Feltbeats.com received the unique opportunity to discuss Tom Felton’s music in light of his upcoming new album, “In Good Hands.” To spice things up, we decided to solicit interview questions from the Tom Felton followers on Twitter.

Remember to keep an eye out for Tom’s new album, “In Good Hands,” which should be released on iTunes any day now.

In the next few weeks, Feltbeats.com will be releasing more of this exclusive interview with Tom Felton.

• Part Zero, The Twitter Interview: Snitchseeker Preview
• - Friday, March 27 – Part Two, The Twitter Interview: Musical Background: Tom answers questions from tweeple about how he learned to play guitar and the songwriting process.
• - Wednesday, April 1 – Part Three, The Twitter Interview: Music & Acting: Tom discusses how acting relates to singing.
• - Friday, April 3 – Part Four, The Twitter Interview: Lyrics: Tom and Misha from Feltbeats.com get into a heated argument over the lyrics to some of Tom’s songs. Spoiler alert: He wins.

Because this is titled the “Twitter Interview,” I should remind you to follow Tom Felton and Feltbeats on Twitter!

“In Good Hands” album cover photo

Feltbeats.com: So let’s talk a little bit about the new album. Tell me how you’d compare the old one versus the new one.

Tom Felton: It’s hard for me to say because it seems like it was ages ago. I think you, and all the other people who have listened to the old stuff a lot, will be the best people to determine that. But, I would say… well, some songs aren’t as developed as before, and some songs are more developed. Some are quite recently recorded, and some are older. It’s quite a mix.

I guess it really is an album for the people that have already heard the other stuff and sort of like it. I guess, in a way. I don’t know. I don’t know. I’ll really be intrigued to hear what people say. You guys will be the perfect people to determine how it is different, and I’m sure I’ll agree with you.

FB: Another Twitter question: just_like_youx3 wants to know, “What’s your favorite song from the new album?”

TF: Ahhhh, again, you know… I’m just trying to think in my head now, which ones are exactly on there… I know it sounds stupid, but there are ones that I was unsure of putting on there, so…

“If you Could Be Anywhere” was a really old song that I’d written a long time ago with just the chorus. And then, when we were Florida on holiday – I’m sorry, in Hawaii – I played that for Jade, and she was like, “Wow, who’s that?” And I was like, “It’s mine! It’s an old song.” And she said, “Are you crazy? Why don’t you record that! It’s a great song.” So it’s like… I’d already had that song written years ago, I just never did anything with it. So that one comes from that. That’s my most recent recording, and it’s the one I’m most happy with the outcome and the additional instruments and the harmonies and things like that, so that’s why I put that one on there as Track One. It’s sort of a “Yeah! Feel-good” song.

FB: That’s so funny you mentioned that, because I think the day you recorded it Jade wrote to me and said, “Wow, you have to hear this song he just recorded, it’s so good!” And she’d never done that before, so I knew it must have been good.

TF: Oh, really? (Laughs) So there you go. That’s cool. That’s cool. Yeah, I think it came out really well. I’m really pleased with the full version of it.

Now, Track Two, that’s “We Belong.” That’s my attempt at a bit of a ballad, I guess. Now, the first chorus, it’s only about thirty seconds long. That’s like one of my favorite thirty seconds of music that I’ve ever actually managed to produce. There are just really nice sounds going on. And, you know, it’s really about Jade, pretty much. So you know, I just felt the need to share that one.

On Track Three, that’s “When Angels Come,” again, it’s a quick one. It came to me, and I sort of recorded it within a few days. And I was pretty happy with the recording, so I thought I’d put it out there. Now, you asked me what they’re about, and “When Angels Come” is a bit of a, again, it’s quite a lovely song, I guess the idea is that, when angels come… Well, the chorus is – I’ll give you a bit of a sneak preview – “When angels come, and take me from this world, I’ll say none of you look half as good as my girl.” It goes along that line. So, it’s not really anything to do with the next life, it’s just really the idea that there are no angels out there that are as good looking as my girlfriend.

Track Four, “Convinced.” I really like this track lyrically. It’s one of my better songs, lyric-wise. It’s quite simple on the guitar. It’s all about Jade being WAY too honest for her own good. It’s all about, like, how she just comes out and says things: “I don’t like the color of your car. I don’t like the color of your wallpaper.” She’ll just come out with it. She completely speaks her mind and is extremely forthright and truthful. Because she is like that, when she says she loves me, I believe her. I know she’s too honest, she would never lie.

