BUILT BY SNOW

In 2005, I was recording songs in my garage but wasn’t comfortable sharing or promoting them.  My friend and early Built By Snow sidekick (Jason) helped push me forward to get the music out there.  At the time, I thought it seemed cooler to have music coming from a band rather than a guy in his garage, so I asked some musician friends from work to come and stand with me in a band picture.  Those guys (Matt and Ben) liked some of the songs I was working on, so we decided why not just make a real band together. They were super cool and talented people, so this was a no-brainer. They both knew another guy at work who was an incredible drummer (Brandon), so we cornered him and got him on board.  That was how we started.

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In 2007, we used prize money from a Battle of the Bands competition to record our first album, NOISE.  We didn't know exactly what we were doing yet, but we did it anyway.

In 2009, we recorded our 2nd album, MEGA. The album was well-received, which was pretty exciting. We got invites to play festivals, gained fans, licensed music to companies including Google and Cartoon Network, and became a rising band to watch in Austin, TX. 

Then we pumped the brakes and stopped for a while, which is obviously the perfect thing for a band to do just as they start to taste success.

From 2011 to 2016, we only played one or two shows a year.  In 2017, we played a bit more, and nowadays we kinda only play when everything lines up perfectly.