Text: 512-797-6281 or email thebigsidmusic@gmail.com
What fans are saying…
Bmorrissinging on YouTube – “Better than anything I hear on the radio….”
Gentlejames5 on YouTube- “Straight masterpiece I’m glad I stumbled upon this”
Bio
Original songwriter and recording artist, Sidney Stephens (The Big sid) is best described as a fusion of decades of curated Country, Rock, and Folk (Americana). Showcasing a dynamic, melodic voice and captivating lyrics. Paired with his guitar playing, he’s unparalleled with technique and tone.
The simple poetry of his lyrics often reflect his vast multitude of life experiences. The music is uniquely composed and produced to convey the emotion and meaning behind every song. A multi talented, well seasoned Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Engineer, Multi-instrumentalist, and Recording Artist. He’s released multiple albums and singles with a wide variety of music styles available on all streaming platforms. He plays all the instruments on his recordings and produces the music in his very small home studio just outside of Austin, Texas
In an age where soulful, heartfelt, and real lyrics sometimes are set aside for the manufactured, copied, artificial, and contrived, Sidney Stephens is as authentic as dirt on your boots. The music he makes is genuine and honest. His writing and composition is original and unique, masterfully compiled throughout a world of constant influence.
He listens to music internally, opting out of the depth-less algorithms of the modern playlist.
Sidney’s writing style is sometimes comedic, sarcastic, and whimsical. Sometimes heavy, serious, and deep, and sometimes socially observant and irreverent. He often writes from his own introspective Blue Collar to poverty life experience. But often there’s an exploration in colorful imagination. When the ideas and melodies float from the ozone and oxygen in the atmosphere and somehow land in his ear and mind, he simply tries to capture it with a touch of subtle poetry and flair. He writes sometimes with intellect and complexity, open to artistic interpretation, and other times straightforward and easy to understand. His content is as fluid as his musical style of minor, major, and diminished chords, reflecting the shifting mood of all human nature. He’s influenced by all music and philosophy and holds no allegiance to any era or genre. He is unique in his work and influenced by all. He is as original as original is. He calls it “Countri-Cana-Blues-n-Roll” but its sound is most easily described as a tangled confection of Rock n Roll and Contemporary Country. Also known as Americana.
Sidney’s musical influence comes from many sources and styles but the sound of Texas is dominant. If geography has a sound, Texas is steeped in it. You might hear traces of Steve Earle, Steve Miller, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tanya Tucker, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Joe Ely, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Christopher Cross, Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Sonny Curtis, Townes Van Zant, Michael Martin Murphey, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Clarke Jr., and Don Henley, just to name a few.
Official Website
www.bigsid.biz
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thesidshowonline?igsh=Mzd3YTRnY2UzM2cy
ThebigSid on Facebook (professional page)
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086390771041
Music and Personal on Facebook (photography, music, funnies, op-eds)
https://www.facebook.com/SidneyStephensMusicFacebook
YouTube Channel – Sidney Stephens – Songwriter Series/Official Videos/ Raw Videos/Vlogs
https://youtube.com/@sidneystephensmusic8793
YouTube Channel – ThebigSid – Songs/Videos
https://www.youtube.com/@ThebigSid4U
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