Tiffany Page Interview

With Page the rock and roll, feisty element is present in her stage presence and music and this gives her an edge on other highly predicable female solo acts of 2010 such as Ellie Goulding. Her music has a contemporary feel however holds traditional grunge beats, and the strong roar of Courtney Love. Page is part of the line up for the very first New To The Q tour, playing alongside Detroit Social Club and Goldhawks.

How do you feel about being tipped for 2010?

Kind of cool, no, really cool! I’m really excited. Things are moving pretty fast and I don’t quite know what’s going on but we keep playing more and more shows and more people are coming to see us. We’re also playing festivals now and that’s all of our dreams.

You recently supported The Noisettes, how was this?

Yeah that was really amazing, I think we did 12 dates with them, and we became really good friends and we missed them when it was over. It was also a great experience because we got to learn from them .

How do you feel about being part of the New to the Q tour?

I think it’s really cool, I’m really excited to meet the other bands. I’m also very excited to play at Koko in London. It is the first New to the Q Tour and hopefully if we do really well and it goes on for years, we can all say “We did the first one!”.

Are you fans of any of the other bands that are playing alongside you?

I haven’t really had enough time to have a good listen, but from what I’ve heard from their MySpace’s they all seem really good. I could never really say if I like a band or not until I’ve seen them live and heard most of their songs. To be on The New to the Q Tour I think there has to be some sort of high expectation.

Have you got any special live surprises for the tour?

Well we’re going to be playing two new songs, which are pretty ethic, and they have orchestras. Obviously we haven’t got an orchestra but we’re making do with guitars and stuff. They are pretty huge heavy songs so it will be interesting to see how they go down live and with the crowds. It will be fun to incorporate pop with darker heavier music too.

Where do you get your music and song writing influence from?

I listen to all sorts of different artists and all different styles of music. Say I’m listening to one particular artist a lot, I might think oh I want to write a song like theirs. And if I am feeling in a certain way and I want to get it out, I’ll write a song, and then try and sing it like another singer. My influence really comes from different artists and songs and what is going on around me.

If you could work with any artists in the future who would they be?

I was thinking about this on the bus the other day! It would be really cool to do some sort of mash up with a rap star, such as Lil Wayne – I think it would be really fun. But If I had to write with anyone it would be Brody Dalle from The Distillers, I think she’s really cool; I’m listening to a lot of them at the moment. However there would probably be lots of “This is my idea!” or whatever, but her voice is incredible.

When did you decide that music was the thing for you? Probably when my Mum kicked up a fuss about me not doing anything. She was like “you have to do something, and you’re not particularly talented at anything else other than music, and you’re not really that intelligent and I know you can’t hold down a job or be on time!” So music was the way for me, I’ve always wanted to be on stage. I have always been confident and as I’ve got older I’ve thought I can actually do this. But I’ve always wanted to do something in music.

What is the best thing about being a music artist in your opinion? Not having a 9-5 job, but we don’t get set holidays and we have no idea when we are going to get home so there are downsides. The best side of it is that it is something I really love doing, it doesn’t really feel like a job. It is really weird because in a 9-5 job people know what they are going to do, they have a routine, I think that’s boring but then I think do people who do jobs like that do it because they love them? It feels quite like a school trip that is never ending! Like taking as break from a job, but it is very hard work but its fun so I don’t mind.

How would you describe your music to someone who hasn’t heard of you before? Well when people ask me this I always say rock/pop and then people say like whom? And I say people say it sounds like The Pretenders. I was with my manager on the train and this woman says excuse me are you a musician? I say yes, and she says what sort of music do you play, and I say it’s like The Pretenders, and she says oh brilliant I get that! And that’s how I describe it now.

What are your plans after the New to the Q tour, and into to 2010?

Well we are playing quite a lot of festivals, which is exciting; we have Glastonbury, and we have just confirmed V Festival, I think I’m playing on the same stage as Peter Andre! And we’re just getting as many gigs under our belt before we can really show off and the most important thing for me is to be a really good live artist as well as recording artist.

What do you think the future holds for you? What is your big dream?

Well the mini tour at the moment is my biggest dream come true. Also to see and meet Courtney Love and to see her sound check was pretty amazing. I really want to go on Jools Holland that is the next step now.

Tiffany Page plays The New to the Q Tour at Newcastle O2 Academy on 12th May.