Brett Hite CD Release Show on Tuesday, May 18th at the Empyrean Coffee House
Matt and I walked in to a very packed Empyrean for a Tuesday night in Spokane. The place was full of fashion forward kids, family, and music fans. I hope Brett Hite has a brother because if not his twin was there. Brett mentioned that it was a dream come true to see everyone there, very thankful.
Brett Hite’s album “Visible” came out today and when you pop it into your CD player or check out his tunes on Myspace you here more than just vocals and an acoustic guitar. However when he played tonight he captured an entire room with his acoustic guitar and drummer. It is rare to have a room that full be silent; Brett did it. I think the breaking point for the silence was when he started to talk about his friend Shayla. Shayla passed away to a battle with bone cancer and Brett asked her what she wanted to tell the world. After a few days she responded with “Gods got my back.” Brett wrote a song called “Sing Me to Sleep” for Shayla, you could hear a needle drop in the room when he sang it tonight.
That was actually how we knew about Brett. He has come to the KIX 96 Radiothon for CMN and has played this song live and talked about Shayla. Matt met him there; we think that is so cool for him to take the time to support CMN, and share his story about Shayla. Very touching and genuine person. On a lighter note Brett has perfect pop vocals and can write beautiful lyrics. His new album Visible has ten tracks all written by Brett himself. I can’t decided if “I Don’t Wanna” or “Make You Mine” is my favorite so I guess it will have to be a tie. He is fun to see live too not only because it is acoustic but he tells a lot of stories in between the songs and they make the concert so much more personal.
Outside of playing his original tunes he also managed to mix in “Replay” by Iyaz. It seems like Brett has a wide taste of music, which is always a good thing. His acoustic pop songs are perfect for a music fan of all ages. He kind of reminds me of a Jason Mraz meets Mat Kearney, which is a great thing because I love both of those artists! I am so glad we were able to catch his show and here more of Brett’s music! I have the CD right next to me and I am looking forward to indulging into it a bit further! Thank you Brett for all you do, congratulations on your new album!
Photos courtesy of Matt Auclair.
