WEBVTT 00:00:01.870 --> 00:00:06.309 And now here they are, Nick and Sue on Chatterbox. 00:00:06.450 --> 00:00:09.830 When the stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue. 00:00:32.329 --> 00:00:35.090 And welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux Podcast 00:00:35.090 --> 00:00:37.929 with Sue and Nick and in this edition our special 00:00:37.929 --> 00:01:08.500 guest is Maya Kamara. This is Nick and Sue with 00:01:08.500 --> 00:01:11.500 Chatterbox giving you all you need to know about 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:35.260 music Chatterbox UK, we're just lucky enough 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:37.719 to welcome Maya Kamara. Maya, welcome to Chatterbox, 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:40.239 how are you? Hello Maya. I'm not too bad, thank 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:43.390 you for having me. I'm good, yeah. How are you 00:01:43.390 --> 00:01:45.370 guys? We're good, thank you. Yeah, we're good, 00:01:45.430 --> 00:01:47.090 aren't we? Good to meet you. Great to meet you 00:01:47.090 --> 00:01:50.230 at last. Been around for a little while. It was 00:01:50.230 --> 00:01:52.989 Chris Spearer from Space Angel Music. He sent 00:01:52.989 --> 00:01:55.849 me his new releases. So we're going back like 00:01:55.849 --> 00:01:58.810 last year. He sent us Crush, which we put in 00:01:58.810 --> 00:02:01.230 Hit and Miss. It did very, very well. Very well. 00:02:02.209 --> 00:02:05.989 Great sounding song. Since then, play your games, 00:02:06.090 --> 00:02:08.840 we've been. doing a bit weird, haven't we? So, 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:11.080 yes, we're looking forward to putting you, you 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:12.740 know, another one of your songs and hit and miss. 00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:14.939 We play you on some of our other shows as well. 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:18.199 The Chatterbox show, which you're going on, also 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:20.539 not only has interviews, but it has music on 00:02:20.539 --> 00:02:23.379 as well that's not part of the interview. So 00:02:23.379 --> 00:02:27.180 if we're promoting an artist, like when we put 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:28.900 another one of your songs on, you probably get 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:31.539 played four, five, six weeks non -stop, things 00:02:31.539 --> 00:02:33.120 like that. And of course it goes to all those 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:36.490 stations as well. That's how we got to know you, 00:02:36.650 --> 00:02:38.389 and we just thought, we've got to interview that 00:02:38.389 --> 00:02:43.189 girl. We've got to. And I saw clips of you on 00:02:43.189 --> 00:02:45.150 your Facebook, and I guess we follow you on there. 00:02:46.019 --> 00:02:48.060 she's lovely we just got to interview you you 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:49.520 know we could just imagine how great it's going 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.780 to be to meet you and what you're going to be 00:02:50.780 --> 00:02:54.599 so and here you are now so that's all good thank 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:56.840 you so much for all that support that really 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:58.900 means a lot to me thank you well you deserve 00:02:58.900 --> 00:03:00.560 it all you've done it yourself really we're just 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:02.240 the ones that play the stuff you know so that's 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:05.900 what i always do and it's like chatterbox the 00:03:05.900 --> 00:03:08.280 and hit and miss the stars are to guests and 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.240 the people who we're playing you know that's 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.560 how it is you know um Anyway, tell us how it 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.719 all started. Your music. When you were a kid, 00:03:16.900 --> 00:03:19.539 did you want to be a singer, a songwriter? When 00:03:19.539 --> 00:03:23.819 did it start? I've been singing. I actually don't 00:03:23.819 --> 00:03:27.139 even know how long. My mum would say since before 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:29.800 I could talk. I don't know if that's an exaggeration 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:33.819 or not. But I've been sort of singing and performing 00:03:33.819 --> 00:03:38.039 since I was an infant. Songwriting since about 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.879 seven or eight years old. I first recorded at 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:46.180 12 years old. So yeah, and I'm 38 now, so it's 00:03:46.180 --> 00:03:49.139 been a while. It's been a long time doing what 00:03:49.139 --> 00:03:52.740 I do. Unfortunately, I'm not able to do it full 00:03:52.740 --> 00:03:55.879 time as most musicians aren't, but I still do 00:03:55.879 --> 00:04:02.319 it weekly, daily, but not as my income, unfortunately. 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:05.879 That's the only downside, but yeah. Yeah, you're 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:09.240 definitely not alone on that. But at least in 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.699 the present day, you know, we got this sort of 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:14.020 situation where you can have interviews with 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:16.019 people like us via Zoom and things like that. 