Taking a Walk Nashville.

Hi everyone, this is Sarah Harrelson, your host of Taking a Walk Nashville, and today I am here with Missouri native and Nashville artist Tyler Nance.

His first single, bad News, went viral last year and his debut EP, Wasted Chances has amassed over four million streams.

Today, we are here at the Creator Studio in the Gulch area to talk about his new music and what's ahead.

Tyler, thank you so much for being on Taking a Walk Nashville today.

Thanks for having me.

Yeah, so we have the CMA Awards tomorrow.

I saw last night you were playing at Whiskey Jam.

What else do you have going on during this crazy CMA week?

Well, I I played keeps Me Saying or Saying Keeps Me Saying with the Castello's last night at their Skydeck appearance, and then later Thursday I'll be playing Whiskey Jam at Derk.

Spentley's fans can definitely look forward to this Friday when they can hear the recording new recording of it Keeps Me Saying with the Castellos.

So what was it like working with them on this new version of your song?

It was honestly pretty simple.

I mean, I didn't recut vocals.

They just came in to brit mccholo's studio and did their thing and worked their magic, and it got done pretty quick.

And then next thing you know, we're doing a music video together for the song.

So yeah, it was a lot of fun.

I think it's going to be a great mashup.

I love the song and I can't wait to hear it.

So let's talk about how you got started and music.

You were raised in a small town as a fourth generation farmer and later employed as a welder before you made the move to pursue music full time in Nashville.

So what made you fully made the decision to move to Nashville and just do music full time.

So I was I was working in South Dakota at the time, and I just signed my distro deal with sant Ana Almo, and then bad news blew up and whenever I came to Nashville for the first time and I flew back, and then I was offered a publishing deal through Platinum Grammar, and so I was like, well, might as well quit my job.

So my twenty first birthday, I quit my job and moved back home for a couple of months and then pulled my camper out to Franklin, Kentucky and stayed there for a little bit til I moved out to into Nashville.

And welders have such early hours, So what has the transition been like from waking up so early to now playing late night gigs?

I mean, it was it was kind of late nights and early mornings whenever I was whenever I was welding.

But I mean it's kind of the you know, same sort of idea with music, you know, I was, I was playing last night with the Castlows and had to wake up at five o'clock this morning to five point thirty this morning to meet people with the radio.

So yeah, yeah, and it's worth it for the dream, I'm sure.

Yeah, And I mean, you know, it's it's tiring, but you know, you just got to take it day by day and that's all you can do.

Absolutely, And who have some of your influence has been growing up.

Keith Willie, you know, Elvis, you know, rock and roll, country, old country, just all of those genres really influenced me with writing and my creativity.

Yeah, that's definitely something I can hear in your music and you're currently working on your first full length album.

What has the process been like working on your new album?

You know the reason?

I mean, there's seventeen songs on the album, but that's I've been writing like non stop since I since I uh moved to this area, and you know, we were like trying to pick out which ones were the best.

And I have so many songs that I've written that were like, why not just make it a seventeen song album, Like what's might as well?

I mean, we got the we got the material, so it's it's been it's been pretty good.

You know.

We've well, I've been I've just been writing and then in the studio in and out and working with these guys make sure it's how I want it to sound.

And yeah, very cool.

Will that be released next year?

Yeah?

Next year in the in the spring.

Nice.

And you co wrote or wrote all of the songs on the album.

Yep.

I usually just try to at least go in every single time into a room with some sort of idea to write about.

And that's what these songs started all started to be was just a thought and thought while I was driving or in the shower in bed, you know, and then I just take it, take it to some great writers to help complete that thought.

You know, do you ever have song ideas from your welding experience?

Oh yeah, yeah, no doubt maybe not like just talking about welding, but you know a lot of my earlier written songs were a lot about working on the road and road dogging.

Yeah.

Yeah, very cool and very authentic.

As far as touring, you have shared stages with Justin Moore, Baker Blankenship, and now you're going to be support on Ian Munsei's upcoming tour in twenty twenty six.

Are you excited to go on the road next.

Yeah, I'm super excited to start getting in front of fans and also just you know, growing my audience and listeners.

Is there a certain stop you're looking most forward to or just the whole tour.

I'm looking forward to mostly just the whole tour, like the some of the locations I've never been and I've been looking forward to seeing that in my life.

So well, fans can purchase tickets now for your twenty twenty six tour and look forward to your new album.

Since we are on taking a walk Nashville, I always love to ask my guests this question, Tyler, do you have a favorite place you like to take a walk in Nashville or just a favorite place in Nashville to visit.

It's like near Franklin, like the downtown.

It's Franklin area.

Yeah, I mean that that area is pretty and I just don't wherever there's nature, just walk walk around there.

Yeah, there's so many great parks in Franklin too, there are.

There's just it's a pretty area in general, you know.

Yeah.

Well, is the music video the full music video for keeps Me Sane?

Is that coming out on Friday as well?

Yep, same same time as the song drops.

I believe so wonderful.

Well, we are looking forward to hearing the new version with the Castellos.

Tyler.

I hope you have a great week with the CMA Awards.

We're looking forward for everything that's ahead for you in twenty twenty six.

Thank you so much for being on Taking a Walk Nashville today.

Thank you for having me.

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