On Thursday 8th Dec, I went along to the launch of Seymour Place Music, Sylvia Young and Simon Hannings record label. The night consisted of sitting round tables whilst being presented with, what hopefully will be, some of the music stars of the future. I have to say, I was extremely impressed by all the acts that performed. First was Tariq, 14, who reminded me a bit of Britains Got Talent star Shaheen Jafargholi, mainly due to his insanely high range.
The main event of the night, though, had to have been the rising young band EverYoung. The band is made up of 2 boys and 2 girls, they have the look, they have the voice, and they have the professionalism, that will hopefully take them very far! I managed to get a brief catch up with Eyal, Jack, Hollie and Cherelle prior to their performance…
- How did EverYoung get started?
Cherelle: We formed about a year ago. We all met at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and our manager, Simon Hanning along with Sylvia Young decided to put a band together and we happened to be the line-up that they chose!
Left to Right: Jack, Holly, Eyal and Cherelle
-What has the band been up to recently?
Cherelle: We’ve spent the last year recording and writing music, and getting ready for tonight’s gig.
Jack: Also, we’re doing our UK Warrior Schools Tour at the moment. We started in September and we’ve been all over… Cardiff, Leeds, Brighton, Essex, where Hollie comes from … basically everywhere! We’re having so much fun doing that and getting to meet so many people.
- I’ve caught some of the tour via Youtube, what’s been the highlight of the tour?
Hollie: I’d like to say there has been a huge moment, but the whole thing has been amazing, every school we go to is incredible but I’m guessing this night is probably going to be one of our highlights. West End Live was also incredible but every performance is so different and special, it’s amazing.
- What’s the next step for the band after the schools tour?
Eyal: We’ll be releasing our single called Warrior early next year around February, so we’ll see what happen’s then. Hopefully we’ll then go on a radio tour promoting the single throughout 2012.
- How much has social media (Twitter / Facebook / Youtube) helped you?
Hollie: I think the internet completely helped some aspects of the music industry, and we really concentrate on it, we love talking to our fans and we try and reply to every message we get. I don’t we would be where we are without social media.
Eyal: Almost every young person is on Facebook or Twitter so we can reach out to every single person and hopefully get them listening to our music.
- What advice would you give to someone who want to do what you’re doing now?
Cherelle: If you’re really having fun with something, whether it’s singing along to the radio and you think that it’s something you would want to do, just see what your options are. Maybe join after school drama / singing clubs, that’s what we all did to start with. You then get to meet different people and hopefully it will just build. If it’s what you love doing, don’t be scared and give up, just go for it!
Hollie: Yh, just make sure you keep going, there’s gonna be some ups and downs don’t give up!
Jack: You never know what you might achieve, so just keep practising!
We wish EverYoung all the best with their single launch and the rest of the tour! We’ll hopefully catch-up with them again next year.
p.s. Merry Christmas SDM readers!
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