Tyler Hilton - Tyler News Thread #6: The steady stream of new info gives us hope for the album drop!

**Shevy** · 08-29-2009, 10:21 AM

{Tyler is currently finishing up his new CD in Nashville and LA. It's expected to be out in 2009.}

{Tyler has started his own non-profit organization for the charitable purpose of providing books for children who may not otherwise have access to a wide variety of appropriate reading material. You can find out more about it here.}

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No dates scheduled.

Closer and closer

There are those days you see coming early in the week, early in a good week (a good busy week) where you just know you're gonna cancel everything possible and clean to music. Maybe it's a weekend. Maybe you're self employed and decide it's a (what's today? oh yea...) Thursday and it's been long enough. I've got Josh Rouse's "Nashville" record blasting. Got his song "It's The Nightime" on repeat. I'll get tired of it in a bit and put Nickel Creek back on. Cleaning tunes...ah... Things are good. Things are changing and turning into something complete and finished. The record has started to be mixed. What that means is the tracks that I’ve recorded have been taken to the mixer and they're changed from a demo sounding group of songs to a real record. It's the first time I can really see this project finished. Only two songs have been completed, "Overnight" and "Somehow" but, phew, it makes me feel like I haven't been a liar this whole time. I keep playing them for my band and friends as proof I haven't been full of bs for the last few years. I'm putting out a record. And it's coming out soon. And it's gonna be good. I'm serious. I'm not even being cocky. It's been loved and pampered for far too long and it's showing signs of being ready for you. Tours are being talked about for the Spring. That really means we're close. I'm not asking you to move to the edge of your seat yet. I don't want to keep you there. But one of these days very soon in the next month or so you're gonna read a blog that goes something like this: Here we go! In the meantime, life throws hurtles our way and we clear 'em like pros. Good team we got here. The most recent hurdle came in the shape of YouTube and Warner's legal battle, which meant no new videos posted and some existing ones being removed. And that goes for all Warner artists. That's where my videos are going, in case you've been looking and not finding. They will still be on my website, though. I was tired of folding clothes so I wanted to check in with you guys... but the sun's going down and cleaning just isn't as fun at night. I gotta finish up. Brett Dennen's going on tour for the next three months. I suggest you check that out if you're looking for some good new music and a fun show. There's only one Brett. Don't say I didn't tell you! I'll keep you all in mind and up to speed as these last weeks of the record unfold. 'Til then! Tyler

**Shevy** · 08-29-2009, 10:22 AM

It took us 8 months to finish off thread #5.

Thank god he got a Twitter!

vivalavida · 08-30-2009, 11:07 AM

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It took us 8 months to finish off thread #5.

That just shows we don't get enough updates!

TFTNT!

**Shevy** · 08-31-2009, 07:10 AM

Haha, seriously.

You're welcome!

**Shevy** · 09-01-2009, 07:59 AM

vivalavida · 09-03-2009, 08:57 PM

SHIRTLESS Twitpics please.

**Shevy** · 09-04-2009, 09:20 AM

I'm sad he's not tweeting while he's there? Surely Hawaii's got cell phone reception.

**Shevy** · 09-07-2009, 04:45 AM

Okay, he needs to get back now, I miss his tweets.

vivalavida · 09-07-2009, 09:11 AM

It's been like a week now.

I wonder how long his vacation is.

**Shevy** · 09-08-2009, 09:51 AM

Only a week? It feels like a month.

**Shevy** · 09-10-2009, 05:58 AM

FINALLY!

vivalavida · 09-10-2009, 07:12 AM

I love that he watches CSPAN and Glee.

**Shevy** · 09-11-2009, 04:36 AM

And also the History Channel.

vivalavida · 09-12-2009, 06:21 PM

New blog too!

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Back To School & Studio Update

Welcome back to school everybody! Or...those of you still in school. For my post education fans and readers I say....well, nothing. Keep up the good work at the job you already have. You're doing fantastic. I just got back from Hawaii a couple days ago so it kinda feels like the end of summer break to me a little. I needed to leave Matt alone to keep tweaking our songs and hanging around LA was driving me crazy. Plus, my grandpa lives over there and it really was time for another visit. Gotta be a good grandson, right?

But! Today I'm back in the studio for what should be the final day of recording. Matt's telling me I need to fix a couple back ground vocals and otherwise just listen to all 6 tunes we recorded and make sure we love everything before sending it off to be mixed. For those of you who aren't studio savvy, mixing is like editing a film. You film the movie then you send it to an editor to make sure the color of the movie is consistent, the sound all works together, and the spaces between scenes are seamless. Same with mixing. After today we'll have recorded all the instruments and have decided to have Chris Lord Algai (who did mixed a lot of my last record and has already mixed some other tunes from this one) nail 'em. He'll take all the tracks of instruments and make sure they all sound good together. It's very boring for me to explain past that. Just know that it means, final stages. Once it's mixed we send it to a mastering house to be mastered. I don't know why we do this, but every record is mastered. It's just another step to drive fans crazy. I think we go in with Chris on the 24th or 26th...moving along! I'll find out more today. So! That's where it all is.

Other then that, I've been playing guitar a ton and taking a bunch of time to just fool around with my home studio in the meantime. I'm gonna try and put more of the stuff up I do at home on Myspace until the record comes out. Nothing too polished, just cover tunes and what not. On that path, I covered "Use Somebody" last year on YouTube and I keep getting requests to record it. Everyone and their mother seems to be doing just that but what the hell. I recorded a quick version for you the day Curtis and I were in Matt's studio filming that last video of the acoustic version of "So Young". Enjoy! It's a great song by a great band and I love singing it.

More random songs to come to fill the time until we start giving you peeks at the record. Listen or don't. Obsess or ignore. Totally up to you. Now go do this day!

Tyler

If mixing and mastering take long I might start a riot.

**Shevy** · 09-12-2009, 10:24 PM

WAIT WHAT. So there's proper version of 'Use Somebody' floating around out there?

MUST HAVE IT.