Today we’d like to introduce you to Brody Price.
Brody, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I have very vivid memories of going to shows at John T. Floore’s Country Store in Helotes when I was growing up… My parents took my brother and I to see a lot of really great bands out there. We would get to the venue way before doors opened up and then would stand in front of the stage for hours just so we could be front and center. I loved everything about it… it was so cool to be a middle school kid in the front row surrounded by bikers and hippies and weirdos. I was even fortunate enough to meet the guy who invented the first pump. Pretty cool. It was such a different world in comparison to my typical day to day and I was so fascinated by it.
I think the first time I saw Cody Canada play a song on an acoustic guitar with a harmonica around his neck my interests came into focused very quickly. From that point on, all I wanted to do was play music… my mom got me a little acoustic guitar and I started to learn Cross Canadian Ragweed and Drive-by Truckers songs in my room. I knew I wanted to play at a really high level but had no confidence what so ever. I didn’t even want people to know that I played… All I could think about was how I wasn’t as good as other people or how it would just be embarrassing to pursue a career in music and ultimately fail. I grew up in a culture where you went to high school, then college and ultimately became a doctor or engineer or something… I think that was so engrained in me that I was really afraid to break from the script… I assumed that people who did that automatically ended up on the street or something.
I experienced a pretty significant change in thinking after my wife and I got married. She was the lifeguard at a pool that was pretty close to this baseball field where my friends and I used to play during the summers. She really pushed me to get serious about what I loved… to write songs and to play and to work really hard at it. I essentially owe everything to her… and our dog Greg Biffle, of course. They have really encouraged me to be myself both personally and artistically. I feel like I’m in a place now where I’m writing songs that sound a lot like me and folks seem to like them…. At least my mom and dad really like ‘em.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
I’m a self-proclaimed songwriter… I used to say that I was a singer-songwriter… but if you call yourself a singer you’re automatically put into the same category as real singers… like Whitney Houston or folks like that. So, I dropped the singer part. I’m just a songwriter now… I still sing my own songs though… I just chose to take it out of my title.
I try to write songs that are really honest in regards to my life and my emotions. I don’t want to be perceived as some world-traveling troubadour because that’s not my life… those aren’t the raw materials I have to build with. I have my wife, Greg Biffle and our little house… so that’s what I write about. I think being honest about my everyday life and emotions makes it easy for folks to relate… and I guess that’s what I want. I want people to hear my music and feel less alone. Like, “Oh. Wow. I guess I’m not the only one that feels this way.”
What do you think it takes to be successful as an artist?
That’s a really tough question. Obviously, I have so many goals as a musician… I probably share a lot of goals with many young musicians…. venues I want to play, records I want to make…. But I think that those aren’t the things that define success. Selling all the tickets in the world is pretty worthless if you’re not happy. I don’t know if I will ever feel that I’m statistically a success in terms of selling tickets or records… I do however; feel like a success in a different sense though. I get to do what I love… I get to play shows for a lot of folks who listen and enjoy my music… and I’m very grateful for that… I’ve also gotten to play a lot of venues that I’ve dreamt of playing since I was a kid… I’m grateful for that too. I think as long as I’m writing songs that I enjoy and playing shows I will consider my work to be a successful endeavor. I think I personally feel successful when I’m making art my own way and on my own terms. That’s a pretty great feeling.
My wife and I strongly believe that great things are more likely to happen to folks who work hard and are always kind. There’s a lot of things in the world that the individual can’t control, but those are two really big things that one can easily do. Secondly, we feel that thankfulness is a pretty amazing source of fuel. Letting go of expectations and starting to appreciate what we already have is a pretty excellent way to live. Those are very important things to us… but then again, what do we know??
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
People can check out my music on all the online things… iTunes. Spotify. that’s where the money’s at beb. Folks can also buy records on my website or at shows… If people really want to see what I do, they should come to a show. I think my live shows are really the best representation of who I am as an individual. I think playing live is probably my favorite thing on earth. I have lots of fun and get to really let loose.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.brodypricemusic.com/
- Phone: 2104139929
- Email: brodypricemusic@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brody__price/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brodypricemusic/
- Other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NwS5iQy9AE
Image Credit:
Chris Olson (for studio images) Jake Dapper (for live shots).
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