About an Acoustic Artist - Lewis Watson

I have chosen to look at the artist Lewis Watson because the artist i am using for my music video is not a big artist and doesn't have an online persona they just play gigs and make music on their own without sharing it online. So i have chosen to look at Lewis Watson because he is a very similar type of artist and it will be easier to analyse than Josh.

About:

London-based singer/songwriter Lewis Watson got his start in music while still a teenager by quietly uploading cover versions of his favorite songs to a sleepy YouTube account in 2010. The singer's spare acoustic guitar complemented his booming and slightly soulful voice on covers of tunes by the Knife, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bon Iver, and others, and before long he was uploading his own original compositions to great response. Watson began playing out in support of larger acts, and after a gig with his former music teacher Joe Porter, Porter offered up his production services in the recording of Watson's first studio material. The speedy sessions yielded four songs that were eventually released as the cheekily titled EP It's Got Four Sad Songs on It BTW. The buzz surrounding the 2012 release of the EP was enough to have numerous record labels knocking on Watson's door, eventually landing him a contract with Warner Bros. and hurling him into the world of festival performances, Billboard charts, and an ever-growing fan base. Response was so strong to the first EP that a second, Another Four Sad Songs, followed just months afterwards. Things moved quickly and Watson worked tirelessly on a third EP, this time aided by big-ticket songwriters and producers including Richard Wilkinson (Kaiser Chiefs), Mr. Hudson, and collaborators of Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine, and many others. In early 2013 this third EP, Wild, was released. It, too, contained four sad songs, but revealed a heightened confidence and glossier production values than Watson's first two releases. Two more EPs followed in 2013, and Watson's debut full-length album, The Morning, was finally scheduled for release in July of the following year, boasting a much more full-bodied production than before; it also came in a Deluxe Edition that contained every song Watson had ever released.

Spotifys information on Lewis Watson reports that he is most listened to in the London in the UK.

Lewis Watson is quite a big and popular artist as he has 442,174 listeners a month

This is information about what the stereotypical Lewis Watson fan is like, therefore this is his target audience. The majority of his fans are young, female and have strong left views when it comes to politics. These results are similar to other acoustic artists.

 Lewis Watson is signed to two record labels these are Warner Music Group and Cooking Vinyl, Warner Music Group is an American global record company and is one of the three 'big' recording companies. Cooking Vinyl is a UK based independent record company




Lewis Watson sells merchandise on his own store, he sells a variety of different items such as Jumpers, Beanies and signed vinyl.

Here are some of Lewis Watsons most popular songs/videos.