Dean Brody
"Without risk there’s no reward,” says Dean Brody. “It’s important to be fearless. You need to be persistent. You can’t give up."
Brody would know. If there’s one thing the Jaffray, BC born singer/songwriter has proven in his career, it’s that he’s not afraid to pull up stakes and risk everything to chase down his dreams. Fair to say that ethic is a good part of the inspiration behind the title to his new record, Trail In Life, the follow up to his 2009 self-titled debut, and first on Open Road Recordings.
“My life’s been kind of a trail – it hasn’t been one spot for thirty years – it’s been a bunch of different places, different memories and different friends. It’s about time passing and reminiscing,” Brody says of the album. “Songs about driving, good old times, good old days and growing up.”
But while Trail In Life may dwell on the good old times Brody remembers so fondly, his own trail in life and pursuit of a career in music has sometimes been a struggle – A ‘one step forward, two steps back’ story of perseverance, dedication and hope that, even if it’s not the focus of his latest batch of songs, lends depth to his music and lyrics. “We’ve moved so much and done so many crazy things,” Brody says, “but each leap of faith has been about the music, and they’ve all been big ones.”
You can hear Brody’s roots loud and clear on Trail In Life. Both the ones he first put down in rural BC and the ones he tried so hard to grow deep in Nashville. But you won’t hear the pain he felt from having them cut out from under him repeatedly.
“I try and dwell on positive things when I’m writing. There’s a lot of me in these songs, but I’m also fascinated by other people’s lives and sometimes I’ll write a song and just put myself in somebody else’s shoes.”
Recorded at the Castle Studios and Soundstage Studios in Nashville, Trail In Life includes performances by Nashville A-listers as well as members of Brody’s touring band, and channels some of Brody’s best loved, longtime country influences; Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis and Alan Jackson among them. But this time out Brody feels he and returning producer, Matt Rovey, let his rock and roll side shine through more and credits Rovey’s talents in the studio as a major part of the success of the sessions. “Matt has so much experience; he can just stand back and see the big picture, whereas I get hung up on details.”
If there’s one constant in Brody’s music and stories, it’s romance – not the sugary candy coated variety, the real deal – the kind of love that’s lasted a long while and lot of miles. You can hear it on all out rockers like ‘Sunday Drive’, which takes listeners on a country road back in time to good times etched in Brody’s memory forever; on stories of summer love and autumn heartache like ‘Angelina’ and ‘Gypsy Girl’; and on more intimate tracks that explore the past and present of Brody’s life with Iris, like ‘Little Yellow Blanket’, ‘Kitchen Song’, and Trail In Life’s lead single, ‘Wildflower’. “Iris is a big inspiration for what I do and what I write. Everything I’ve been through she’s been through too and a lot of times she’s been through it feeling a whole lot more helpless than me.”
Still, for all the uncertainty that came along with every leap of faith – whether he’s recounting his own experiences with friends and family back in Jaffray on ‘People Know You By Your First Name’; stepping entirely into another person’s life for the upbeat ‘Roll That Barrel Out’; or blending his own past with the imagined pasts of others on the album’s title track – on Trail in Life Brody looks back on his life and struggles with fondness and goodwill rather than regret.
If the success of Brody’s first record release in Canada was a kind of vindication for him, Trail In Life is a record his listeners can find a certain amount of vindication in them selves – A collection of songs that finds beauty and strength in the everyday things too often undervalued. Songs that linger on the moments between our most momentous victories and defeats, throwing into stark relief the simple struggles and small triumphs we all experience day in, day out, and celebrating them for what they are; the raw materials that all the best parts of life are made of.
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"Without risk there’s no reward,” says Dean Brody. “It’s important to be fearless. You need to be persistent. You can’t give up."
Brody would know. If there’s one thing the Jaffray, BC born singer/songwriter has proven in his career, it’s that he’s not afraid to pull up stakes and risk everything to chase down his dreams. Fair to say that ethic is a good part of the inspiration behind the title to his new record, Trail In Life, the follow up to his 2009 self-titled debut, and first on Open Road Recordings.
“My life’s been kind of a trail – it hasn’t been one spot for thirty years – it’s been a bunch of different places, different memories and different friends. It’s about time passing and reminiscing,” Brody says of the album. “Songs about driving, good old times, good old days and growing up.”
But while Trail In Life may dwell on the good old times Brody remembers so fondly, his own trail in life and pursuit of a career in music has sometimes been a struggle – A ‘one step forward, two steps back’ story of perseverance, dedication and hope that, even if it’s not the focus of his latest batch of songs, lends depth to his music and lyrics. “We’ve moved so much and done so many crazy things,” Brody says, “but each leap of faith has been about the music, and they’ve all been big ones.”
