There’s a thin line between eagerness and impatience. Matt Woods, clutching his guitar, is currently balancing on it as if it’s a tightrope. Matt, born in Taunton, was raised in Cornwall by his entrepeneuring father and his mother who is also a professional singer. Did the picturesque landscape inspire Matt to become a troubadour? “Cornwall is so beautiful, I think it should make artists out of people”, he says.
A former choirboy, Matt pensively admits that he did enjoy the rigours of such a commitment at such a young age. “We had to go to school an hour before everyone else and then straight to the cathedral after school every day. That was for six services a week for six years of my life”. However, before making the foray into contemporary songwriting, Matt felt he had to “unlearn” some of his classical training. “I want to write songs as a person, so I want to write them from the perspective of an everyday human being, not as someone that knows music in a way that ninety-nine per cent of the world doesn’t.”
Since releasing his debut EP “Wash Me Clean” in 2013, Matt joined forces with Sticky Management/Studios (Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith, Christina Perri, Mikill Pane). Matt has spent the last year honing his craft, working with established writers and producers such as Jake Gosling, James Earp, Dan Dare, and Amy Wadge.
His second EP “Give Yourself Away” is due for release in July 2014.