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In this cut-throat world of music, so many shining stars are
inflated so much as the next big thing yet they quickly die out and they do not
fulfil expectations. However, this young bright spark called Myles is like
something the Indie musical revolution has never seen before. He has a new edge
and it is taking his quickly growing audience by storm, his new album “Pieces”, it s the highest downloaded on the Indie charts for the fourth week in a row and
it isn’t looking like his popularity is about to come to a halt as he has been
added to the bill of V festival 2017 and Belgium’s biggest annual music
festival Rock Werchter in 2017 also, so it’s fair to say he is going to be a
busy man for the foreseeable future.
His music is becoming so popular because
he has an edge to his music that nobody else has, he has put his own little
spin on the Indie genre and people seem to love it, he is getting noticed by
people all over the globe as well as the national success most have probably
heard about by now, he is very talented and we can all agree it looks like it
is only going to get better as he claims he will be starting to record a second
album after his upcoming gigs to promote the new album. We can now see Myles
clearly doesn’t have time to waste but he took some time out for Indiescale
Magazine to answer a few questions I had to ask the superstar.
Myles firstly I have
to ask, what has it been like these past few weeks now you’ve got the album
released and you’ve just had a few weeks of fame to deal with before you’re
busy again?
It’s been alright to be honest, it hasn’t really hit me hard
yet. The whole famous thing doesn’t really bother me. Don’t get
me wrong, I’m thankful for it but I’ve worked hard and I just intend to
work harder and show the world I’m one of the best musicians in the world. I
mean I’m not being funny when I say that the new album is something special and
it’s a gift to the fans who have helped get me there.
Who has influenced
your music?
Well you know, the greats, I only settle for the best, mate.
Stone Roses, some Ian Brown solo stuff, Peace, Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks and
Oasis, but the thing is, I like the rappers I do and that’s where this brings
Indie to life. It’s boring if you don’t experiment and it can go really good or
really bad and quite frankly I don’t care either way. I know how good I am and
so should other people after they’ve heard this new album. I’m not going to
stop raising the bar by experimenting, ya know what I mean.
Has it been difficult
to get where you are today?
Well honestly, yeah and I’ll tell you why, mate, because you
can’t trust no one apart from those you know have got your back. The reason
I’ve got famous so quickly compared to other musicians is because so many
people try to use you and drop you, but that doesn’t rub off on me, I’m not
daft. Some people pick you up to let you down in this business and the only
thing I can say advice wise on how to succeed is keep your friends close and
your enemies closer. At the end of the day it’s a dog-eat-dog world.
What’s your message
to all those willing to let others down to benefit themselves?
Stay outta my way.
How did it all start
out for you?
Well it was plain luck followed by a good bit of singing but
I’ll get to that in a minute. Since I was a kid I knew I wanted to be a
musician so I started singing, started hanging around with all the other
musicians at school and started getting into bands and that. So, me and my
musician mates were at a bar called Reggie’s because this lad we hung around
with, James, had a gig so we all wanted to go down there and support him. The
thing is though the idiot goes and has one too many drinks and passes out. So,
I told his band I’d step in and do the gig with them if I got James’ cut
because everyone needs the money when you live in the city. They couldn’t
afford to miss the gig and I just saw the opportunity to earn an extra couple
of quid on a night out. But anyway, I did the gig and they couldn’t get enough
of me, so I started putting my name forward for all these “Battle of the bands”
events. You don’t normally get a reply if I’m honest, but the first one that
did I jumped on the opportunity and asked James’ band if they wouldn’t mind
backing me up since they owed me a favour. We won that, split the money and
just went back to our daily routine. I was in bed on the night and the phone
woke me up and I tell you what, I was so annoyed someone had woke me up I
nearly didn’t answer it! Now I’m quite happy I did to be honest. It was a music
promoter called Mike who was at the Reggie’s gig and he asked me to come down
to a music studio, meet some session musicians and record a few tracks. So I
did. Turns out Mike’s got a few contacts and before you know it, one of my songs
from this studio session is on the radio and it all just got bigger really, you
pretty much know the rest.
Well there you have it, Myles has a good story to tell and
I’m sure that won’t be the last we hear from him. You can also find Myles' new album "Pieces" on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/mileschapman
