{"id":20082,"date":"2024-11-15T00:37:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=20082"},"modified":"2024-11-15T00:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:37:50","slug":"local-musicians-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2024\/11\/15\/local-musicians-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Musicians Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amanda Toye\/ Photo by Abigail Callicoat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music scene in Searcy has been diverse for many years. From heavy metal to country, Searcy has housed several bands and individual musicians \u2014allowing them to play at local venues downtown and host music for the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI started writing music in the summer after 8th grade.\u201d Searcy High School senior Silas Carpenter said. \u201cWhen I record I play everything and write all the instrument parts. I think I\u2019m kinda a control freak when it comes to my music\u2013which I don\u2019t think that\u2019s really a bad thing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carpenter prefers playing shows with a band as opposed to solo performances but says it can be hard to find a band that suits his sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t really care about art in Searcy \u2014or music \u2014any kind of art,\u201d Carpenter said. \u201cThe hardest part about Searcy is in a place with a smaller amount of people, you\u2019re gonna have a smaller amount of people who care about art.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carpenter shared how it can be difficult to find a community of people in Searcy who are passionate about music and art \u2014 he has found this to be isolating at times. Carpenter has amassed nearly 500 monthly Spotify listeners and released a single titled \u201cRed Forever\u201d on Halloween. Carpenter’s next project is set to release next Tuesday. This will be a demo album titled \u201cBedtime Songs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media plays an important role in modern music discovery and can make finding a community difficult for many new music artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Nashville, if you\u2019re making music, you have like a 95 percent chance of meeting someone that either wants to sign you or introduce you to like big label people,\u201d senior Sam Busbey, who releases music under the name of \u201cgreedi\u201d, said. \u201cBut, here, it\u2019s just a bunch of kids. If someone does make music it\u2019s in their garage. It\u2019s not convenient connections that you can make here.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Busbey shared  he does not enjoy doing live performances and has only played two shows in Searcy so far. Busbey has a new project coming out soon, and a single dropping today. Busbey has attracted over 60,000 monthly Spotify listeners and is currently signed with 25\/7 Records, a label based out of Los Angeles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smaller music artists often take off through live performances or social media presence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cZashed started as Jackson Eats the Floor,\u201d junior and bass guitar player Jacob Ash, said. \u201cAt first it was just our friends \u2014our friends, and people we knew in town. That\u2019s what the first two shows really were. Now, I wouldn\u2019t even say we even have a Searcy fan base. Most of our fan base, I would say, it\u2019s outside of Searcy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ash has played many shows with Jackson Edwards, Beckham King and Kyle Jetton with the band, \u201cZashed\u201d and plans to go on tour with them in January. Ash recently started playing with a new local band, Slyce, alongside Zashed. Zashed has accumulated nearly 700 monthly listeners on Spotify, with their latest release being in June 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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