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:18.699 And it's just so it is like you're there in front 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:20.519 of us because you are. I mean, it's incredible. 00:04:20.740 --> 00:04:25.240 I mean, I do go back to the days where, you know, 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.680 There was a spare room underneath the local theater 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.480 if I was doing something on Radio Sussex couldn't 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:33.819 get the Brighton and it was so this is how it 00:04:33.819 --> 00:04:36.259 was in the late 80s and you'd have this old landline 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:39.439 and you'd have Have to have the the receiver 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.360 off of it Speak into a mind it was a really weird 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:45.100 thing and all the time that that land like the 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:47.720 receiver was off of this old landline I was connected 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:50.899 to Brighton for any reason got put down or that 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:53.220 was the end of it and that is the technology 00:04:53.220 --> 00:04:58.829 of 1986 and 87 It's come a long way since then. 00:04:59.490 --> 00:05:01.889 That's how you could do Hastings to Brighton 00:05:01.889 --> 00:05:03.670 Live. Now we're talking, are you in London? I 00:05:03.670 --> 00:05:05.750 think you are, aren't you? I am, yeah, I'm in 00:05:05.750 --> 00:05:08.329 London now. Talking to you in London, crystal 00:05:08.329 --> 00:05:11.490 clear, without leading an old receiver on a desk 00:05:11.490 --> 00:05:14.810 next to me. It sounds so antiquated, doesn't 00:05:14.810 --> 00:05:17.310 it? It's incredible. Well, there's a will, there's 00:05:17.310 --> 00:05:21.350 a way. That's what I say. It's totally different 00:05:21.350 --> 00:05:24.430 then. Incredible. What about gigging and stuff? 00:05:24.670 --> 00:05:27.449 Do you get to do concerts and stuff around London? 00:05:28.430 --> 00:05:31.850 I haven't for a minute. I think my last gig was 00:05:31.850 --> 00:05:35.029 probably just over a year ago, unfortunately, 00:05:35.069 --> 00:05:40.310 because I don't have a band at the moment. It's 00:05:40.310 --> 00:05:43.370 just so hard to find people that will commit 00:05:43.370 --> 00:05:46.290 to rehearsing once or twice a week. And then 00:05:46.290 --> 00:05:48.730 you've got the grind of looking for venues and 00:05:48.730 --> 00:05:53.459 the promotion of it all. When stuff comes up, 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:55.540 I, of course, will take the opportunity to get 00:05:55.540 --> 00:05:59.120 on the stage. But currently I'm just recording, 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:01.779 recording, recording, recording and just more 00:06:01.779 --> 00:06:04.839 in studio than anything else at the minute. But 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:06.860 who knows? That might change this year. We'll 00:06:06.860 --> 00:06:09.339 see. Yeah. So obviously live stuff is something 00:06:09.339 --> 00:06:12.519 that you you would do. You do do when you can. 00:06:12.819 --> 00:06:16.120 Yeah. We'll do the future sort of thing. Yeah. 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:20.569 OK, right. I got this album. It came out last 00:06:20.569 --> 00:06:21.930 year, towards the end of last year, I think it 00:06:21.930 --> 00:06:27.230 was. Wanting You Now? Yes. Tell us about that 00:06:27.230 --> 00:06:29.050 and some of the tracks on it and the influence 00:06:29.050 --> 00:06:33.769 of the album. So Wanting You Now is actually 00:06:33.769 --> 00:06:35.850 quite a small album for me. So I think eight 00:06:35.850 --> 00:06:41.389 tracks, I think. And I recorded it. It was produced 00:06:41.389 --> 00:06:44.009 by my friend Kevin, who goes by the production 00:06:44.009 --> 00:06:48.089 name Celerect LA Dreams. And he's based in LA. 00:06:48.970 --> 00:06:51.430 I've written more with him than anybody else. 00:06:51.790 --> 00:06:56.370 We're both like obsessed retro heads. So anything 00:06:56.370 --> 00:06:59.769 sort of 80s inspired or a little bit of 90s inspired, 00:06:59.810 --> 00:07:02.189 that's kind of the soundscape we like to sort 00:07:02.189 --> 00:07:07.310 of play around in. But yeah, the songs are a 00:07:07.310 --> 00:07:10.490 combination of things. I guess if there's a theme 00:07:10.490 --> 00:07:12.889 to this album, it's probably nighttime themed. 00:07:14.129 --> 00:07:16.250 All the songs are based around the night, whether 00:07:16.250 --> 00:07:20.970 it's clubbing, whether it's um just you know 00:07:20.970 --> 00:07:23.430 when you're at home reflecting on things and 00:07:23.430 --> 00:07:26.649 the emotion of things or you know having a little 00:07:26.649 --> 00:07:28.930 bit of time with your other half that kind of 00:07:28.930 --> 00:07:33.069 thing um yeah so it's actually it's funny you 00:07:33.069 --> 00:07:34.610 mentioned that because the album's currently 00:07:34.610 --> 00:07:38.569 in the process of being remastered um and the 00:07:38.569 --> 00:07:42.029 reason for that is because a few people were 00:07:42.029 --> 00:07:44.750 like love these tracks love these tracks and 00:07:44.750 --> 00:07:48.230 then i thought hmm We can maybe look at getting 00:07:48.230 --> 00:07:51.889 them done and vinyl and things like that. But 00:07:51.889 --> 00:07:56.009 that is a big undertaking with getting it mixed 00:07:56.009 --> 00:07:58.410 just so and mastered just so. So it is currently 00:07:58.410 --> 00:08:01.730 in that process, but hopefully in a few months 00:08:01.730 --> 00:08:05.709 time that will be done and ready to go. Yeah, 00:08:05.730 --> 00:08:08.250 I can smell the vinyl now as I'm opening it. 00:08:08.350 --> 00:08:12.069 It's been the first time. It's not what it sounds 00:08:12.069 --> 00:08:16.620 like, I just smell it now. I know what would 00:08:16.620 --> 00:08:18.779 mean though, vinyl does have that, it does have 00:08:18.779 --> 00:08:21.920 that scent when you open it and it's, yeah. Nice. 00:08:22.899 --> 00:08:26.019 And of course, that vinyl will be my Kamara. 