30 Years Old

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BIOGRAPHY

Derek Evans may be the guy hanging out on his own in the bar, but he’s the one you’d most likely want to talk to. Behind his disarming eyes and a smile that suggests something’s constantly amusing him lie thoughts and observations which will summarize every interaction taking place around you, to the point where you’ll probably want to buy him a drink and laugh about the situation all night long. He could also be the guy in the coffee house pretending to read a self-help book, the guy snoozing in the shade under a tipped hat or the guy hanging back on the street corner as everyone else busies themselves with their lives. No matter the scenario, Derek Evans is that guy; the guy whose always watching. With the wise voice of a social commentator and an acoustic guitar style which summons the ghosts of our most well-known troubadour’s, Derek Evans will draw you in to his captivating live performances with original songwriting and a wit as dry as the Martini he’d like you to buy him.


www.myspace.com/derekevansmusic

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Folk, Singer/Songwriter

Contact

Booking: d.e.r.booking@gmail.com

INSTRUMENTS

banjo / acoustic guitar / mandolin / vocals

DAY JOB

Touring Musician

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody

experience >

SONG PLACEMENTS

Movie: Shoots & Ladders. Two songs from "The Telephone EP"

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Legends: Bobby Braddock

In Nashville, most successful songwriters have a fairly short run. On hit, one year, two years, five years. Occasionally, we get one whose career approaches the length of a real career or, more often, one who has a few years success, then slips into oblivion, only to emerge again for another brief era of hit-making.

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Legends: Rickie Lee Jones

She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings --soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends --punctuated by bursts of exaltation. It's much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of "Bonfires" to the elation of "Old Enough," to the beautiful "Wild Girl," which celebrates the 21st birthday of her daughter, while simultaneously reflecting on the unchained fervor of her own wild days.

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Legends: Robert Earl Keen

As singer/songwriters go, Robert Earl Keen doesn't seem like the kind of artist who could honestly be accused of sloth. But despite a catalog choked with characters and conversations pulled from a colorful life, he makes that very claim on "Something That I Do," a track where he brags of his ability to not let work get in the way of an otherwise pleasant afternoon.

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Townes Van Zandt: Facets, Faults & Fractures

It's 10 o'clock at night on an abandoned Music Row. The year is 1985. In a third-floor office in an old house that serves as the offices for the Oak Ridge Boys' Silverline/Goldline Music Publishing, Steve Earle brings the chair he's leaning back in down hard, flipping his hair out of his eyes for emphasis.