M Y M U S IC ELO I S E S M I TH

WHAT I S MY FAVOU R I T E GEN RE OF MU S I C ?• Due to my love of films, I have quite an eclectic

collection of music, usually that I have found in the soundtracks of different films that I have enjoyed.

• My favourite genre of music is a tie between pop and indie music. However, I also enjoy classical music, jazz, 80s music and musicals (sometimes you have got to have a belt it out to Les Mis!).

• To show how random my music taste is, I listened to the first five songs that came up on my Spotify. They were Sorry by Justin Bieber, Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield, Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop by Landon Pigg, Good Day by Nappy Roots and Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield.

WHAT I S SO ME OF YOUR FAVOU R IT E ART IST S /BA NDS? WHY ?

• It is difficult to choose my favourite music artists, because I find my music in films and so, my music is often written by a range of artists

• However, if I had to choose, my favourite artists would be Benjamin Clementine and Taylor Swift.

TAY LO R SW I FT• I like Taylor Swift’s work

because her songs are so catchy that so many people know them, therefore make her songs fun and enjoyable to listen to in a group.

• I also like the way her music videos are funny and interesting to watch, such as “Shake it Off”, which had over 1.4 million views.

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BE N JA M I N C L E M E N T I N E

• However, I like Benjamin Clémentine’s work because it is very original to listen to, because of his unique sounding voice. His songs are also quite relaxing, making them easy to listen to after a long day at school!

• Benjamin Clémentine is a Mercury Prize winning, English artist, poet, and a recording musician from London, England. He is much less widely popular than Taylor Swift, but is known for creating interesting and beautiful pieces of music.

• My favourite music of his is “I Won’t Complain”, which was used in the newest Burberry Campaign for Mr Burberry perfume.

DO YOU OWN THE IR AL BU M?• I own the last two of

Taylor Swifts’ albums, because in particular I prefer her newer music, because it is less of the country genre and more pop.

• Even though I own some of her old songs, such as “Love Story”, I was not as interested in her music then.

DO YOU OWN THE IR AL BU M?• I own two of Clémentine’s

albums, Cornerstone (2013) and At Least for Now (2015).

• He is a relatively new artist and so has only released three albums so far.

• I really like the majority of his work, but usually only listen to four or five of his songs, which I think I creatively better.

HOW D I D YOU F I ND O U T ABOU T THE M?

• I found out about Taylor Swift, because she is so well known, that she is constantly in the media. Because her songs are often on the radio, I found it easily to pick up her songs and become familiar with them, therefore making them more enjoyable for me.

• I only recently found out about Benjamin Clementine, due to his collaboration with the designer Burberry, who support acoustic singers and bands and create videos of them on their YouTube channel. I really loved his music on there and so, researched more of his music after that.

H AV E YOU E V ER S EE N T H EM L I V E ?

• I have never seen either artist live, since I am not a particularly big fan of concerts, because I do not like the huge crowds.

• However, I think this proves how important a music video is for an artist, because it can be were the majority of their fans watch them perform, therefore influence how popular the artist/band is.

W H AT AR E YO U R T H O U G H T S O N T H E I R M U S I C V I D E O S ?• Benjamin Clémentine’s music videos are minimalistic, such as his

Cornerstone music video, which shows him playing the piano and singing the single. I think this is effective, because it shows the singer’s talent, because he can hold an audience’s attention for the whole song, heightening to a viewer that it is the music that is important, rather than added extras.

• Taylor Swift’s videos are interesting and exciting to watch. Due to the popularity of the singer, she had a huge budget available to spend and so, the video is much more flamboyant, because they could afford to add more bonus features to the video.

• I like both music videos for different reasons, Clémentine’s video is serious and honest, whereas Swift’s video is quirky and satirical in contrast.

DO T H EY H AVE A W E BS I T E? • Both of the artists have a

official website, http://benjaminclementine.com/ and http://taylorswift.com/

• Taylor Swift’s website is light, colourful and features lots of pictures about her life and work. It has links to her Twitter, Instagram and album purchases accounts.

• Cleméntine’s website is simplistic, his photo is the background of the website, but the website has dark tones of colour throughout it.

W H AT D O YO U T H I N K O F T H E I R I D E O LO G I E S A S A N B AN D / ART I S T ?• Cleméntine says he is “an expressionist; I sing what I say, I

say what I feel and I feel what I play by honesty and none other but honesty.” I think this is important for an artist, because the audience gets a connection with the artist, since it is real emotion he is singing with. Therefore, Cleméntine’s honesty makes his music raw and beautiful with emotion.

• Taylor Swift’s says her main ideology is “being herself”. She says it is so important to her so she can connect with her audience, because there is nothing fake and covered up in her music.

• Therefore, both singers create their music honestly, in order to make the emotion they sing about real for the audience.