Britain’s Got Talent’s Cammy Barnes, a singer/songwriter from Fife, is about to embark on his first UK tour, with the last stop being Glasgow’s SWG3 on 15 September.
Here, we speak to Barnes on the inspiration behind his music and what audiences can expect.
Here, we speak to Barnes on the inspiration behind his music and what audiences can expect.
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00:00 I listened to your first sound
00:02 I took my breath away
00:06 I'll hold you close within my arms
00:11 Until my dying day
00:16 A lot of people ask what style it is. I always say like singer-songwriter with a heavy ginger tinge
00:22 My name is Cammy Barnes and i'm a singer-songwriter from the kingdom of fife
00:28 So the music i'm releasing, uh just now is very personal and it's like
00:34 I really feel like people that listen to the songs will be able to relate with them like bonnie song for instance
00:39 If you're a parent
00:40 Uh, you will feel exactly the words i'm singing. I'll literally grab your hair right at your chest. I really want to just
00:47 be
00:49 truthful in my songwriting so
00:51 And lay everything on the line so people can they could relate and say i've been in that situation as well
00:56 It's all from my own experiences like I could I can't sing something that I don't believe in
01:02 I need to be like really resonate with the words and
01:05 I think it's a lot more truthful
01:08 So to be honest, it's been some slug the old music career. I feel like it's took me 10 years to finally get
01:14 A little way foot forward. But yeah, i'm doing my first ever uk and ireland tour i'm doing
01:20 Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Lanham, Dublin, London
01:26 And there's a few more so yeah, it's exciting. So the venue i'm playing on the 16th of september is swg3
01:32 You can get tickets at gigs in scotland or ticketmaster or basically any major ticket website
01:37 And I was lucky I got to play the venue already. I've done it with st. Phoenix
01:42 Uh last year and one of my main goals is to headline it myself
01:46 So the fact i'm getting the chance to do it is exciting the scottish music scene right now has never been as strong
01:53 Blue's capaldi's kind of paved the way I think for a lot of young musicians coming through
01:57 And the names coming out of scotland right now are massive. You've got dylan john thomas. It's nuts
02:02 A dj world you've got ewan mcvicker
02:05 Like the scottish music scene is absolutely flying and it's a good place to be. It's good
02:09 So my music is very singer songwriter. A lot of people ask what style it is. I always say like singer songwriter
02:15 With a heavy ginger tinge
02:18 I always kind of sing with a bit of scottish accent that comes through in my music
02:23 So aye I just break my heart, don't I?
02:25 I got brought up kind of in the folks and I played the bagpipes
02:29 So the way I sing and the way I ornament things it's definitely got a very folky and scottish. Uh
02:35 like roots right through it, so
02:38 No, that's basically it. So I think
02:40 Technically like my voice
02:43 And the way I phrase things is a bit different for a lot of singers
02:46 So and that's because I come from heavy scottish roots. I'm going to take my crowd through a mix of emotions
02:52 I'll be playing hard breakers. I'll be playing upbeat
02:54 Good fun vibes and everything's just I like to connect with the audience like on a personal level
02:59 I feel like everybody that's coming to swg3 I know
03:01 Or i've spoke to at some point. I love meeting new people and hearing their stories. So when i'm playing live
03:07 I want it to feel like you're in you're at a big family party. That's that's the vibe i'm looking for
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