{"id":49250,"date":"2025-07-31T04:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/49250\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T04:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:36:08","slug":"homer-musician-advances-to-next-phase-of-americas-got-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/49250\/","title":{"rendered":"Homer musician advances to next phase of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) &#8211; On Tuesday, Silas Luke Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskasnewssource.com\/2025\/07\/30\/homer-musician-takes-americas-got-talent-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.alaskasnewssource.com\/2025\/07\/30\/homer-musician-takes-americas-got-talent-stage\/\">took to the \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d stage<\/a> with a guitar, though he wasn\u2019t planning on singing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Utilizing percussive finger style, a form of guitar that emphasizes unique sounds and elements, Jones wowed the judges enough to earn him four \u201cyes\u201d votes, advancing him to the next stage of the competition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI feel like the style of playing is not super popular and I love doing it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jones first started playing guitar when he was just 10 years old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt was kind of a choice of like, what do I want to invest my time in?\u201d he said. \u201cAt the time I was taking karate lessons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMy parents were like, \u2018what about music?\u2019 and kind of brought it up, and they got me a guitar for Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jones\u2019 father, Billy, says his son signed up for the show without telling his parents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt was exciting to see him stepping out, taking initiative and stepping up to challenge himself in that way,\u201d Billy said. \u201cIt was a proud parent moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After Jones\u2019 audition aired on Tuesday night, he spoke with Alaska\u2019s News Source a second time to reflect on his experience. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe funniest part about that is I actually don\u2019t remember too much of me being on stage at the time,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the time, I kind of just was like, \u2018talk to the judges\u2019, and then I kind of just let it go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While viewers will have to wait and see how far Silas advances on the AGT stage, he posts original music and covers of songs on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qzeRJpWBJ8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qzeRJpWBJ8s\">YouTube<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">See a spelling or grammar error? 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