Jonathan Wyndham kanggo album anyar kang Middle Class & Infamous<pfseg id="0">, koleksi lagu sing njaluk kedhaftar resiliensi lan kejujuran saka musisi kerja sing ngetokake ing lagu dhewe. Mulane lagu pisanan nganti pisanan, rekaman punika portrait saka artis sing milih kanggo nghenti muter lan miwiti ceritanya dhewe. Wyndham ngproduksi rekaman sing dhewe lan muter hampir kabeh instrumen, album iki dadi refleksi sing luwih intim lan otentik saka artisanipun.

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Titel iki teka saka tempat sing ora mungkin: Wyndham's wawan, Jeff, sing kerja ing toko alkohol lokal. "Jeff, njaluk aku siji dinten lan ngandika, 'Apa kaya lan terkenal nanging utawa malah kelas menengah lan infamous? 'Aku ketawa lan ngandika, 'Man, aku pikir sampeyan mung jeneng rekamanku," Wyndham recalls. “The longer I sat with it, the truer it felt.” That truth wire liwat sepuluh lagu album, balancing momen kesedihan lan kesedihan karo glimpses saka pengharapan lan determinasi.

“The Last Time” iki ditulis ing sawisé kehilangan teman paling apik ing kecelakaan mobil, jinis lagu Wyndham ngandika dheweke monggo dheweke ora kudu ngandika. “Numb” lahir ing jam tiga pagi sawise ngandika teman rahasia wis overdosed. “Make A Difference” diwenehi nalika teman tua saka The Voice ngandika marang dheweke yen tujuan sing mung kanggo lima taun iki mung kanggo ‘make a difference’. saben trek diwenehi ing momen sing kudu ditangkap, diproses, lan dibagi.

Proses rekaman iku uga sengaja. Sawetara lagu dibangun layer-by-layer karo kolaborator dipercaya, nalika sawetara dadi urip ing siji tanggungan. Wyndham kept imperfections sing nglakoni kejujuran. “The Last Time” uga kalebu suara kang ngetokake gitar ngetokake ing pungkasan.

Musikal, Middle Class & Infamous builds ing dasar saka Wyndham's debut Nashville Rock & Soul, Vol. 1. Dadi sing rekaman pisanan njupuk energi saka set urip impian, album anyar iki refinement, vocabulary sing luwih dhuwur, clarity-down, lan lagu digawe kanggo ngresonake yen sampeyan ana ing run pagi utawa nglawan karo heartbreak. “Every choice was in service of the songs,” Wyndham eksplains. “If it didn’t serve the message of the song, it got left out.”

Ing Wyndham, rilis iki luwih saka sekadar rekaman, iku komitmen. Sawise ngluwihi tur 20-an karo & direksi musik kanggo artis kaya Colbie Caillat lan Jessie James Decker, dheweke nglakoni keputusan ing awal taun iki kanggo ngundhuh saka peran-peran iki lan nginvestasikan kabeh ing dhewe minangka seniman.

"This is my flag in the sand, "I'm not dipping my toe in the water, I'm diving in" artist record. I'm in. I have thrown the sideman safety net; I'm wholeheartedly taking these songs to where they deserve to go." Ini terus ngandika lan ngasilake kanggo artis liyane, nanging rekaman iki ngetokake momen sing ngetokake bebarengan karo suara dhewe.

"Itu rekaman pungkasan sing aku bakal ngasilake nalika ngetokake kanggo artis liyane, ninggalake posisi Direktur Musikalku karo Colbie Caillat this past April to put both feet into the proverbial ring as an artist. I love other people’s music and helping them find their sound and be the best they can be, but I can’t wake up in a decade to realize I haven’t done what I’ve been given the tools to do, which is take this music to the world" Wyndham states.

Wyndham has already carved out an impressive career: a Gibson endorsed guitarist, his work has been featured by ESPN, the NFL Network, and NBA 2K21. He’s toured the world, performed at the Opry, and earned the trust of Grammy-winning artists. But Middle Class & Infamous is the moment he steps forward without a safety net, a record that represents both who he is and where he’s going.

“These songs are my launching point,” Wyndham says. “If I’m going to leave my boys at home and get on a plane, it must be for something worth building. This record is that.”

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