- Tyler Burkum
Infobox musical artist
Name = Tyler Burkum
Background = solo_singer
Born = flagicon|United States Lincoln,Nebraska ,United States
Instrument =Guitar Vocals Keyboard lap steel
Genre = IndieFolk rock Ambient
Years_active = 1997 –to present
Associated_acts =Audio Adrenaline Mat Kearney Tyler Burkum is a two time Grammy Award winning American
guitarist andsongwriter most known for his work with the bandAudio Adrenaline . His new record, "Darling Maybe Someday", is due out May 1st, 2008.Musical career
Tyler Burkum was hired by Christian band, Audio Adrenaline as the lead guitarist in 1997 at only 17 years old. Tyler was working as a dishwasher and auditioned for Audio Adrenaline after a family friend recommended him to the band. Tyler had not even heard of the band before, but soon joined Audio Adrenaline on their summer tour. With his new sound added to the band, they released the extremely successful "
Some Kind of Zombie ". Two years later, they released "Underdog", which became one of their biggest hits. Burkum took on more and more roles within the band, including singing and songwriting. Throughout his time with Audio Adrenaline, Tyler also found time to write, record and tour with several other bands.Since 2006, Burkum has been playing guitar for
Mat Kearney fromColumbia Records , as well as the band Wild Sweet Orange (Canvasback) and opening for artists such asJohn Mayer andSheryl Crow .Burkum has also recently been active in solo work. In the fall of 2006, he released a self-titled demo album and a full length record on May 27, 2008. You can currently find both his CDs on his website, http://www.tylerburkum.net. Three of his songs also appeared on the
Mono Vs. Stereo compilation, "My Other Band, Vol. 1 ". The song "End of the Road" was featured on the 2008 season 5 finale of One Tree Hill.ee also
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Mat Kearney External links
* [http://www.tylerburkum.net/home.html Tyler Burkum's Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tylerburkum Tyler Burkum's Myspace page]
* [http://www.tylerburkum.blogspot.com/ Tyler Burkum's Blog]
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