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I was recently featured on The Nashville Artist Podcast, hosted by Jordan Swafford. It was a great conversation! Show description:
"In this episode, I interview Nick Byrd. Nick is a multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, mentor, and practitioner of intentional listening. He plays bass in the bands Bully and The Lonely Biscuits. He has his own project called Nickybaby. Founder of Byrd Finds, the instrument connecting platform. Discover how Nick makes finding the instrument of your dreams, not only possible, but with ease. Listening you will learn his song writing process, his use of stream of consciousness, and how he got his bass tone in Bully. Enjoy!"
You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
I was an invited guest on my good friend Sage Duvall's podcast, Probably Oversharing. The podcast and our discussion is based around mental health. May 2021.
OurVinyl Session w/ Becca Mancari and her band. Friends. I recorded audio.
Pictured: Becca Mancari and myself
Photo by Molly Mantlow, Jan 2021
I was an invited guest with Recording King for their livestream series, March 2021. I've been an endorsed artist w/ RK since 2017. I've written countless songs on my Recording King Acoustic/Electric, including "Jubilee".
On tour with Bully, SUGAREGG album tour, Fall 2021
Pictured, L to R: Myself, Wes Mitchell, Alicia Bognanno
Not pictured: Brett Mielke, Chappy Hull
The Empty Bottle, Chicago
Sold out 3 nights in a row
Above: Another shot from The Empty Bottle. Photo by Hannah Sellers
Below: Firefly Music Festival w/ The Lonely Biscuits
Pictured: Grady Wenrich
Dover, Delaware, 2017
Photo by Dylan Adams
Lowen full band rehearsals, May 2021, in preparation for a live video shoot.
Pictured, L to R: Sage Duvall, Adam McHeffey, Wes Harlee, Emily Kopsko (Lowen)
SIR Nashville
Above: Recording "Holy Roller" at Thad Kopec's home studio, March 20, 2021. Funny enough, I have sourced a lot of the gear in Thad's studio for him, via Byrd Finds.
Taking a break outside with John Paterini. I had just played "The Coast" for him, and he had just bought a typewriter.
Winning the first ever mtvU College Artist of The Year Woodie Award w/ The Lonely Biscuits, SXSW 2013, Austin, TX
Pictured, L to R: myself, Sam Gidley, John Paterini, Grady Wenrich
Guitar setup for "Nothing's Perfect"
Sam manipulating my RE-201 while we recorded the vocal take for "Heavy Hand"
Performing with Bully, Saturn Birmingham, August 2021
Photos by Rita Burkholder