LANCE SEYMOUR //
G E A R T A L K
By Doug Doppler
From its humble beginnings as a Facebook [Lance Seymour] Facebook asked, “What I’d say, “Oh, you should meet so and so…”
community for Lance Seymour and his friends, do you want to name your group?” and I typed Facebook groups were a thing, but not nearly
Gear Talk has in many ways become the go to the first thing that came to mind. Gear Talk felt as prominent as they are today. I decided I’d
social community for worship and mainstream right. I didn't really think about it – I wasn’t trying create a group and see what would happen.
musicians alike. Along the way Lance coined to create some corporation or social media site I really didn’t try to create anything for it to
phrases like #Straturday and #Gibsunday, and (laughs). be a big deal. People just started talking and
#GearTalk has been tagged over 900,000 times
connecting. That was great!
on Instagram. It is our pleasure to welcome [WM] What was the impetus for starting Gear
Lance to the pages of the magazine to share Talk?
[WM] What surprised you most about the
the Gear Talk story as only he can!
community that gathered?
[Lance] Really, I just wanted a place where all
[WM] Gear Talk is one of those names of my friends who were professional guitarists [Lance] Mostly how fast it grew. It seemed
that’s both easy to remember and instantly friends could connect. I had so many ‘gear like the main Gear Talk group went from 50
recognizable. How did you come up with buddies’ around Atlanta where I live, and we members to 300 members to 1000, to 3,000
the name? talked about our equipment all the time and and so on in a relatively short amount of time.
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