{"id":2267,"date":"2017-10-17T19:59:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T19:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2017-10-17T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T20:11:26","slug":"portico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/2017\/10\/17\/portico\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Wylie (Portico Quartet) ‘VIP Guest Talk’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday 13th October, Jack Wylie from the group\u00a0<\/span>Portico Quartet<\/a>\u00a0visited the Southampton Music Department to deliver a\u00a0\u2018VIP Guest Talk’ about his career and approach to making music. 3rd-Year Music student Archie Combes tells us more:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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After performing a short solo set of\u00a0soprano sax and\u00a0electronic loop pedals, Jack talked extensively\u00a0about how he forged a career in music whilst still being able to stay true to his own artist intentions. He spoke about: his early days of busking\u00a0on\u00a0the Southbank Centre in London with the Portico Quartet; the\u00a0\u2018cottage industry\u2019 the band set up in the homes to get their records out to the public; the band\u2019s nomination for the Mercury Music Prize<\/a> and the impact it had; and the\u00a0experience of touring the world as a successful group. After this, students from the Jazz & Pop Class asked Jack a number of interesting questions,\u00a0where he offered advice based on his experiences.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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In the evening, before\u00a0<\/span>Portico Quartet’s\u00a0<\/i>performance in the main hall, my neo-soul band\u00a0<\/span>Elegy<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>were asked to perform a support set\u00a0in the Turner Sims foyer. This was a fantastic opportunity for us as Music\u00a0students to\u00a0support an international band and it\u00a0also\u00a0gave us an opportunity to\u00a0perform to a new audience. We were pleased to see a really large audience turn up for our set and were very proud of the positive\u00a0responses we\u00a0received. We were then treated to\u00a0<\/span>Portico Quartet\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0fantastic set. These kind of\u00a0opportunities are definitely what makes studying Music at\u00a0Southampton so special, we look forward to networking and meeting more\u00a0musicians like Jack Wylie in the\u00a0future!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Follow Jazz & Pop at Southampton (@UoSJazzPop): Twitter,\u00a0<\/a>Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.
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