In a page, a quick probe into Justie's musical past!

We asked Justie a few questions about his music and the past... Here are a few bits that came from the interview.


I didn't know that...

FROM THE JUSTIE FACT FILE
A Classically trained pianist... played a traditional side-drum as a nipper... He's played at the Millennium Dome! Brought up in a Folk Musical Family...   Headlined alongside 80's Boney-M...    Currently studying for a music degree...  Toured with a pop-tribute group for five years... Backed-up Craig David's DAT tapes...

Brought up in a Folk Musical Family...   Headlined alongside 80's Boney-M...    Currently studying for a music degree...  Toured with a pop-tribute group for five years... Backed-up Craig David's DAT tapes...

About Early Song-writing
'I used to sit at the piano in the evenings and weekends just jotting down lyrics, and thumping the piano; ‘tho much of my efforts from early teens was abysmal; I have used a few ideas for more recent stuff'

About his first recoding set-up
'Oh you'll giggle; a now classic Atari STE with Emagic Notator software, I had a Yamaha DX27, and Roland D10 Synthesisers; plugged into a Tandy mixer. 
We all had to start somewhere!'

On His First Band
Crikey, yes I remember! 'I had left school, needed the big break, so I thought' But we were a rock band with no name! We had to come up with a name, as a gig was imminent in Arlesford near Winchester. Can you imagine- all ideas pulled out of a hat...We ended up with ‘Ju Ju Eye Ball; a lyric from a Beetle's song'

What's it like having a successful album?
‘When you've sold in excess of 500 copies and the requests mean that a re-release is imminent, I guess your happy',' but the new album is awesome so I've been told- I agree of course!'