Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  He korero: I ako a Blunt i te piana me te puoro i a ia e tamariki ana, engari i whakauruhia ia ki te kita hiko i te 14 o ona tau i Harrow e tetahi hoa akonga. Ko tana tuhinga i te Whare Wananga o Bristol ko te The Commodification of Image <unk> Production of a Pop Idol. Ko tetahi o ana puna ko Simon Frith, he tohunga hapori me te kaitautoko toka, me te tiamana o te roopu kaiwhakawa o te Mercury Music Prize mai i te 1992, i muri mai ka haere ki tetahi haerenga korero e kiia ana ko "Ko nga whakaaro kore rongonui me te kino i whakaaweahia e te mahi a James Blunt". I a ia e mahi ana i te ope taua, ka tuhi waiata a Blunt i a ia e kore e mahi. He kaiwaiata tautoko me te kaituhi waiata i whakaaro kia whakapā atu ia ki te kaiwhakahaere a Elton John, a Todd Interland, i noho tahi ai raua i te whare. I kii a Interland ki a HitQuarters i whakarongo ia ki te whakaaturanga a Blunt i a ia e taraiwa ana ki te kaainga, ana, i muri i tana rongonga i te ara 'Goodbye My Lover', ka mutu, ka waea atu ki te nama pukoro i tuhia ki te CD ki te whakarite hui. I wehe a Blunt i te British Army i te 2002 kia taea ai e ia te whai i tana umanga puoro. I timata ia ki te whakamahi i te ingoa atamira "Blunt" i tetahi waahanga kia ngawari ake ai te tuhi a etahi atu; "Blount" ka kiia ano, ka noho tonu hei ingoa whakamutunga. I muri tata mai i tana wehenga mai i te ope, i hainatia ia ki nga kaiwhakaputa puoro EMI me te whakahaere Twenty-First Artists. I noho tonu te kirimana rekoata, me nga kaiwhakahaere o te waitohu rekoata e tohu ana i tana reo korero pai hei aukati i te rereketanga o te akomanga o Ingarangi. I rongo a Linda Perry, nana nei i whakarewa tana ake tohu a Custard Records i te timatanga o te tau 2003, i te riipene whakatairanga a Blunt i a ia e toro ana ki Ranana, ana i muri tata mai ka rongo ia i a ia e mahi ora ana i te South by Southwest Music Festival. I tukuna e ia he tono ki a ia i taua po ano, a i roto i etahi ra ka hainatia e ia he kirimana tuhi ki a ia. I te marama i muri mai, ka haere ia ki Los Angeles ki te whakatau i te kaiwhakanao a Tom Rothrock.  Pātai: I mahi a Blunt i mua i tana hainatanga ki tētahi kirimana tuhi?
ope taua