Exposed Vocals just caught an interview with U.K Musician Jim Redgewell

Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?

Jim Redgewell:

I was born in Bexleyheath which is now part of Greater London.  At the age of eight I moved to Southend-on-sea, Essex.  When I was 21 years of age someone brought a guitar into work, showed me a few cords and that’s how it started.

Exposed Vocals: Since everyone was a start-up once, can you give any smaller or local bands or artists looking to get gigs and airplay some tips?

Jim Redgewell:

As a singer songwriter I get my songs recorded either in a recording studio or at home and promote the songs on Spotify and other websites.  The only live work I’ve done recently is at some Open Mic nights.

Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?

Jim Redgewell:

Mistakes happen all the time.  My advice is simple, just carry on and pretend that nothing happened.

Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about?

Jim Redgewell:

Most of my live playing was done back in the 1970s.  I can’t think of anything interesting but I would say that it’s a problem for the daytime job in staying awake in the day after working all night.

Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?

Jim Redgewell:

Most of my songs have been recorded and at the moment I am just working on the few new songs.

Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?

Jim Redgewell:

I concentrate on Spotify.  The only way to get songs promoted is to get them on playlists.  I create some playlists of my own and I pay other people to put my songs on playlist.

Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?

Jim Redgewell:

I would have loved to work with the following jazz artists, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner.

Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?

Jim Redgewell:

I have a music company in America who is promoting two of my songs and I’m looking to get a better following on Spotify.

Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

Jim Redgewell:

I would go to university to study physics.

Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in the next year or so?

Jim Redgewell:

I have another 20 songs that I have recorded, which will be uploaded to Spotify in the near future and I am continuing to write.

Exposed Vocals: Any Shout-outs?

Jim Redgewell:

I have the following advice based on experience to share with people:

Trust absolutely nobody.

Talent has got nothing to do with business.

Social media is a waste of time.

Marketing is all that matters.

Take responsibility for your own life.

Learn from your mistakes and carry on.

Listen to more music from Jim here: http://jredgewell.blogspot.com/p/song-list_11.html