Singing Careers
THE
BACKiNG VOCALiST
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Sing met up with Lloyd
Wade, (cover gal) Katie
Holmes, Andy Playfoot,
Louise Bagan and Craig
Stein - five very talented
singers who work regularly as
backing vocalists. These guys
have sung with some of the
biggest artists out there, such
as Jessie J, Professor Green,
Lily Allan, Kylie Minogue, Will
Young, Chaka Khan, Westlife,
George Michael, Eliza
Doolittle and Take That.
Between them they have
performed at all the major UK
music festivals, as well as
“You can go from pop
sessions, to classical
singing, to gospel, to any
style of singing and I
love the variety of it”
strutted nearly every
significant stadium and live
venue. They all have careers
in their own right, both as
singers and, as in the case of
Andy and Craig, actors too. !
Recently these five came
together to form a vocal group
c a l l e d B a n d o f Vo i c e s ,
showcasing their vocal talents on
last year’s Britain’s Got Talent.
They blew away Simon
Cowell and all the judges with
their rendition of Jessie J’s
“Price Tag”, going on to
eventually reach the semi
finals. !
In this video interview, we
meet the group and hear what
they have to say about the
role and job of the backing
vocalist, how each of them got
into the game, what kinds of
experiences it has brought
them, how they fit their job in
and around their own artistic
ambitions and we get some
top backing vocal tips.■
Singing Careers: The backing vocalist with Band of Voices
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