Music - Brandon White

Amid the many, already established folk acts that call Provo home, there’s one new musician on the scene you need to know about. His name is Brandon White.

The Orem native started playing guitar a few years ago, teaching himself how to play after taking only two lessons.

“I just felt writing words didn’t do the trick for me,” he said. “Music adds more feelings to things and adds kind of another dimension to it.”

“I don’t really consider myself a guitarist really. I taught myself how to play, but I’m not that good. I’m more of just a ‘write songs’ kind of guy.”

Some of Brandon’s influences include folk classics Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, but also extend to include music from an even earlier decade.

“Sometimes I’ll hear really old songs from 20s or 30s and I don’t even know who they are but I find those really inspiring.”

Brandon plays shows around Provo often, so don’t miss an opportunity to see his set. To listen to his music and see his upcoming shows, visit him on MySpace here.

“For me music creates feelings and kind of just adds a life to things and I guess that’s kind of the goal of my music. It’s not anything huge. It just creates feelings of whatever the song is about. I guess music does that anyway, whatever kind of music it is. Maybe songs never turn out the way you want them to, but they always create something.”

Posted by Spencer Flanagan
Photograph by Matt Clayton