Exclusive Radio CamGlen Interview!

MARKX will be appearing on Scotland's Radio CamGlen 107.9 FM tomorrow as a special guest (Sunday 2nd December 2018).

The interview will include the first exclusive radio play of 'Yours Sincerely' anywhere in the world! About the interview MARKX adds:

"I was lucky enough to meet the show's host Ros at an International Songwriting Conference I was running in London. When she offered me the opportunity to appear on her show I jumped at the chance! I also didn't realise they have listeners across the Atlantic and beyond."

About Radio CamGlen MARKX adds:

"What Radio CamGlen are doing for independent artists is truly amazing. Ros has been providing an incredible platform for up and coming artists and has already featured some of my industry friends. Get behind the station it's amazing!"

You can tune into Radio CamGlen wherever you are in the world here make sure you don't miss the show - it's going to be a cracker!

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'Holding Onto Water' Debuts At #14

Following its release on 19th November 2019, 'Holding On To Water' has debuted #14 in iTunes Singer/Songwriter Chart.

After initially going straight in at #16 the track (from debut EP 'Water) climbed to its peak at #14 - fighting off strong competition from Hozier's 'Take Me To Church'.

MARKX was also the only independent artist in the iTunes top 20 not supported by a major record label.

About the chart placement MARKX adds:

"The outpouring of kindness and support with this campaign has been truly mind blowing!

I have never been quite so humbled by the coming together of so many people. And to think at one point I had all but given up!"

'Holding On To Water' is available to download and stream from all major digital distributors worldwide!

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Letting Go Of Holding On

Reader I am not trying to please you. Let’s just get this straight before you read on. Artists don’t create art to please people, they create out of necessity. Sometimes life doesn’t leave you other options nor instructions on how to cope with it. This is my offering of words and music; yours to appreciate or to simply scroll on in your on going quest for self-gratification.

I’m letting go of holding on.

In many respects my debut EP, Water, is symbolic of letting go of many things: control, love, friendships and fear. Although if I’m completely honest ‘Water’ hasn’t been the constant creative flow I would have liked it to have been, it’s been more like the stop/starting of a rusty tap.

You see I’ve spent nearly 4 years helping to run a global academy for songwriters. I’ve found myself in writing sessions with multi-platinum hit writers. Being around people who at the top of their game can be a curse and a blessing. Suddenly everyone has an informed opinion to consider.

An occasional well-meant comment here and there about the way you sing and all of a sudden, the pipes seize up again. It’s bad enough dealing with your own constant flow of internal negative chatter; sprinkle in everyone’s creative preferences and you have a recipe for delay.

I can only liken it to bearing a new-born child; you want to wrap your songs up and protect them from the world. But perfection I’ve painfully discovered is a destructive myth, the sworn enemy of art and killer of creativity. Perfection breeds inaction. There comes a point where you just stop and think – f*ck it. So somewhere along the line I made up my mind to ‘switch on the tap’.

Thinking back, the ex-project manager in me took over where the artist stalled. I made a long list of everything I had to do and did five things a day – four small and one big. I watched my peers working on their own projects and became energised by their movements. I talked about it to friends, family and colleagues, updated my vision board and asked the universe ‘help me please I am going CRAZY’. That seemed to work you know.

Since I began the release campaign, I still get sudden waves of sickness every time somebody comments online about the songs. Although somewhere in the brink of nausea, there’s still something wonderfully cathartic about seeing something you’ve created through to the finish. There’s a divinity in framing your art, stepping away and gazing on as an onlooker. Being completely unapologetic and seeking no other validation other than acknowledgement of completion.

So how do you let go of something you love? That my friends is the million dollar question. The only answer I can offer is that it may have never truly been yours to hold onto in the first place.

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