Chris Macaree

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An East End boy at heart, Chris Macaree along with his acoustic guitar have been on the music scene for a while, previously working in bands Chris is now concentrating on his work as a solo artist. Born in Barking, East London and raised in Chadwell Heath, the music scene there he agreed had some effect on him as an artist and can attribute to where he is currently in musical terms. With their being a wide spectrum of music that people in his hometown were listening to, he recollects a decision he made which ultimately shaped his musical direction. With the House and R ‘n’ B movement taking off in Essex and there still being a Rock scene, he remembers the choice of taking up the DJ decks or the guitar. Luckily he opted for the latter choice and looking back he has no regrets over not choosing the house and DJ scene; “…I’m pretty pleased I didn’t go down that route.”

Viewing his music as having a more “ethereal” sound which perhaps has some what he calls “spooky” elements. Taking influence then from artists like ‘Jeff Buckley’, he simply describes his music as “rocky acoustic indie.” Musical heroes include Eddie Vedder of Rock Supremes ‘Pearl Jam’, Chris cites Vedder as “the reason I started.” Additionally noting Bono of ‘U2’ as a huge influence, it has now been more recently that Chris has embraced more poetic artists the likes of ‘Springsteen’ and ‘Dylan’ whom he speaks highly of describing them both as “song writing geniuses.