Quiet Entertainer
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DJ Shadow After Party in Nashville
Here’s a quick shot from the DJ Shadow After-Party at the High Watt. Photo Taken by Christopher Price. This was a great time and a great show to be at. DJ Shadow is easily my biggest DJ Hero. So it was great to be in the same building with him while also doing my thing.
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Recap of Tour Opening For Mutemath
The Following is a recap from the tour I went on last fall. Watch the video. Here are some more pictures and videos. Thanks to everyone who made these possible. Pittsburgh Review THE QUIET ENTERTAINER from Tyler Hays on Vimeo. Listen to how the set sounded towards the end of the tour
Cherub’s Fun Lifestyle Is Built On Hard Work
Finally! It took me quite a while to get this Cherub interview together. Over the past year or so, they’ve been very busy touring full time. By the time, I finally got everything together for this interview, I had a tour of my own! Glad we could finally connect and get this out there. I
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Why Some Touring Artists Should Just Stay Home
She’s back! Today, I have another guest post from Celeste AKA GalaxC Girl. Celeste performs as GalaxC Girl in Asheville, NC and the surrounding area where she combines her DJ set with live visuals. In her last post about why no one wants to book you, she just ranted about what she was seeing while
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Quiet Entertainer on tour with Mutemath? Fall 2012?
The unthinkable has happened. Let me break it down for you. Mutemath. They’ve been my favorite band for years. For almost a decade. I’ve been a superfan since their very first show. I was a superfan of the band members’ previous bands. Let’s just say I’ve been on board the band wagon for a long
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Update Plus 8 Off 8th Performance Video
I don’t normally do a WHOLE lot of self-promotional posts, but what a great past few weeks I’ve had! Last week I played a great show with Slow Hands. Check them out. And then just a couple of nights ago I played 8 Off 8th here in Nashville. That was a great time and I
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Celebrating The Success Of Others
Photo Credit: Shaun Hollingsworth It’s hard to celebrate the successes of others when you have come up short on your own. The most viewed post at this site is “How I Got My Music On Pandora.” The second most? The one about How I Quit My Day Job Too Early. One is about a very cool
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Using Your Music Scene to Change the Culture of Your City
As I’ve tried to branch out from Nashville, I’ve ended up playing a lot of shows at The Coup in Clarksville, TN. People are always asking me why I keep going back out to Clarksville to do shows. It’s because I’ve met a lot of great people there, including Zach Lerman. He’s one of the
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Sam & Tre x Nacho Picasso w/ Blue Sky Black Death – I’m a Stoner
Alright! Here’s a new track. It’s part remix, part mashup, part blend. I took my favorite track from Sam and Tre, “I’m a Stoner,” and put the vocals over with a piece of the original Sam and Tre beat plus a track “Numbnuts” from Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death. This is the result!
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Ducko McFli Defines Hustle and the Artist Lifestyle
It seems like I always see Ducko McFli’s name when I’m taking a look at who’s doing something in the Nashville Hip Hop scene. I felt like I could learn a lot from him to help me get my work done and to hustle. Then I realized that we could all learn something. So I
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Five Things To Consider Before Launching Your Kickstarter Campaign
When I wrote my blog post awhile back about quitting my job too early and how I now need to work even harder and more hours, a lot of people on my email list wrote me and suggested I launch a Kickstarter campaign. I’ve seen some artists get well known for their success on Kickstarter.
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Thoughts From a Music Critic: Interview with Sean Maloney
In Nashville, those of us in the hip hop and electronic music scene get our info on what’s good in a few different places. Eventually, we all take our cues from Sean Maloney. Writing for the Nashville Scene, he’s established himself as the voice of hip hop music and electronic music in Nashville. This gives
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