Shane Board is an exciting, fresh, poppy, melodic
and enigmatic singer /songwriter from Bournemouth. His debut E.P " Rescue
Me" featuring the amazing pop ballad and single " Tell me now"
will be released officially on 9 February 2009 through
Matchbox Recordings. The single comes backed up with help from Take
That's band.
Shane has a lot of experience in entertainment such as TV, Radio,
presenting, Theatre, and not forgetting his most recognised talent, singing
and songwriting. He was recently the body double for Daniel
Radcliffe in the Harry Potter movie "Order of the Phoenix"
and also acted in the BBC period drama "The life and times
of H.G Wells.
Shane was also recently no 3 on the Dozoo music charts
and has been featured on many worldwide Radio stations and publications
including Sky's Apple FM and the Daily Mail.
Hewas recently invited up to the House of Commons
to celebrate world diabetes day and the release of his CD.
Last year Shane started a project called Pop 4 Diabetes
which is a celebrity guest list charity Ball and auction. The event was a
big successwith a number of celebrities supporting it and OK magazine
publishing the photos. All the profits from the event go to diabetes
Research.
Shane has also just signed a sponsorship deal with a worldwide company
Bayer plc and is now an ambassador for them.
His clothes and trainers are sponsored by Duck and cover
clothing and his stage wear and suits are sponsored by a company called
Well groomed.
Check out the amazing video for " Tell me now "
below.
THE
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
1. What made you decide to start
a career in music. Tell us a bit about your
history/success
to date ?
I used to sing a lot to myself when I was younger and one day my
mum heard me, she got me to apply for a competition in which I
received some feedback with some directional advice such as getting
involved in more competitions and making sure I make the most of my
voice with music lessons.
2. Who or what are your influences ?
I have two main things that really influence me, the fact I know I
can use music to promote diabetes awareness and raise money for the
cause, the other is that I really enjoy seeing people have a good
time and knowing it can be me on a stage making people smile
influences me to do it again and again.
3. What modern artists do you like ?
I love all kinds of music from a ton of artists
but at the moment I really enjoy listening to artist's such as Blake
Shelton, Katy Perry, 3 Doors Down, Secondhand Serenade and a good
bit of Brad Paisley.
4. Tell
us all about your experience working on the Harry Potter Movie order
of the Phoenix ?
Im not able to say much about my experience on the Harry Potter set
as i had to sign a confidentiality form but it was quite an
experience being at Hogwarts ,it was great to see how it all goes
together.I had to have my hair cut a bit to play Harry which was one
thing i was nervous about but it soon grew back to how i like
it,Spiky.
5. What inspires you to write your music/lyrics ?
Life, what else could really inspire me when there is so much you
could sing about, so many people in so many different situations.
6. Name your all time favorite track by another band/artist
?
It has to be "She's Everything" by Brad Paisley an amazing American
country singer.
7. What sort of sound can we expect from your forthcoming E.P
?
How would you describe your music and what genre do you think it
fits into?
Hmm . . . well I guess it
could be considered a pop balled with a small hint of country which
reflects a little personality and some of my uniqueness
8. What are your ambitions for your music. Where do you see
yourself in 5 years?
I never really plan too much cause you never know when it will be
over, I would like to follow my single up with an album and a number
1 would always be nice, I will need to really work hard if I am
going to get that and a lot of support from my fans too.
9.
Where was your new material recorded and who was producing ?
I recorded my tracks at Jools Holland complex and also used manfred
Manns studio too.My producer is ian Tompson who is an amazing guy
and i hope to continue working with him for a long time as he knows
me inside out and what i can and cant do and always makes me work
hard even when im not wanting to which is what i need sometimes LOL
!
(Thanks Ian for everything especially introducing me to nepalese
food)
10.
In the U.K, music and food has combined with celebrity rock and pop
stars now appearing and cooking on TV food shows. Please can you
give us your favorite recipe?
I think I am going to be considered boring now but I love anything
to do with rice or noodles, I am a simple guy really and easy to
keep happy as long as we have some rice or noodles about, you can
put anything with them.
SPOTLIGHT
ON
recently had the pleasure of meeting up with famous
Bournemouth singer
songwriterand Harry Potter body double
Shane Board. The full interview can be seen
below.
Tell me now is an
emotive, poppy, dreamy and classic sounding chart
friendly single with distinctive and powerful vocals and
a melody that sticks in your head....watch out for
Shane.....lovely "-Matchbox
Radio 24.
