SLC musician takes commissions of poetry, art to turn into song

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SALT LAKE CITY — After growing up playing in bands with his brother and friends, Salt Lake musician Garrick Biggs started the musical project Stag Hare, an ambient electronic project that seeks to constantly ask questions and find a semblance of meaning in different ideas.

Biggs played in bands throughout high school, but it wasn’t until he got Pro Tools on his computer that he started exploring its possibilities and making music on his own. He wrote a song for a girl, and soon after created Stag Hare, with its specific characters and specific musical palette.

The main wellspring of inspiration for Biggs lies in the questions he has of anything and everything he sees in the world around him. From politics to Bigfoot and UFOs, he holds an acute intrigue for a profusion of topics that are weaved in his melodies and soundscapes.

“I tend to get hung up on lots of weird specific concepts, just depending on the day,” Biggs said. “But when I’m actually making a song, I’m not thinking, ‘All right, I’m going to address this topic now.’ ”

The questioning in his music remains the foundation of its ability to help listeners ask questions for themselves, and leaves the music open to a variety of interpretations, depending on the listener.

“Questions are more interesting to me than answers, because I don’t want to be telling the listeners, ‘This song is about this or this.’ That’s not very interesting to me,” Biggs said. “The more I define, the less possibilities there are for the listener”

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Commission:www.stag-hare.net

Listen:bandcamp.com, soundcloud.com and Spotify

Go: Urban Lounge, April 9

Over the past years, Stag Hare has slowly and naturally evolved into a wider range of sounds and music. It's a change that is somewhat a conscious effort, but mostly an organic development of Biggs, allowing the music to take him into different areas sonically.

“The most acceptable songs come from when I am able to let them be what they want to be,” Biggs said. “A lot of times I think my music is how it is because that is how it wants to be.”

In December, Biggs started a new project under Stag Hare titled Tapestry. Through Tapestry, people are able to commission songs for Biggs to create specifically for them, then the song will be released to them in either a digital format or with an additional cassette of the track.

A person can bring favorite writings, paintings or other visual art, or even other music to help influence Biggs' writing of the song. The songs are typically single takes of around 15 minutes long.

“I’m trying to keep it as simple as possible,” Biggs said. “I tend to overthink things, and this has been a way to keep a certain energy.”

Biggs has been steadily making these songs since the project was initiated, and has seen the success of it not only with the joy he’s found in making the songs, but in other unique ways as well.

“Another angle is the awesome people I am meeting and the connections I am making,” Biggs said. “Being able to communicate back and forth with people about things has been a really great experience.”

Anyone is able to commission a track from him, and he can be contacted on his website at www.stag-hare.net. His music can be found on bandcamp.com, soundcloud.com and Spotify. His next show will be at Urban Lounge on April 9.

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