{"id":1305254,"date":"2019-03-11T13:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T19:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803788"},"modified":"2019-03-11T13:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T19:15:01","slug":"max-ehrich-brings-out-the-songwriter-in-amberley-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/max-ehrich-brings-out-the-songwriter-in-amberley-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Ehrich Brings Out the Songwriter in Amberley Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">12m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Competitive barrel racer Amberley Snyder has been inspiring thousands with her testimony of the 2010 car accident that left the rodeo star paraplegic at the age of 19.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, she was driving to the Denver Stock Show and Rodeo when she took a moment to look down at a map. With her eyes diverted, her truck moved into the other lane and headed towards a metal beam. When Snyder overcorrected, the truck slid off the road, and she was ejected from the vehicle because she wasn\u2019t wearing a seatbelt. Her body\u2019s impact with a fence post broke her back, and she immediately lost feeling in her legs.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the 28-year-old can\u2019t quantify how many times she competes in a year, and when she\u2019s not on her horse, she\u2019s sharing her story with others online and through multiple speaking engagements recalling her journey to recovery. Her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amberleysnyder.org\/my-story\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a> has been transposed into the new Netflix film, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80995799\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Walk. Ride. Rodeo.<\/a><\/em> and served as the principle inspiration behind Max Ehrich\u2019s new song, \u201cRide.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BK0rbzLk0YI?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BK0rbzLk0YI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Ehrich, a rising musician and an Emmy-nominated actor, plays the movie\u2019s Tate Watkins, and he wanted to contribute a song to the film\u2019s soundtrack that embodied the spirit of the film and Snyder\u2019s story. He pitched the initial idea for \u201cRide\u201d to Snyder, who had never written a song before in her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember when I called Amberley and being unsure whether or not she was going to be onboard,\u201d Ehrich recalled in a CMT.com interview with Snyder. \u201cShe was telling me she\u2019s not a songwriter. I told her, \u2018Your story is a song. Everyone is a songwriter. Everyone is an artist, and everyone\u2019s story should be heard; especially this one.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snyder performs all the stunts for lead actress Spencer Locke in <em>Walk. Ride. Rodeo.<\/em>, which also stars Missi Pyle and Alyvia Alyn Lind, while Ehrich performs his own stunts in the frigid Utah winter in the official \u201cRide\u201d music video directed by Randy Miller.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTwXUsfE3HQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTwXUsfE3HQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Here is more from CMT.com\u2019s conversation with Snyder and Ehrich about bringing her story to life in film and music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CMT.com: Amberley, what has it been like for you to see your life transposed in so many ways and see your recovery inspire others?<\/strong><br \/>Snyder: It\u2019s been such a whirlwind. I never thought when I was sitting on the side of that rode that this is where my life would lead. For me, something terrible happened with my accident, and it just wasn\u2019t an option to stop living life. That\u2019s honestly how I looked at it. I loved my horses, and I was going to stick with my horses. I\u2019ve had these goals that I\u2019ve wanted to accomplish. It\u2019s been crazy to see how just continuing to live life regardless of challenges has uplifted so many people. That\u2019s where I\u2019m really lucky because I don\u2019t think everyone is given the platform I\u2019ve been given that allows people to draw motivation, inspiration and strength from my story. It makes the days when I don\u2019t love my chair, it makes me remember that it\u2019s bigger than me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long did it take you to get you ready to ride again?<\/strong><br \/>Snyder: After my accident, it was four months until the very first time I got back on a horse. It was 18 months after that until I had my first barrel run. I compete all the time \u2013 every weekend or during the week. By the end of the year, I will have barrel run 70-100 times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"c6251f5e\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_04964-1-1552330625.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"untitled-136.NEF\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>How did music play a part in your recovery?<\/strong><br \/>Snyder: Since I started barrel racing, the first horse I had would get nervous coming into the arena. So, I would sing. I would sing to keep myself calm to get her into the arena and compete. Just the fact that music has always played that role for me, it\u2019s always been that calming factor when it came to competing. This just made it even more special to have a song that truly shares a little piece of me and a little piece of really how I feel when I get on the back of a horse. That\u2019s one of my favorite parts about the music video, and this song is that I know what joy I get when I get on the back of a horse, how freeing that is. The song really expressed that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max, what drew you to the role of Tate Watkins?<\/strong><br \/>Ehrich: This role of Tate was so intriguing to me in the fact that he was a light in Amberley\u2019s life to help inspire her to start speaking at conventions and just be a light in her life as she was going through this. I try to do that in my life to try and be there for people. I\u2019m truly honored to be telling this story and to be part of this project. The fact that now I have a song in the film blows my mind because my biggest passions are acting, songwriting and singing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"5f2c4ee4\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_14718-1-1552330705.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"_GPE2317.RAF\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>How long have you been playing music?<\/strong><br \/>Ehrich: Since I was six. Music is what grounded me. I grew up in a small town in New Jersey, and I was always that kid in school in all the school plays and performing arts camps. Music was always something I would turn to in any dark time and in my highs and my lows. It\u2019s been a constant thing with me. For my whole life, it never lets me down. I play literally every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amberley, I\u2019m a survivor of three car wrecks. In my first one, I was ejected from a vehicle and I remember waking up on the side of the road, thinking, \u2018It\u2019s not that bad.\u2019 Positivity was my instant reaction. Did you have that same reaction?<\/strong><br \/>Snyder: In the accident itself, I wasn\u2019t knocked out in the whole thing so to remember what it felt like feel my truck lift up off the ground, be ejected and to have the whole world stop for a minute. It doesn\u2019t haunt me in any way. Sometimes it makes you sit back for a minute and think, \u2018Woah, I just survived that.\u2019 It was like God has me here for a reason. So, whatever that is, I\u2019m going to do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the top reasons to watch <em>Walk. Ride. Rodeo.<\/em>?<\/strong><br \/>Snyder: I would say, the goal I had for the movie is for people to recognize that hard days do happen and those are OK. Sometimes I think people look at stories like mine and think, \u201cHow is she so positive and strong all the time?\u201d Honestly, there are hard days and hard times when you question where you\u2019re at, you doubt if you\u2019re beautiful or what you\u2019re worth. I hope people recognize that\u2019s OK, but what\u2019s more important than those moments of doubt, is the fact that we really have the strength to carry on, and we really do have the choice to turn the page and see what comes next.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"b1222fc8\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/WRR_Unit_03197_R-1-1552330572.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"untitled-2.psd\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ehrich: I think that this movie is the most touching film I have ever been a part of and have ever seen personally. It has every single element that a good film should have. The fact that Amberley shared her story with the world I think is such a gift. I think it will inspire anyone who is facing any challenges and respect the process of healing. There are many moments where you cry for her, where you laugh with her, and you feel like you\u2019re rooting for her. It\u2019s an incredible film. I feel super proud to be a part of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amberley, any interest to explore music as another calling?<\/strong><br \/>Snyder: I\u2019ll definitely continue my speaking and riding my horses. I\u2019m writing a book and speaking goes in with that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803788\/max-ehrich-brings-out-the-songwriter-in-amberley-snyder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 12m ago Competitive barrel racer Amberley Snyder has been inspiring thousands with her testimony of the 2010 car accident that left the rodeo star paraplegic at the age of 19. At the time, she was driving to the Denver Stock Show and Rodeo when she took a moment to look down at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1305254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 21:39:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}