James Bay mawaƙin Ingilishi ne, mawaƙiya, marubuci kuma memba na Records Republic. Kamfanin rikodi inda mawaƙin ya fitar da abubuwan da ya tsara ya ba da gudummawa ga haɓakawa da haɓakar masu fasaha da yawa, gami da Feet Biyu, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Post Malone, da sauransu.
Yarintar James Bay
An haifi yaron a ranar 4 ga Satumba, 1990. Iyalin mai yin wasan gaba sun zauna a cikin ƙaramin garin Hitchen (Ingila). Birnin ciniki ya kasance wani nau'i ne na mahaɗa na ƙananan al'adu daban-daban.
Yaron ya ci gaba da son kiɗa yana ɗan shekara 11. Daga nan ne, a cewar mawakin da kansa, ya ji wakar Eric Clapton Layla kuma ya kamu da son katar.
A lokacin, an riga an sami darussan bidiyo game da kunna wannan kayan aiki a Intanet, don haka yaron ya fara koyon guitar a cikin ɗakin kwanansa a hankali.
Zama mai fasaha
Wasa na farko da matashin ya yi shi ne yana da shekaru 16. Bugu da ƙari, mawaƙin ya rera waƙa ba waƙoƙin baƙi ba, amma waƙoƙin kansa. Da daddare yaron ya zo gidan mashaya ya amince da wasansa. Abokan ciniki kaɗan ne kawai a cikin mashaya.
A cewar mawaƙin da kansa, yana da mahimmanci a gare shi ya fahimci cewa zai iya yin shiru da babbar murya ga mazaje da waƙarsa.
Kamar yadda ya faru, ya yi nasara, kuma na ɗan lokaci yaron yana buga kadar ya ja hankalin maziyartan mashaya.
Ba da daɗewa ba James ya ƙaura zuwa Brighton don neman ilimi mai zurfi a jami'ar gida. Anan ya ci gaba da ɗan "sha'awar dare".
Don samun kuɗi da kuma samun gogewa, saurayin ya yi wasa da dare a gidajen cin abinci, mashaya da ƙananan kulake. Don haka, a hankali ya haɓaka fasaharsa kuma ya nemi salon kansa.
Lokacin da ya kai shekaru 18, James ya yanke shawarar daina karatu don neman karatun guitar. Ya koma gida ya ci gaba da rera wakoki a dakinsa.
James Bay: bidiyon bazuwar
Kamar yadda yake tare da shahararrun mutane da yawa, an ƙaddara makomar James kwatsam. Wata rana saurayin ya sake yin wasa a ɗaya daga cikin mashaya a Brighton.
Daya daga cikin masu sauraren wanda yakan zo kallon wasan James, ya dauki hoton wasan kwaikwayon daya daga cikin wakokin a wayarsa sannan ya saka bidiyon a YouTube.
Nasarar ba ta nan da nan ba, amma bayan 'yan kwanaki mawaƙin ya sami kira daga lakabin Republic Records kuma an ba shi kwangila.
Bayan mako guda aka sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar. An fara aikin. Abubuwan da aka bayyana sun faru ne a cikin 2012, lokacin da mawaƙin yana da shekaru 22. Yawancin masu samarwa sun yi aiki tare da shi, amma ba su nemi canza salon zane-zane ba, amma kawai sun taimaka kuma sun jagoranci shi kadan.
Aiki ya kasance cikin sauri...
An saki waƙar ta farko a cikin 2013. Wakar ita ce Duhun Safiya. Waƙar ba ta shahara sosai ba, amma an lura da mawaƙin a wasu da'irori, kuma masu sukar sun yaba da salon marubucin da waƙar. Wannan shine hasken kore don fara rikodin cikakken kundi.
Gaskiya mai ban sha'awa ita ce, ba tare da fitar da kundi guda ɗaya ba, James ya shiga cikin balaguron Turai da yawa. A lokaci guda kuma, waɗanda ba a taɓa yin aure ba sun kasance da wuya.
Waƙar hukuma ta biyu ta mawaƙin, Let It Go, an sake shi ne kawai a cikin Mayu 2014. Kuma ya fito cikin nasara. Ya kai manyan ginshiƙi na kiɗan Burtaniya kuma ya riƙe babban matsayi a cikinsu na dogon lokaci.
A Biritaniya suna son dutse. Sabili da haka, babu wata ma'ana a sa sauti ya fi "sannu", bin abubuwan da ke faruwa da kuma wani nau'i na salon. James kawai ya yi abin da yake so. Mawaƙin ya ƙirƙiri indie rock, wanda ya fi laushi cikin sauti kuma ya fi tunawa da ballads.
A cikin shekara guda da rabi kawai, James ya sami damar shiga cikin manyan balaguro biyu lokaci guda. Yawon shakatawa na farko ya faru a cikin 2013 tare da rukunin Kodaline, kuma na biyu a cikin 2014 tare da Hozier. Wannan ya zama kyakkyawan shiri da kamfen tallatawa don kundi na halarta na farko.
Cikakken rikodin kundi na farko
Kundin solo ya fito a cikin bazara na 2015. An rubuta shi a Nashville, gidan shahararrun masu fasaha na ƙasa. Jacquier King ne ya samar da diski. Kundin ya sami babbar suna Chaos da Calm. Sakin yayi matashin ya zama tauraro na gaske.
Kundin ya karya bayanan tallace-tallace kuma ya sami takardar shedar platinum bayan 'yan watanni. Hits daga kundin, musamman waƙar Hold Back the River, ta mamaye manyan mukamai ba kawai a cikin taswirar gidajen rediyon rock ba, har ma a tashoshin FM na yau da kullun waɗanda suka kware a shaharar kiɗan.
James Bay: kyaututtuka
Godiya ga sakinsa na farko, saurayin ya sami ba wai kawai shahara ba, manyan tallace-tallace, amma har ma da lambobin yabo masu daraja da yawa.
Musamman, a Biritaniya Awards ya sami lambar yabo ta "Critics' Choice", kuma lambar yabo ta Grammy ta shekara-shekara ta zaɓe shi a fannoni da yawa: "Mafi kyawun Sabon Artist" da "Best Rock Album". An zabi Hold Back the River don Best Rock Song (2015).
A halin yanzu, James har yanzu memba ne na lakabin Jamhuriyar Records, amma magoya baya ba sa jin daɗin sabon aiki. Don dalilan da ba a san su ba, har yanzu bai fitar da kundi guda ɗaya ba tun 2015.
Har ila yau, ba a sake fitar da wakoki ko ƙaramin albums tukuna, kuma wannan duk da nasarar da aka samu na kundi na halarta na farko. Koyaya, mawaƙin baya shirin barin kiɗan kuma yayi alƙawarin sabbin abubuwa da yawa nan ba da jimawa ba.
