BISCAY A UK Band’s Path to Success We caught up with Biscay, a 5-piece band playing a groovy hybrid of original funk/acid-jazz/soul coupled with deep/dark lyrics - in these increasingly strange times….one source of catharsis for Biscay has been this single they launched on November 1st. ‘Blame Game’ is, rather obviously, about everything that’s going on right now – a protest song about how no-one seems to be taking responsibility for anything, least of all our leaders. When did you first get into music? As if often the case, a musical family – my father and his father were both ‘good amateur’ piano players, and consequently me & my two brothers all learned instruments and sang. Music was also heavily encouraged in my schools – free instruments and 1 to 1 lessons were available (sadly no longer) along with multiple school bands. They sounded horrendous, but gave us our first opportunities. In short, both Nature and Nurture! Who or What inspired you to pursue a career in music? Burning out in Advertising helped!! As Bowie said, the great thing about aging is you eventually become the person you were always meant to be. I quit a big job at 36 and went to study at Berklee School of Music, then latterly Trinity College of Music in London, and have been on the path ever since.
How has your music evolved since you first began performing/songwriting? The big change was songwriting – up until I left Trinity everything had focused on instrumental skills and playing the ‘jazz repertoire’, I then wrote my first song in 2008 and when the guys in the then band (which was purely covers) played it, they said “we must record this”…..from that moment everything changed and the covers were steadily dropped….. I’m sure you have shared the stage with a lot of talented artists/celebrities along the way. Would you share 1 or 2 of your favorite stories with us? Certainly the scariest moment for me was debuting at Ronnie Scott’s in London 2 years back when the
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