Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.

The Saving Pointe's Hunter Smith discusses band's goals


The Saving Pointe is jumping on one of the better bandwagons of 2013: positive attitudes and positive music. The four-man alternative pop band, with Hunter Smith on lead vocals/guitar, Troy Sanchez on guitar/vocals, JJ Pruitt on bass and Nate Logan on drums/vocals, officially formed in 2010 and has been progressing ever since. The State Press caught up with lead singer Hunter Smith to discuss the future of the band.

The State Press: What's your band's style like, and how would you describe the type of music you play?

Hunter Smith: So, stylistically, we kind of lean more toward a middle ground between pop-punk and alternative rock; we go into both and take what we like and kind of fuse it together. Troy is a big R&B; guy, so he likes to bring in what he can from that, but we don't typically go too crazy with any of that.

As far as what we're about, we just love to have a good time. That's our main goal: to put a smile on people's faces. Even when we're talking about stuff that's really crappy, we just like to have a little bit of a silver lining to it or at least have a point to it. We don't want to just dwell on the negative for no reason at all. We want to be honest and try to shed some hope through that.

SP: How did you guys come together?

HS: That one actually was mostly through work relationships. JJ worked with Nate at Sonic and Nate was doing drum covers at the time and he was just itching to get into a band. JJ was friends with Troy and a couple other people and they kind of just put it all together where they could just jam and start playing. I worked with Troy at Dairy Queen, of all places, and I really liked what they were doing in the band, and I got an opportunity to join. SP: Phoenix has an underground music scene that's going crazy, yet not a lot of people outside of the area know about it. What's your view on that?

HS: I think the local scene is very, very underrated. There are a lot of just really talented guys that are playing around.

A lot of shows are very scarce when it comes to people showing up, unfortunately. Whether that's just bands just not doing a well enough job promoting, or people just aren't as interested. I don't know. But it would be awesome if some of these talents got more recognition or just better followings. I feel like a lot of people are really into bands online, but don't come watch the shows, and it'd be super great if we could get more people out to shows.

SP: It seems as though hip-hop and pop is kind of taking over in the media. Is there room in the limelight for the type of music you play?

HS: Honestly, I'm not sure. There's a couple bands that will break through, but it's extremely rare. Even bands as big as the Foo Fighters, they're huge, yet you don't hear them on mainstream radio that much. The radio is filled with pop, rap, all of that. So, it's a lot harder to get that recognition, but at the same time, the scene is still huge for pop-punk, alternative, all that. It's just a very different scene, and it's not so much mainstream.

SP: With that being said, what is your band's goal in terms of success?

HS: Our end game isn't so much to be signed or make it big, but to interact with the people that we do have the availability to reach. We want to be super personal, we want to be honest and we want to have a good time. We want to put some happiness into some people's lives, and whether we're able to share that with 10 or 10,000, it's not going to make that much of a difference to us.

SP: Any future projects or music to look out for?

HS: Right now we're really pushing our new record "Sunny Days and Starry Nights," which is up on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon. We really want to give a strong support to that. I don't know if it's to a fault that we're always writing new music, but with every release we've had, we have songs we've been making in the back of our minds. But this is a record that we're actually proud of. Our EPs in the past have been very rushed and we didn't put a whole lot of thought behind them, and this one we actually put a lot of time into it.

Reach the reporter at knphill3@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @KayLa_Soul


Continue supporting student journalism and donate to The State Press today.

Subscribe to Pressing Matters



×

Notice

This website uses cookies to make your experience better and easier. By using this website you consent to our use of cookies. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.