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.860 So, you know, even better. That's what I can 00:08:28.860 --> 00:08:33.419 say. On wanting you now, we've also got the title 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:36.100 track, wanting you now. What else can we find 00:08:36.100 --> 00:08:40.899 on that album? So there's a song on there called 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:44.409 Dream Away. which is it was actually written 00:08:44.409 --> 00:08:47.809 initially for my last album, but we decided to 00:08:47.809 --> 00:08:50.990 hold off on it and put it onto this one. It's 00:08:50.990 --> 00:08:56.309 quite a big sort of ballad. And it's basically 00:08:56.309 --> 00:09:01.750 it's I tend to write a lot of songs in random 00:09:01.750 --> 00:09:04.409 characters, so I don't always write from my own 00:09:04.409 --> 00:09:07.330 experience. So if I see a film or something that's 00:09:07.330 --> 00:09:10.669 inspired me, I'll write in that character. So 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:13.519 Dream Away is kind of written in the character 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:19.320 of Molly from Ghost about how she only sees her 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:23.820 other half Sam when she's sleeping and she you 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:25.419 know she doesn't want to wake up because she 00:09:25.419 --> 00:09:28.779 wants to still be with him but life goes on and 00:09:28.779 --> 00:09:31.360 the pain of it all so that's that's a big song 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:33.559 for me I really enjoyed writing and recording 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.200 that one. One thing you know of course the title 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:40.179 track which is become really, really quite popular. 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:44.700 It's one of my most popular songs actually. That 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:47.080 one's a little bit more risque, a little bit 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:50.539 more 50 shades, which is so not me. It's again 00:09:50.539 --> 00:09:56.419 me writing in character. It's kind of, if you 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:59.440 imagine what a woman would say to her husband 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:03.320 when she's like, hurry up and get home. That's 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:09.120 the most PG version I can give you. um yeah there's 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:12.019 several tracks on there um street moves is one 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:14.120 that people seem to like about just sort of hitting 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:16.940 london town and clubbing and having a good time 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:20.860 and yeah there's a few trying to think off the 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:24.220 top of my head so what about singles that have 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:26.279 come from the album or might might still come 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.700 from the album what about singles from it yeah 00:10:28.700 --> 00:10:31.799 so wanting you now was the first single um love 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.659 takeover was um was the second single on that 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:40.480 album and that was basically about meeting someone 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:44.440 and you really are intrigued by this person, 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:47.039 you really want to maybe strike up a relationship 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.360 with them, you're willing to hand in your single 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:55.940 card, we'll say, and be with that person, so 00:10:55.940 --> 00:10:59.129 that's what that song's about, yeah. I haven't 00:10:59.129 --> 00:11:00.750 released any other singles off of it, because 00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:03.029 it's a short album. I thought I'd only just drop 00:11:03.029 --> 00:11:05.409 a couple and then leave the main album as it 00:11:05.409 --> 00:11:41.860 is. This would be the fifth album that I've released 00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:43.779 anyway, of course, there's a lot of songs that 00:11:43.779 --> 00:11:47.320 haven't come out to anyone yet, but yeah. Now, 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:50.059 we got to know you through being sent Crush, 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.279 as I said. My absolute favourite. That is a great 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.539 song to have met you through. Thank you. And 00:11:58.539 --> 00:12:02.259 I know that Sue loves the song as well. Two questions 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:05.240 to ask about that. All yours, Sue. Your song 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:11.059 Crush, what's it about? So Crush is about, you've 00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:14.019 gone out to like a function, a party or something 00:12:14.019 --> 00:12:18.690 like that. a gentleman walks in the room and 00:12:18.690 --> 00:12:22.250 it's the kind of man that most women would be 00:12:22.250 --> 00:12:24.429 drawn to, like all the women's eyes dart over 00:12:24.429 --> 00:12:27.250 to this guy, like who is he? Like everyone's 00:12:27.250 --> 00:12:31.570 intrigued. And you're kind of thinking, how do 00:12:31.570 --> 00:12:33.590 I get his attention when there's all these other 00:12:33.590 --> 00:12:36.129 women in the room? That's basically what Crush 00:12:36.129 --> 00:12:41.090 is about. I love the lyric, you turn me on like 00:12:41.090 --> 00:12:43.470 a light switch, there's a glitch in my matrix. 