Tyler James: Making of the Record Blog

1. "Call My Name",
After reaching #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, the dance track i made with Morgan Page recently hit #4 on Billboard's worldwide dance charts. Its overflowed out of the clubs and can now be heard in elevators and gas stations near you : )

2. Twitter
i gave in. its a stalker tool disguised as a blog. click the link above to follow along.

3. Full Length Record
i've begun work on my first full-length record. its long overdue and it will be nice to get it out of my head and into folks' walkmans and such. the record will be a 'best of' of sorts, with new recordings of my favorite old and new songs.

4. Ten Out Of Tenn Spring Tour!
The shows have been selling out so click the link above for ticket info. it's a great chance to see Nashville's music scene back eachother up in a city near you. Featuring Erin McCarley, Griffin House, Matthew Perryman Jones, Katie Herzig, Jeremy Lister, Trent Dabbs, Butterfly Boucher, K.S. Rhoads, Andy Davis, & myself. heres the dates:

3/12 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Parish
3/13 Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's
3/14 Austin, TX - Speak Easy
3/15 Dallas, TX - The Loft
3/16 Waco, TX - Common Ground
3/18 Austin, TX SXSW - BMI Showcase
3/20 Austin, TX SXSW - Art on 5th (tyler solo)
3/22 Phoenix, AZ - The Rhythm Room
3/24 Los Angeles, CA - Troubador
3/25 San Francisco, CA - Independent
3/27 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
3/28 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
3/29 Kennewick, WA - The Red Room
3/30 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
3/31 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
4/1 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
4/2 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
4/3 Colrado Sprngs, CO - Black Sheep
4/4 Denver, CO - Bluebird
4/5 St. Louis, MO - The Duck Room
4/11 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom

5. BMI & American Songspace Present:
Win a Ten Out of Tenn HOUSE PARTY & CONCERT at your house!
along the way of the spring tour, we will choose one winner to receive an intimate concert in your home for you and anyone you'd like to invite. all you do click above and put up the $5 entry fee.

thats it for now. see you all soon!
love,
Tyler

BBC's Radio 1 recently added the Morgan Page track "Call My Name" featuring Tyler James. The song has hit number 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers charts and you can hear it at a club near you or go to itunes and check out all the remixes.

"Hey folks... you may have noticed one of the new songs is not like the other. Its a track i wrote with Morgan Page, a DJ/Producer out of Los Angeles. He's household name in the club circuit and has remixed the likes of Imogen Heap and Amy Winehouse. He caught my set at Hotel Café last time I was in L.A. and we ended up hitting it off and finishing the track the next afternoon at his place. No matter how foreign the club scene is to us Nashville songwriting purists, no one can deny the power of a beat that makes a room full of people bust a move : ) " - Tyler

Hey folks.
We're taking Nashville's music scene on the road in a few weeks as part of the Ten out of Tenn Tour, presented by American Songwriter Magazine. We'll be jumping on Willy Nelson's old tour bus and the show will be ten of Nashville's best playing a few songs each and being each others back up band. We'll be keeping a blog along the way at www.americansongwriter.com and a documentary crew will be along for the ride rolling tape. Visit the TOT Website to read more about each artist. The lineup is: Butterfly Boucher, Griffin House, Andy Davis, Jeremy Lister, Matthew Perryman Jones, Katie Herzig, K.S. Rhoads, Trent Dabbs, Erin McCarley, & myself.

July 12 NASHVILLE, TN Exit/In (w/ Paper Route)

TEN OUT OF TENN TOUR

July 19 NASHVILLE, TN Cannery Ballroom
July 23 CHARLOTTE, NC The Evening Muse
July 24 ARLINGTON, VA The Iota
July 25 BALTIMORE, MD 8 x 10
July 26 RIDGEWAY, NJ Blend Bar
July 27 PHILADELPHIA, PA World Cafe Live
July 28 BOSTON, MA Café 939
July 29 NEW YORK, NY Canal Room
July 30 CLEVELAND, OH The Grog Shop
July 31 CHICAGO, IL Martyrs
August 1 INDIANAPOLIS, IN Radio Radio
August 2 LOUISVILLE, KY Headliners
August 3 NEWPORT, KY Southgate House
August 4 KNOXVILLE, TN World Grotto
August 5 ATLANTA, GA Eddie's Attic
August 6 BIRMINGHAM, AL Workplay Theater

