Roy Wilfred Wooten (born October 13, 1957), also known as RoyEl, best known by his stage name Future Man (also written Futureman and known to fans as Futche[1]), is an American musician, inventor and composer.

Born in Hampton, Virginia, Roy Wooten was raised in a military family and therefore traveled frequently.

More recently, Wooten has developed a new electronic instrument called the RoyEl,[3] which resembles a piano but plays notes not found in the traditional western music scales.

[4] He was affiliated with the Washitaw Nation, and before his guilty plea had been judged possibly incapable of assisting in his own defense after filing incomprehensible sovereign citizen paperwork with the court.

On Evolution de la Musique, for example, he infuses classical music with jazz elements, especially improvisation, and spoken word.