Malcolm's Musicland in Chorley celebrates Taylor Swift

Lancashire Post

A record store in Chorley celebrated Taylor Swift’s new album by commissioning an awesome window display made out of spray snow.  Wigan-based artist Scott Wilcock, 36, who works under the name Snow Graffiti, created the incredible mural at Malcolm's Musicland on Chapel Street.

Transcript

00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:13 Taylor Swift touring the UK, she announced she was bringing

00:18 her new album out on the 19th of April.

00:21 And I thought, how can I publicize that we'll be

00:26 stocking it?

00:26 Because she's been selling vast quantities of her vast

00:30 catalog.

00:31 And I'd seen some of Scott's work.

00:34 And I thought, when I looked on his website, he'd never

00:38 done anything like it.

00:39 So I asked him if he could do it.

00:41 I sent him an image.

00:42 And he said yes.

00:44 And we thought, this is the best poster we

00:48 could do for her.

00:54 It took him two and a half days, because he was a

00:58 perfectionist.

01:00 He really was.

01:02 If he didn't think something was right, his wife double

01:06 checked everything.

01:08 And it was perfect.

01:11 It was perfect from the copy that I sent him.

01:14 So I'm quite happy with it.

01:16 It will be up here for a couple of months.

01:20 Because people are coming and standing next to it to have a

01:24 photograph taken.

01:25 So it seems a pity to take it down.

01:27 What do the locals think about it?

01:35 What feedback have you had?

01:37 They were surprised when they saw how good it was.

01:40 They were really impressed.

01:42 So much so that other traders are going to want Christmas

01:46 windows from him.

01:53 One gentleman last week asked me if he could buy the poster

01:57 out of my window.

01:59 And I said, if you give me 600 for the window, I'll work out.

02:03 He hadn't realized it was snow spray, which shows how good

02:09 Scott's work is.

02:10 Will you consider doing it again with another artist?

02:18 At some point.

02:18 But it has to be somebody as big as Taylor Swift.

02:23 She's amazing at the moment.

02:24 It's very good.

02:30 It brings people out and actually come into a shop and

02:35 physically buy, rather than order it online.

02:41 It brings shoppers back to the high street.

02:46 Why are people suddenly going back to vinyl?

02:49 I think there's tired of downloading.

02:51 And they just want-- they like now to physically pick a

02:54 vinyl up, read the sleeve notes, and listen to it as

03:00 they want to listen to it, not just downloading.

03:05 Superior to CDs?

03:07 Yes.

03:08 Why?

03:09 If you've got the good player, it sounds better.

03:12 [MUSIC PLAYING]

Category

Transcript

Recommended