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
attention fact music period reason stayed stick stuck time
I've got a very short attention span, and this has been part of the reason I'm so kind of dumbfounded at the fact that I've still stayed with music. Nothing has ever stuck for me, and music's the only thing that's managed to stick out for a long period of time.
love playing time
I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.
australia earn music patience time types
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.
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.
dad music properly quite reason song stop word
My dad dying was actually a reason for me to stop music properly for about a year, because he was a big supporter. All I wanted to do was write a song about him and, you know, when something's too fresh, you can't quite word it.
few hundred music people records thousand totally whenever
That would be awesome, to be totally making records whenever I want and to play a show and have a few hundred thousand people there at any city you go to because people know you and your music.
bar believer eight gig instead paid work
I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours.
key love music opinions originally remain remember true wrote
I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place.
subject wrote
I remember when I wrote songs when I was about 16, they all sounded the same because I didn't know anything. And all the subject matter was all the same because I hadn't actually done much.
You just feel better when you look nice.
people
People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am.
I'm not aiming to be someone like Christina Aguilera.
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.
appreciate blues learnt life memphis
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.