Inspired #273 - DandelionJames

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Macclesfield’s DandelionJames recently struck solo and his released a smattering of singles since. His latest being ‘Rainfall’. We caught up with him to find out what inspires him and his songwriting.


Who are your top three musical inspirations???

I would say my inspirations are early kings of Leon / Bon iver / Ben Howard and just life ! 

What city do you find the most inspiring???

Manchester! This is my home town I’ve had many gigs in Manchester sell out shows that you just get the greatest buzz of the crowd in Manchester! 

Who is the most inspiring person to you?

My mum and dad they are just to string people who are allways proud of me and however far I get with music they are allways so understanding ! 

What were your inspirations when writing your new single, 'Rainfall'?

I wrote rainfall about a time in my life where I was really down and didn’t like the person I was, but the song is about coming from that low place and building up who you actually are as a person. So it’s a journey song through your emotions ect ( I’m gonna do it my way ) one of the lyrics! Just meaning you do what you feel happy in your self to do !! 

What was it that inspired you to go solo?

Covid made me start doing my solo stuff through lockdown and it just works really well getting a lot of notice for it so I just thought I’m going to carry it on from now ! Have a band behind me but it’s a solo project 

How would you like to inspire people?

I would like to inspire people to open up about who they actually are and enjoy life through music / writting / poems / anything that makes people happpy as everyone in life should be hapjpy it’s a short life so live it to the full ! 


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