Hailing from Nottingham, Georgie’s latest single ‘Company of Thieves’ is turning heads. Produced with Matthew E. White, it truly has a captivating feel about it. We caught up with the rising star to talk about her ambitions, experiences and Chinese takeaways…
Tell us about your aims when creating music, and where does that aim stem from?
The biggest aim for me is definitely to connect to people through music and help people kind of feel those feelings that I had when I wrote the song and the reasons I wrote these songs too. We’ve all been in those similar situations through life so I know I’m not the only one and I think it’s nice for the audience to know they’re not the only one too.
What was the catalyst for picking up instruments and wanting to start making music?
There was a guitar knocking round the house and I just picked it up one day after hearing an Elvis record and it went from there really. I think as soon as I picked up the guitar and started singing I definitely felt something immediately and I wrote my first song like a week or two later. As a young 14 year old I found an outlet and that was the main reason I carried it on and wanted to make music really.
Were you very influential to music when growing up or did you establish your own musical preferences?
I used to buy NME magazine every week with my dinner money and find bands through that. I’m always influenced though, people who I work with have opened my eyes to so much more music too, that’s been very important and inspirational.
Tell us about what it was like when you first started writing?
It was great I’m not really sure how I would of got through those teenage years without it really, and even now and probably in the future too. I felt very lucky that I was able to do this, hard times didn’t feel so bad because of that ability to write songs.
What’s the music scene like in Nottingham at the moment? Any band recommendations?
It’s been great for a while now and it’s still producing so much great music! Bnds like Crosa Rosa, Amber Run, Kagoule and a blues artist called Ryan Farmer who I think is great.
You recently went on tour supporting Jake Bugg and Blossoms. Tell us about those experiences.
Yeah that was great. I was very happy to be supporting both of them. I’m a fan of Blossoms and Jake Bugg. The Jake Bugg tour felt pretty special. I really loved that one. First tour with my band, iconic venues like Brixton and I think there was something kind of nice about us both being from the same city. But yeah both have been great experiences.
What and who influences you musically?
A lot of things influence me, especially life and emotions you go through. I think you soak it all up as a writer! Those strong female characters are inspiring too like Stevie Nicks, and Patti Smith.
Describe your song-writing process?
It really does vary. I’ve written songs on the bus from mansfield. I’ve written them in hotel rooms and my bedroom, so I don’t really have one. I sometimes do this thing where I make the songs up as I go and write the lyrics in-between. Or I’m in a set mood at home and write it all together.
What was it like recording your track, ‘Company of Thieves’?
Amazing. Working with someone like Matthew. E White who produced the song was a real pleasure and his in house band were on another level, so great and then also being in Richmond Virginia was pretty special too so overall the experience wasn’t bad at all…
Although you a musician, do you still have to work day jobs in-between live shows?
I’m lucky enough to say no, although I’ve had some interesting jobs before when I was juggling unpaid gigs and college which didn’t end well. One was a Chinese Takeway and I still remember most of the numbers.
How would you like people to respond to your music? Do you wish to connect emotionally with the audience or is it just about having a party?
Definitely to connect emotionally. that’s important to me. Although I don’t think my songs carry a sense of sadness, it’s more a defiant outlook. I think people respond to songs in different ways though depending where they are at that time of their life at that moment in time. People can be happy about a song but in 10 years time the song may have a totally different meaning or bring back the exact same emotion they had when they first heard it.
Do you ever see your sound changing from the type of vocalistic and harmonious indie you currently write?
If I have a life long career in music then definitely. I don’t really write for a specific genre or sing for a specific genre, I just write and I just sing. So we’ll see!
Do you ever see yourself expanding with more members?
Yeah I would love to down the line, another guitarist, maybe a percussionist too that would be cool…
