Now in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is working on a breakthrough in the music industry

WATCH: Bri Gabe, Viera High School’s 2020 Breakfast of Champions Girls Golfer of the Year, sits down with Steve Wilson of the Friday Night Locker Room. After graduating from Viera High School, two years of golf at Daytona State, and two years of golf at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Gabe earned her bachelor’s degree in the spring of 2024 and is now pursuing a career in the music industry.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Bri Gabe, Viera High School’s 2020 Breakfast of Champions Girls Golfer of the Year. After two years of golfing at Daytona State College and two years of golfing at Belmont University, a private Christian school, in Nashville, Tennessee, Gabe will receive her bachelor’s degree in the spring of 2024.

Gabe had four successful years both in the classroom and on the golf course. Now, aside from teaching golf to young girls, she has put her golf clubs away and is ready to move on to her true passion, music.

There is no better place for someone looking to get into the music industry than her current hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. Gabe is no stranger to the music world, having written her first song at the age of nine!

I asked her to tell me about the beginning of her singing/songwriting career. She laughed and told me that when she was nine years old and she was in the car, she was singing along to the radio. Her sister said, “We should turn the radio down, Bri can really sing!” That’s about the time her parents realized she could sing, so they put her in the choir, and the rest, as they say, is history!”

I asked Gabe about her songwriting and she told me, “I started writing music when I was about eight or nine years old. I just fell in love with it. I really love telling stories.”

She performs locally in Nashville and told me, “I made a lot of friends (at Daytona State College), so my band here is all people I met at Daytona State, which is really cool.”

Gabe talked about the challenges of balancing golf and music over the past four years. But she clearly did well. Gabe studied Music Production Technology at Daytona State College and graduated from Belmont University with a major in Audio Engineering Technology and a minor in Music Business.

Gabe now goes by the name Bri Aspen, Aspen is her middle name. You can follow Gabe on Instagram, Tik Tok and Spotify Music Apple under the name Bri Aspen.

Everyone knows that the music industry is a tough nut to crack. But if Bri Gabe approaches the music industry with enthusiasm and effort, like she did with her golf game, she has an above average chance of success. Remember the name Bri Aspen. She’s going places!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia. He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government in 2018 as a Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge.

Among the awards and honors Steve has received over the years are 15+ years as a volunteer with Rockledge Little League, recipient of the Brevard Public School Jefferson Award, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sports Reporting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020, Ecofest Achievement Award – 2022, Quality Floridian Award – 2022, presented by the U.S. Congressman Bill Imagine.

Wilson is especially proud of having led two fundraisers to support childhood cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock, raising over $25,000.00.

He has been a partner with Orville Susong for the past 24 years in the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcast team that covers a wide range of local events of interest to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events produced by our nonprofit partners throughout Central Florida.

The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of athletic achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County seniors.