Now “Father of Mine.” It’s basically, well, it’s nothing too deep. It’s pretty simple: just one voice, one guitar. It’s just about, you know, not really seeing much of my old man over the last few years. Roughly about that.

Track Six is different. It’s the one that, I think, everyone will hate, or everyone will love, I should think. I don’t know. I’m really in two minds about it. That’s why I’m quite excited about you hearing it. It’s called “If that’s all right with you,” and again, it’s written in the stage where I didn’t have a girlfriend, and I was sort of searching for this girl. He’s sort of searching for this girl, and what he’s going to do when he finds her, so to speak. It’s a mixture of singing and sort of rapping, blended together. I can’t wait for you to hear it.

FB: Sounds like fun.

TF: It is a bit of fun. It is fun. It’s not to be taken too seriously, but the chorus is quite catchy; that’s why I hope people will see through the cringiness of the rapping. And the lyrics are quite sweet, so I’m hoping you’ll give me some allowance there.

FB: Thank you for those great descriptions! Let’s talk about the future now, and get back to some Twitter questions. Slytherinss asks if you are planning on touring?

TF: I’m not really planning on it. If there was an event that I couldn’t turn down, I’d love to. It’s sort of been a dream of mine, but, by the same token, it sort of scares the shit out of me. It’d have to be something fairly well organized or something like that. So I don’t know. I’d have to wait and see.

FB: Magicmarkers asks: If you were offered a professional record deal would you take it? Do you want to pursue your music as a career or just as a hobby?

TF: Yeah, not really. I mean, it depends on the offer. Now, if someone wants to come in and try to polish up my songs and try and put them on a CD, I’m game on for that. But as far as a big marketing campaign and trying to get myself on TV and stuff, nah, I’m not really interested in all that. I’d rather just keep it to the listeners that it has got.

And obviously keep it open for people who want to listen to it more. It’s a funny one, as much as I want it to be in the mainstream, I don’t want it to be that much in the mainstream.

FB: You haven’t had anyone who wanted to partner with you at all?

TF: No, not really. I’ve got a good friend, actually, who you see on my YouTube account; I favorited his song on YouTube. A guy called Sam Roman. He’s quite a successful producer as well as an incredibly talented musician. I worked with him for a bit.

The thing is, I don’t know, it’s funny, I’m quite a quick guy. I can finish a song within a day. Whereas these guys are taking about, like, a week to write it, a week to record the guitar, a week to record all the vocals. And it’s… it’s not that I get bored with it, I’m just ready to move on in twenty hours, really. That’s why I said a lot of my songs are half-finished, because I have recorded them, then I’ve just left them. So now I’ve gone through all those, so I had more songs for the album.

FB: Well, it seems things are really rolling now with the iTunes…

TF: Yeah, yeah. It wasn’t at first, but now it is starting to pick up. You know, it’s interesting, I can see a breakdown on the website of where the purchases are being made; sixty percent is in the U.S. There was, like, two people in Japan who bought my album, so here is a shout-out to them.

FB: Did you notice Brazil on there?

TF: I don’t know. No, I don’t remember it; there were a few European countries, but I have received a little bit of Brazilian interest from fans and whatever, and that’s great. I’ve always wanted to go to Brazil, so it’s good to make some friends before I go out there.

FB: It seems to me that, you know, you’ve got lots of fans in the U.S. and in the U.K., but I’ve had lots of people tell me that you’re big in Brazil. They’ll say, “Oh yeah, Tom Felton is the bomb in Brazil.”

TF: Really?

FB: Especially in terms of Harry Potter, I’m told you’re like the most popular actor in Brazil.

TF: Oh! Well, rock on! That’s the place I need to go! Yeah, I’d fancy that.

Thanks so much Tom! We’ll post the next part of the interview on Friday!

Kelsey Zukowski from FilmArcade.net, a movie review blog, wrote a positive review of “The Disappeared” after it played at the Cleveland International Film Festival last Saturday (Sorry, Ohio folks, I didn’t know!).

