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friends since we’ve moved        me a little bit about the           getting any traction and it
  here that have already given     competition. You submitted          seemed to work out that way.
  up. Some great bands that        Daisy, what keeps Daisy
  I really enjoyed and that we     separate and special? It’s          Brandon: We finally got in
  looked up to when we first       not on Nor The Wild Music           a room with a real producer,
  got here and they’ve already     Flow, it’s just a download          it was the first time we did it.
  called it quits. They didn’t     on your site.                       It was a cool song that came
  really get to where they                                             out of it, then we started
  wanted to go. Watching             Landon: Yeah, that’s kind of      writing more with him, 2 or
  that happen is kind of some        catalyst and opening to our       3 more times and finally one
  ammunition for us. This is         next album. We’ve had that        day he called and was like
  a tough market, we’re trying       for a while, it’s going to be on  alright guys are we cutting a
  to do this beyond Nashville        the new album. That song          record or not? That started
  but this is the gatekeeper for     in particular was a product       that relationship with him
  us as far as really getting our    of staying persistent in the      co-writing Daisy.
  music out there. It’s kind         music business and we met
  of seeing all the different        a high profile producer           Landon: As far as unsigned        You mentioned that you are
  avenues that other artists/        who’s produced a lot of our       goes that was a good way          putting the finishing touches
  bands take. That helped us,        new album so far, his name        for us to test it out beyond      on your sophomore album,
  being around your peers            is Paul Moak. He’s worked         our peers and people              when can we expect the
  helps you. Competition is a        with some great artists, he’s     around here. Let’s see what       unveiling?
  good thing. I think it helped                                        everybody thinks of this. I
  us realize how serious it was     If your lips                       don’t know how familiar             Brandon: (laughing) We
  to do this full-time.            are the devil                       you are with Unsigned               have no idea. We’ve been
                                                                       Only but they have a panel          speculating on that for some
  Brandon: Yeah, you just got         then I’m                         of judges that are pretty           time. Hopefully it will be this
  to keep pushing through.         going to hell                       popular, they were either in        summer. It’s still up in the
  It took us a good four and                                           the music business or still in      air, we are still writing and
  a half years I would say           worked with a bunch of            the music business. Several         recording.
  to push past a lot of those        people around town. We            different judges that were
  barriers that you were             met with him for the first        like Grammy winners and           Landon: We brought some
  talking about for new artist       time and we had never co-         people that are really going      new partners in that are
  coming to Nashville. Keep          wrote with anybody, it had        to look at your stuff. I think    going to help us out. We’re
  pushing through some               only been us three, we met        that helped us realize that       just waiting to get all that
  shitty days and shitty times       with him and we wrote             we had something, we were         finalized.  Speculation,
  and you prove yourself.            Daisy and it was kind of          very honored to beat out, I       hopefully this summer.
  And you’ve got to be honest        one of those moments we           think it was 8,000 people.
  with yourself, I’m I good          were all like this is a really    That was cool that helped us      Brandon: We’ve got some
  enough or am I not. If I’m         good song. This could be          validate the next move we         big news we’ll be able to
  not good enough I need to          something and that kind           were making for our next          announce eventually.
  get better or find a day job.      of helped us to evaluate          album and Unsigned Only
  That’s the ticket right there.     whether or not we were            they were great, they gave us
                                                                       a ton gear and sponsorships,
You also won the unsigned                                              it was really cool and we
music competition. Tell                                                were very fortunate.
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