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Started in 2014 as a small folk group with pianist/guitarist Joel Purdue and guitarist Brandon Barbie, Split Pick have grown immensely over the years. Joel Purdue, after a small amount of time jamming with just Brandon, decided to invite his friends James Greenwood (drummer) and Jacob Smith (guitarist). They began working on songs but only truly began practicing to perform in 2015. Pianist Noah Hoernel joined the band so that Joel could focus on guitar and vocals, and they moved into playing blues-rock. In year 10, when Joel started not being able to come to practices as much, Brandon, James, Jacob and Noah took the band in their newfound blues-rock direction after Brandon's recent obsession with Led Zeppelin began. They wrote their first original song in that year, called "Feeling Blue", which became their staple tune to play at gigs. Throughout that year Brandon switched out different members of the band to try and find a vocalist, but ended up becoming disappointed when he