About Tom, Mr. Zukowski says:

Tom Felton, most well known as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films does very well as Simon, Matthew’s skeptical friend. At first I didn’t even recognize him and although it was just a supporting role this film was a great move for him to be involved in meaningful material outside of the Harry Potter world just like many of the actors from the films are doing. Simon shows a tough exterior, but as his friend is in trouble and his sister is gone, he shows how vulnerable he is. He is scared, but can’t ignore his intuition telling him things will only get worse if he ignores his gut feeling.

Tom Felton (Draco) has just announced, via his Twitter account, that he will be attending the UK premiere for 17 Again tomorrow evening.
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Also I’m attending the ’17 again’ premiere of Zac Efrons new film tomorrow night. I will fill you all in on what i think about it! xxx

It opens on April 10th in the UK and on April 17th in the US.

Thanks to snitchseeker and Tom for the news!

Tom has sent a message to Feltbeats.com to let everybody know where you can download his music if iTunes is unavailable to you.

Here are the links!

Amazon.com

Rhapsody.com

Napster

eMusic

Feltbeats.com received the unique opportunity to discuss Tom Felton’s music in light of his upcoming new album, “In Good Hands.” To spice things up, we decided to solicit interview questions from the Tom Felton followers on Twitter.

This article is a preview for the four-part interview series which begins tomorrow.

Also, keep an eye out for Tom’s new album, “In Good Hands,” which should be released on iTunes any day now.

In the next few weeks, Feltbeats.com will be releasing more of this exclusive interview with Tom Felton.

• - Wednesday, March 25 – Part One, The Twitter Interview: Discussion of New Album: In this interview, Tom goes into depth explaining each of the songs on his new album, “In Good Hands”
• - Friday, March 27 – Part Two, The Twitter Interview: Musical Background: Tom answers questions from tweeple about how he learned to play guitar and the songwriting process.
• - Wednesday, April 1 – Part Three, The Twitter Interview: Music & Acting: Tom discusses how acting relates to singing.
• - Friday, April 3 – Part Four, The Twitter Interview: Lyrics: Tom and Misha from Feltbeats.com get into a heated argument over the lyrics to some of Tom’s songs. Spoiler alert: He wins.

In this case, Snitchseeker.com, one of the bigger Harry Potter fan sites, submitted several questions to ask Tom, and we were happy to oblige.

Feltbeats.com: Snitchseeker is one of the Harry Potter Web sites…

Tom Felton: Yeah, I read your e-mail. You said they were very good friends to you.

FB: Yes, they’ve been very nice, and they always do a great job covering Tom Felton news. So, I definitely wanted to try to get their questions in because of that.

TF: Sure, sure.

FB: So, a few months ago, Snitchseeker interviewed Robert Pattinson…

TF: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

FB: And one of the things they asked him was what his favorite dinosaur was.

TF: That’s a random request, isn’t it? But, I mean, everyone has a favorite dinosaur. It’s not like it’s a ridiculous question – it’s purely logical, really.

FB: *I* don’t have a favorite dinosaur!

TF: I’m sure Stephen Fry would have a favorite dinosaur. It’s something Stephen Fry would ask on Twitter. As for me, it’s pretty simple… it’s like Jurassic Park. And what is my favorite animal in – Show quoted text – Jurassic Park? I always liked the raptors! I always thought they were cool.

FB: You know what? I’ve actually always liked the raptors, too!

TF: They’re the nastiest ones, really. They’re the quickest, and they have the nasty hook thing… Now, I would never want to see one, or meet one, but anyway, they’re fun to watch.

FB: Well, now I have that important answer!

TF: Yeah, excellent.

FB: So, their next question is: “Have you ever brought your guitar onto the set of Harry Potter, and if so, have you ever jammed with any of the other actors?”

TF: Evvvvveryday. That’s where I learned to play guitar! It’s no secret that there can be quite a lot of time-waiting on the film set. I just took a guitar in… Actually, the first person who started showing me stuff was my driver. I had the same driver from the first film, a very nice guy called Jimmy Adams. He actually played the left-handed guitar, and obviously I’m right handed. But, it was a little bit tricky then to show me anything decent. Now, he showed me a couple of moves, and he’s been a great resource. I just learned pretty much from there.

As far as jamming on the set with people, I know James Phelps is a big guitar man. I think he’s more into his electric, shredding up the e-string and that sort of thing. He was always working, though, as well, so we never actually got a chance. One of the young chaps, Freddie Stroma – we had a little jam once on one of the nicer days outside. He brought his guitar and I had mine. And some of the crew members as well.

