Josh Woodward

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Josh Woodward
Official promo photo taken in May, 2007
Background information
Origin	Findlay, Ohio, United States of America
Genre(s)	Acoustic folk, among others
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Acoustic guitar
Years active	2002--present
Label(s)	Independent
Website	http://joshwoodward.com

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^[1] and rejected songs^[2]) for free under a Creative Commons-licence^[3], though it is possible to purchase physical copies of his CDs, released by Snooter Records.^[4]

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.^[5]

In addition to releasing his music online, Woodward is also an experienced performer,^[6] and can often be found giving concerts at Coffee Amici in Findlay.^[7] His music is mostly original, but has been known to play covers of other people's music during live performances.^[8] 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.

[edit] 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)