You can hear Brody’s roots loud and clear on Trail In Life. Both the ones he first put down in rural BC and the ones he tried so hard to grow deep in Nashville. But you won’t hear the pain he felt from having them cut out from under him repeatedly.
“I try and dwell on positive things when I’m writing. There’s a lot of me in these songs, but I’m also fascinated by other people’s lives and sometimes I’ll write a song and just put myself in somebody else’s shoes.”
Recorded at the Castle Studios and Soundstage Studios in Nashville, Trail In Life includes performances by Nashville A-listers as well as members of Brody’s touring band, and channels some of Brody’s best loved, longtime country influences; Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis and Alan Jackson among them. But this time out Brody feels he and returning producer, Matt Rovey, let his rock and roll side shine through more and credits Rovey’s talents in the studio as a major part of the success of the sessions. “Matt has so much experience; he can just stand back and see the big picture, whereas I get hung up on details.”
If there’s one constant in Brody’s music and stories, it’s romance – not the sugary candy coated variety, the real deal – the kind of love that’s lasted a long while and lot of miles. You can hear it on all out rockers like ‘Sunday Drive’, which takes listeners on a country road back in time to good times etched in Brody’s memory forever; on stories of summer love and autumn heartache like ‘Angelina’ and ‘Gypsy Girl’; and on more intimate tracks that explore the past and present of Brody’s life with Iris, like ‘Little Yellow Blanket’, ‘Kitchen Song’, and Trail In Life’s lead single, ‘Wildflower’. “Iris is a big inspiration for what I do and what I write. Everything I’ve been through she’s been through too and a lot of times she’s been through it feeling a whole lot more helpless than me.”
Still, for all the uncertainty that came along with every leap of faith – whether he’s recounting his own experiences with friends and family back in Jaffray on ‘People Know You By Your First Name’; stepping entirely into another person’s life for the upbeat ‘Roll That Barrel Out’; or blending his own past with the imagined pasts of others on the album’s title track – on Trail in Life Brody looks back on his life and struggles with fondness and goodwill rather than regret.
If the success of Brody’s first record release in Canada was a kind of vindication for him, Trail In Life is a record his listeners can find a certain amount of vindication in them selves – A collection of songs that finds beauty and strength in the everyday things too often undervalued. Songs that linger on the moments between our most momentous victories and defeats, throwing into stark relief the simple struggles and small triumphs we all experience day in, day out, and celebrating them for what they are; the raw materials that all the best parts of life are made of.
.
Discography
Discography
"Without risk there’s no reward,” says Dean Brody. “It’s important to be fearless. You need to be persistent. You can’t give up."
Brody would know. If there’s one thing the Jaffray, BC born singer/songwriter has proven in his career, it’s that he’s not afraid to pull up stakes and risk everything to chase down his dreams. Fair to say that ethic is a good part of the inspiration behind the title to his new record, Trail In Life, the follow up to his 2009 self-titled debut, and first on Open Road Recordings.
“My life’s been kind of a trail – it hasn’t been one spot for thirty years – it’s been a bunch of different places, different memories and different friends. It’s about time passing and reminiscing,” Brody says of the album. “Songs about driving, good old times, good old days and growing up.”
But while Trail In Life may dwell on the good old times Brody remembers so fondly, his own trail in life and pursuit of a career in music has sometimes been a struggle – A ‘one step forward, two steps back’ story of perseverance, dedication and hope that, even if it’s not the focus of his latest batch of songs, lends depth to his music and lyrics. “We’ve moved so much and done so many crazy things,” Brody says, “but each leap of faith has been about the music, and they’ve all been big ones.”
You can hear Brody’s roots loud and clear on Trail In Life. Both the ones he first put down in rural BC and the ones he tried so hard to grow deep in Nashville. But you won’t hear the pain he felt from having them cut out from under him repeatedly.
“I try and dwell on positive things when I’m writing. There’s a lot of me in these songs, but I’m also fascinated by other people’s lives and sometimes I’ll write a song and just put myself in somebody else’s shoes.”
Recorded at the Castle Studios and Soundstage Studios in Nashville, Trail In Life includes performances by Nashville A-listers as well as members of Brody’s touring band, and channels some of Brody’s best loved, longtime country influences; Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis and Alan Jackson among them. But this time out Brody feels he and returning producer, Matt Rovey, let his rock and roll side shine through more and credits Rovey’s talents in the studio as a major part of the success of the sessions. “Matt has so much experience; he can just stand back and see the big picture, whereas I get hung up on details.”
If there’s one constant in Brody’s music and stories, it’s romance – not the sugary candy coated variety, the real deal – the kind of love that’s lasted a long while and lot of miles. You can hear it on all out rockers like ‘Sunday Drive’, which takes listeners on a country road back in time to good times etched in Brody’s memory forever; on stories of summer love and autumn heartache like ‘Angelina’ and ‘Gypsy Girl’; and on more intimate tracks that explore the past and present of Brody’s life with Iris, like ‘Little Yellow Blanket’, ‘Kitchen Song’, and Trail In Life’s lead single, ‘Wildflower’. “Iris is a big inspiration for what I do and what I write. Everything I’ve been through she’s been through too and a lot of times she’s been through it feeling a whole lot more helpless than me.”
