Belmont boasts a top-notch music program–maybe you have seen the billboard that says, “Our grads are on your playlist.” People come from all over, many with the hopes of one day making it big. But what happens when you start to make it big during school? This is a question that Belmont bands Mocha and The Hart Strings have had to grapple with. The members of Mocha all are full-time students and are currently playing two to four gigs per month. “We’re not to the point where we

Belmont-based band Better Eyes was chosen to play at the Nashville stop on the Vans Warped Tour this summer. “We were all just kind of shocked and we didn’t really believe it at first when we were invited, because we hadn’t even been a band for a year yet,” lead guitarist and Belmont sophomore Tyler Welles said. The band played their set at the Nashville Fairgrounds on July 1. The Warped Tour is known for switching the stages and set times artists play at each stop on the to