The Young Wild - A Band to Watch

Do you ever hear a song and it touches you deep down, somewhere so close to the heart of you that you almost cry when you hear it? This happens to me every few years and rarely has to do with the lyrics, although well-written lyrics help. Chandelier by Cia was such a song, Salisbury Hill by Peter Gabriel another.
This connection to emotion may be because I have been a musician in my life, worked as a singer in bands, wrote music, have been involved in producing music, was a studio jingle singer and appreciate all that goes in to a good song, but I don't think so.
It's more than just diggin' a great song. It's a connection to an emotion that is beyond explanation for this writer. Music has the ability to touch me so profoundly that today I'm writing a blog about one particular song--  In The Wild.

When I first gave The Young Wild--a San Diego band -- a listen years ago, I knew they had something. They are very good at what they do and getting better every year. Bryan B William is one talented musician and over the last decade has grown to being ready for national attention and beyond. William  has written stacks of music. Each time I hear a new song, I like what they are doing more and more.
So much so that I want to write a screenplay around the video for -- In the Wild.
If you click on the YouTube link above, you'll see a music video that appears to be behind the final credits of a movie. The credits roll on and on, indicating a huge film with an epic cast and crew. It's all fake.
William, not only a gorgeous guitar player, is a film maker and staged this video to look like final credits. It fooled me when I first saw it and I went on to Google my head off looking for the movie attached to this song. The mystery of what the movie is all about is enticing, along with the musicality of the track running behind the credits. Then I heard that there was no movie. (Not yet, anyhow.)
The work that went in to staging the music video of In the Wild is worth national attention beyond the fact that the song could be playing on every radio station all over the world and soaring to the top of the charts. In the Wild has mainstream appeal, a simple melody and chant that will appeal to everyone who likes to sing along to the music in their car, or while exercising. In the Wild
Their title track from their recently released EP All the Luck, is just as engaging with their signature guitar riff that makes you want to play the air guitar along with Bryan B. William.

William also made a short film series called You've Seen This Before, We Know,  about struggling as a musician in Los Angeles, marketing, playing the promo game. It's hilarious and  features a marketing team that suggests they call themselves The Baby Wild and has Bryan holding a cigarette 24/7 as part of a branding/image idea, like he's measuring how little he cares about playing the LA game.
Funny stuff. Clever and suggestive of talent and creativity.
Did Maroon 5 start out this way? I wonder.

The Young Wild plays what they call 80's alternative music and features Bryan B. William on vocals and guitar, Vanessa Nelson on vocals, Gareth Moore on bass, and Brandon Zedaker on drums. Last summer they released their debut EP - All the Luck --  featuring production by Kevin Augunas (The Lumineers)
Having opened for Blink 182 on tour, you'd think they'd be a musical household name by now but not quite.

Give them a listen, see if you agree with me on the band's potential to go places fast...

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KIM HORNSBY is an Amazon #1 Bestselling novelist who lives in the Seattle area and writes Suspense books. Kim has loads of opinions on all kinds of stuff and writes blogs so she doesn't get herself in trouble saying all this out loud. Her Bestselling Series Dream Jumper is currently being optioned for film. 
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