{"id":608,"date":"2021-02-03T00:40:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T00:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theguitar.rocks\/?p=608"},"modified":"2021-02-03T00:40:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T00:40:05","slug":"sir-tom-jones-feels-for-musicians-just-starting-out-unable-to-play-live-music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theguitar.rocks\/?p=608","title":{"rendered":"Sir Tom Jones feels for musicians just starting out unable to play live &#8211; Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.music-news.com\/images\/news\/Tom-Jones.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Sir Tom Jones feels for musicians just starting out, who haven&#8217;t been able to play concerts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old music legend admitted nothing compares to the feeling of playing to a live audience, and said it must be so &#8220;stifling&#8221; for young aspiring artists who have had the opportunity to perform to a crowd taken from them during the global health crisis. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Clash, the &#8216;Not Unusual&#8217; hitmaker said: &#8220;I actually feel sorry more for young people who are trying to start off and get some experience from doing live shows. It\u2019s all very well being in your front room making videos and then getting straight on to television \u2013 like sometimes it happens on &#8216;The Voice&#8217;, where they\u2019ve never been onstage before. So this COVID thing, it\u2019s really stifling singers and bands who want to get out there, and get some experience, and get the feedback from the people. And they can\u2019t get that at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>I know what that feels like. At least I know what I\u2019m missing \u2026 but some of these kids don\u2019t know yet. They haven\u2019t had the opportunity to experience it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the &#8216;Sex Bomb&#8217; hitmaker &#8211; who will release his new album, &#8216;Surrounded By Time&#8217;, in April &#8211;  admitted he&#8217;s &#8220;always changing&#8221; as he never wants to repeat himself.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if it&#8217;s natural for him to keep looking for his next challenge, he replied: &#8220;Yes it is. Even when we do the hits, I\u2019ve changed the arrangements on them. I don\u2019t just copy what I\u2019ve done. I don\u2019t do \u2018Delilah\u2019 the same way as when we recorded it \u2013 we start it off as a ballad now. And then you realise what a good song it is \u2013 that\u2019s the sign of a real good song, when you slow it down and do it in a good way. You think: s***, this is a meaningful lyric here! It takes on a different thing.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m always changing. Even if people want the hits \u2013 and rightfully so, I understand that \u2013 I can match that duty to the public by shifting them around. And I\u2019ve never had any complaints. No one ever comes up to me and says: oh, you don\u2019t do \u2018Delilah\u2019 the same way! And that, again, is learning \u2026 and it only comes with time. And that\u2019s why we called the album \u2018Surrounded By Time\u2019 &#8211; it\u2019s incredibly important.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.music-news.com\/news\/UK\/137913\/Sir-Tom-Jones-feels-for-musicians-just-starting-out-unable-to-play-live\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Tom Jones feels for musicians just starting out, who haven&#8217;t been able to play concerts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 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