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Ty Brando

About Me

Howdy . . . please check my BLOG for more details about some of my songs.... I'm a late bloomer . . . I deeply regret not moving here much sooner . . . however, I did move to Nashville in late November ’07 to pursue writing/performing full-time. I can be seen/heard around town at various Singer/Songwriter venues. . . . . . I am a member of the Songwriters Guild of America, the Folk Alliance, the International Bluegrass Music Association, the Americana Music Association, and also a member of ASCAP as a writer and publisher (Ty Tunes). . . . . . It's wonderful being part of a songwriting community here in Nashville!. . . . . I have two CDs for sale at CD Baby:When the Blues Blow http://cdbaby.com/cd/tybrando (and) Women I've Known (And Some I've Just Imagined) http://cdbaby.com/cd/tybrando2Thanks for visiting my page! God bless . . .

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Member Since: 02/11/2007
Band Website: http://www.sonicbids.com/TyBrando
Band Members: Just me (acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, and keyboard). I am "cornfused." I'm not a "band," I'm a solo artist . . . and yet occasionally I'll try to add someone as a friend and I can't because they "don't accept friend requests from bands"! Ugh. What's the deal!? If you'd like to contact me about doing your original songs at my Monday night WRITERS NIGHT (at the Maxwell House Hotel); or my Tuesday night WRITERS NIGHT (at Norm's River Road House or at Matty's Alley in E. Nashville) my e-mail is [email protected]. You can see photos I've taken of some of the writers I've worked with here:

Photos I've taken of Nashville songwriters I've worked with (as a host of Writer Rounds)Here's a slide show of what you'll find there: .. View all : Get your own
Influences: Glenn Steele; Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin; W.C. Fields; the 60's; television and movie westerns; The Beatles; Peter, Paul, and Mary; Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Neil Young; Van Morrison; Gordon Lightfoot; Pete Seeger; Hank Williams; Woody and Arlo Guthrie; John Hartford; Doc Watson; The Byrds; David Crosby; CSNY; Leonard Cohen; Haggard; Cash; Willie; Waylon; Townes; Guy Clark; John Prine; Paul Sanford; Terry Pinnegar; Keith Harden; John Pennell; Tony Lane; David C. Lee and various other Nashville songwriters that I've had the pleasure to hear and/or meet and/or know; William Butler Yeats; God's grace; love; and incredibly rich, diverse, and awesome beauty . . . which is on display all around and about us . . . all of the time...
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Sounds Like: Maybe Lightfoot meets Leonard Cohen meets Van Zandt? You tell me . . . I'm a little bit all over the place. You can buy CDs from me at live performances and also from "CD Baby" and Barnes & Noble Books at the Opry Mills Mall: 515 Opry Mills Drive Nashville, TN 37214 615-514-5000
Record Label: Two self-released albums at http://cdbaby.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

re: my Writers' Night at Norm's place

Norm got wiped out by the flood.  My home got hit pretty hard but think I can live there again someday . . . not sure.  However, Norm has arranged for my show to occur this week at the Flat Rock Cafe,...
Posted by on Wed, 12 May 2010 14:18:00 GMT

Starting March 3rd will be Hosting at Norm's EVERY Wednesday

Starting Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, will be hosting a Writers' Night at Norm's EVERY Wednesday, from 7:30 - 10:30! 
Posted by on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:04:00 GMT

IF I WANTED TO GO CRAZY (c) Ty Brando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6dYtUiSZrk . . . partially about how a place will show complete disregard for aesthetics with all their towering signs and junk cluttering up the sights, ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:59:00 GMT

BURNT ON ONE SIDE (c) Ty Brando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byRWbF3PEg0 "Sometimes you just can lose . . . sometimes you just can't win . . . sometimes you find your muse, is on vacation again . . ."
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:14:00 GMT

YESTERDAY'S SIN (c) Ty Brando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEGJMQW8hnc Wanted to write a song with a "weeping willow" in it . . . this is what I came up with . . .
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:19:00 GMT

YOUR SECRET (c) Ty Brando & Doc West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMKBTy2GfAo This is a song I wrote way back when . . . but I asked Doc to help me come up with a new concept for it, lyrically. Which he did! This is kin...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:12:00 GMT

WHEELS WHINE (c) Ty Brando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZARcCyuf2As This is not personally directed toward anyone in particular :-) It's just a song . . . that maybe has some "universal" appeal . . . (hopefull...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:13:00 GMT

GOTTA CATCH A TRAIN (c) Ty Brando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9SH0gM1RM
Posted by on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:30:00 GMT

WE CAN BE (c) Ty Brando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbVw3356bIs
Posted by on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:39:00 GMT

OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY (c) Ty Brando & Clare Dunn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaJ3_1wnRvA co-write with Clare Dunn
Posted by on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:19:00 GMT