YIP, ONE OF THE FINEST VOICES IN TODAYS MUSIC CATCHES UP WITH MIZZ BEKUR STARR. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY AFTER THIS INTERVIEW, YOU WILL BE THAT LITTLE BIT MORE IN LOVE WITH HER.
HOW DID YOU COME TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE SCOTTISH HIP HOP SCENE, AND EVENTUALLY WORK WITH TANK?
i was introduced to the hip-hop scene as i used to work in a shop with RC junior, formally from the 4most. me and him got on well and we exchanged cds of stuff we'd done over the years. he really liked my voice and asked me to do a track with him. when we met up, tank was there cos he was gonna produce the beat. me and tank hit it off instantly. we've just always got each other from the first minute we met :) long story short, we ended up fannying about with a coupla tracks and within a week of hanging out together we had four tracks done. we both saw we were onto something good and wanted to continue working. within a month we had a radio appearance at glasgow met radio and had recorded 2 tracks. we just click : D it just works! really love him a lot and i think our genuine respect for each other as friends is why we work so well. over time, i met many people through tank at gigs etc, really liked everyone and felt very welcomed! and that pretty much it! always listened to hip-hop, but have very ecclectic tastes musically from working with so many different artists over the years. but the hip-hop scene is thriving with incredible writers and performers. im really so lucky to be working with some of the people i have!
SO WITH THAT SAID ABOUT YOUR VARIETY IN DIFFRENT WALKS OF MUSIC, WOULD YOU EVER DO A DANCE TRACK?
i actually did a kinda dancey track with a dear friend of mine, al (aka NEW ERA) recently. he produced the tune and i wrote and sang it! was a cool experience as id never done something quite so dancey. when i was signed a few years back there was a real electro sound, but this was different. its mint! check it out here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4v9pkUD-Mk
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED IN GOING THE REALITY TV ROUTE WITH THAT VOICE OF YOURS?
with reality tv, i entered the x factor last year! it was just for fun and my folks really and tank was behind it 100% as he's always wanted me to do well. but to be honest, i didnt expect to win it, got thru the first few rounds, but i just wasnt prepared to give a sob story, which i easily could have as anyone could! but im happy doing it on my own. my parents kinda encouraged me to give it a go, suffice to say, my mam was gutted and shocked when i didnt make it thru, she thought id win it i think! but thats what mammYS always think :)
WHO WANTS TO BE ANOTHER COWELL CLONE ANYWAYS! THEY TAKE AWAY YOUR INDEPENDANCY. WHATS YOUR SONG WRITTING PROCESS LIKE?
my songwriting process is bizarre... im constantly writing im a total workaholic. im lucky enough to be able to dedicate myself to doing music full-time. often, if its a collab track there's often a concept, which i will then follow and reference. if it a track of my own i generally write about issues directly effecting me or other people i know, or issues that i feel need to be addressed. it varies. but im always writing, i have a massive back catalogue of lyrics. i also play a few instruments and run open mic nites, so i do a lot of writing original songs on my guitar too. i love working with people and doing collab, its amaisin having someone else to inspire you. i try to write positive tracks as much as possible, or tracks that people will relate to. when ive got a problem i listen to music for the answers or to feel someone knows what im feeling. an example being, if my hearts aching a bit i tend to listen to lauryn hill's 'ex-factor'. beautiful song. the lyric "no one loves you more than me and no one ever will" is amaisin. ive felt like that. and even though im single i still relate to it, when i think of some of my closest friends. if one of my songs did that for someone like her song did for me, id be eternally happy! :)
IS IT HARD BEING A SINGLE WHITE FEMALE IN A PREDOMINANTLY MALE ENVIROMENT? YOU MUST GET STALKED ALOT, SEVERED KITTEN TOES THREW YOUR POST AND SUCH THINGS? ALOT OF CHANCERS AT THE LEAST, NO?
