INTERVIEW // MAVERICK SABRE
with good producers and making good
He’s definately is a grafter,he’s in his mid
connections in a creative sense. I sat
60s now and he just made another album,
I love being in the studio,I kinda lock
back for a long while and I absorbed how
he got it all printed out with covers,
myself away, it’s a lovely part of the
the great producers around me do their
all mixed and mashed and got a band
process and I do enjoy it but the main
job and I was always execuitive, I was
playing on it. He’s still got that love for
thing is performing live and connecting
always involved but I learned from them
music, he still writes everyday, he plays
with people to perform my songs.
about the tricks of the trade and then
everyday and practices everyday, and for
Without performing live I don’t know if I
two and a half years ago when I came
me he taught me the love of music. He
would have the same energy for music.
off my label I thought It was time to sit
taught me music in a different way, an
down and start writing some new music.
appreciation of music in a comepletely
WHENEVER YOU’RE ON TOUR DO
I used everything that I’d learnt the past
different way. Before that there wasn’t
YOU HAVE ANY PRE SHOW RITUALS
couple of years and just started to learn
any inspiration from any Bob Dylans or
OR ROUTINES THAT YOU DO?
to produce myself again.
Tupacs, only my dad.
IN TERMS OF WRITING, HOW DO YOU
IN TERMS OF DREAMING BIG AND
stretches. When I first started, I used to
FIND THAT PROCESS? DO YOU FIND
COLLABORATIONS, ARE THERE ANY
be a rapper, I never used to know any of
IT A CHALLENGE OR DOES IT COME
ARTISTS YOU WOULD LOVE TO WORK
the technical side to warming up, so for
EASY?
WITH AT THE MINUTE?
years I lost my voice every night. I’d get
To be honest, it comes easy. There
It’s a random one but I’d love to do
The next morning I’d go to soundcheck
definetly are times when you can get a
something with Chris Stapleton the
and I’d just batter honey and steam and
block. There was a period of time when
country singer, I was just listening to
so sound check just barely being able
I wasn’t writing music for myself and
some of his tunes last night. There’s him
to sing. In the last four years I’ve started
I was just writing for other people. It
and there’s another country singer Jason
to warm up. I treat myself as an actual
was after the 2nd album when I had to
Isbell. Them and I’ve always wanted to
singing human being. I always listen to
get my head straight, and at the time,
do something with Janelle Monae, I think
before I go on, for years it was a Bob
making music for myself and the thought
she’s brilliant.
Marley song, it was a live performance,
I’m fairly simple, just a couple of
to the last song and I’d lost my voice.
process of making an album wasn’t really
then it was a Marvin Gaye song, I pick live
where I was at. In the evenings I started
BACK TO THE NEW ALBUM THEN,
producing a lot of hip hop beats, grime
HAVE YOU GOT ONE SONG THAT
beats, dance beats and just anything
REALLY RESONATES WITH YOU, IS
ONE FINAL QUESTION, WHERE DO
that was production based at home
THERE A FAVOURITE SONG THAT YOU
YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS?
and then I started writing songs again.
KIND OF CHERISH THE MOST?
It can change, sometimes it’ll be easy, sometimes not.
performances to get me in the vibe.
More music and connecting to more Well there’s a couple on it, there’s a song
people around the world. Whatever
called War which is like, it’s towards the
reason you come into music for, mine is
WHO WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR
end of the album and it’s quite long. It’s
about trying to get a good message in my
BIGGEST MUSICAL INSPIRATION?
the song that really takes me away to
music accross and express how I feel and
another place, it’s the most atmospheric
kind of connect with people with every
That’s a tough one, it changes a lot. I
song on the album. It’s probably the most
album. Ten years time hopefully ten more
think my dad’s probably my biggest to
cinematic song on the album, we placed
years of success.
be honest, my dad really inspired me
it at the end of the album because it feels
growing up, he never made much money
like a moment of reflection before the
out of music or anything but he was
final piece.
always playing it. YOU’RE TOURING AT THE MINUTE, HE SOUNDS LIKE HE’S A REAL
ARE YOU MORE OF A LIVE GIG GUY
GRAFTER...
OR DO YOU PREFER THE STUDIO?
‘WHEN I WAKE UP’ IS OUT NOW
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