A Stylish Guest Jennie Sawdon
Were you always destined for a career in music? Yes, both my parents are very musical and sing themselves. They were always encouraging and supported my ambition to earn a living through music.
How does it feel to have won Wedding Singer of the Year from two different publications? Wonderful! Both were essentially awarded to me by my clients, as they voted for me, so it means when other couples approach me about singing for them, they can see I have plenty of satisfied customers!
How would you describe your style?
My job requires me to dress with a measure of understatement when taking the stage on someone else’s big day, so I opt for a classic look. Throughout University my style changed a lot, but now, thirties, I think I have found it!
in my
What are your favourite stores to shop at?
I absolutely have to shop at Oasis, as my sister is a senior designer there, so I get to wear her designs at every wedding!
Your debut album ‘Fighting the Fairytale’ is compiled of original songs, where does you writing inspiration come from? It sounds awful, but in sadness and melancholy. I usually wait until my husband is away and I’m missing him, so I can draw on those emotions to execute the right chords and words to illustrate my feelings. I do write happy songs too though!
How does it feel to see your album selling on iTunes? It’s a brilliant feeling knowing that your music can be accessed all over the world. With everything going digital, you don’t need a big record company to produce or sell your music anymore.
You studied opera at RNCM, but your album has definite tones of jazz and soul, was this a natural transition for you? All my life I have listened to different genres of music - from folk to jazz, opera to soul and pop. I always perfomed my own music, despite being advised to stop any sort of ‘jazz’ singing. I always found the transition fairly easy and believe the more versatile you are, the better.
What has been the proudest moment in your career? Releasing my album! After years of bad management deals and aborted record deals, I decided to do it on my own and set up my label ‘Little Me Records”. It was
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the culmination of about 10 years of work so I breathed a huge sigh of relief when it was finally finished.
Your husband Chris, is also in showbiz. How would you feel if your son Freddie followed in your footsteps? Terrified! We joke that with neither of us having a ‘proper job’ life can be stressful not knowing where the next mortgage payment is coming from. But we also have the excitement of things changing overnight for us and a wonderful quality of life too. Both of us are able to be around for Freddie a lot which is great. We would support him all the way, but no doubt we would worry for him as well!
What do you do to relax? I am a gym bunny. I go at least 4 times a week. They have a crèche there so I get an hour to myself, and it means I can eat chocolate and drink wine, and let’s face it – that’s what we all want in the end.. Isn’t it!??
by Elle Rankin
In addition to performing at 100 weddings per year, singer songwriter Jennie Sawdon is also busy running her record label ‘Little Me Records’ and taking care of her eight month old son Freddie. Jennie lives in South Manchester with husband, actor Chris Geere. His latest film, After Earth starring Will Smith, is in cinemas now.
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