Having had time away from the craft, Samuel started to get back into music and recording in 2005. He started small, posting music to the website Myspace. In 2006, Samuel made an album called Lo Fi Anxiety in his apartment-he recorded it with a web mic that he picked up for 59 cents.. He decided to post the album to the website Bandcamp. around the same time he made a mixtape called P.O.P. (Putting Off Procrastination) Since that time he has released over 30 musical projects under the name Samuel Ferris Harmon and Blazer Smith, he has also played many local venues including the Historic W.O.W. Hall, Blair Alley Vintage Arcade and Luckey's Cigar Club. Samuel also has a Youtube channel where a cover of a Bob Dylan song has received a fair amount of plays, Bob Dylan himself reached out to Samuel to give him personal permission to play the song. Samuel has also created many short videos over the years. His passion is for all arts, music is just his favorite medium. Over the years. Samuel released some more albums and created a website where he kept a blog about Open Mics. Around 2010 Samuel got tired of playing guitar and singing all the time and started to release more experimental music under the name Blazer Smith. He released ten experimental synth albums and called it Radio Experiment it gained the attention of the website Buddyhead.com and they were sent one of the only physical copies of the ten album set ever made. During the Covid 19 pandemic Samuel was unable to go to the local open mic that he used to blog about and made a live album at. Frustrated by the isolation of the lockdown he started to release music as Blazer Smith once again, this time with an instrumental album called I Like Pop Music & I Hurt. He continues to release albums under the name Blazer Smith and you can catch a live performance most Wednesday nights at Mulligan's Open Mic in Eugene Oregon. He played guitar in the local punk band Loud Meat and he is currently playing guitar and singing in a new untitled three piece band.
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