Main Article - Version 2

This is the second version of my article for the double page spread.  For this version I have decided to change from having two females in the and to having a male and a female member.  I chose to have Henrik come from Iceland as I felt that it added more detail and reality to the band.  I think that this adds to the article as it makes them seem more human and it also adds a more converstional tone to the article because I have made it so that he sounds as though he has spoken it in an Icelandic tone rather than it being written.

MEDIA MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Unlock the Lockbox Band!

Hinrik Hauksson – Tina Constance – Lockbox

Lockbox are the new ‘it’ band of today so it is no wonder we had a hard time getting them to sit down for 5 minutes and answer some of your questions. But we caught up with them whilst on a break from rehearsing for their tour of Britain.   Having spent many years travelling between Iceland and the United Kingdom Hinrik Hauksson says that he is just happy to be seeing more on the UK than just Yorkshire.  Tina Constance, on the other hand, is overjoyed to be fulfilling her dream of making music and having more than just her parents listening to it … 

                How did you get into the music career?

Well, that was a tough one. We decided to form our band 'lockbox' in year 8 at school. I suppose we were never serious about it.  We were playing a birthday party for a friend in the town we used to live in. There was a record producer there, quite accidentally, and they thought we had great opportunity 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 playing guitar when I was 6 years old. I had my lessons in primary and secondary schools. I think it was the sound of the guitar that really got me into it and in the end I found that I could just pick it up and play any song that I hear on the radio [laughs].

I never actually learned to play an instrument until last year.  I’ve had singing lessons for as long as I can remember though.  My uncle bought me a piano for my birthday last year so I promised him I’d 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 have to say my idol is very much Dolly Parton because I grew up listening to her on the radio every day. We own all her albums and I used to play them in a loop.

I would have to agree with you there.  Dolly Parton was always playing in the background in our house.  I don’t know if I would ever want to meet her 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 my parents, and especially my sister, Gabríella, were very supportive of my music and decisions, but I think on the whole, was my music teacher who really inspired me to follow my dreams because she said that as long as I believed in me I could do something. And I've done [laughs]!

For me it was my uncle.  He passed away this Christmas, and I miss him so much, 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 hard. I'm not going to lie. But I love it. It's amazing! Everyone is so nice and patient with us, 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 their fame for the right reasons all the time any more.

                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. 

I still cannot believe they are coming to see us play. I keep imagining that they are all going to go to a different concert when they realize that we are playing and not some of these larger bands.

                What do you do in your spare time?

Sleep [laughs]. It is incredibly tiring to be in a band. There are concerts and gigs, advertising and marketing plus the actual writing and recording music. In between I have just time to sleep for a few hours before I'm back to write another song or at 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 to us. I've found, and I'm sure Tina has too; they come in 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 think it's the price that comes with 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! 

 

Lockbox’s new album ‘Beneath the Sun’ is out on the 22^nd February and is available for download on iTunes and on CD in many retail stores.  Their tour of Britain, ‘Lockbox Opened’ starts in Carlisle on the 19^th August and runs until December 9^th.  For more information on tour dates and exclusive interviews with Henrik and Tina visit their website at www.lockbox.co.uk.