Today we’d like to introduce you to Zeke Sayer.
Hi Zeke, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I was fortunate to get into music at a very early age, growing up in a venue that hosted bluegrass, gospel, and country music (Shoal Creek Music Park – Lavonia, GA) from age one. My father (Clem Sayer) was a guitar picker and acquired the music park where he and my mother (Janice, a church pianist) operated the venue year-round. After learning to play the drums, guitar, and piano, my fascination transitioned to recording.
While hassling the in-house soundman at Shoal Creek, my dad gave me a little 4-track tape recorder (Fostex XR-5), and I’ve been recording and collecting gear ever since. I choose to continue with the “musical path” because it’s one thing in life I’ve been interested in practically since birth while virtually everything else around me has veered in someway and music/entertainment/audio engineering has so many different sides and sections if you start to get burnt out in other areas, conveniently.
-quotes cited from a 2019 interview by Jed Clark, Acousticult.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It has been a barefoot trip down a dirt road, with a few washouts & ditches, but better than walking through the briar patch.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I record people by masquerading as an actual audio engineer in order to capture ideas down, some of which get put out on the studio’s label, Gypsy Farm Records. My original band is “The Humms” (Athens, GA) and I’m most proud of our folk/mountain music band, “The Shoal Creek Stranglers” which hosts most of the same members.
-quotes cited from a 2019 interview by Jed Clark, Acousticult.
Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Risks are great when worth it.
Contact Info:
- Email: gypsyfarmrecords@gmail.com
- Website: https://gypsyfarm.net
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gypsyfarm/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gypsyfarmrecords
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/gypsyfarmrecs
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gypsyfarmrecords
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gypsy-farm-records
- Other: https://gypsyfarmrecords.bandcamp.com
Image Credits
Robert Lomax, WJAY & Gypsy Farm Records
