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30 FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWS 04 Stuart Beagley is a very tal- ented artist who has been work- ing on the Tenerife circuit since May 2011. Born in Edinburgh, he moved to Aberdeen when he was nine years old. Aberdeen became his home for the next 20 years and his family still lives there. He went to school in Aberdeen and began university studies at the age of 25. Due to family com- mitments, he couldn’t complete his computer science studies and he ended up working in the retail sector. Even though he wasn’t a butcher, he did become a butchery manager at Macro, and for around a year he also ran Karaoke discos. Not really enjoying his work in Aberdeen, he was looking for a change in his life and moved to Tenerife in 2008. Stuart was hoping to work in entertain- ment but achieving that took a while. In the meantime, he worked in timeshare for a year, compered Karaoke during eve- nings on and off for another two years, and took PR jobs as well to earn some money. This artist has had no official musical training, so everything that you see on stage nowa- days is self taught and began with his first guitar and a tuto- rial book. Stuart started his stage career in Tenerife with his Michael Bublé Experience show. He told us that it took ages to prepare, maybe because he had tried to learn too many songs to begin with: a reper- toire of 60 with backing tracks. Since then he has whittled that down to around 30 of Buble’s most popular numbers. Stu- art remembers the date of his first Michael Bublé show: May 4, 2011. It was a significant day for him, when at last he achieved what he came here to do: work in entertainment. Fast forward to 2016, and Stu- art has recently introduced a new Ed Sheeran show which is not, at least for now, intended to replace the Michael Bublé act. The only problem facing him was that he is fair skinned with ginger hair, and he had been dying his hair to become Michael Bublé. What to do now that the fair haired Ed Sheeran had entered the equation? The answer was simple, go natural and let Bublé be the one to have a change of hair colour. Imitating Ed Sheeran is not as easy as it looks, as he uses a looping system. The famous singer was the first artist to appear totally live at Wembley, just one man with his guitar, a microphone and his looping kit. For Stuart, this meant that he couldn’t use backing tracks on stage as Ed Sheeran either. So he bought a looper and says he enjoyed the mental challenge of learning how to use it. Loopers are basically miniature record- ers which can play back a sam- ple track, instrumental or vocal, again and again. A looper effects pedal is indeed a powerful tool for any creative musician. Stuart told Island Connections that it took a lot of practice to put the show together with the looper and that most of it was a matter of trial and error. Most artists, at least in Tenerife, use backing tracks so when they arrive at a venue all they have to do to set up is pop a pen drive into the resident com- puter and they’re ready to go. When Stuart arrives at a venue, it takes five to ten minutes to set up the looper, but once that’s done the result is amaz- ing and it sounds as though he’s working with a live band. It is also fascinating to watch how it’s done. We asked Stuart what was the funniest thing that has hap- pened to him on stage and he mentioned two occasions. He told us that he split his trou- sers on stage as Michael Bublé some time ago, and that only a few weeks back as he was setting up the looper at the start of his Ed Sheeran show, he broke a guitar string. This talented musician got through it by rapping and singing while he replaced the string using pliers and wire cutters and said that it was one of his “most bizarre experiences”. Stuart gets most of his work by recommendation. You can see him as Ed Sheeran at the Bahía Beach, Puerto Colón on Mondays at 9.45pm, Bojan- gles in Los Cristianos at 11pm, and the Whiskey Jar in Playa de las Américas on Tuesdays at 11pm. On Wednesdays he becomes Michael Bublé at the Wali Hai in San Eugenio at 10pm, Amanda’s in Tor- viscas at 11pm, Restaurante Margarita in Los Cristianos on Thursdays at 10pm and the Irish Rover in San Eugenio on Fridays at 11pm. For further information you can contact Stuart via www.face- book.com/sbeagley. n SPOTLIGHT ©2015 FLN SPOTLIGHT ON STUART BEAGLEY Ed Sheeran or Michael Bublé? Stuart performs Michael Bublé favourites Here he sports a more natural look as Ed Sheeran

