We recently connected with Nick Snyder and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Nick, thanks for joining us today. Do you wish you had waited to pursue your creative career or do you wish you had started sooner?

If I could go back I would’ve definitely started sooner and learned to play any instrument I could. I didn’t start playing guitar until I was seventeen and I feel like I missed out on so much! At that time I was just figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, I was going to community college and had no plans of pursuing a career playing music. With every new thing I learned, though, I was pulled deeper and deeper into what I eventually ended up doing, which was playing music for a living. I definitely would go back and join the band in school, maybe learn how to play the horn or drums.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

My name is Nick Snyder, and I’m a guitarist performing in and around Dallas with various bands, including The Roomsounds and Holy Roller Baby. I first started playing music locally when I was about nineteen years old, playing at local jams and eventually working my way up to getting gigs and playing with different groups. I love playing music in front of people, there is really nothing like feeling the energy a group of people can give you and reciprocating that energy during a live performance. I’m in a couple bands, as well as my own group that I gig with from time to time. I am very proud of the music I’ve been able to record with the bands I’m in, and I hope that im fortunate enough to continue doing that. In 2020 and 2021 I was able to release albums with both The Roomsounds and Holy Roller Baby, and I’m super proud of both of them.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Being an artist is incredibly rewarding and taxing at the same time. There is an inherent lack of stability with freelancing and piecing income together every month, not knowing what your schedule will look like next week or the next day sometimes. You are awarded so much freedom that you don’t get with a regular 9-5 though, and are also awarded so many opportunities if you put the work in. I also just feel plain lucky to be able to do what I do, sometimes I have to say to myself at the end of the night “I can’t believe I’m getting paid for this!”

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

For me, the goal will always be to play music for a living, whatever that may look like. I’m not happy when I’m in a typical work environment, and the feeling so bad and terrified of a 9-5 is honestly a big motivating factor for me to continue to pursue what I love to do.

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Will Von Bolton Rico DeLeon Robert Chickering