A musical influence I am particularly interested in is Gabrielle Aplin "As well as captivating he crowd with her powerful pitch-perfect pipes and gifted guitar playing, the singer also impressed with her beautiful self-taught piano skills. Serving up a selection of songs from her Acoustic EP, including Reverse and Ghosts, along with covers of Kings of Leon's Use Somebody and Cee Lo Green's Fuck You, Aplin dynamically delivered an entertaining and eloquent set" (Buzz Magazine, 2010). Her performacers are always full of passion and commitment. Although my piece wasn't going to be performed live, I would definitely draw on the aspects of Aplin's performance.
She creates a laid back sound to her music with her effortless voice. A collaboration she perfomed with Lewis Watson is a particular favourite as the acoustics from the Chapel sound amazing, and their harmonies together create an incredibly natural and mellow feel.
Shannon
Saunders creates a different kind of feel to her music, as it’s a bit more out
there and creative. Her lyrics are very creative, and always make me feel
something. I always imagine that she has a picture in her head of what she
wants to create through her lyrics and how she wants her audience or listeners
to feel. I have taken this and used it in my own work. I have tried to capture
an emotion like Saunders does to make my listeners feel a certain way. This is
one of her original songs called Creatures. Although in my original piece I
haven’t exactly used her as inspiration, I definitely feel that in the future I
would like to create a piece with this
kind of feel.
Buzz Magazine, 2010, Gabrielle Aplin Live Review, http://www.buzzmag.co.uk/uncategorized/gabrielle-aplin-live-review
HolyLoowis, Lewis Watson & Gabrielle Aplin - Droplets
(Live at Exeter Chapel, Oxford), 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZzXXbufSZQ
JacksGap, Introducing Shed Sessions, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3135dVm2QY
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