FMP; Talk with Stewart (Warren Records)

Today I had my phone interview with Stewart Baxter. It lasted about an hour in total and his answers and points of discussion were really interesting and helpful!!

Speaking about how the old punk scene used to get involved with raising money for charity and taking part in marches is something that I hadn't heard about before. What really came across in this interview was Stew's passion for the music scene here and what it stands for. Though he admitted there was less activism within the music scene (he felt it was coming more from the arts scene now) he still believed that the bands in Hull carried with them a similar ideal and community spirit that was active during the late 90s - early noughties.

Moving on from this interview, I think I'd really like to implement some of the ideals that Stewart talked about; passion, community, hard graft. I'd quite like to create a series of work that inspires musicians in Hull to consider how they can continue to make music for a difference (or at the very least to say something).

This conversation has really lit a fire under my ass to get this project going. I really want to make something that's filled with as much passion as Stew was talking about, I hope that's something I can do!!

interview with stew written while on the phone