Martyn Scott is a singer songwriter whose retro indie, influenced by 60s pop, jazz guitar greats and romantic classical composers, is a technicolour mix of meticulously crafted melodies, intricate guitar work and lush, thoughtful instrumentation. Martyn was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire and started playing Rock n Roll in working men's clubs aged 17 and progressed to touring up and down the country with bands, one of which got the opportunity to support The Bootleg Beatles at the Echo Arena in Liverpool in front of an audience of 9,000. Originally and primarily a guitarist, Martyn is also a skilled multi-instrumentalist who writes, sings and performs everything on his recordings.
By Kamil Bobin
Discovered via Musosoup
Kamil) Hey Martyn Scott, super nice to have the chance to chat with you. What first got you into music?
Well at school I was all about football, played in the school team so should have gone on to take P.E at GCSE, but I found out you had to do loads of coursework writing so I didn’t fancy that. I had a mate that played guitar and he showed me a few chords and that was it, I chose music as one of my options instead. From then on it was music, music, music!! I lived and breathed it. I owe everything I have done after that to my music teacher, Mrs Kim Woodward, total inspiration and now a life long friend. Oh and a teaching assistant at the time called Mr Steve Riley who played me Dear Prudence from The Beatles White Album, that was another turning point, I went home and downloaded The White Album, back when you couldn’t use the phone if you were on the internet mind you. Then I downloaded all the other Beatles albums and BOOM, changed my life forever!!!
Do you have any hobbies or interests outside of music?
Football, making Curry from scratch and Astronomy.
Your latest song is 'Lazy Days And Lullabies'. Can you tell us more about the making of it and if there were any unusual things happening during the process?
I wrote the song and then like all my music I recorded the instruments and vocal parts in my humble little home studio. I will actually stick my neck out and say that I am quite pleased with myself that I record and play all the parts of my music all on my lonesome, apart from the drums, I am not a drummer so I have to program those using clever bits of software. Once I have all the tracks recorded and done, I take it down to The Animal Farm Music in London who are working with me and supporting me and Mat down there does a superb job of mixing it much much better.
Can you reveal the recipe for a musical hit?
The recipe for a musical hit these days is to clearly be rubbish. Put a studio accent on and sing a crap song, that’s the hits I hear.
What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as an artist?
I am working really closely with Ville at the The Animal Fram Music who is helping to guide me and build my artist profile, I have loads of songs ready to get mixed and we will be continuing to release tracks and snowball forward. I plan to gig with other artist and network on social media and get people in on what I’m doing. Its all good, I love it!
What inspires you as an artist? Could it be the sea, the weather or something else?
Its definitely not the bloody Sea that inspires me, I’m not a pirate! It's music that inspires me, thoughts, feelings, emotions and getting that buzz when someone says “I love that track you’ve just done”.
What is one message you would give to your fans?
Buy and stream my music and interact with me you lazy buggers!!
Do you have a mentor or coach?
Ville is helping me a lot so I would say him. And John, Paul, George and Ringo of course! Oh and Noel Gallagher. Not Liam though!!
Do you think it's easy to become established in the music world, or is it difficult?
Its fucking very difficult.
What accomplishments do you see yourself achieving in the next five to 10 years?
Number one album and single across all continents!!!