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Rachael Calladine Interview
- Published: 08 July 2012
With her recent single with Schooly dropping on Tony Records we caught up with Fridge singer Rachael Calladine for a quick chat.
How would you describe your track 'Days gone by'?
Its a funky Soulful House track, quite an oldskool feel.
How did you end up working with Schooly?
Both hailing from the Midlands in the UK, I've kind of know Schooly forever. We have a lot of UK mates in common. I wrote a track with Greg Stainer back in 2009 and was doing a PA at Zinc to promote Greg's new album. Schooly was there and we got chatting. He also knows my ex-manager from the UK / New York and one thing led to another, we started writing together and still are!
Any plans to do any live performances around the single?
Not as yet but there is a lot going on with the label (Tony Records) in New York so watch this space!
Is there much difference in recording a dance track than say a Jazz number?
To me a song is a song, I write them all in the same way. I also try to deliver them all in the same way. Its really more a case of the production and treatment given by the producer that states the genre of my songs. I like to think that all my songs would stand up in an acoustic situation regardless of the way they are produced.
Who have been the most influential people in your musical development?
There are a lot of those as I've been doing this for over 26 years now! I think you learn a lot from live work but there is a lot of studio techniques that I've learned from the producers I've worked with too.
One of the most memorable moments came when I got my last album deal. The label put me in a studio and said 'OK, So what do you want to do?' I had no material already written as we were writing from scratch so thats just what we did. Sink or swim! In relation to the most influential people, that depends how you look at it really, labels can be influential from a marketing, promotional perspective but then musicians influence you creatively. I've been lucky to work with many people in many different circumstances.