Conversations with Seth Ramsey

Today we’d like to introduce you to Seth Ramsey.

Hi Seth, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
An obsession with Led Zeppelin as a child combined with a proximity to various instruments ultimately led me to spending most of my childhood and adolescence learning to play guitar and discovering new music. I began writing songs in middle school, leading a band in high school, and refining my songwriting skills and understanding of music in college and in the years that followed.

Writing songs in my room has always been an inevitable part of my life, and BAUMS became my first outlet for that as a now-grown songwriter who moved on from writing music that was ultimately some iteration of the bands that inspired me at the time, which defined the music I wrote up until my mid-twenties. The more I learned about the possibilities within songwriting by listening to artists like Bjork and Yes, something in me changed to where I became increasingly disinterested with conventional song structures and compositional devices.

So, I began a long journey of figuring out what it sounds like when I try to write music that isn’t three minutes long with an intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, double-chorus structure but could give someone in an audience an incredible live experience. The result is an art-rock band that seeks to channel my influences from post-punk, prog, jazz, industrial, classical, and noise into something that is exciting to see happen live.

After spending a few years forming the band, writing more songs, and teaching them to my bandmates, we played our first show at 529 in September, 2024. Since then, we’ve played 12 shows, I’ve released a few singles and an EP, had a song ranked #10 out of 100 on Mainline Atlanta’s ‘Top 100 Songs of 2025’ list, and have been blessed with being warmly received into Atlanta’s music community.

I’m currently working on mixing my first full-length album that is due out sometime in the fall, planning for music videos and weekender tours, and am preparing for a few local festival dates in the fall.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Like any path to something meaningful and impactful, the road has not been smooth. Lineup changes, distance, and burnout have all contributed to a delay in getting BAUMS off its feet and sustaining it, at times. Having members live anywhere from an hour to three hours away and everyone having work during the week and some of us having to work on the weekends has made practicing often difficult.

There have been a few shows where the first time we ever played a new song together as a full band was on stage in front of an audience because we couldn’t coordinate a time before the show where all of us were available. A solve for this was to record how-to videos for each person’s parts in a song and send it to them so they can learn it and practice on their own so that when we ultimately do get to meet up again, everyone will be on the same page.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
My work is to create music that, when played in a live setting, can provide a compelling experience for someone there. I engineer my songs to have that effect. It of course doesn’t work on everyone, but when I receive feedback that it worked exactly the way I designed it to and that an 8-minute song felt like four minutes because of how engaging it was, it’s a really cool experience.

I would say I’m known for crafting songs that can be 8-10 minutes long but keep peoples’ interest and excite them, and for occasionally elevating a live show with a visual element that you will not have seen at another local show.

If I were to summarize feedback I’ve received from other members of the local music community, what sets BAUMS apart from others is venturing into longer song lengths but keeping the audience engaged and wanting to know what’s going to happen next, and doing so with a really unique distillation of influences that all come together into something that is at times catchy, groove-heavy, noisy, atmospheric, beautiful, or heavy.

How do you define success?
I define success as achieving or exceeding my goals. I don’t need to make money off of playing music or win awards to feel like I’m successful, because that’s not my ultimate goal. My goal is to provide an incredible experience for someone at a live show, and I’ve received an overwhelming amount of feedback since the band’s first show that affirms that I’ve achieved that, so I’ve already achieved success. The future for me and for BAUMS is just me continuing to set goals and doing whatever I can to see that I realize them.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @baumsatl
• Other: https://baums.bandcamp.com