User:Crumpster9/Jenny & Tyler

Jenny & Tyler are a husband-wife pop-folk band originally from Newark, Delaware, and curently based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The group consists of singer-songwriters Jenny Somers and Tyler Somers. Their style is a fusion of folk, pop, funk, rock, soul, and bluegrass, that has been called “soul-grass.” They are joined by additional musicians for recording and occasional live performances. The duo has independently released two full-length albums, and two E.P.s, and regularly tours the United States. They site Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, Leigh Nash, The Swell Season, “pretty much any band that Ed Cash produces,” Andy Davis, Shane and Shane, Bill Monroe, Simon and Garfunkle, and James Taylor as influences.

=History=

Musical Background
Jenny grew up immersed in Bluegrass and Southern Gospel. Her father was in the air force, so Jenny grew up living everywhere from New York to Mississippi to Delaware with lots more in between. Her father was also a Bluegrass musician and a Luthier. She found a home for self-expression in the art of songwriting at an early age.

Tyler was Born in Wilmington, DE and exposed to jazz and Barbra Streisand from a young age. Tyler’s father, Wilson Somers is a jazz pianist and composer, and Tyler’s mother was a vocalist. It wasn't long before Tyler picked up a guitar and began writing music of his own.

Jenny & Tyler
In the fall of 2004 Jenny and Tyler met on a bus taking them from the University of Delaware to church. Almost immediately they began writing songs together. They didn't form a duo right away; instead they helped each other with songs and backed each other up at shows. Tyler formed a band with his roommate, Joel Rakes, and Jenny continued to write and perform as a solo act. Before long Jenny and Tyler began dating and in the summer of 2006 they began work on an album together. The couple tied the knot in June of 2007, in between the production and release of Jenny & Tyler's first record, A Prelude, which was released in December the same year. The pair spent the next year touring the mid-Atlantic states and in August 2008 decided to move to Nashville to focus more on music. In April 2009 Jenny & Tyler released their second self-produced, independent record, This Isn't A Dream. "We really believe in this record," Tyler says, "it speaks to where our hearts are today. There is so much pain in our world and people are looking for something real to hold onto, often in all the wrong places. We've really brought our bluegrass and jazz backgrounds together and produced something new with this one. It is us, but we have also tried to capture some of the emotion that comes through the different challenges and joys of the human experience and give them clarity and expression." 

Jenny & Tyler toured extensively in support of their new record in the Spring and Fall of 2009. Jenny & Tyler performed live on NBC 10 Philadelphia’s The 10! Show on November 24th, 2009 to promote This Isn’t a Dream and their November 29th homeless benefit concert with Wilson Somers at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, DE.  Future Projects Jenny & Tyler are currently working their third full-length album, as well as exclusive tracks to be featured on the Nashville-based website Brite Revolution.  They will begin a Spring tour in Walnut Ridge, AR on February 9th. 

Writing and Recording Process
Jenny & Tyler have a very collaborative process of songwriting, where they constantly bounce ideas off of each other for a product that is equally balanced. Tyler does most of the recording process, including production, engineering, editing, and mixing (with the exception of final stem-mixing and mastering) in his house using Pro Tools.

Artwork
All the original artwork on A Prelude, This Isn’t a Dream, and Jenny & Tyler’s website were created by Bethany Somers, who is a freelance artist in Nashville, TN, and also Tyler’s sister. 

One Eyed Cat Music
In January of 2010, Jenny & Tyler began a management company called One Eyed Cat Music, named after a popular track from This isn’t a Dream. The management company is run by Jenny & Tyler, Bethany Somers, and Ryan Crump. 

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