i like being single! :) its not a chore. im comfortable with who i m and what i stand for so i dont feel i need a man to validate me in that respect. it would be nice to find someone though. no stalkers really :) ive been propisitioned, but im married to my music! i wouldnt want to lead anybody on.i honestly thought id found someone last year i really related to and completely fell in love. but it went horribly wrong. im still recoveing from that. but im open to it. i would like to have someone to love and be loved back. i dunno.... :D
IN THE PAST, YOUVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BATTLING. FIRSTLY, HAVE YOU EVER LAID DOWN SOME PHAT PUNCHLINES ON A TRACK? AND ALSO, IM SURE I REMEMBER YOU SAYIN YOU'D BE MORE INCLINED IF THE OPONENT WAS FEMALE, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
yeah i love battle rapping! however, i would never ever wanna battle a lass. i just wouldnt. id rather be put up against a guy. im still mulling over it. im in two minds. i know i have the potential to be amaisin at it if i really work on it, but i worry it may tarnish my reputation as a singer if i do. wee exclusive though me and silvetongue (who i got mad love and respect for!) were discussing being a doubles battle team. could be interesting! watch this space! but i dunno... i may just stick to spectating! silvers been a great encourgement though! he has felt my wrath, we have battled each other. was good fun :D but we'll see!
WHAT WOULD BE THE TITLE OF YOUR AUTOBIOGRIPHAH?
my autobiography would be titled 'agent in disguise'. its a lyric from a tune of ours called 'the agents theme' and that tune baically vocalises my views on how people in the industry are treated. ive been signed twice before and both times i was dropped under unfortunate circumstances, both times ruined my life. working with tank and being 'an agent' is so important to me :) ive always done everything alone but i know that tank loves and respects me as much as i love and respect him and will always be there for me as a musical companion and as one of my best friends. he's a brother to me and we've both been through a lot since the band started in february 2009. but i will always be an agent, no matter what happens in the future, as a solo writer/singer or as tanks vocalist! he's helped rebuild me and my belief in myself and i know together we can achieve what we want, but more importantly, he's helped me see that i can also achieve things on my own still too.
WHAT MOVIE HAVE YOU WATCHED MORE THAN ANY OTHER?
the movie ive honestly watched most is clerks and clerks 2! i think theyre hilarious! :D gotta wee crush on jason mewes too! love all kevin smiths movies though. i own them all.however, my fave film is dead mans shoes. its amaisin. but i couldnt watch it as often as clerks! but its a real morality cleanser. heavy duty!
AH YES, I LIKE YOUR TASTE IN FILM! I SEEN KEVIN SMITH LIVE BACK IN OCTOBER THERE, DID YOU HAPPEN TO GO?
wow u did! thats awesome! nah man i never got to that! would have loved to! jealous! :D we should go to his next one though yeah!
WHAT WAS THE WORST GIG YOUVE EVER DONE?
oooft..... worst gig...... i dunno! with the agents we've been blessed that our gigs normally go quite well, but we've had hitches! id say my worst performance was only a few weeks back at one of my open mics. i leant over to get something outta my handbag and gotta mad pain in my tummy, like something popped out and it didnt go away. i got up to sing and for the first time ever, i stopped half way through the song because i couldnt breathe! was so embaressing having folk crowd round me panicing! turned out i had a hernia! some of my guts had burst out through muscle just above my bellybutton. that was so bizarre! a night spent in hospital was had, but luckily it slipped back in and i didnt need surgery. was horrendously bad timing as it was the night before i had a major spinal procedure. i have a bone disorder and im awaiting a spinal surgery date. so the last thing i needed was a hernia! such a mad wee thing, but it meant i couldnt sing! i empathise with anyone who's had a hernia! :p
MY THIGHS ARE CHAFING, ANY ADVICE?
ye got a bit o' chaffage on the go aye? :) hmm..... canny really help ye with that... maybe try a nice pair of figure enhancing tights doll! might do the trick! try lunges too, good exersize for tightening up leg muscles! lol
THIS WAS A TOTAL PLEASURE, THANKS BEKUR.
LADIES AND GENTLERMEN, MIZZ BEKUR STARR.
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