.Breland discusses his musical journey, his new album, his global aspirations and the Latin-inspired song he has waiting in the wings.
Last week introduced the New Jersey native’s latest milestones: On Wednesday , he achieved his first CMA Award nomination for musical event of the year for “Beers on Me.” His full-length debut major label album,Born into a musical family, Breland’s first musical training came via gospel, as his parents were ministers. But it was his college years, while studying marketing and management at Georgetown University, where Breland also became laser-focused on songwriting in a variety of genres.
Ultimately, they decided to focus on leading worship in their home church. They were raising us and they had their jobs and obligations to attend to, and they sacrificed a lot of their own dreams for us. I feel like since I have a similar dream, the least I can do is pursue it as hard as I can.They give me the opportunity to tell different types of stories, and to use my voice and talent in different ways.
That was the last song to make it onto the album. I feel like I’ve been on a spiritual and emotional journey in the past year, of just wanting to be present, and make gratitude the center of what I do. Energy is powerful and I was getting so drained and so exhausted from everything that was happening, because I was allowing my overall mood to be determined by whether or not I had gotten good or bad news, and whether or not I felt like I was progressing in my career or not.
You first released “Cross Country” last year, both as a solo track and a duet with Mickey Guyton. It is the title track for this project, but it is much more than a song or an album title. But then it comes down to country radio, because artists are still playing a game of trying to get something to country radio — but who knows how diverse country radio could actually be, if no one is willing to test certain things against the market? At some point, we have to see if a song like “Grand” by Kane Brown can have as much success as a “One Mississippi” or “Like I Love Country Music.
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