![]() “They bring a fresh sound,” Corbin says of co-producers Kirby and George. “Benny is very involved and rose to the top,” Corbin says.Ĭorbin describes Brown as “a song guy,” and it was Brown who suggested the singer team up with Kirby and Derek George as producers. I love the melody I love the lyrics and to me it just feels like a hit.” “I immediately knew it was something special,” he says. The singer, who American Songwriter has praised as “one of those rare, glorious voices that was made for singing country,” has been performing the song on the road since he wrote it and says “I Can’t Decide” always grabs the audience’s attention. Soaring pedal steel and ear-grabbing fiddle accompaniment combined with a driving beat, plucked guitar rhythms and Corbin’s warm baritone further accentuate the up-tempo song.Ĭorbin wrote “I Can’t Decide” three years ago with producer Wade Kirby and esteemed songwriters Ashley Gorley and Rhett Akins. “They let me do what I want to do and let me be me, which is very important,” the singer says.Ĭorbin’s neotraditional sound shines through on “I Can’t Decide,” his debut single for the label. The singer, who has spent several years as an independent artist following nearly a decade with Mercury Nashville, says he’s in a great position being Stone Country’s flagship artist. No stranger to the writing room himself, Corbin has penned songs with Sellers ahead of signing with the independent label. ![]() Corbin teams with industry veterans Benny Brown, Paul Brown and Jason Sellers as the label’s flagship artist.Ĭorbin says he and Music Row mainstay Benny Brown initially met and bonded over their mutual love of traditional country music. 1 singles with “A Little More Country Than That” and “Roll With It,” embarks on a new musical chapter with his recent signing to Stone Country Records. For me to still be here and the fans still loving what I do, all I can say is I’m blessed.Easton Corbin has been gracing stages with his memorable baritone and unique blend of traditional and modern country music for more than a decade. “And a lot of those others, they’re not here on the scene anymore. “I remember as a new artist coming out with other new artists,” he says. A lot of times, when a song feels good to me and there’s something about it, my gut tells me, ‘That might be a hit.’”Īs exciting as Easton Corbin’s present and future seems, this anniversary has caused him to reflect on that thrilling start to his recording career and all that has transpired since. I love the melody and it speaks to me, makes me feel good. I’d like to turn that into something.’ It’s just a fun song about turning off the serious and turning up a good time. And one of the players said that he was just ready to ‘turn up.’ And I’m like, ‘Ooh, that’s pretty good. “One of the co-writers, when we were bouncing back and forth ideas, he said he was watching the NBA Finals. And then it kind of turns into your own style when you blend that all together.”Ĭorbin’s style sounds as fresh as ever on his new single “Turn Up,” which came from a surprising bit of inspiration. ![]() As a kid, spending hours and hours at a time trying to sing like my heroes. It’s something that I worked at all my life. “It kind of reaffirms that you do what you do and hopefully you’re good at it. Even if it might mislead people about the effort he put in to develop that style, he takes it as a compliment. ![]() But you still gotta be who you are.”Įarly reviews of Corbin’s work are filled with the phrase “laid-back” describing his singing style. Now I’m now saying you can’t evolve as an artist. To me, it’s about being constant and being yourself and always being true to who you are and the sound that you love. “A lot of times, there can be people that, depending on what the style or the sound is at that point, they go that direction. That’s what’s always spoken to me and that’s what I do. “My strong suit is I pretty much always have known who I am as an artist. ![]() When I listen to it as a whole, there’s just so many different parts to it but yet it all goes together.”Ĭorbin attributes its grounded nature to the fact that he understood his strengths right from the jump. “Looking back on it, it’s such a well-rounded record to me. “I remember putting that record together,” he says. The Easton Corbin album is filled with a kind of quiet confidence that most new artists can’t muster. But Corbin had more up his sleeve than one song. ![]()
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