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30 FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWS 04�

Stuart Beagley is a very tal-ented artist who has been work-ing on the Tenerife circuit since May 2011.Born in edinburgh, he moved to Aberdeen when he was nine years old. Aberdeen became his home for the next 20 years and his family still lives there. He went to school in Aberdeen and began university studies at the age of 25. Due to family com-mitments, he couldn’t complete his computer science studies and he ended up working in the retail sector. even though he wasn’t a butcher, he did become a butchery manager at Macro, and for around a year he also ran Karaoke discos.not really enjoying his work in Aberdeen, he was looking for a change in his life and moved to Tenerife in 2008. Stuart was hoping to work in entertain-ment but achieving that took a while. in the meantime, he worked in timeshare for a year, compered Karaoke during eve-nings on and off for another two years, and took Pr jobs as well to earn some money.This artist has had no official musical training, so everything that you see on stage nowa-days is self taught and began with his first guitar and a tuto-rial book.Stuart started his stage career in Tenerife with his Michael Bublé experience show. He told us that it took ages to prepare, maybe because he had tried to learn too many

songs to begin with: a reper-toire of 60 with backing tracks. Since then he has whittled that down to around 30 of Buble’s most popular numbers. Stu-art remembers the date of his

first Michael Bublé show: May 4, 2011. it was a significant day for him, when at last he achieved what he came here to do: work in entertainment.fast forward to 2016, and Stu-

art has recently introduced a new ed Sheeran show which is not, at least for now, intended to replace the Michael Bublé act. The only problem facing him was that he is fair skinned with ginger hair, and he had been dying his hair to become Michael Bublé. what to do now that the fair haired ed Sheeran

had entered the equation? The answer was simple, go natural and let Bublé be the one to have a change of hair colour.

imitating ed Sheeran is not as easy as it looks, as he uses a looping system. The famous singer was the first artist to appear totally live at wembley, just one man with his guitar, a microphone and his looping kit. for Stuart, this meant that he couldn’t use backing tracks on stage as ed Sheeran either. So he bought a looper and says he enjoyed the mental challenge of learning how to use it. Loopers are basically miniature record-ers which can play back a sam-ple track, instrumental or vocal, again and again. A looper effects pedal is indeed a powerful tool for any creative musician.Stuart told Island Connections that it took a lot of practice to put the show together with the looper and that most of it was a matter of trial and error. Most artists, at least in Tenerife, use

backing tracks so when they arrive at a venue all they have to do to set up is pop a pen drive into the resident com-puter and they’re ready to go. when Stuart arrives at a venue, it takes five to ten minutes to set up the looper, but once that’s done the result is amaz-ing and it sounds as though he’s working with a live band. it is also fascinating to watch how it’s done.we asked Stuart what was the funniest thing that has hap-pened to him on stage and he mentioned two occasions. He told us that he split his trou-sers on stage as Michael Bublé some time ago, and that only a few weeks back as he was setting up the looper at the start of his ed Sheeran show, he broke a guitar string. This talented musician got through it by rapping and singing while he replaced the string using pliers and wire cutters and said that it was one of his “most bizarre experiences”.Stuart gets most of his work by recommendation. you can see him as ed Sheeran at the Bahía Beach, Puerto Colón on Mondays at 9.45pm, Bojan-gles in Los Cristianos at 11pm, and the whiskey Jar in Playa de las Américas on Tuesdays at 11pm. on wednesdays he becomes Michael Bublé at the wali Hai in San eugenio at 10pm, Amanda’s in Tor-viscas at 11pm, restaurante Margarita in Los Cristianos on Thursdays at 10pm and the irish rover in San eugenio on fridays at 11pm.for further information you can contact Stuart via www.face-book.com/sbeagley. n

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Ed Sheeran or Michael Bublé?

Stuart performs Michael Bublé favourites

Here he sports a more natural look as Ed Sheeran