Nashville, Tennessee
Composer, Singer-Songwriter

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BIOGRAPHY

"We work ourselves wretched for one old wood coffin, if life doesn't get you, love will finish you off" sings K.S. Rhoads on his stunning debut album Dead Language, which American Songwriter Magazine declares, " is an exhibition in style, grace, and limitless possibilities." Listen Nashville says: "Rhoads has the perfectionism and musicianship of Roger Waters as well as a similar political chip on his shoulder." His music has been called "... a masterful marriage of indie-pop, orchestral, and american folk." His lush string arrangements recall Danny Elfman, and his lyrics recall F. Scott Fitzgerald. His live performances are rapturous and sporadic, usually with a string section and small choir. Often, in lieu of a band, he will perform using loop pedals, layering multiple instruments and harmonies, and creating beautiful textures and rhythms by way of singing and beat-boxing, all instantaneous, and all by himself. In January 2010, he performed at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah. On September 8th, 2011, he performed with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, for which he scored and arranged all of the music. He produces, scores, arranges, and writes songs for many other recording artists as well. Songwriting and Production credits include Universal recording artist Erin McCarley, Mia Carruthers (of MTV's Taking The stage ), Katie Herzig, Griffin House, Andy Davis, Trent Dabbs and many more. He has arranged strings for Jeremy Lister (star of NBC's The Sing Off ), Grammy award winning rock band Third Day, and Ashley Monroe (of the new country music breakthrough band Pistol Annies), just to name a few. His songs have been heard on CBS's CSI: Miami, MTV's World of Jenks, ABC's Private Practice, various independent films, and his song "The Last Goodbye" is the theme song for "MTV Tr3s" Quiero Mi Boda. After two years of extensive touring (over 210 dates), string arranging, writing and producing, he is busy working on his second album The Wilderness, which he has said, "...is like dinner with Sergei Prokofiev, in the Appalachian hills." The album is set for release in Summer, 2012.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Classical, Indie Rock

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Grey Fedora Publishing, I own my own publishing

Contact

Management: Paul W Brown redhat22@me.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

accordion / banjo / bass / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / harmonica / keyboard / mandolin / piano / vocals

I AM INTERESTED IN

in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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