Double Page Spread Article Draft

For my article in the magazine I chose to do an inteview with a new band who were just starting out.  I decided to do a simple question and anwser style interview as I felt it was easiest to show and seperate the topics mentioned in the interview and it allowed the readers to get a sense of what the artists are like and make the article more personal and conversational.  By having the question available on the page, readers are able to see what is being said so they will be more willing to read the article to find out the answer.

Here is the first draft for my interview:

Sasha Paulson – Tina Constance – Lockbox

                How did you get into the music career?

Well, that was a tricky one.  We decided to form our band ‘Lockbox’ in year 8 at school.  I suppose we were never that serious about it.  Anyway, we were playing at a friend’s birthday party in a popular club in the town we used to live in.  There was a record producer there, quite by chance and they thought we had a lot of potential and the rest you already know. 

Speak for yourself I was deadly serious, (laughs).  Yeah that was such a fun time.  We thought that we were the coolest people in school because we were in a band and we used to charge £5 a ticket for people to hear us play.

                When did you learn to play your instruments?

I first started to play the guitar when I was only 6.  I had lessons at my primary school and into secondary school.  I always loved the sound of the guitar and eventually I found that I could just pick it up and play any song I heard on the radio (laughs). 

I never actually learned to play an instrument until last year.  I have had singing lessons for as long as I can remember though.  My uncle bought me a piano for my birthday last year and I promised him that I would learn to play. I have to say that I think I am doing very well.

                Who is your idol and would you ever love to meet them?

I would have to say that my idol is very much ... as I grew up listening to them on the radio every day.  I even had all their albums and I used to play them on a loop. 

I would have to agree with you there.  … was always playing in the background in our house.  I don’t know if I would ever want to meet … For the simple reason that ‘you should never meet your hero’s’.  I like the feeling I get just from knowing that they did the same things that I am doing now in my career. 

                How did you get into music?

I think that my parents, and especially my sister, Sarah, were very supportive of my music and my decisions, but I think that overall it was my Music teacher that really inspired me to follow my dreams because she said that as long as I believed in myself I could do anything.  And I have done (laughs)!

For me it was my uncle.  He passed away this Christmas, and I miss him lots, but he was always there when I was younger.  He used to play the piano and the bass so his house was full of music and he always seemed so happy.  I think that that happiness is what drove me into music.

                How are you coping with the fame?

It’s tough.  I’m not going to lie.  But I love it.  It is AMAZING!  Everybody is so nice and patient with me, especially our agent, Imogen. 

Yes, she would have to be with us.  I love the fame, I think that we can help people with this fame we have as I don’t think enough people use the fame for the right reasons all the time. 

                What is it like playing your music in front of a live audience?

Indescribable!

A-MAZ-ING!  Everybody at our concerts is so nice and very supportive.  What I find so wonderful is when the audience start to sing along with us.  They are all so supportive.

I still can’t believe that they are coming to see us playing.  I keep imagining that they are all going to leave the concerts when they realise that it is us playing and not some of these larger bands.

                What do you do in your spare time?

Sleep (laughs).  It is unbelievably tiring being in a band.  There are the concerts and gigs, the advertising and the marketing plus actually writing and recording the music.  In between that I only have time to sleep for a few hours before I’m up again writing another song or attending an album signing.  (Laughs)

Personally, I spend all my time trying to learn the piano, badly. 

                How are the fans?

The fans are great (laughs).  They are all very supportive of us.  I have found, and I’m sure Tina has too, that they come in their hundreds and follow us everywhere.  In a way it is quite disturbing to know that they are able to find us wherever we are.  (Laughs)  But I guess that is the price that comes with the fame. 

I love them ALL!  It’s very funny having fans that dress exactly like us and follow us when we are out shopping and they don’t actually go away until we sign an autograph.  I want to thank them all of being so kind. We love you all!