Clint Alphin - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am a singer/songwriter born and raised in Dunn, North Carolina. I started writing songs and playing the guitar when I was in high school and continued through my prolonged college days at UNC Chapel Hill and Appalachian State in Boone. I am working the day job/writer scene in Nashville now because it's where I know I need to be. But my heart and soul will always belong to North Carolina, and my blood still runs Tarheel blue. I was no standout in high school, but I wasn't really a wallflower either -- I was more known of than known. In college I was a business major with a music minor, but was not satisfied with the prospect working in a purely business environment and abandoning my music upon graduation. So I spent two years completing a second bachelor's degree in music industry studies at AppState. So here I am, 10 years out of high school, intent on achieving my goal of making a life for myself in the music world. I don't know whether I'll be performing, writing, teaching, or just behind the scenes; but music is my life for better or for worse and until I'm convinced otherwise I'll be striving to be in, around, or behind it. If you've seen me play or heard my songs and like what I do, thank you. If you knew me in days gone by and feel like keeping in touch, please do. I promise to keep playing my music as long as I feel that it is my calling, and I appreciate support and encouragement from faces past and present as well as friends old and new.

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Member Since: 12/22/2005
Band Website: clintalphin.com
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Come see our concert!

I'm very excited to be performing with the Music City Community Chorus this Thursday. We'll be performing choral works by American composers including the Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein....
Posted by Clint Alphin on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:47:00 PST

Turn off your radios

In case you haven't noticed in the last decade and a half or so let me deliver some news for you: FREE RADIO IS DEAD. It was once a place where a community of artists from every genre coul...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:56:00 PST

To Texas and back

Well, I’d like to be writing this a couple days later, but I’m back in TN earlier than I expected from watching the Heels lay an egg in the semifinal game of the Final Four. It&rsquo...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:45:00 PST

To all those who celebrate Easter:

What I’m about to say may step on a few toes, so please take these words into your minds and hearts and pray for God’s guidance and wisdom as to whether they hold any truth for you. Tomorr...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:24:00 PST

Is that where ... ?

I figured I'd take a little time to let y'all know where I'm from in NC since I inevitably get asked about the whereabouts of my little hometown whenever I mention that I'm from Dunn. Dunn, is ...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:40:00 PST

At the Moose Lodge: One step closer

I just recorded final lead vocals on my project yesterday at Bil VornDick's studio, and I'm getting more and more excited about this album project with each step that gets completed. I'm so gra...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:49:00 PST

Christmercialization and the Religion of Retail (this is long)

Now that the crazed days of Christmas are well behind us, and the swells of indignation over the commercialization of our holy holidays has ebbed, we may feel a certain calm and "back to business" me...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:30:00 PST

And now for something completely different

Though I'm not into the professional sports scene as much as those pathetic "fantasy league" guys, I'll admit I do like watching pro football and pretty much any event where the stakes are more than j...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:55:00 PST

Life is ... good?

I'm sitting here on the last day of my vacation before I fly back to Nashville, TN. I am currently in a condo in Vail, CO where I have just completed one of about 20 or so annual family ski vaca...
Posted by Clint Alphin on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:50:00 PST