Drafting My Feature Article

Interviewer: So, Miss G, we live in a world where literally everyone knows who you are! But apparently this is not your first attempt at fame and glory? Is that right?

Miss G: Hahaha do we really have to go into this? Okay okay, yes about four years ago I posted this stupid video of me singing “My Heart Will Go On” on YouTube, things went well and I got some really positive feedback from people like my Mum and Dad, to be fair it was mainly my Nan.

Interview: So things were going well on your videos on YouTube, you were happy right?

Miss G: Well it was great reading all of the comments but something inside of me wanted more, it sounds ungrateful but it wasn’t enough. I wanted to be signed. Things pretty much just stayed the same though; I started singing into the camera, uploaded it to YouTube and it made me happy.

Interviewer: Then “it” happened?

Miss G: Yes, the biggest mistake of my life haha, I was checking my email one day and then this email pops up from this record company which I won’t be naming, that was it, exactly what I had wanted, me and my Mum contacted the number that was left at the bottom of the email and we planned a trip to London for that very weekend to meet the record label and sign the contract.

Interviewer: It all sounds so fast, I guess at your young age though you took any opportunity presented to you?

Miss G: Well yes, to be in the music industry was my dream ever since I was a little girl. Music has always sort of been a part of my life. This record label was completely controlling and demanding and as an artist I was not happy.

Interviewer: So things took a turn south then?

Miss G: Yes, my first single broke into the top 100 at a staggering 97. It was one of those songs that at the time everyone hated, I got some really horrible comments. I told the record label that I was unhappy, but they insisted of using me, plastering my name over some catchy pop song that really did fit the description of “bad music”

Interviewer: From what I know, you took a bit of a stand? You were quite a rebel?

Miss G: Well I was sick and tired of the terrible comments and I had just had enough, I stayed at home for about a month, avoiding all calls and emails from the record company, one day my mum came into my room and told me she had a rather aggressive call from the record label saying that they have decided to “drop” me for being “uncooperative”

Interviewer: But this was just the beginning right?

Miss G: Yes! I was ecstatic. I picked up my notepad and began writing my own music. Music that I could connect with, I felt something when I read it back to myself, I went out gigging and eventually got myself into some of the more well-known pubs, hoping to get recognized once more, without having to sign some stupid, life crushing contract.

Interviewer: Well from the sounds of it, things are going well, you are working on your third single, which is impressive seeing that it is all independently produced, would you agree?

Miss G: Well it has certainty been a journey and making my own music really gives me a sense of accomplishment, I am not saying I will cast aside every opportunity with a record label, I am just waiting for the right label, one that will just let me express myself musically, rather than taking over my life entirely. Right now I am just happy making music and sharing it with people that enjoy something that I have made independently.