People move from town to town and bands break up. Little Tybee has salvaged pieces of its musical past and reaped the benefits of both usually unfortunate situations.

“I played with Brock Scott in the Round Table, I played with Josh Martin in Estrela, and I have been playing on and off with Pat Brooks since I was 13,” bassist Ryan Donald said. “The only person who is new to the group is Ryan Gregory.”

Gregory is not new to music, though. Besides playing violin for Little Tybee, he also plays violin for a band called Book of Colors.

The story of Little Tybee is built on a graveyard of musical projects from the past.

“We all go way back,” drummer Pat Brooks said. “We’ve all kind of been each others’ projects, it’s been a free-flowing dispersion of musicians here and there.”

Brooks was not originally a member of Little Tybee, but mixed and edited their music.

His choice of instruments and living situation came in handy when he met the band.

“I can break it down into three steps,” said Brooks.

“Step one, be friends with your recording clients. Step two, move in with your recording clients. Step three, play an instrument your recording clients/friends don’t play.”

Donald and Martin met in another interesting housing arrangement.

“Ryan Donald moved in with me and my family after he joined an old band I was in, [Augusta prog-rock band] Estrela,” guitarist Josh Martin said. “I had only known him for a little while, and here was this guy living with me and my parents.”

Donald said he still receives Christmas cards from Martin’s parents.

Martin jokingly called the band “post-modern as hell,” but Little Tybee hesitates to classify itself. “We don’t like to have genre party lines,” Brooks said. “I would say it’s folk-acoustic-rock-indie-jazz-fusion-progressive. It’s kind of funky.”

But the band does have high expectations for itself and what it can do with its music.

“I like to think we create a particular atmosphere and environment,” Brock said.

“I like to think that our shows can sometimes transcend melody, and create a whole musical experience for the audience.”