00:12:43.649 --> 00:12:45.970 How did you come up with that? It's brilliant. 00:12:48.889 --> 00:12:52.450 Do you know what? I think the whole, you turn 00:12:52.450 --> 00:12:54.990 me on can mean many things, right? It can mean 00:12:54.990 --> 00:12:57.610 you intrigue me, you get me a little hot under 00:12:57.610 --> 00:13:01.909 the collar. So that one was just an easy one, 00:13:01.909 --> 00:13:04.450 but there's a glitch in my matrix. Literally, 00:13:04.450 --> 00:13:08.850 I was like, how do I rhyme with switch? Or kind 00:13:08.850 --> 00:13:12.389 of rhyme with switch? It was brilliant. And then 00:13:12.389 --> 00:13:16.500 I thought, hmm. I'm gonna use it as a metaphor, 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.240 as if to say, like, you know, as if to say, like, 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:23.899 your body, your system is malfunctioning, because 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:26.200 all of a sudden, you can't really control your 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:29.080 feelings, your thoughts. You're just a bit flustered 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:33.240 by this person. So that's where that lyric came 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.639 from. There is quite an abstract one now you 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.299 mention it. I hadn't thought about it till you 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:42.340 asked. But... Well, you may be pleased to know, 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:45.320 actually, now that you've mentioned Crush, I'm 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.639 actually putting out a project later this year 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:53.779 with some of the singles that I've done. with 00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:56.440 Matt who produced Crush I'm re -releasing them 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:00.240 with new songs as an album and Crush is going 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:02.700 to be on that and that I am going to do some 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:06.519 merchandise for CDs and stuff because yeah people 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:09.379 people really like Crush for some reason so I 00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:11.559 thought yeah. It gets played a lot a hell of 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:16.120 a lot. I've actually got a pink book and it's 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.460 got two else banging tunes and you're actually 00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:22.870 in that it gets played every time. My favorite 00:14:22.870 --> 00:14:25.450 song of yours. Without just humoring you because 00:14:25.450 --> 00:14:28.830 we're talking to you right now, those couple 00:14:28.830 --> 00:14:32.669 of lines in Crush are basically among some of 00:14:32.669 --> 00:14:34.470 the finest lines ever been written, and I mean 00:14:34.470 --> 00:14:39.940 that. Yeah. Wow, that's a huge compliment. Wow, 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:43.100 thank you. I don't know what to say now. You've 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:46.139 got me all flustered. We've even had the odd 00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:48.759 beetle on as well. So there you go. So yeah. 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:51.879 Thank you so much. That's so great. So yeah, 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:54.320 yeah. Amazing line. So there we go. All your 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:55.820 stuff's good, but that is just, yeah, that's 00:14:55.820 --> 00:15:00.879 it. Yeah. Okay. So we're still quite early into 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.590 2020. Whatever. When that comes out, uh crush 00:15:04.590 --> 00:15:06.690 on the other songs and the new material do get 00:15:06.690 --> 00:15:08.909 into make sure that we know sure of course tell 00:15:08.909 --> 00:15:10.909 us but make sure we know we'll have another chat 00:15:10.909 --> 00:15:14.669 then if we put oh definitely we'd love to chat 00:15:14.669 --> 00:15:16.769 something about those other songs because it 00:15:16.769 --> 00:15:18.750 would get us us to use to some of the other stuff 00:15:18.750 --> 00:15:21.529 you've released as well before we got to know 00:15:21.529 --> 00:15:24.450 you so it gives us a chance to play some of those 00:15:24.450 --> 00:15:26.450 as well as the new things going on the album 00:15:26.450 --> 00:15:29.029 have you got a favorite song of yours that you've 00:15:29.029 --> 00:15:34.320 done oh That's a really hard question. I have 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:38.500 a handful. I can't say I have the one track. 