Museums & Music

BEAT100 Ultimate Musician: Maddison Wilson

Maddison Wilson has become the latest BEAT100 member to receive the Ultimate Musician Award!Maddison from Melbourne, Australia is a newcomer to the BEAT100 community that has impressed the A&R team with her beautiful original track 'Birds'. The emotional piano ballad is currently climbing in the World Music Video Chart and has received 3 Gold Awards. Speaking about the creation of her latest piece,Maddion says 'Birds represents the fear of change and the challenges we are faced with when a new world is presented to us.' Obviously a very personal and emotional song for the talented writer, Maddison sings 'Birds' with a natural passion and charisma that can be heard in her vocals throughout the track.

Maddison did not grow up with an overly musical background like some artists but found that her love for music was something that came naturally to her. As a child she begged her parents for piano and singing lessons and her talent has blossomed ever since. To this day Maddison still takes inspiration from her past teachers whenever she writes and sings. These influences have obviously helped her musically throughout her career because in 2013, Maddison became a finalist in the Australian Independent Music Awards for her debut single 'The Fight'. She also went on to collect rave reviews for 'Higher' a track released earlier this year. Influenced by the music of Sarah Bareilles and Alanis Morisette, Maddison creates moving and emotionally engaging music that is reminiscent of UK singer songwriter Birdy. One of Maddison's greatest artistic inspirations is David Bowie; his eclectic influence can be seen in the music video for 'Birds'. With a masquerade party theme based on Labyrinth, the music video depicts an indulgent scene filled with lace, beading and champagne. Maddison tells BEAT100 that 'Birds' is her most creative release ever and one of her team's greatest achievements to date.

Lately the songstress has been hard at work creating new tracks for her debut album which will hopefully be ready for release in early 2015! With a full schedule ahead of her, she will be busy performing many gigs in the coming months and also working on some collaborations. Maddison is extremely excited about her track currently in the charts, telling BEAT100 'I'm very much a Pop person but I don't always feel like I fit in...I am truly grateful to everyone who voted and can't wait to share some more music with everyone.'

Written for www.BEAT100.com