Monday 16 January 2012
Double page spread – music magazine
article
A wild time …
Over the
next couple of weeks as the year rolls to an end James Wright will have come to
the end of his first year with his new major record company Atlantic Records.
Since being with Atlantic records he has scored a huge three number ones in the
UK with his first and foremost debut single ‘Love Is Not Enough’.
James was born in a small country house not far from his
local town of Abergavenny. James is the youngest in his family with two older brothers
who both study at university. Unlike his brothers James decided not to go to
university and instead follow his passion for music which he has had ever since
he was a child. His mum told us ‘that I
always knew he was always going to go far even from the point where he would
run around the house in his PJs singing Ba-Ba Black sheep to himself.’
Wright’s non main stream career started way back in 2005 where
he would record his own tracks in his small messy bedroom on some bashed up
recording gear which his dad got him for his 16th birthday. By the end of 2005
Wright had created his first EP, ‘The Lonely Road’ which went on to lead to six
others by July of 2006. He moved to London in 2009 aged nineteen to start playing
local gigs, sometimes only playing to just ten people. He played a total of 206
gigs over the one year playing three times in one day at some locations. But
his big break came in the summer of 2010 where he was spotted and asked to go
on tour with Just Jack; Wright commented, ‘That
was one of the highlights of my career and probably one of the best experiences
I’ve ever had’. During the tour Wrights fan group was boosted massively all
wanting to hear more of his music and so he signed his first record label with Scyo
Music where he created his first official album ‘Spare Change’ This was very popular selling over 100,00 copies in
England alone.
Over the next year James continued to make music and gigs for
his fans where he was spotted by the major record company Atlantic Records who
signed him up on the 14th of December 2010. After his signing James
went straight to work on his first debut track ‘Love is Not Enough’ which, when
released, shot up the chart selling over 7000 copies in one week. After two
weeks in the charts, it was number one and stayed there for an astonishing
three more weeks. Later that year wright collaborated with the Kings of Leon
scoring another number one. James said ‘All
my life I’ve dreamed of working with big artists and working with these guys
has been a mind blowing experience.’ Since this collaboration Wright has
focused more on his new album, working in both the studio In London and Los
Angles. His new album is set to be released the 4th of January and
he says he has ‘I’ve chosen to cover
some of my very first songs which I created from when he was younger, as
they’re really important to me, and without them I probably wouldn’t be where I am today’. Recently he
has released his third single which has once again reached number one.
Over the last year James Wright has stepped up and has put
his stamp on the face of the music scene, he is currently planning on a tour
towards the end of next year and told us ‘I’m
really looking forward to my tour in new year, and look forward to just doing
what I love’ The dates have not been confirmed but we will know next year
so keep up to date and we look forward to the new year and what it has to bring
for James.
Thursday 12 January 2012
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