{"id":35579,"date":"2016-09-09T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=35579"},"modified":"2016-09-01T15:50:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:50:03","slug":"local-musician-spotlight-andrew-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/local-musician-spotlight-andrew-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Musician Spotlight: Andrew Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Name: <\/strong>Andrew Newman<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Current Project(s): <\/strong>Lo Noom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Where are you from? <\/strong>Hattiesburg, MS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Your music Style\/Genre: <\/strong>Experimental Alternative Pop\/R&amp;b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>What is your preferred approach to making sounds?<\/strong> Anything and everything. Half the songs I write are on my acoustic guitar while swinging on my back porch. The other half come from sampling other songs and designing cool sounds\/beats on my computer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Early music experience: <\/strong>I started playing guitar in the 3rd grade and have been writing music ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Why did you start playing? <\/strong>My brother played and I thought it was really cool. I was too lazy to learn cover songs on guitar so I started writing my own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>What are some of your favorite bands? <\/strong>Radiohead, Tame Impala, Beach Boys, Steely Dan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Most memorable person you\u2019ve jammed with: <\/strong>My mom. We used to always sing Simon and Garfunkel songs together, and she would sing the harmony<strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Do you have a \u201cday job\u201d? If so, where? <\/strong>I am a full-time student at the University of Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Aspirations: <\/strong>To one day make music for a living and to create music that people can jam and relate to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Got a website?<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/andrew-newman-4\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/andrew-newman-<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lonoom.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/lonoom.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Andrew Newman Current Project(s): Lo Noom Where are you from? 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