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Multi platinum selling, grammy nominated country duo Thompson Square's first podcast episode. In this episode Keifer and Shawna give a little back story to how they got started and introduce themselves to those who might not know who they are.

Hello, everyone, my name is Casey. I was born in Guntersville Alabama on August 3, 1990. I was raised in North Carolina for ten years of my life. I now currently live in Webb Alabama. I was mostly into rock music when I was younger, but I also started listening to some Rap and Hip-Hop. When I was fifteen years old I met a guy named Mike that listened to Techno music that he got off of a website called "Newgrounds Audio Portal". I quickly got into this type of music and before long started to collect Electronic music. I have a large amount of this type of music now. Soon after collecting all these songs I began to think that I should start making this type of music, and sure enough in October 2011 I downloaded a program called FL Studio and started making music. The first song I ever made was Cop Chase. Once I made it I had made up my mind that I really enjoyed doing it and continued making music with Cop Chase being only just the beginning. After it, I created Black Storm, and then a remix of Pachelbel's famous song Canon. These were my first three songs I ever made and were my only three instrumentals. After this came singing in my music using a program called Antares Auto-tune. I utilized the software in the same way that T-Pain did in his song, "Buy You A Drink." In T-Pain's song, he sang in a B minor, whereas in my music I sing in flats because I just can not hit minors as much as I have tried. As I made songs I only enjoyed it more, and it only led to the continuation of more songs. It remains one of my greater hobbies and gives me the ultimate peace of mind. Today I have seventeen songs to date. A Life of Eternity was my final song made to date.

A trusted troubadour for hot summer nights and cold beers, Owen is now in his forties, tangling with separations from lost lovers, raising kids, and growing out of the fresh-faced kid that headed down to Nashville 20 years back with a six-string and a dream.  Case in point: Dreams to Dream, Owen’s long-awaited, Shooter Jennings-co-produced foray into classic, honky-tonk country, out November 7 via Good Company Entertainment. Dreams to Dream, Owen’s first independent studio album, featuring 10 original tracks and two stellar covers, tells the tale of a man at a crossroads — and what it takes to set out a new path. 

Owen wasn’t expecting much when he commented on one of Shooter Jennings’ Instagram posts, half-jokingly suggesting that they make a honky-tonk record, but the producer called his bluff. Two days later, Owen’s manager had Jennings on the line and, soon, Owen was on his way to L.A. and Jennings’ Sunset Sound. It was a cozy yet electric scene: Jennings and Owen cracking jokes in the sepia-toned studio, creativity crackling as they collaborated with the likes of songwriters Ben Chapman and Kendell Marvel, as well as long-time shooter pal, guitarist/harmonic player Leroy Powell. 

“All my friends who have heard my stuff have gone, ‘Dude, Jake, this is you man. This is who you've always tried to be,’” Owen says. “Sometimes you need to get outside what's comfortable, what people think you are, or think you should be, and take a risk.”

It’s gonna be a long summer. July 12. #TipOfMyTongue

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