Jay Smith

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I’m Jay a musician from a small town Ontario and i like to write my own songs rather than play covers even though i do too i just prefer the challenge and fitting strange parts and having them fit it’s where i shine that and my backing vocals i just wish i could find my real voice i have so many ways i sing i can’t make up my mind.

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

It gives me something to do and I can accomplish stuff if I keep practice ,I have been working on my newest work for like 3 or 4 years now slowly getting things done it’s starting to show

What is your music dream?

My dream is to have people enjoy my songs and get meanings out of them

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

Myself

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

REM - orange crush Michael Jackson - bad and axl - Beverly Hills cop theme

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Mudhoney is my most fave then sonic youth and nirvana also age of electric and Sunny day real estate and smashing pumpkins has a lot of influence in my music

What inspires you to make music?

Time and trials and good times

What is the message you want to send with your music?

The message is we’re not all so different

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

I feel good but i know when I’m doing bad because the monitors I’m really picky about them

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

They could make an app of the artists latest work instead of just the song d/l and video kind of like a digital package

What do you think of Drooble?

Good stuff helps a lot of musicians get feed back and networking with others

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Doing vocals with a crap mic and recording with crap gear i was so happy when i got a guitar that stays in tune

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

Not much lately except the people I’m in contact with

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

Lots of followers or help from some kind of promoter maybe something different and new

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Hayden is quite well known singer song writer in Canada has a few songs that touch me deeply also age of electric and limblifter another Canadian band s that has great song writing and then there’s mudhoney they do great even though they got the short end of the stick when Seattle exploded sure they were big then but then it was like no one heard of them after the late 90s they are amazing and back on sub pop as one of the first bands from there they are still going.