After releasing their singles ‘Best Thing’ and ‘Leap of Faith’ earlier this year, brothers Mak & Shar have done what they most love to do: made new music, and this time, with new single ‘Untamed Heart’, they are paying tribute to their late father, who died when they were young.
‘Dad was a performer,’ they say. ‘He played Dodger in Lionel Bart’s Oliver when he was younger, on the West End of London, which is really, really cool. So he was a performer and a musician and he played guitar. And I remember actually not that long ago, it’s probably two years ago, we found … a little notebook and it had all of these chords and lyrics written on it. And it was just songs that he’d written. And then also with that was this record of just him singing with a guitar and these songs that he’d written.’
Clearly music is in the brothers’ lineage – indeed, as Brothers 3, with third brother Tayzin, they grew up as performers themselves, and each has followed separately yet complementary musical paths since. They each have a Bachelor of Music; Shar has toured in musical theatre productions and Mak is a producer, with the production of the duo’s songs ultimately in his hands.
The brothers work closely together on their songs, although no two are created in the same way. They have a form of push-and-pull that means they bring out the best in each other, and that’s as true in an interview as it is in the creation of music. They are thoughtful and interesting, and it’s a pleasure to talk to two people who have a high regard for each other and who can speak articulately about their work.
Mak & Shar’s love for their craft is as strong as their respect for each other, and ultimately they want the same thing: to make great songs. In ‘Untamed Heart’ they not only have a song that honours their father but also that lineage he gave them, with no doubt much more to come.
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