Grant Hamby is a composer, author, philosopher, and youtuber.
Grant began his musical journey by taking up trumpet in middle school band in the seventh grade. He switched to the oboe in high school, which became his principle instrument. Soon after, Grant began composing music when fifteen years old. His first composition was a waltz for piano, which is now lost. Grant studied music composition under Sherwood Shaffer at the North Carolina School of the Arts. After a sabbatical from formal education, he switched majors to Philosophy, completing an M.A. and then a PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina. He also did graduate studies in music composition at the University of South Carolina.