00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:45.779 I can maybe name four or five. So one would be 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:50.320 a song called Good Time, which is basically what 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:54.120 I call a caution song. So it's about a girl goes 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.080 out with her friends and she They basically ditch 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.379 her and she ends up caught up in a mess with 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:04.320 some gentlemen, shall we say, having to do the 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:07.539 walk of shame home. And the whole time she's 00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:09.980 thinking, I should have listened to my dad. I 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:14.179 shouldn't have been so careless. And all she 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:15.860 wanted to do was have a good time. And she ended 00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:18.120 up completely regretting the whole night. So 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.539 that's one of my favorite songs that I've written. 00:16:22.970 --> 00:16:26.750 A song called Photograph is another one. And 00:16:26.750 --> 00:16:31.590 that one's kind of a soul ballad about a woman 00:16:31.590 --> 00:16:34.690 stumbles across a box in the closet, falls out, 00:16:34.769 --> 00:16:37.210 and all these pictures fall out, and all these 00:16:37.210 --> 00:16:41.450 old mementos of her lost love, the one that got 00:16:41.450 --> 00:16:45.450 away. And she's kind of saying, I kind of miss 00:16:45.450 --> 00:16:47.649 him, but it's my fault that it ended, sort of 00:16:47.649 --> 00:16:54.059 thing. So that's one. I would say Radio Call, 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:59.000 which I think is the song, Matt who produced 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:01.259 Crush, I think Radio Call was the single that 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:05.220 he and I did prior to that. And that one's about, 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:07.779 well, you'll know this from being radio DJs from 00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:11.119 back in the day as well. where somebody used 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:13.980 to call up the radio station and request a song 00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:16.200 for somebody that they kind of had a crush on 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:18.420 and they maybe make a dedication and hope they 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:22.539 heard it. Radio calls about that. So it's me 00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:25.960 as if to say, I'm going to call up the radio 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:27.900 and dedicate a song to this person because I 00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:30.559 don't really have the words to tell them how 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:33.779 I feel. So if I ask for whatever the track is, 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.740 maybe that will kind of get the message out. 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:38.720 That's... probably one of my more popular songs 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:43.720 actually. I can't think of a whole bunch off 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:45.920 the top of my head but those are three that come 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:52.319 into mind. So 2026 is obviously still quite young. 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:58.420 So you mentioned the album, we're crushing the 00:17:58.420 --> 00:18:03.660 other songs on and Jiru mentioned that. The remastering 00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:08.670 of wanting you now. So, we're still early into 00:18:08.670 --> 00:18:11.589 the year. What has Maya Kamara got planned for 00:18:11.589 --> 00:18:14.730 the rest of the year? If you come back in the 00:18:14.730 --> 00:18:17.509 end of the summer or something, if the album's 00:18:17.509 --> 00:18:19.650 not come out by then, what would you like to 00:18:19.650 --> 00:18:23.309 be telling us that you've achieved? Oh, that's 00:18:23.309 --> 00:18:30.230 an interesting question. Well, what would I like 00:18:30.230 --> 00:18:35.000 to say I've achieved? I would like to say that 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:38.859 I've released more material, whether it's more 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:43.400 collaborations or more solo material that I've 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:47.619 written more. And hopefully that I've got some 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:49.799 stuff scheduled in the pipeline, maybe a gig 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:54.970 or two, that'd be nice. This year's kind of getting 00:18:54.970 --> 00:18:57.089 away from us. I can't believe it's nearly mid 00:18:57.089 --> 00:19:01.650 -February already. I know, I know. March in two 00:19:01.650 --> 00:19:04.809 weeks' time, yeah. Yeah, so I'm a bit like, oh, 00:19:04.910 --> 00:19:07.589 that's actually not that long. You got me thinking 00:19:07.589 --> 00:19:11.430 about that now. I was like, hmm. Yeah, by the 00:19:11.430 --> 00:19:13.630 end of March, so March is two weeks away. The 00:19:13.630 --> 00:19:14.930 end of March, of course, we're a quarter of the 00:19:14.930 --> 00:19:17.559 way through the year already. No, that's the 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:20.759 scary part. My goodness. I don't know. I mean, 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.779 do you know what? I'd maybe like to take one 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:25.839 of these songs and shoot a video. I haven't shot 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:29.420 a video for anything since before COVID. OK. 