Geoff Byrd

For the baseball player, see Jeff Byrd.

Geoff Byrd (born in Portland, Oregon on August 27, 1970) is an American musician. He has been credited as the first artist to break into mainstream music by way of the internet.[1][2]

Byrd was a high school teacher before becoming a musician full time. He has been on the grammy ballot several times in various categories, toured with Hall and Oates as the opening act for 50 shows in 2006 and shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Billy Gibbons, and several other well known musical acts. Byrd created the Radio Mysterium blog and owns geoffbyrd.com, his music site. Byrd is an singer, songwriter, producer and film maker and has several top 40 songs to his credit both as an artist and songs written for others.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Landers, Rick (2005-09-20). "Geoff Byrd Interview". Modern Guitars Magazine. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  2. ↑ Galupo, Scott (April 14, 2006). "Net gains: Web-based artists finding own audiences", The Washington Times, p. D1.

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