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44<br />
Rainford’s<br />
Music Maestro<br />
by Nicola Gray<br />
It has been said that self-doubt kills more dreams than<br />
failure ever will; but for Rainford’s Ross Harrington, failure<br />
simply wasn’t an option when it came to pursuing his<br />
passion for music.<br />
The 21-year-old, better known to the music world as<br />
producer, NAVOS, has just been signed by Island Records<br />
and is tipped to be the sound of the summer as his new<br />
hit ‘Believe Me’, rockets up the official charts.<br />
Ross’s story is a modern day fairy-tale backed up by<br />
passion and lots of hard work. Ross grew up in Rainford<br />
and has lived in the village all his life, attending<br />
Rainford CE Primary, before moving on to Rainford High<br />
Technology College and Sixth Form.<br />
Ross added, “I’ve spent a lot of my time here and I love a<br />
night out in Rainford, some of my favourite places to go<br />
are The Golden Lion and the <strong>Jun</strong>ction Pub. I worked in the<br />
<strong>Jun</strong>ction Pub, that was my first real job.<br />
I like a good back story, so I wanted to know where Ross<br />
came up with the name NAVOS, he laughs, “That’s a funny<br />
one, when I was little, I wanted to be in the Navy so that<br />
together with the last part of my first name gave me<br />
NAVOS.<br />
Ross’s name isn’t the only thing that has changed in the<br />
last few months; he’s made the move from University and<br />
Dunelm to the studio and the heady heights of the music<br />
charts. Ross explains, “My work mates are always texting<br />
to say I’m smashing it and that they’re really happy for me.<br />
Everyone has been so supportive.<br />
“<strong>Life</strong> is quite a bit different, sometimes I can’t believe that<br />
I’m doing interviews and going to photo shoots, but it’s<br />
cool and I’m loving it.”<br />
The pretext to all of Ross’ success is his hard work, when I<br />
ask him about an average day his head is most definitely<br />
Ross continues, “Music has always been my passion<br />
though, since I was 12 or 13 years old. I have always been<br />
into music, I played guitar in primary school and it just<br />
grew and grew from there.<br />
“I went to an Avicii show in Manchester in 2015 and I<br />
thought that’s what I want to do as a job. From there it<br />
started as a hobby, I got a computer for Christmas and the<br />
necessary software and the rest is self-taught. It all comes<br />
with a lot of time and effort.<br />
And effort is exactly what Ross has in abundance; last<br />
year saw him finishing his last year at Edge Hill University<br />
and up until a few months ago was working in Dunelm<br />
in Liverpool. Ross added, “It was a lot of work, I was<br />
completing the last year of my Sport Therapy degree, so<br />
there was a dissertation to write. I enjoyed University but<br />
I’m concentrating on producing music, I think you get one<br />
shot at this and I intend to give it my all.”
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