Live music and touring have been on lockdown and fans as well as artists are going through withdrawals. We wanted to come up with something fun to help bridge that distance between fans and artists right now. What we came up with is something called The Lockdown Lowdown and it’s a Q&A session with fun questions for artists to answer. They’re not your typical interview questions, so it gives you a peek inside of the artists themselves. We’re big music nerds here at I’m Music Magazine and we love learning things like this about the artists that we love. We’re pretty sure that you’ll get a kick out of these, so we hope you’ll take the time to read them. In this installment, we sat down for a fun Q&A session with Sydney Sherwood.
How have you been doing during the pandemic and how are you spending your time? Have you been working on new music?
The pandemic has been a whirlwind but one of the main constants in all the craziness was music! I really spent most of my time playing music, creating, and recording since March and it’s been the best thing. This year I was really able to focus more on my music (songwriting and creating Headspace) because I was home all the time. The new record will be out on my birthday, February 27th, and even though the record is finished, I’m already writing for more projects in the future.
1. 5 albums that changed your life
The five albums that changed my life were Pearl Jam’s Ten, Counting Crows’ August and Everything After, Creed’s Faceless Man, Daughtry’s Leave This Town, and Lennon Stella’s Love, Me.
2. 5 artists that influenced you as a musician:
Five artists that influenced me as a musician would be Chris Cornell, Chris Daughtry, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, and Scott Stapp.
3. Your 5 favorite live albums:
My ALL TIME favorite live album is One Cold Night by Seether (I like those versions even better than the studio ones) followed by Pearl Jam’s MTV Unplugged Session, Elevation Worship’s Graves into Gardens, Hillsong United’s People, and Simon and Garfunkel’s Live 1969.
4. Life on the road; 5 of your craziest/funniest/scariest tour stories:
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5. 5 favorite movies:
My five favorite movies in no particular order are Bohemian Rhapsody, Just Go With It, Awakenings, Pride and Prejudice, and Forrest Gump.
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