Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes
Hunter Easton Hayes is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He can play more than 30 instruments and is signed to Atlantic Records Nashville...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth9 September 1991
CityBreaux Bridge, LA
CountryUnited States of America
player thinking bass-guitar
A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.
fun thinking people
I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge music scene down there centered around our culture. Those are people that are not making music for a living. They are making music for the fun of it. And I think that's the best way I could have been introduced to music.
thinking artist expectations
As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right.
thinking stuff way
I used to think there was a scientific way to do things. Like a proper way to answer a question or that kind of stuff. It's like, there's not! There's not a method, there's not a science to it.
thinking type
I don't even have a type, I don't think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.
thinking knowing awkward
I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. It's about accepting who you are and what you want to become and knowing all that you've got to work with, whether it's good or bad. My music was the only place I could be me for the longest time.
thinking awkward shy
I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it.
anyone confident drawn feeling relationship struggled time
I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it's important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship - I'm drawn to that.
born deciding love music waking
I was born with this love for music, and I say 'born with' because I don't really remember a day waking up and deciding that I'm going do to music. It's been all I've ever done and all I've ever wanted to do.
cared edge great time
'Wanted' is about a girl I was friends with, but at the time it was teetering on the edge of something more. I wanted to show her that I really cared about her. 'Wanted' was my way of saying, 'we're friends and have a great foundation, and this could be something really special.'
bluegrass classic country demo drew element finding grew guitar home love mandolin somewhere
Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that's also what I love. Musically, I'm always finding my way home.
constantly critical rewriting room spend spread time
Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back.
creative fun love road studio time weeks
There's something fun about the road because there's no 9 to 5. But I do find myself making the effort to take some time off. As much as I don't want to, I have to. I need to reset. I love weeks off, because I can go in the studio and just be creative again.
I wrote my first song when I was 6 years old. It was actually called 'Six Years Old.'