[Interview Number 13]
In an effort to get to know the artists on the New Artist Spotlight family of playlists, weโll be posting these here on our Facebook page.
This time, we get to know Valentine Joyce whose track โI Want My Life To Be A Movieโ is featured on the โNAS - New Artist Spotlightโ playlist on Spotify.
Link To The New Artist Spotlight Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yhlfgfyJpX3iU9BnR8gZy...
Her socials: instagram.com/patjoyce76 twitter.com/ValentineJoyce8
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Okay, letโs get into the Ten questions for Valentine Joyce!
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐?
I'm from Dublin, Ireland. My main hobby would be music but I guess that's kind of obvious really.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ/๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
My dad is very much into music (Irish Traditional) and has been playing all sorts of instruments for as long as I can remember. My first memory of trying to play anything was trying my dads Spanish guitar when I was about 4. I just kept hitting one string until I got a huge blister on my thumb. I played piano when I was a teenager and got a keyboard soon after. Eventually, I got a steel string guitar which soon became my most prized possession.
๐ฏ. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐?
That's hard to say as I really like nearly all kinds of music. My dad influenced me in a big way to start playing but in more of a monkey see, monkey do way rather than trying to force me to play. Since my early 20s I've been in a band called Pots and Pans which started out as me and my mate (Diarmuid) sitting down one night and starting to write songs out of the blue. We soon joined up with another lost soul (Andreas). Those 2 guys have influenced me a lot, especially Diarmuid as the co-writer of the songs we play.
๐ฐ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ?
Ever since I can remember I've been "making stuff up" but I only starting trying to record on and off since my early 20s.
๐ฑ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐?
I make music because I like to make music. It's an itch that needs to be scratched for me. There are many aspects to creating music from mucking about with an instrument and coming up with the seed for an idea all the way to recording a full track. Satisfaction can be drawn from music at all points and my most recent goal was just to see my song being available on Spotify. Insanely satisfying! For now, I'd like to get more songs released and watch the listenership increase.
๐ฒ. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ?
I'd like to have been onstage at Live Aid '85 playing a tambourine (or anything!) during both the Queen and U2 slots. Standing right beside Freddie and Bono. Failing that, as long as people were having a good time, I'd be happy anywhere.
๐ณ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด?
That's a hard one as it keeps changing. At Christmas time, it's definitely Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues.
๐ด. ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
From a musical point of view, I did a gig once and my fellow singer/songwriter who was supposed to be performing with me got there early and started having a few pints to calm his nerves. By the time we were due to go on he wasn't in tip top condition. It didn't go well.
๐ต. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
My family.
๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ?
Good one! I'd like to work in a studio for a day with The Traveling Wilburys. It would be a bonus to have Damien Dempsey and John Lennon there. And, of course, if Elvis and Freddie showed up........ maybe they could bring Mark Knopfler with them. The PSB could produce.
That concludes todayโs Ten Questions with Valentine Joyce, please make sure to check out her new Single "I Want My Life To Be A Movie" on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/5ObnVqOX59aIX98BFn16D1...) you will not be disappointed!
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