Model of the Month | Josh Beech, the Music Man

Josh Beech is one of the for­tu­nate mod­els who has been able to devote equal time to his music. Boast­ing an impres­sive num­ber of cam­paigns and sto­ries each sea­son, Josh’s music has often ben­e­fit­ted from the sup­port of the fash­ion world, whether it is a cam­paign for Levi’s or a spread in mag­a­zines, rang­ing from Notion to i-​​D. When not mod­el­ing, Josh is pro­mot­ing his new solo effort, Burnt Out, which is cur­rently avail­able for pur­chase on itunes. /​ Video by Marcelo Bur­lon

Photo by Takay

What was your first major gig?

Josh Beech: Music gig? That I played? I would have to say with my first band Snish at The Mean Fid­dler in London.

When did you first get inter­ested in music?

Josh Beech: I have always loved music – it is in my bones! My whole fam­ily are huge fans of all dif­fer­ent styles of music. Some of my first mem­o­ries are linked to songs I remem­ber lis­ten­ing to as a kid.

What do you remem­ber the most about your childhood?

Josh Beech: Play­ing all the time and wear­ing shorts. Good times!!!

Josh for RA-​​RE

How do you bal­ance music and modeling?

Josh Beech: I am very luck to be able to model and do music at the same time. I feel blessed. The music indus­try is very tough and the fash­ion indus­try has always been very kind and sup­port­ive of every­thing that I have done musically.

What are your musi­cal influences?

Josh Beech: I like all styles of music but my main influ­ences come from bands such as Nir­vana, Deftones, The Bea­t­les, Led Zep, The Char­iot, Paul Simon, Under­oath, Jeff Buck­ley and early Incubus.

Photo by Karim Sadli

What is up next for your music?

Josh Beech: I have just released a solo EP, which you can check out at www.myspace.com/joshbeechmusic and buy on itunes world­wide. I also have a Euro­pean tour in Decem­ber and hope to do a USA and Japan tour shortly after that.