Getting To Know... Fanny Quest

Fanny Quest is the first person to star in one of Bobbysix.com's promotional videos. You can see the result of our video shoot below. First though, read our interview with the Brighton-based German model:

I started modelling after somebody came up to me at a party in Germany and asked me if I was interested in it. I went for a test shoot the next day and it went well, so that's how it began. After I finished school, I didn't really know what I wanted to study. I decided that, before I ended up studying something that I didn't really like, I should come to England to get life experience. When I moved to Brighton, I went to the casting for Brighton Fashion Week. It was a really great opportunity and one of the best experiences of my life.

I see modelling like art. It's not just a picture on paper but should really represent a person. I think I'm a very happy and friendly person and I try to bring that across.

I would really like to travel all over the world. I want to stay in England at first and, if modelling works out, I'd love to go to New York for a while because I've heard it's an amazing place. I think being in Paris must be nice. There's so much stuff you need to see in your life, to get to know what you really like.

Aside from modelling, I'd like to do something with media and communication. I would like to be a presenter because I love to talk - I am very talkative and open to people. But if this doesn't work, I would love to have my own bakery. My passion is baking, cooking and presenting food.

I'm currently listening to lots of jazz. I love jazz. And old music like The Beatles. Happy music. I don't like commercial stuff like Lady Gaga.

I absolutely love Brighton. Everybody is how they want to be. They are enjoying their lives and a lot of people are trying to live their dreams. Everyone is respectful. People don't have preconceptions and they get to know you before they make decisions about you. It's really nice and it isn't like, just because you are young and blond, you are stupid or something. People give you the opportunity to show them how you really are.

I had fun making the video for Bobbysix.com. It is always interesting to get to know what you can do. You just need to be a bit confident. Before you try it, you don't know if you can do it well or not, so it was good, because now I know. It's always important to learn new things and to be open.

You've read the interview and seen the pictures, now check out the video Fanny starred in, exclusively for Bobbysix.com:

Interview and video by Bobby Townsend.

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Getting To Know... Big Dumb Kid

Indie/electronica artist, Big Dumb Kid, is about to take residency at MUM at Sydney's World Bar, playing every Friday in April (except Good Friday). We find out more about him:

I would describe my music as a popular blend of electronic sounds with hip hop beats, which in this day and age is a pretty broad statement. Typically I enjoy using a vast library of different sounds and I don’t limit myself to the same instruments on each song. I like big synth sounds but I also love acoustic pianos. I like the delivery of Hip Hop lyrics but I love the storytelling in Folk music. Oh and I love acoustic snares with tonnes of reverb! My formula tends to be pretty consistent but my execution is always changing.

I'm inspired by good music, good people and good times. I know it sounds pretty cheesy to put it like that, but that’s what it comes down to. When I sit down to compose music, I fantasize an emotion or event and build a mood off that. And lyrically I just write about what I know and what I have experienced, from big nights out to playing video games.

I grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney and was always in awe when I came to the City as a kid. So naturally I moved here and it’s not really like I imagined it to be. During the week there are swarms of people doing their own thing and having fun, there is always something interesting going on in Sydney. Although there is something about weekends that attracts this weird subculture of jerks who take far too much ecstasy and go out looking to fight people. This sometimes makes really cool venues uncomfortable to be in. I enjoy the Inner Western Suburbs, it’s sociable, it’s genuine and it’s home.

If I could only listen to three albums for the rest of my life, they would be:
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Wu-tang Vs The Beatles - Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette

It might surprise people to learn that I am six feet and six inches tall.

In five years time I plan on being seven feet tall… and rich.

Check out the track below, and find more of Big Dumb Kid's stuff on his Myspace page.



Interview by Rob Townsend.