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Aggie musician Granger Smith still flexing creative muscles during shutdown

April 22, 2020
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Key notes from Granger Smith interview

  • I was talking to a musician friend the other day... we're past the shock, and entering the phase of it's nice to be at home and getting a bunch of things done around the house. Done a lot of fishing, it really has been nice.
     
  • I think it's important to understand that, if you're not in the music business, all of our money is made on tour. In the download music era, that's the way it is. When this happened, a lot of us realized we had relied solely on that for so long. We're probably going to be the last industry to open all the way back up, honestly.
     
  • I've thought that as the country opens back up, I think we'll play places like Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, with everyone six-feet apart.
     
  • Luckily, I have a home studio, so I'm able to do a lot of things from here in Georgetown. I have my alarm set for every morning at the same time to try and stay on a schedule. I want to keep that routine. We built a little gym out here at YEE YEE Headquarters, and then I come back here in work on songs. Then I'll put out one thing a day on YouTube for all of our followers.
     
  • Staying motivated is the key, and that all lies inside of you. You really have to dig deep, and that takes a lot of discipline. When things get this chaotic, that's what you have to rely on. It's all about keeping that routine for me and creating some order.
     
  • It took a couple of weeks into all of this for me to realize the impact that this was having on Aggie Football. For the first time since WWII, college football has been thrown for a loop. We all use sports as an outlet for our lives. We still have crazy lives, but no outlet. I'm just on the edge of my seat, waiting for sports to come back.
     
  • On the road, Aggie Football is an obsession for me. It could be a big show for me, but 30 seconds before I take the stage, I'm still watching the game. Then during the show, I'm having my sound guy giving me updates in my ear throughout the game. Then, after the show, it's a mad dash to the bus to try and catch the last few minutes.
     
  • College Station had a lot to do with my love of music. It was really my buddies in the corps who encouraged me to go out and play at Northgate. My first big break came to write songs in College Station. I got my first record deal in 2013, with lots of smaller moments in between that led me to where I am.
     
  • We Bleed Maroon is one of those small breaks I just mentioned. I wrote the song in 2006 for Muster committee. I sent the guitar and vocal to Muster COmmittee for them to have at Muster. Then, the next day I heard that on KORA driving around town. I don't know who, but someone leaked that song. I'll play that song when I know there are some Aggies in the stand.
     
  • Earl Dibbles Jr. came out of nowhere. I was trying to promote a new album, threw on some overalls, and assumed the voice of some of my relatives. The rest is history.
     
  • The song I'm most proud of, and it's constantly changing, they're kind of like children. Backroad Song is my first national No. 1, so it has a special place in my heart. We Bleed Maroon means a lot because it gave me a sense of purpose within the Aggie community and gave me a ton of confidence.
     
  • George Strait kind of started it all for me. H changed the way I looked at music, and I wanted to be apart of that circus.
     
  • My best friend in the music industry... that's hard to say. I enjoy being around so many of them. Guys like Jon Pardi and others that I broke into the industry with are some of my closest friends.
     
  • I played Kyle Field one night for Midnight Yell, and that's pretty hard to beat. We also did a couple of shows over in Iraq, which was very special.
     
  • Our strength after my son River died came from God, no doubt about it. I had to realize that I wasn't in control; all I had was the next breath. That was the peace I find in every single moment. Then I had to search for the meaning in the things of life, not the reason. 
     
  • My favorite A&M game memory... as a freshman, we beat Nebraska in 1998 at Kyle Field.
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