Gin Wigmore
Gin Wigmore
Virginia Claire "Gin" Wigmore is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. Featuring on the Smashproof single "Brother" in 2009, Wigmore went on to release her debut album Holy Smoke, in 2009, and her second, Gravel & Wine, in 2011. Her third album, Blood to Bone, was released on June 26, 2015. She is known for her high and raspy voice...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth6 June 1986
CityAuckland, New Zealand
bad freeing music
Writing music is such a freeing exercise, and it's really nice to play in that world of being confident, vengeful - getting back at all the bad boyfriends.
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When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don't really have the blues, but I can appreciate the honesty and the simplicity of it.
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I'm very open with people, very warm, when I meet them. My fans in particular find that strange and refreshing.
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When you're young, you need to be silly and be stupid and not be trying to do that when you're 40 in a red sports car.
love playing time
I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.
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Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must earn your place.
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You break up, and you say something pathetic, or you don't even speak at all when someone's telling you they don't love you anymore. But then you think about it five minutes later, and you have all these great comebacks!
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I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians.
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I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom, Dick and Harry around the world, including a chap named Charlie who plays for a man named Bob, to wrestle my emotions and bring out the raw grit hiding in my tightly guarded sub-conscious.
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No one can attack you when you're songwriting; it's you and a song, which is a great place to be.
great perspective time
That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say.
channeling characters emotion
I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from. I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words that tell a story.
You can't go round looking like a rag.
Being a black sheep is a way I would describe myself.