten
and I learned really quickly. On the last day I took my
dad down a mountain for advanced skiers only. It was great
going down to the bottom and then I looked behind and I
couldn’t see him. Then came down this snowball!!!!!
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dislike all of the hatred in the world and wish everyone
could get along with each other.
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| Baz
hopes he'll make it in the music biz |
If you're
a budding artist and come from the Black Country - then we'd like
to hear from you. Just use the questions above (vary them according
to your circumstances - ie if you're at college - tell us about college
instead of work. If you don't work just miss those questions out).
If we feature you on the website we'd also want a copy of your music
on CD. (Don't send this now - if we use your interview we'll arrange
for you to send it in).
E-mail the team at: blackcountry@bbc.co.uk
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