Newhall, 22, was born and raised in the Town of Newburgh and even before he picked up a guitar, he was a singer. His interest in music grew while attending Valley Central High School, where he picked up his first guitar and during his high school years, he also involved with school bands and various school productions.
For most of Newhall’s music today, he uses the acoustic guitar. When it comes to his music, Newhall is still trying to figure out what is his genre or how his music is defined. “I have no idea what I am. I guess genre is something that I’m still kind of figuring out for myself where I fall. I remember a couple years ago, I was like, I am gonna write pop music. That’s gonna be what I do forever,” he said. “I think something special about music that nothing else can do is that it gives you this feeling. You can instill a very specific feeling into people. If I pick up something, and I play something that gives me a feeling that I know I could translate, I guess that’s really what I’m trying to do. I guess whatever feels good, is kind of what I’m putting out.”
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