Fenton Woods Jr

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

Music brought me joy whilst growing up and still gives me joy now

What is your music dream?

Just to make music

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

People's attitudes

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

I Like It / Gerry And The Pacemakers

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Del Amitri, Justin Currie, The Bible, Dawes, Thin Lizzy, Slade, Christine And The Queens

What inspires you to make music?

It changes on a daily basis, a phrase, a little riff, something I see, something I hear

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

The message changes with the listener's point of view I may write about one thing and they may hear it from a totally different view point

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

There really isn't a word or words to do it justice

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

It's always been a very skewed reality I think, when people say that It's not like a "proper job" they're right it isn't because there isn't any other job like it, if you were in it solely for the money you would have left it behind long ago. Improved? For me? I'm fine with it and all it's trials and tribulations

What do you think of Drooble?

I think it's a very worthwhile entity, some people have less manners than others but then you get that in the pub, on the bus, in the street etc.

What frustrates you most as a musician?

My own shortcomings

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

Yeah I'm very involved in my local scene both as a performer and as a fan. I attend gigs as often as I can when I'm not gigging myself and share locals gigs heavily on social media

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

I'm not sure Im the right person to ask, I'm very old school I just get out there gigging, recording ,writing, that's how I've always done it. I'm no millionaire but it's been good to me in it's own sweet, fickle way.

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

Julian Jones, Jack T Harper, Julia Waldron are three that spring to mind all from Sheffield