Josh Woodward

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Name = Josh Woodward


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Origin = Findlay, Ohio, United States
Instrument = Acoustic guitar
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Genre = Acoustic folk, among others
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2002--present
Label = Independent
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URL = http://joshwoodward.com
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Josh Woodward is a singer-songwriter based in Findlay, Ohio. What distinguishes him from most other musicians, is his choice to release all his music (including unreleased demos [ [http://www.joshwoodward.com/mod/song/view_album.php?album_id=&artist_id=1 JoshWoodward.com: Unreleased songs] - accessed July 18, 2007 @ 18:40 UTC] and rejected songs [ [http://www.joshwoodward.com/mod/song/view_album.php?album_id=6&artist_id=1 JoshWoodward.com: Reject bin] - accessed July 18, 2007 @ 18:42 UTC] ) for free under a Creative Commons-licence, [ [http://www.joshwoodward.com/etc/sharing/ JoshWoodward.com: Sharing policy] - accessed July 18, 2007 @ 19:36 UTC] though it is possible to purchase physical copies of his CDs, released by Snooter Records. [ [http://www.joshwoodward.com/etc/album/ JoshWoodward.com: Album store] - accessed July 18, 2007 @ 19:42 UTC]

Many of Woodward's songs were written in response to challenges from Song Fight!. Each of his albums contains at least one song first released on Song Fight!, although this is not widely mentioned on Woodward's website or in the album cover text. His songs have won more than half of the titles he competed in, giving him one of the highest winning percentages on that website. [ [http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=josh_woodward Songfight Archive! - Josh Woodward] - accessed August 18, 2007.]

In addition to releasing his music online, Woodward is also an experienced performer, [ [http://www.joshwoodward.com/mod/concert/index.php?setlistarchive=1&past=1 JoshWoodward.com: Show list] - accessed July 18, 2007 @ 19:45 UTC] and can often be found giving concerts at Coffee Amici in Findlay. [ [http://www.joshwoodward.com/mod/concert/index.php?setlistarchive=1&past=1 JoshWoodward.com: Show list] - accessed July 18, 2007 @ 19:45 UTC] His music is mostly original, but has been known to play covers of other people's music during live performances. [ [http://www.joshwoodward.com/etc/booking/ JoshWoodward.com: Booking] - accessed July 18 @ 19:00 UTC] A lot of his lyrics are very central to Findlay; singing about people and locations in the small town. Josh has so far released 7 albums.

Discography

* The Simple Life (2008)
* Dirty Wings (2007)
* Not Quite Connected (2007)
* Only Whispering (2006)
* Sunny Side of the Street (2005) - Sold exclusively in a bundle with the first 100 copies of Crawford Street
* Crawford Street (2005)
* Here Today (2004)

References

External links

* [http://joshwoodward.com Official website]