"I don't watch much television besides my involvement in a Lost conspiracy theory round table. So when someone told me that my song was on an MTV show called "The Hills", i was a little curious. What i heard was "Don't Leave" playing while a girl leaves her boyfriend and flies away with an older man as part of a hi budget soap opera. I guess this begs the question: Is free publicity always worth it? it doesn't matter to me who listens to my music and how they find it...but it's strange to be the soundtrack to art you don't believe in. hold on.. whats that?.. hannah montana needs a keyboard player who sings background harmonies with a garth brooks headset microphone? Yes!"
-tyler

LISTEN

Click on the link above to hear tyler's on-air performance and interview for Breakthru Radio while in new york city on april 1, 2008. Once on the site, look to the left on the media player.

set list:
Come Off Cold
Constance of Becoming
Like A Brother
(interview - discussing recordings and upcoming album)
Down to the Garden
Don't Leave
Stay Humble
(interview - discussing band, travels, and songwriting)
Coattails to Tennessee
Sweet Relief

hey folks. XM radio recorded our New York City set at the Living Room this past tour. You can hear the show, the interview, and a set by John Vanderslice by tuning into XM channel 50 or streaming it on the web at www.xmradio.com. the show is called "The Loft" and heres when it will be airing:

Channel: The Loft - XM channel 50
Show: From the Living Room to the Loft
Airddates: December 23rd - 6:00pm eastern
December 25th - 11:00pm eastern (Merry Christmas)
December 27th - 3:00am eastern
December 30th - 6:00pm eastern
January 1st - 11:00pm eastern (Happy New Year)
January 3rd - 3:00am eastern

-tyler

hey folks. hope to see you on the road this fall. theres a few ways you can feel like yer in the car with us.
1) visit www.pastemagazine.com/blog where i'll be keeping a journal of sorts as we go
2) come back to my myspace site or my youtube channel (youtube.com/sonofgeert) to see the videoblogs we'll be posting throughout the tour. i'm hoping we'll have more footage of cow tipping and late night hot tub sneaks and less of us playing music... cause you already have enough of that.
3) most importantly, come see us. we'd absolutely love to see your lovely faces. for the most part i'm gonna have my band out with me.. The Biv.. so theres no chance of me playing 15 sentimental tear jerkers in a row.

*sept 7 - oct 8 w/ FULL BAND featuring the Biv & Aaron Roche
*sept 26 - oct 8 w/ ANDY DAVIS

Sept. 7 -8:00pm: Mercy Lounge (Next Big Nashville) -Nashville, TN
Sept 10 -9:00pm The Barking Legs Theater -Chattanooga, TN
Sept 12 -9:30pm Georgian Court University -Lakewood, NJ
Sept 13 -9:30pm Drew University - Madison, NJ
Sept 14 -8:00pm The Living Room (XFM broadcast) -New York, NY
Sept 15 -8:30pm Green Mountain College -Poultney, VT
Sept 16 -5:00pm Southern New Hampshire U -Manchester, NH
Sept 18 -8:00pm University of New England -Henniker, NH
Sept 20 -7:00pm The World Cafe Live -Philadelphia, PA
Sept 21 -6:30pm Eastern Carolina University -Greenville, NC
Sept 26 -7:30pm Smith's Olde Bar -Atlanta, GA
Sept 27 -8:00pm The Pour Cafe -Tuscaloosa, AL
Sept 28 -9:00pm Exit/In (BE HERE!) -Nashville, TN
Sept 29 -8:00pm Warehouse 2156 -Searcy, AR
Oct 2 -8:30pm Walters on Washington -Houston, TX
Oct 3 -7:30pm La Zona Rosa -Austin, TX
Oct 4: -8:00pm TBA -Ft. Worth, TX
Oct 5: -10:00pm House of Blues -Dallas, TX
Oct 6: -7:30pm Common Grounds -Waco, TX
Oct 8 -7:30pm Workplay Theater -Birmingham, AL
Oct 12 -8:30pm Michigan State University -East Lansing, MI
Oct 18 -9:00pm Beat Kitchen -Chicago, IL
Oct 19 -9:00pm University of Illinois -Urbana, IL
Oct 23 -11:00AM Bimidji State University -Bemidji, MN
Oct 25 -8:30pm Concordia College -Moorhead, MN
Nov 1 -8:30pm Wartburg College -Waverly, IA
Nov 2: -8:00pm Northwestern College -Orange City, IA
Nov 15 -8:00pm Bradley University -Peoria, IL

so come one come all and have a beautiful autumn.
love,
tyler