British musician Lee MacDougall (How to Be) talks about Rob Pattinson

Exclusive Interview by dreamingofedward

MacDougall has just released a new song, ‘How to Be’, which he had originally written for the film by the same name, starring Rob. Because of the typical red tape associated with production companies the song didn’t make it on the soundtrack and Lee got to keep it for himself. In the first video he talks about ‘How To Be’ and how he went about writing it after talking to Rob about his character of Art. But how, you might ask, did MacDougall meet Rob in the first place-

“Rob is really great. I met him through his sister, Lizzie. I have been really good friends with her for quite a while. I really expect her (Lizzie) to do amazing things.”

(In case you didn’t know, Lizzie Pattinson is also a musician.)

AUDIO ONE

One of the newest opportunities out there for musicians like MacDougall, especially in England, is a project called Songs from a Room. Marcus Foster and Rob have both performed in people’s living rooms and it seems like a perfect fit for MacDougall’s intimate style of music-

“I just spoke to the guy a couple of days ago who runs it (Songs from a Room). He sent me an email and said he wanted to come check me out live. I’m hoping we can do something. It looks really cool. It looks like they are doing a really good thing. I sent him a couple of dates in London so I’m hoping he can come down and he likes it.”

Lee hit the fandom’s radar with his song, “Falling in Love for the Last Time”, which was widely thought to have been written by Rob about Kristen. MacDougall sets the record straight on the inspiration for the song-


“I don't think people do anymore do they? I really don't know how that started in the first place - I thought I set the record straight a while ago. I started getting emails about who wrote it, and I answered the first 20 or so and then I just gave up as there were too many. But I didn't really mind too much as more and more people were listening and everyone was being so positive about the song. Rob has amazing fans who are really supportive of his friends and stuff, and in a world where tabloids etc are always dragging people down, I think that that kind of positivity is really refreshing. As a songwriter it's nice to keep a little mystery over what inspires your songs as I think it's nice for people to draw their own interpretations of the lyrics and relate to things in their own way. My lyrics are very literal anyway - but it was inspired by a girl with green eyes, and it is very much a true story. It’s the emotion of knowing you met your soul mate and it being an unrequited love.”


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“I used to see Marcus quite a lot with Rob. They are very talented guys and all achieving great things and it's definitely inspiring to see how their careers have developed. But I think that my music is very different to theirs stylistically. We all came out of the same scene around the same time but I think that each of us are treading quite different paths in what we're doing musically.”

In the next audio clip, Lee talks about Rob performing open-mic nights at a club called The Spice Of Life.

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