Graffiti6: 'Free' Band Talks American Girls, Baby-Making Music and More During In House Q&A

Posted on Feb 10th 2012 12:15PM by Contessa Gayles

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Our latest In House guest, Graffiti6, comes all the way from "across the pond." The charming Brit band, comprised of raspy-voiced lead singer Jamie Scott and his production partner and guitarist Tommy Danvers, had already begun making a name for themselves individually before hooking up to form their current group. Jamie learned the ropes of the music biz touring with the likes of Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson and Ginuwine, while Tommy is the genius producer behind Right Said Fred's amazingly awesome 1991 hit 'I'm Too Sexy.' Now an unstoppable team, the duo's debut album 'Colours' is the product of Soul, R&B, Folk, Rock, Dance and Electronic influences. As Jamie explains, "With this whole project, we didn't think about what it should be. We just did what felt right." And the blokes took the same approach when it came to deciding on their band name. "It came from a game we invented where you point to random words in a book and put them next to each other. We just left it up to luck, because every time we tried to think of a name it felt a bit contrived."

We sat down with Jamie to chat about everything from why fans calls their tunes "baby-making music" to the "interesting" response his British accent gets from American girls. Check out the Q&A and exclusive photos from Graffiti6's In House visit below!

Jamie admitted

You've described your new album as "straight-up, 100% baby-making" music ...

This woman tweeted, "I'm pretty sure that 94.2% of the Graffiti6 album is about baby making, and I tweeted back, "Well what's the other 5.8% about?" And then I was like, "No, it's 100% baby-making music!"

Have you received any fan testimonials supporting that statistic?

I have had a few people come up to me and tell me they'd been making love to it ... most of them were in my band! But actually, when we play 'This Man' live you see a few kisses going on, some hand holding and people wrapping their arms around one another.

What is your go-to baby-making music?

Marvin Gaye. Of course!

Your music has been featured on TV shows like 'Basketball Wives,' 'One Tree Hill,' 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Teen Wolf.' Do you think there's any stigma attached to artists who take that mainstream, commercial route to get their music out there?

It's sort of how the music industry works now. These days, you need any help you can get to put your music out. People aren't necessarily buying that many records. For us, getting programs with big audiences to feature our songs really made our project viable, because we didn't want to sign to a label straight away. So, we used those kinds of things to help us finish the record, and it brought us to America. The reason we first came was to set up our first show on TV, so there's no stigma for us. We think it's great.

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We've got to admit, 'Grey's Anatomy' is one of our guilty pleasure shows to watch. What's your biggest guilty pleasure on TV?

There was this program back in the U.K. called 'Hollyoaks,' and on a Sunday morning, if I was feeling sorry for myself I would put it on -- which was every Sunday morning. On Saturday night you're feeling pretty bad and then it's just the Sunday blues. That's what I have, anyway.

Speaking of the blues, who is Geoffrey Drake in your song 'Goodbye Geoffrey Drake'?

Luckily, this is the only song on the album that was not written from personal experience, because it's about a man who finds his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him and he kills her! It was basically to convey the strength and depth that love can have. People say when you get your heart broken it can rip your life apart.

And who is Annie in 'Annie You Save Me'?

We changed the names in our songs. They're names that sounded nicer when they're sung, but they are all people. This one is a metaphorical name for that one person that comes into your life and you wake up the next day and you're different.

So touring with Alicia Keys must have been quite the experience. What did you learn from hitting the road with her?

Touring with Alicia was absolutely amazing. We toured the whole of Asia together. It was an amazing experience and it was just really cool to watch her perform and see how she worked with the crowd. But I also learned that she didn't come out of her trailer so much -- at all!

What is your pre-show backstage ritual with your band?

Get naked and oil each other up [laughs]! No, just chips and salsa really. We talk about what's on each others' minds -- just be good friends.

It's no secret that American girls love English accents. Have you found that your British voice gives you automatic extra points with the U.S. ladies?

I didn't say that! I don't know what you're talking about [laughs]! I mean, they're lovely. Graffiti6 loves all Americans -- that's how I'm going to answer that!

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