Tyler Hilton + Dion Roy + Dakota & Will April 11, 2012

Tyler Hilton is a singer/songwrtier/actor who has made his mark on Hot AC radio charts as well as the big screen. His brand of Americana-Pop has garnered him much acclaim and a substantial fanbase that spans the country. Before Tyler Hilton wrote the songs that appear on his new album The Storms We Share he had never written anything but love songs. "It's not that I was uninterested in things other than love, but it was love that made me want to write songs," the 26-year-old singer, songwriter, and guitarist says. Which would have been fine except that Hilton had been working on a new album for three years and had already scrapped hundreds of songs that he didn't consider good enough. Uninspired, he was having a hard time motivating himself to keep going. The Storms We Share is a vividly drawn, emotionally resonant snapshot from these years, which Hilton spent trying to make a follow-up to his 2004 major-label debut The Tracks of Tyler Hilton. That album, which spawned the Top 40 singles "When It Comes" and "How Love Should Be," introduced the then-21-year-old Palm Springs, Calif., native to the public via Warner Bros.

Hilton moved to Los Angeles and released a self-titled independent album in 2000. He also indulged his other passion, acting, by appearing in The CW's One Tree Hill and the indie cult favorite Charlie Bartlett, and playing Elvis Presley in the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. (Hilton's songs have been included on the Grammy Award-winning Walk the Line soundtrack and on all three of One Tree Hill's popular soundtracks.) Indeed The Storms We Share is huge leap in the evolution of this young artist whose goal was to release a record that simply made people smile.
http://www.tylerhilton.com/

Dion Roy is a singer-songwriter known for fusing his bass-inspired roots with his knack for writing an unforgettable pop/rock hook. Born in South Africa, and now a New Yorker, Dion got his start playing as a bassist in several bands on the Lower East Side music scene, and recently emerged as a solo artist. Dion has toured with high-profile acts like Tyler Hilton, Josiah Leming, Eve 6, Ryan Cabrera, The Donnas, Bleu, and Ben Kweller, while touring throughout the North-Eastern College circuit. His debut album Gallery was released in 2009, followed by The Nearest Light (EP, June 2010) and his latest EP Welcome Home, released in April 2011. On "Welcome Home", Dion worked closely with Steve Miller of Tyler Hilton's band and Tom Breyfogle of Secondhand Serenade. The first single, "Leave Me Out of This" features Josiah Leming (American Idol) on piano. His sophomore EP "The Nearest Light" was co-produced by Scott Reibling, known for his work with Weezer and Cobra Starship, and reached #8 on the iTunes singer-songwriter album charts. Many of Dion's songs have been licensed for use on network TV including placements on MTV, E!, Oxygen, and Comedy Central. Dion has recently spent much of 2011 touring the U.S. with Josiah Leming and he spent Fall 2010 on tour in Singapore followed by a 40-Date National U.S. Tour with Tyler Hilton
http://dionroy.com/

Dakota and Will have shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Tyler Hilton, Justin Moore, and Kenny Rogers and have played festivals with crowds reaching 1 million people. They have worked with Grammy-winning producers and songwriters including the legendary Steve Cropper ("Sitting on the Dock of the Bay"), Andy Kravitz (Billy Joel), John Goodwin ("Crazy Heart" Soundtrack) and Richard Fagan ("Sold (Grundy County Auction"). Dakota and Will have also had their song "Pennsylvania" featured on all Virgin Airlines American flights reaching over 450,000 passengers and finished Top 10 in MTV's "Search For The Next Breakout Star" in 2010. Dakota and Will are currently being played on over 200 FM/AM stations world wide to an audience of 2 million people and have songs on hold for George Strait, Rascal Flatts, and Lady Antebellum.
http://www.dakotaandwill.com/

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