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:35.160 So it's been a while. But I think because since 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:37.839 then, when everybody was just captive and making 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:41.730 so much content. um it just didn't seem feasible 00:19:41.730 --> 00:19:44.910 at the time and now with the way that we're expected 00:19:44.910 --> 00:19:49.470 to release music sort of every four to six seven 00:19:49.470 --> 00:19:53.230 weeks it can make it hard to pick which song 00:19:53.230 --> 00:19:55.170 to do a video for because you've got the expense 00:19:55.170 --> 00:19:57.690 of it and everything else so it's kind of like 00:19:58.339 --> 00:20:00.980 How I feel now it's almost like put a song out 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:03.920 see how it does and maybe shoot one for the more 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:07.519 successful tracks potentially All the ones that 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:09.440 all the ones that would warrant a good visual. 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:11.400 So that's probably why I haven't got around to 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:13.380 doing that yet But I think yeah, I'd like to 00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:16.079 maybe shoot something this year now that you 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:19.759 ask. Yeah This is Nick and Sue with Chatterbox 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:22.019 giving you all you need to know about musical 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:28.670 entertainment Shatterbox! Shatterbox! Shatterbox! 00:20:29.509 --> 00:20:33.089 You've got great artwork as well when Crush got 00:20:33.089 --> 00:20:35.309 sent out and things like that. Yeah, some great 00:20:35.309 --> 00:20:38.039 artwork. So do you design that yourself? No, 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:41.720 that one I actually I paid a graphic artist that 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:43.740 I've worked with over the years called M card 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:48.900 a he's in Germany I got him to do that I'm a 00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:51.420 little bit obsessed with the sort of 80s 90s 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:54.839 Memphis shapes and prints. I love all of that 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:59.059 So I try and incorporate a lot of the sort of 00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:03.500 retro imagery into my artwork when I can Although 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:06.740 I have made a few of my artworks myself it can 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:09.460 get again that can get expensive at times and 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:12.940 so then you're like I could use that money in 00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:15.420 the studio or I could use that money on a bit 00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:18.980 of kit or to take a photo shoot to promote the 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:23.059 next thing or whatever it is so yeah sometimes 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:25.240 it's sometimes it's difficult to pick artwork 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:28.819 actually um and obviously we crush I'm not even 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:33.259 in the artwork it's just um it's more kind of 00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:36.220 based around the theme of the of the track you 00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:38.599 know there's a martini glass so it kind of highlights 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:42.240 the night out and you know lipstick and all of 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:47.240 that kind of thing um yeah but yeah it it reminded 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:50.240 me of a great cover for a single by status quo 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:54.059 of all people must in about 1983 84 time maybe 00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:57.480 called margarita time and barry mother was right 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:00.019 from the have a look when we finish baby and 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:02.960 you'll see what i'm saying but Yours was like 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:06.500 a retro version of that. I know it's not copied 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:09.900 but I thought Margarita time when I saw it and 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.299 you've even got the glass there and everything 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:13.079 else. So you look at original 80s then look at 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:15.900 that and you see what I mean and it's just fantastic 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:17.839 that it should be. You know what I'm gonna have 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:20.380 to look at that because it was it was inspired 00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:26.500 by a cover in the 80s from the SOS band they 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:29.660 did I think it's the cover to Do It Right where 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:34.140 where there's a martini glass and a perfectly 