Love & Lies is her debut mix-tape featuring the likes of
Blade Brown, Youngs Teflon, Rae and Komoshen. In the past she has also
collaborated with rappers such as Fem Fel, Timbar and Little Dee Dee. Later
this month, she is also set to release another track via iTunes entitled Only
You. Taymah is a musician from London, although she decided to take up music as
a career at the age of 17, she still sees it as a hobby, where she has the
pleasure of keeping people ‘smiling,
dancing, relating and listening’.
I thought I’d catch up with Taymah to find out her
inspirations, her views on the current industry as well as what she has planned for
the future.
‘I would record at friends studios just for fun and attend
song writing and singing sessions at a local recording studio in Brixton’ she
explains when asked how she initially got in to music. ‘Everyone said I
sounded really good and believed I had something, so they introduced to a few
external producers in the area. I started believing I had a little talent, plus
I discovered I was passionate about it. Music is my passion so I use it to make a career where I can reflect, have fun and relax'.
‘My audience varies so I would say most people can relate to my music really. Young
ladies and men, the mature and sexy, and I even find my parents like my stuff’,
she laughs 'so my target audience is quite wide. I would say my current mix-tape
Love & Lies is targeted at young ladies and gents and the mature and sexy,
also general hip hop and RnB lovers. I appeal to them by writing songs that they can relate to or party to, so
I just try to keep them, smiling, dancing, relating and listening’.
‘The mix-tape itself is about love: being in love, out of
love, confused with love, trapped in love, love of money, appreciating the
love. It’s also about lies: the lies women may experience from their partners,
love that's based on lies and lies that women may tell. Some of the songs are
from real experiences I've had, some are from experiences my friends have
had and some even scenarios that are made up by me that I know listeners can relate
to’.
'Love & Lies is my first proper project produced by
Carns - Hill productions – I’ve worked quite closely with him and even co
produced a track called Is It over which is on the mix-tape. I’ve also worked
with Youngs Teflon on his GMT 1 and 2 and Blade Brown on his Bags n
Boxes and Financial Times. Look out for a video called Pack
The Duffle featuring myself and Yugen, which is out soon, produced by
Dice Beats who I'm currently working on my second album with.
’I've also worked with Trevor Davey - SBI productions - and I'm releasing a raw
and edgy track on iTunes entitled Only You in September so look out for that. I’ve
got another tune released under seamless sessions called Perfect Love also
produced by Trevor Davey which can be found on seamless sessions Miami 2011
mixed by Graha Sahar, it’s a house and dance track’. She’s also worked with
other rappers such as Fem Fel, Timbar, Little Dee Dee, Youngsta, Krept n Konan,
Notes, Rae and Yungen.
She feels ‘the music industry can be tuff but also a lot of fun, as long as your strong, passionate, committed and a hard worker, you can be quite fulfilled in this industry. I’ve had to sacrifice some late nights in with the boyfriend or seeing family because I'm in studio recording, or going out with my girls, but it isn’t too bad because they see the bigger picture, and no I haven't had any regrets so far! There’s a lot of singers and rappers coming out these days so its like you have to have something different or extra special but definitely get ready to see more of me’.
She feels ‘the music industry can be tuff but also a lot of fun, as long as your strong, passionate, committed and a hard worker, you can be quite fulfilled in this industry. I’ve had to sacrifice some late nights in with the boyfriend or seeing family because I'm in studio recording, or going out with my girls, but it isn’t too bad because they see the bigger picture, and no I haven't had any regrets so far! There’s a lot of singers and rappers coming out these days so its like you have to have something different or extra special but definitely get ready to see more of me’.
Some of her inspirations include ‘Teedra Moses, Erykah Badu, Truth Hurts, Selena Johnson, Jamie Fox, R.Kelly, she explains ‘I grew up listening to Toni Braxton, TLC and Destiny Child, Chaka Khan, Jill Scott, Sunshine Anderson, Angie Stone and Floetry, the list can go on forever. I know I've missed out some good ones’, she laughs ‘I like listening to male singers as I find they can be a lot more creative with concepts and vocal arrangement’.
’Amy Winehouse R.I.P and Erykah Badu inspires me with the song writing and I must say Destiny's Childs Writing on the Wall was like one of the first albums I studied in terms of vocal arrangement, harmonies and creativity so I try to carry that energy through my music! I also enjoy listening to Lover’s Rock and Indie because those genres also inspire me to be more creative with concepts, style, feeling and arrangement’.
‘I want to expand my fan base by doing more interviews with
lovely people such as yourself, doing shows, radio interviews, featuring on
radio and club playlists and just keeping my work-rate up by releasing more material.
I'm hoping that the masses will feel my wave and embrace it because I do have a
lot to say in my music and I want everyone to hear it, smile, relate and enjoy
it!’
Love & Lies is out now and up for Free Download featuring the likes of Blade Brown, Youngs Teflon, Rae and Komoshen. Her debut
single Only You will be released on iTunes later this month and she’ll also bee
working on her forthcoming project in with Dice Beats!
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