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Brent Snyder is a country singer who is breaking barriers in a genre of music that is normally traditional and conservative.
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Hailing from small town Fairfield, VA, Brent has had the dream of being a big time entertainer his entire life. At a young age, Brent grew up performing in church, musicals, local talent competitions and living room shows every chance he got. After graduating from Bridgewater College in 2009, Brent decided to pursue his passion full time. He began honing his songwriting craft and has written over 250 songs to date including songs he wrote for 2 different musicals along with the entire dramatic scripts for those as well. With auditions for national reality competition shows like American Idol and The Voice, placing in multiple local talent competitions, and launching a YouTube channel to share his talent, Brent looked forward to moving to Nashville to live in the heart of the country music epicenter.
After multiple trips to the music city, auditions for music industry executives and numerous appearances at artist showcases, etc., Brent decided to take a break from his dream to heal mentally from dealing with and coming to terms with his sexuality. In 2012, Brent decided to make the tough choice to come out to his family and friends after dealing with major depression and suicidal thoughts. After doing this, Brent was very unsure if there was still a place for him in country music. He spent the next 5 years soul searching, finding peace within himself and healing from the aftermath of coming out.
In the summer of 2017, after a life changing cross country road trip, Brent decided to finally get back to his one true dream. This time, he would use all the rejection and experience he had learned along the way to do things his way by being completely in control of his own destiny.
In June 2018, Brent moved to Nashville, TN to pursue his dream even further. "Nashville is just the place to be to make things happen", says Brent. "i am really looking forward to meeting the many talented songwriters, musicians, producers, etc. and collaborating with them to make big things happen!"
In September of 2019, Brent released his first Nashville single called “Fire” which outperformed all expectations.
On January 31st, 2020, the highly expected new single, “Fight the Tide” debuted on all platforms. In just 3 days, the official lyric video gained almost 5,000 views and streaming has outperformed every expectation.