“I get more excited than nervous before I perform. I just love performing and getting to share my music with people,” said Meredith Snyder. Recently she was the opening act at Brighton Music Hall in Boston.
Snyder is a 2010 graduate from Clear Fork and in September of 2010 Snyder packed her bags and moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend Berklee College of Music. Snyder revealed that she first became interested in Berklee when she was just seven years old. She attended Berklee to obtain an art degree, but her main focus was her voice and she took classes in business and song writing, too.
Snyder said that when she was just 18 months old, her father, Eric Snyder, pointed out that she had an ear for music. “My dad is a jazz saxophone player and has been around music for a very long time. I used to sing in the back car when I was younger and he just knew I had an ear for music,” said Snyder.
Performing has been a constant theme in Snyder’s life. Snyder performed in church when she was very young and when she was seven years old she performed at the Renaissance Theatre.
“As I got older, I started singing the national anthem at sporting events and I did that in middle and high school. I have always tried to perform as much as I can,” said Snyder.
Snyder received vocal training and piano lessons from husband and wife team Laurie Turner and David Crane out of Mansfield. “They have really helped me evolve as a musician and they make sure to personalize every lesson. They are absolutely great people and I have learned so much from the two of them,” said Snyder. She has been self studying guitar for the last seven years.
Recently, Snyder was the opening act for John Newman at Brighton Music Hall in Boston. “That was just an amazing experience and it was great that I got to share my music to a sold out crowd,” said Snyder.
Snyder explained that she performs her own original music and she performs different genres of music. “It really is all about whatever inspires me. My father is a jazz saxophone player and I studied classical piano, so my genres are all over the place. I try to keep an open mind and I have learned that no genre is a bad genre,” said Snyder.
She described how at certain times throughout the year that she feels more creative when it comes to writing her music, but she enjoys writing and playing the guitar whenever she can. When Snyder finishes writing a song, she said that she wonders what her dad would think of the song.
“I always wonder what he would think when I finish a song. It is a lot of fun and him and I have a special bond through music. He is great for me because he is very honest with me. He will tell me what he really thinks of a song and that is great because that is what you need in this type of business,” said Snyder.
Currently, Snyder is an employee at a café in Boston. “Working at the café keeps me in the loop of this scene. I have been focusing on networking myself and building a brand of myself. All of the artists collaborate and work with each other. I try to be a part of as many projects as possible. There really is endless talent here,” said Snyder.
As long as Snyder is performing and writing music, she says she is happy. In the future, she would love to become a songwriter and eventually live in Nashville or California. “I would love to become a songwriter because that is my overall goal. I just love music,” said Snyder.
To sample her music go to https://soundcloud.com/meredith-Snyder or http://meredithsnyder.bandcamp.com/.
My father is a jazz saxophone player and I studied classical piano, so my genres are all over the place. I try to keep an open mind and I have learned that no genre is a bad genre,” said Meredith Snyder.