FB: Where you wearing your school uniforms while you were playing?

TF: Yes, I think so. It was a really sunny day the day we played so I remember being really hot in my uniform outside!

FB: And doesn’t Matt Lewis play?

TF: And Matt Lewis, yeah! I didn’t realize he jammed on the strings! He sent me a message the other day. He said, “Loved the new song; I really want the chords.” And I didn’t realize he played the guitar. That’s cool, that’s cool. We’ve got another jammer on the list.

FB: Yeah, you guys should have, like, a Harry Potter Reunion Tour.

TF: Yeah, that’s it. We should have a band, shouldn’t we? Brilliant.

FB: Definitely.

TF: Well, you know, when I was in America, I was brought aware of this thing called wizard rock. Are you aware of such a thing?

FB: Oh, yeah, definitely!

TF: Oh my god, I had no idea that people were actually making a living out of singing about, you know, Harry Potter! It’s craaazy, man! I find that so fun!

FB: Have you heard any of the songs, then?

TF: The funny thing is, we met a lady once who actually sung in one of the bands. And she got some of her friends on the phone. I think it was a band called ‘Draco and the Malfoys’?

FB: Yeah, yeah!

TF: Yeah, it’s quite random! And I spoke to them, and was like, “Hello, nice to meet you.” I won’t lie, I thought it was a novelty thing; I didn’t realize it had this huge following! And they actually have gigs and stuff! I was like, “Wow!” I mean, ‘Draco and the Malfoys’ actually toured Europe! It’s incredible.

FB: And have you heard their song “Tom Felton’s Kinda Hot”?

TF: Well, I think I heard about that… Aren’t there guys in that band?

FB: Yes, but it is from Draco’s perspective, see? All the songs in wizard rock are from the perspective of the character the group is named after. So this song is about how Draco thinks you’re a good actor to play him in the movies.

TF: Well, there you go. How bizarre! How bizarre. Wow, well, that gives me more insight!

FB: Okay, so next question. We’ve covered some of this already, but have any of your Potter co-stars heard your music, and, if they have, and what did they think of it?

TF: I won’t lie, I’ve never really been one to shout it from the rooftops, as such. So probably yes and no. I mean, I think they may have. I’ve certainly never told them about it. But they may have heard it in their own time. Certainly, some of the crew have been very nice about it.

FB: It seems like you’re a little shy about it!

TF: No, it’s not that I’m shy, or anything. It’s just… it’s nice to keep the two separate, I think. I’ll bring my guitar to work, but if someone says, “Sing me a song!” I wouldn’t do it. I’m not really confident enough to belt out a song. That’s why, you know, one of my dreams is to play live, to sort of perform live music. But I don’t think that I’d be that cool or comfortable to do it any time soon. But I’d like to do it. I don’t know.

FB: You just need to work up to it.

TF: Yes, work up to it. Work up to it. Playing in my room is definitely a lot easier than playing in front of people.

FB: So this next question… I’m not sure if this is true? Snitchseeker wants to know why you change your accent when you’re singing. Do you?

TF: Yeah. No, I won’t lie, I’m not sure I understand that question. I don’t, I don’t think. If anything, though… well, I guess the answer is that most people, when singing generically, we all sing in pretty much the same accent. Like American, English, Irish, Welsh, it all sounds the same. But I think lately people have started accentuating their own accent to sort of show where they are from, if that makes sense. I can sing with an American accent, but it sounds more comfortable to me to say words in a slightly more Cockney London way, even if it isn’t necessarily the way I speak. Rather than, sort of, a well-spoken American way. It’s hard to explain. But put it this way, if I’m covering Jack Johnson’s tunes, I don’t sing in his accent, I sing in my own accent.

FB: One of my friends, (Feltbeats.com Administrator) Becka, lives in the UK, and she said it is sort of a trend now in Britain, I guess, to sing with the English accent?

TF: Yeah, is it a big trend at the moment, just have a look at Lily Allen, or Kate Nash. However, I feel it’s not the trend I’m following; to me it just always seemed more natural to sing the way I do. The songs are real. They’re just about simple things in life, and I think people can relate to that.

Thanks, Tom! Please watch for the first part of the interview, which will be posted tomorrow!

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