{"id":59478,"date":"2020-01-29T18:44:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T18:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=59478"},"modified":"2020-01-30T09:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T09:46:28","slug":"exclusive-interview-with-jason-allan-on-his-show-in-april-and-2020-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/01\/exclusive-interview-with-jason-allan-on-his-show-in-april-and-2020-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JASON ALLAN ON HIS SHOW IN APRIL AND 2020 PLANS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy had the chance to speak to Liverpool based pop artist Jason Allan about his up-and-coming show in Liverpool, how he got into music and his plans for 2020.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hi Jason, Thank you for chatting to us today, how are you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah I just ate a burger, so I\u2019m great thanks!<\/p>\n

What made you start music and how old were you when you started making music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I accidentally joined a choir when I was 8 thinking it was some kind of football team. Turned out it was singing tunes about Jesus, I stuck with it and turned out to have a good set of pipes so just went with it and never looked back! It\u2019s a good thing tbh as I\u2019m rubbish at football.<\/p>\n

Do you think music has given you a lot of confidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh hell yes, I naturally suffer with social anxiety and am massively self conscious about speaking in public, or speaking in general really, but when I\u2019m singing I could literally sing in front of the whole of Africa and be totally care free and happy.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re doing a show in Liverpool soon, (18th\u00a0April) are you excited to be performing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeahhhh! I\u2019m honestly so buzzing\u00a0\u00a0This whole music thing really kicked off for me in Liverpool and it\u2019s pretty undeniable that my strongest fan base is in Liverpool so it only felt right to do my biggest ever show there and it\u2019s on Birthday so literally I\u2019m gonna be on cloud 9 that day. All the proceeds are going to my sisters charity Living With Laura, which I\u2019m so happy about. She suffers with metachromatic leukodystrophy which is a critical, incurable disease, anyway I can use my music to give her a better quality of life helps me sleep better a night.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite part of doing shows?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I mean I love jumping about the stage like an idiot but honestly it\u2019s spending time with the fans. We all spend so much time behind screens that the 1 on 1 time I have with them after the show is really essential for me to show my appreciation.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s been your favourite out of your previous shows?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This whole interview is just me hyping my Liverpool squad haha but in all honesty it was my last headline in Liverpool, we sold out the Zanzibar and whilst playing my song \u2018Scars\u2019 everyone had their torches up and it was really a pinnacle moment for me where I thought \u2018yeah, I\u2019m properly doing this, people actually care\u2019 and it gave me the motivation to make sure I\u2019m doing this for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

Can you remember your first ever show that you have done?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, it was when I lived in the town I grew up in – Chesterfield. I sang covers (and Scars because at that point it was my only original song) in a pub with one old dude drinking his Guinness and he didn\u2019t even clap at the end of my songs\u00a0🤣.<\/p>\n

When are you going to be releasing new music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s defo new music coming this year which is gonna shock everyone a bit cos it\u2019s definitely not what everyone is used to but I won\u2019t give a date at this point, you\u2019ll have to wait and see haha.<\/p>\n

How would you describe your sound?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well I\u2019ve always said it\u2019s alternative pop as I\u2019m a lover of pop music but each time has a different element of my weird personality attached to it. The new vibe will be much more band orientated as my current stuff was written & released when I was a solo artist playing songs from my laptop. My new sound will all revolve around my live show, which will be mosh pit worthy all the way through with a couple sad bangers thrown in cos I\u2019m just to soppy not to.<\/p>\n

Tell me a bit about the writing\/recording process when you bring a song out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each song is different tbh my voice notes is inundated with inane pop melodies of which 3% I\u2019ll actually feel are good enough to throw some chords to. Then as soon as I have a basic concept & structure I jump in the studio with my producer \u2018RAFFER\u2019 and slowly bring it to life.<\/p>\n

What do you try to get across in each of your songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I either want you to dance your problems away or listen to mine. I\u2019m gonna be fully honest, if I feel the track is a bop I don\u2019t worry so much on the lyrics because I just want people to have fun and escape reality for a bit. But if I genuinely want to get a point across like in \u2018Scars\u2019 or \u2018You\u2019 you\u2019re gonna get exactly what\u2019s in my brain.<\/p>\n

What has been your biggest achievement in your singing career so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Someone got a tattoo of my song lyrics recently, that was pretty mad haha.<\/p>\n

What has been your proudest moment in 2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Again it would be selling out my headline in Liverpool. It\u2019s given me the motivation and confidence for my 02 Academy show in April and unless it completely flops and no one turns up I\u2019m sure that show will be my proudest moment of 2020.<\/p>\n

And finally, what goals have you got for 2020, performing wise, travel wise, song-wise?<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020 is the year I\u2019m gonna hit some new territory, musically and geographically…Not to give too much away but there\u2019s gonna be plenty of opportunities to see me perform in cities I\u2019ve not yet ventured. I think basically my plan is to meet as many people as possible.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Jason for speaking to us!<\/strong><\/p>\n

To see Jason perform live in Liverpool, get your tickets here<\/a>. Let us know if you will be attending!<\/p>\n

You can find Jason Allan online on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Spotify<\/a> and his official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amy had the chance to speak to Liverpool based pop artist Jason Allan about his up-and-coming show in Liverpool, how he got into music and his plans for 2020.<\/p>\n

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