Still, for all the uncertainty that came along with every leap of faith – whether he’s recounting his own experiences with friends and family back in Jaffray on ‘People Know You By Your First Name’; stepping entirely into another person’s life for the upbeat ‘Roll That Barrel Out’; or blending his own past with the imagined pasts of others on the album’s title track – on Trail in Life Brody looks back on his life and struggles with fondness and goodwill rather than regret.
If the success of Brody’s first record release in Canada was a kind of vindication for him, Trail In Life is a record his listeners can find a certain amount of vindication in them selves – A collection of songs that finds beauty and strength in the everyday things too often undervalued. Songs that linger on the moments between our most momentous victories and defeats, throwing into stark relief the simple struggles and small triumphs we all experience day in, day out, and celebrating them for what they are; the raw materials that all the best parts of life are made of.
.
Discography
Discography
Discography
"Without risk there’s no reward,” says Dean Brody. “It’s important to be fearless. You need to be persistent. You can’t give up."
Brody would know. If there’s one thing the Jaffray, BC born singer/songwriter has proven in his career, it’s that he’s not afraid to pull up stakes and risk everything to chase down his dreams. Fair to say that ethic is a good part of the inspiration behind the title to his new record, Trail In Life, the follow up to his 2009 self-titled debut, and first on Open Road Recordings.
“My life’s been kind of a trail – it hasn’t been one spot for thirty years – it’s been a bunch of different places, different memories and different friends. It’s about time passing and reminiscing,” Brody says of the album. “Songs about driving, good old times, good old days and growing up.”
But while Trail In Life may dwell on the good old times Brody remembers so fondly, his own trail in life and pursuit of a career in music has sometimes been a struggle – A ‘one step forward, two steps back’ story of perseverance, dedication and hope that, even if it’s not the focus of his latest batch of songs, lends depth to his music and lyrics. “We’ve moved so much and done so many crazy things,” Brody says, “but each leap of faith has been about the music, and they’ve all been big ones.”
You can hear Brody’s roots loud and clear on Trail In Life. Both the ones he first put down in rural BC and the ones he tried so hard to grow deep in Nashville. But you won’t hear the pain he felt from having them cut out from under him repeatedly.
“I try and dwell on positive things when I’m writing. There’s a lot of me in these songs, but I’m also fascinated by other people’s lives and sometimes I’ll write a song and just put myself in somebody else’s shoes.”
Recorded at the Castle Studios and Soundstage Studios in Nashville, Trail In Life includes performances by Nashville A-listers as well as members of Brody’s touring band, and channels some of Brody’s best loved, longtime country influences; Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis and Alan Jackson among them. But this time out Brody feels he and returning producer, Matt Rovey, let his rock and roll side shine through more and credits Rovey’s talents in the studio as a major part of the success of the sessions. “Matt has so much experience; he can just stand back and see the big picture, whereas I get hung up on details.”
If there’s one constant in Brody’s music and stories, it’s romance – not the sugary candy coated variety, the real deal – the kind of love that’s lasted a long while and lot of miles. You can hear it on all out rockers like ‘Sunday Drive’, which takes listeners on a country road back in time to good times etched in Brody’s memory forever; on stories of summer love and autumn heartache like ‘Angelina’ and ‘Gypsy Girl’; and on more intimate tracks that explore the past and present of Brody’s life with Iris, like ‘Little Yellow Blanket’, ‘Kitchen Song’, and Trail In Life’s lead single, ‘Wildflower’. “Iris is a big inspiration for what I do and what I write. Everything I’ve been through she’s been through too and a lot of times she’s been through it feeling a whole lot more helpless than me.”
Still, for all the uncertainty that came along with every leap of faith – whether he’s recounting his own experiences with friends and family back in Jaffray on ‘People Know You By Your First Name’; stepping entirely into another person’s life for the upbeat ‘Roll That Barrel Out’; or blending his own past with the imagined pasts of others on the album’s title track – on Trail in Life Brody looks back on his life and struggles with fondness and goodwill rather than regret.
If the success of Brody’s first record release in Canada was a kind of vindication for him, Trail In Life is a record his listeners can find a certain amount of vindication in them selves – A collection of songs that finds beauty and strength in the everyday things too often undervalued. Songs that linger on the moments between our most momentous victories and defeats, throwing into stark relief the simple struggles and small triumphs we all experience day in, day out, and celebrating them for what they are; the raw materials that all the best parts of life are made of.
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Discography
