Gabrielle Aplin

For my individual piece I have taken inspiration from Gabrielle Aplin. She is a singer song writer who started simply by posting her music on YouTube. The reason I am inspired by her is because her music consist of piano and acoustic guitar, both of which are instruments I can play to a moderate standard. She is not alone with her style of music, there are many others who are also old-fashioned singer-songwriters such as Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard and Mumford & Sons. “I think people like it because it feels honest (Aplin, 2013)

Aplins songs are mainly about heartache and desire, in a simple, pop-folk idiom. I have taken inspiration from her song ‘Home’ It is simple and played on an acoustic guitar which I am more confident playing over piano. I also find this song relatable as I live quite far away from home while studying at university so to me this song is comforting.

This is the chorus to the song ‘Home’

"'Cause they say home is where your heart is set in stone
Is where you go when you're alone
Is where you go to rest your bones
It's not just where you lay your head
It's not just where you make your bed
As long as we're together, does it matter where we go?
Home home home home"