Redefining the boundaries of what it means to be an aspiring musician is 70-year-old STEViE ZiPP, a Croxley resident with the goal of challenging the conventional limits of the industry.
While music has been a hypnotic beat throughout his life, it is now in his seventh decade that Stevie is trying to establish a solo career.
On Thursday, June 26, he performed his new album, Camouflage, for the first time in the Croxley Royal British Legion to a crowd of 100 people.
He was joined onstage by his sons Tom and Dan Martin on vocals, Ian Housley on lead guitar, Asher Rickayzen from local band The Eleventh Hour on violin, and Pat Hagan on Latin percussion.
His nephew Jacob Allinson was on keyboards, while Phil Honey set dramatic effects on sound and light. Six members of the Croxley Community Choir even performed backing vocals for one song.
STEViE is also sharing his views on how things have changed for musicians, largely because of the “Spotify phenomenon”.
CROXLEYnews caught up with STEViE about his journey so far.
He said: “I finally got around to making music one of the main features of my life and I love that. A lot of people do like my music, and I was encouraged by that to make something of it.
“But the industry is so damaged by the Spotify phenomenon where you can listen to anything in any order from anywhere for nothing, so it is very difficult for people to make a career in modern music.
“These days, people make a career in stardom and the phenomenon of modern media. To some extent, it has destroyed the creative music industry.”
To find out more, please visit STEViE’s website at www.steviezipp.co.uk
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