As I gained more attention, I released “Stompin’ Grounds.” I have been writing nonstop for the past year and I’ve had a lot of great sessions with others artists like Karen Fairchild from Little Big Town, Danny Myrick, Kylie Sackley, and more. It was around that time when Mickey Guyton posted a video of me playing Carrie Underwood’s “Drinking Alone.” Carrie saw the video and posted it on her timeline. They followed up with my team and gave me an opportunity to share my music. I started reaching out to folks in the ESPN Music Department requesting to submit music for ESPN. I had just finished writing a song that I wanted to release and I quickly realized I needed to find a way to put the song out that didn’t involve promoting it playing live. I had just made the permanent move to Nashville when everything shut down. Regarding the pandemic, I was a little worried in March 2020. How have you been coping with the pandemic and recent social justice movements? When you get those responses follow up and maintain contact with that person. I know people say it all the time, but it is absolutely true: You will most likely have to send about 20 emails and get 1-2 responses. I did research to connect with people in the music industry that I wanted to work with and I would send multiple emails and direct messages a day to various songwriters and producers to see if they would be open to working with me. My parents and I didn’t know anyone when we started sending my music out to people. How did you get your start in the industry? We had actually turned in two songs to see which one the ESPN team liked more, but ESPN chose “Countdown to Victory.” Noah and I also just had another song synced for Monday Night Football called, “Stompin’ Grounds.” The song they chose was called “Countdown to Victory.” I wrote it with my friend and amazing guitarist/producer, Noah Henson, who happens to also be Brantley Gilbert’s guitarist. When ESPN Music reached out for me to record a song for the Titans Music City Miracle 20 Year Anniversary, they said I had a week to turn it in, but 3 days for them to hear the song. I wrote and recorded a song for the 20 th anniversary of the Music City Miracle. That being said, my main influences are Gretchen Wilson, Christina Aguilera, Destiny’s Child and Beyoncé, The Chicks, Led Zeppelin, Chris Cornell, Journey, and Aretha Franklin.Ĭan you talk about the music you’ve made for ESPN? I really did grow up listening to all genres and all of those influences are the soundtrack of my musical development. Because I am a country artist, there are times I have to really think about the artists who influence me because my musical influences don’t belong in just one group. Electric guitar is just bad*** especially if you are listening to Hendrix, Zeppelin, Steve Vai, Slash, etc. Both parents chose a different genre of music each week and only played that genre during that week and so on. My mom always chose bands and singers with big voices, nice guitar riffs, and heavy bass. My mom worked with her professors to develop a language intervention program for me using music. Because of my premature birth, I was expected to have many developmental delays so my parents used music to help my cognitive development and language production. and had to stay in the hospital for 2.5 months until I could pass the milestones needed to leave the hospital. I was born prematurely – I only weighed 2 lbs. Since my mom’s entire family is in Alabama, my early childhood was there, and later California – which is where my dad is from.
They were both Combat Engineers for 10 years in the Army. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska and both of my parents are Army veterans. Tell us a bit about your journey, musical background, and musical influences. Reyna kindly took some time out of her busy schedule to share her incredible story. Reyna is an up and coming country music star out of Nashville who wrote and recorded “Countdown to Victory,” a custom song in celebration of the Music City Miracle. This month on The Underscore, we interviewed Reyna Roberts. The Underscore: Behind the custom music of ESPN
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