The Beating wants its listeners to shake their booties.
"We play our music for people who want to shake their asses, and feel good," said Silas Hite, percussionist and interdisciplinary studies junior. "We are not a morose band. We are about having fun."
The band's Web site boasts "hill-billy rock and chick soul, served up fresh." Hite said the name of the band revolves around the typical life lessons most people experience in life. Although it may have a violent name, The Beating's music focuses on the happier side of life
"Our songs reflect what life gives us sometimes," Hite said."It's the bittersweet beating that life gives us all."
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