00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:37.180 manicured hand holding it and alcohol splashing 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:40.740 out of the glass such a great shot and it almost 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:43.759 looks like one of those sort of airbrush designs 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:46.079 from back then and i thought i'd love to do something 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:48.339 like that but then i kind of you know we kind 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:51.119 of settled on what what crush ended up as but 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:54.019 yeah i do take inspiration from the 80s artworks 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:56.599 because some of them are amazing oh yeah definitely 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:59.980 definitely uh without trying to sound like I'm 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:03.559 prying or getting well there's nothing tabloid 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:06.980 about the show but how do you relax how do you 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:09.079 and your husband relax when you're not working 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:13.960 you're not doing music what is me time for Maya 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:18.279 Kamara I do you know what it's gonna sound so 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:24.519 boring we like to just sit and watch Netflix 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:29.140 or watch YouTube that kind of thing I mean, my 00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:32.319 husband's a big gym buff. He's a former, he's 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:35.259 a former bodybuilding champ, so he's always in 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:40.480 the gym. But yeah, like, we like to travel a 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:44.740 lot if we can. So yeah, anytime we can get near 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:47.579 the sea, because he's from the West Country originally, 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.880 he's a Bournemouth lad, so anytime we can get 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:54.660 near the sea, or just out in nature. We try and 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:56.440 do that, although the weather's not been on our 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:58.539 side. It's been raining almost every day since 00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:04.859 this year started. But yeah, I'd like to say 00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:08.099 that we do great, wonderful things, but not so 00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:11.900 much. We just kind of take it easy. Is there 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:16.579 anybody you'd like to do a duo with? Yeah, there's 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:19.619 a few. Do you know what? I've been quite blessed. 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:22.000 I've got to work with quite a lot of people I'm 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:25.180 really inspired by, so I'm lucky in that regard. 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:30.400 But if I could, somebody from the 80s I'd love 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:35.220 to work with is probably Peter Cox from Go West, 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:38.160 the lead singer of Go West. He's still going. 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:43.799 And his voice, I've always loved his voice. I'd 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.940 like to sing with you. I think that might sound 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:49.359 kind of cool So who knows and putting it out 00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:54.779 there in the universe Who knows there's loads 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:56.839 of people but a lot of them are no longer with 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:02.599 us, unfortunately What about Yes, Michael Jackson 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:05.619 George Michael. There's yeah, there's a few legends 00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:07.400 that aren't with us anymore that I would have 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:13.480 loved to work with Good answer. Good answers 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:17.259 all around. And what do your family think about 00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:20.880 your music side of your life and your music career 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:23.259 and your albums and stuff like that? How do they 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:27.700 take it? This is interesting because half of 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:32.000 my family are musicians. They're big into music 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:35.539 themselves. My brother's a recording artist, 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:38.380 but he does sort of grime with music. So we're 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:42.950 in very different worlds musically. And yeah, 00:25:43.230 --> 00:25:46.329 I guess we both show each other, you know, support 00:25:46.329 --> 00:25:49.589 where we can, you know, repost and tag each other's 00:25:49.589 --> 00:25:51.869 bits and pieces on the socials, try and help 00:25:51.869 --> 00:25:56.670 each other out a little bit. But I'll be honest, 00:25:56.809 --> 00:25:59.250 I think this is another thing a lot of musicians 00:25:59.250 --> 00:26:02.730 come up against. So many of us, we have family 00:26:02.730 --> 00:26:05.930 and friends who support what we do, but they 00:26:05.930 --> 00:26:08.529 don't necessarily listen to all of our material. 