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Wyatt Easterling has always considered himself primarily a songwriter. Nevertheless, his experience in the music industry began long before he began recording on his own. He served as Chief of A&R for Atlantic Record’s Nashville division, and in that role, he signed such artists such as Tracy Lawrence, Michael Johnson, Neal McCoy, and John Michael Montgomery, and co-produced the latter’s multi-platinum debut album, Life’s A Dance. He then partnered with Miles Copeland, and helped found the Nashville Division of Bugle Publishing Group and Firstars Management.
After leaving the company, Wyatt decided it was time to focus on his own songwriting efforts. He signed with DreamWorks Publishing before establishing his own publishing company, Terra Nova Music, which employed eight staff writers. He found his own success by writing “Modern Day Drifter” for Dierks Bentley), “Life’s So Funny” for Joe Diffie, and “This Time I’m Taking My Time” for Neal McCoy to name a few.
Wyatt’s current plan is to record a series of singles that will eventually be compiled into an album. A self-proclaimed “studio dog” at heart, Wyatt continues to produce two or three albums a year for his various clients. He also hosts his “Song Travelers Songwriting Retreat,” an event he initiated in 2014. The next retreat will be held in North East, Maryland from October 30 thru November 3 , 2025.
Now living in North Carolina, Wyatt is putting more focus on performing. “I truly love giving a live performance.,” he says. “If I’m having a good time, that gives the audience permission to have fun too. Ya gotta love that!”
Rod Abernethy is a unique blend of an authentic southern folk troubadour, master acoustic guitarist, and award winning songwriter and composer for film, TV and video games and the Overall Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 International Acoustic Music Awards. In 2019 he was the Grand Prize winner of American Songwriter’s Bob Dylan Song Contest. His last album Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore, produced by Grammy nominated producer Neilson Hubbard (Mary Gauthier, Kim Richey, Glen Phillips), received rave reviews from No Depression, American Highways and The Wall Street Journal and was the Top 20 CD of 2021 at No. 11 on the Folk International Folk Charts.