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:13.980 You know, so they might kind of cheer us along 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:16.259 and shout us out here and there, but they don't 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:20.319 necessarily know our material. And I don't know 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:23.019 that. I think that might be something to do with 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:26.019 the fact that they see us writing it or they 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:28.200 see us sort of, you know, practicing stuff. So 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:31.720 they already know the songs half the time. So 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:33.779 I think it could be a bit of that. But yeah, 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:36.140 I've always had a really supportive family and 00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:40.630 friends when it comes to music. I've never had 00:26:40.630 --> 00:26:43.549 anybody say to me, oh, why are you doing that? 00:26:43.730 --> 00:26:47.710 It's a dream or whatever. And I have come across 00:26:47.710 --> 00:26:49.690 a lot of people that don't have very supportive 00:26:49.690 --> 00:26:53.210 family and friends with that. So I'm lucky enough 00:26:53.210 --> 00:26:56.470 to say I haven't had that issue. Sure. Yeah. 00:26:57.509 --> 00:27:00.019 Oh, have you got anything for Maya? No, it's 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.859 just been an amazing interview. I loved it. It 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.839 would be great meeting you. Yeah Maya before 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.640 we let you go Social media websites Facebook 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:10.480 Instagram, whatever you got as long as it takes 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:14.660 floors yours Well firstly, thank you guys for 00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:17.299 having me it's been lovely getting to know you 00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:20.980 If anyone's interested in following me, you can 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:24.279 find me on every social pretty much just type 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:29.390 Maya Kamara M -A -Y -A -H -C -A -M -A -R -A. 00:27:29.490 --> 00:27:31.789 You'll find me. I'm on there. I'm on the dot 00:27:31.789 --> 00:27:34.549 com. I'm on the Bandcamp on all the streaming 00:27:34.549 --> 00:27:38.089 stores. So, yeah, and I'm pretty social. So if 00:27:38.089 --> 00:27:40.329 anybody wants to say hi, I will respond when 00:27:40.329 --> 00:27:44.130 I see the message. So, yeah. That's great. Also, 00:27:44.130 --> 00:27:46.410 of course, we do have your YouTube channel as 00:27:46.410 --> 00:27:48.789 well. So maybe people would like to go and click 00:27:48.789 --> 00:27:50.930 the subscribe button there and have a look for 00:27:50.930 --> 00:27:52.710 your stuff. And then when you put something else 00:27:52.710 --> 00:27:55.059 up there and when you do your video. They can 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:57.559 see it there as well. Yeah, and well, you won't 00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:59.759 miss me. I'm the girl with blue and purple curly 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:05.859 hair, so you won't miss me. Some people, they 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:09.799 color their hair and it looks dreadful. it looks 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:12.720 amazing on you it really does look just oh thank 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:16.079 you thank you it just looks great yeah it does 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:18.680 isn't it yeah it's very good yeah it just suits 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.220 it suits the personality the image it just suits 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:24.480 everything so yeah you so you sort of sat there 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:27.119 for years as you were growing up perfecting how 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:29.740 you should look as an adult and that has worked 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:34.220 no not me i'm just very much like i like color 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:38.640 and I feel like, I don't know, London's so grey 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:40.680 and dreary half the time that someone has to 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:42.759 bring a bit of colour to the situation. So if 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:48.099 it's me, then fine. Brilliant. Anyway, looking 00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:50.319 forward to chatting with you next time already. 00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.180 But in the meantime, Maya Kamara, thank you so 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:55.980 much for coming on Chatterbox UK. Thank you so 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:59.319 much. We'll see you soon. Take care. You take 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:23.779 care. Take care. Bye. Bye bye now. 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