David Shelby Music

Kick A Little Dirt – iTunes and YouTube

dshelby-wp-admin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:48:20 +0000

Kick A Little Dirt Around, the first single from David’s sophomore album “Rust Belt Cowboy”, has been released to iTunes with strong purchase numbers and rave reviews. You can purchase your copy at:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kick-little-dirt-around-single/id622952663?uo=4

The video for Kick A Little Dirt Around, which was filmed in October 2012 with the help of 200 people who showed up, braved equipment issues and the cold, has been released on YouTube. David and his band are incredibly proud of the video and are still humbled by the support family, friends and fans showed for the project. You can view the video at:

http://youtu.be/WCI_lJuEjDU

Directed by Joe Virzi (Sony), Director of Photography Ryan Archibald. Shot at Chartier Stables in Cottrellville, MI and Danz Smoked Meats in Lenox Twp, MI. Starring David Shelby and featuring Jasmine Lassiter as Big J.

Enjoy and let us know what you think.

Team Shelby

Team Shelby gets a new addition…Welcome, Ed!

davidshelby — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:41:40 +0000

These are exciting times for me. With the anticipated release of my new single and EP due out soon, I would like to announce an incredible addition to the Team. Veteran Sony Records Executive Ed Gertler has come on board to handle the release of the new single, album and video. His 25 years in sales & marketing at Sony includes the last 10 as the National Director Of Sales for their Nashville label. Ed has put together an amazing team of radio promoters and other music industry professionals that are going to put their full weight behind this release. Everyone involved on our team, the band, and especially myself are incredibly lucky to have his expertise and knowledge behind the project and we look forward to much success that takes us to a new level. I would like to also thank ZMG Music Group President Russ Zavitson for his continued support, advise, guidance, and most importantly his belief in what we are doing. Having Nashville music professionals of their caliber and pedigree taking me on is an amazing opportunity and an important step in any artists development. I know my fans are anxious and curious about the new music and video, especially those who turned out for the video shoot. Expect an announcement of the release date soon as so many things need to happen now. Yes, exciting times for sure and as always I would like to thank the best fans in the world for being patient and always supportive!

David Shelby Records “Tiger Town” for 99.5 WYCD , after a weekend of filming his latest music video

dshelby-wp-admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:54:11 +0000

Detroit native David Shelby was recently enlisted to help Detroit’s 99.5 WYCD, winner of the 2012 National Association of Broadcasters’ Marconi Award for Country Station of the Year, record a song to help cheer the American League Champion Detroit Tigers on to victory in the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. “Tiger Town” is based on the music of Jason Aldean’s “Crazy Town” and features original lyrics, as well as radio highlights from 97.1 The Ticket’s Dan Dickerson and Jim Price.

“I was thrilled to be asked by Jason 300 and Tim Roberts to record this song for WYCD. I’m a Detroit fan through and through, so what better way to show my support than helping to create a song to further get the Detroit fans to rally behind the Tigers and cheer them on to the World Series Championship.” Shelby noted.

Tiger Town can be heard online at http://wycd.cbslocal.com/2012/10/23/this-is-tiger-town/

You can call 99.5 WYCD and request the song at 313.298.1999

GO TIGERS!!

Video Shoot Details

dshelby-wp-admin — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:16:03 +0000

The details are finalized…check it out and we’ll see you Sunday!

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY

Shoot Date
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Location
Chartier Stables
6386 Shea Road, Marine City, Michigan 48039

Time
Sign in will begin at 4:30pm. Filming will begin at approximately 5:30pm and is expected to run between two and three hours.

RSVP – IMPORTANT
Please email info@davidshelbymusic.com with your name and the number of people who will be attending the shoot. We need to get as accurate of a number as we can to ensure proper coverage and refreshments.

Consent Form
Upon arrival at the stables, you will be asked to sign a consent form. Please consider downloading the consent form and bringing it with you to facilitate quick registration. When completing the form, please print legibly, we will use that to contact you regarding the release of the video. The form is attached for easy download.

Age Restrictions
All ages are welcome. Under 18? The consent form must be signed by a parent or guardian, so be sure to print it ahead of time. 14 years of age or younger, must be accompanied by an adult.

Wardrobe
The scene you are being filmed for is a live country concert, so please dress how you would when attending such an event. We’d love to see the cowboy and cowgirl look in the crowd.

Line Dance
A line dance is being worked out for the video. If you wish to learn it, please arrive by 4:30pm for run-throughs.

Parking
The stables have set aside one of their pastures for parking. Please carpool if at all possible as space will be limited. Please look for the signs.

Refreshments
We will have refreshments available during the shoot.

Compensation
There is no compensation for being in the video

Additional Featured Extras Are Still Needed
We are still looking for several “Hot Country Girls” (daisy dukes, tight jeans, tank tops, boots, cowboy hats) and “Good Looking Country Boys” (jeans, western look shirts, flannel, boots, cowboy hats) for scenes to be shot at the stables on Saturday, October 20th. MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD. We are still establishing the shooting time, but if you are available for both Saturday and Sunday, have the required “Country” wardrobe and want to be considered for a featured part, please send your headshot to info@davidshelbymusic.com Final casting decisions will be made by Friday morning and we will be in touch with you via email if you are selected for the parts and will send you all the final shooting details.

A Note From Dave…
It’s almost here! Thank you to all of the fans, friends, and family of the band for all of the incredible response we have had for our video casting call for extras. I can’t tell you enough how much we appreciate your support and participation this coming weekend. Overall, let’s just all have fun and have a good time with it. We do value your time as well and will do our best to move through all of the shots as quickly as possible. Also, special thank you to Chartier Stables for letting us use their space.

If you have any other questions I haven’t covered, please feel free to contact me.

Jaimie

Video Shoot Details – WE NEED EXTRAS

dshelby-wp-admin — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:46:39 +0000

Hey ya’ll, let’s “kick a little dirt”!!! We are currently putting the finishing details on the video for our single, Dirt, due out next month. It’s gonna be a hell of a party and we need you and all of your friends!

When: Sunday, October 21, 2012 – Exact times TBD

Where: Chartier Stables, 6386 Shea Rd., Marine City, Michigan 48039

We are looking for 200+ extras to party it up in our video.

All genders, shapes, sizes and ethnicities are needed and appreciated. There are several specifics we need on top of lots and lots of people…

Guys with the “Country Dude Look”

Hot Country Chicks (Daisy Dukes, cut off shirts, etc)

Any military personnel in uniform

A little person for a featured character

We need a semi truck and trailer, preferably red or black but anything will be considered.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP As details become finalized, we will email you the details.

OFFICIAL FACEBOOK EVENT

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY! THE MORE THE MERRIER!

Note: We cannot pay you for your time, but be assured it’ll be a good time.

Walk With Me To Stop Diabetes

davidshelby — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:02:51 +0000

I’ve has been asked to join evening DJ Rob Stone from 99.5 WYCD as they walk to stop Diabetes at the Detroit Zoo. We are halfway to our goal, but we still need more help. We’d love for you to gather all your friends and family and come down for a leisurely stoll through the Detroit Zoo on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 8:30am.

Come walk with us, Join Team Rob Stone at this link: CLICK HERE

Can’t make the walk, but still want to help us reach our goal, donate at this link: CLICK HERE

For General Information, Visit: http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/StepOut/A1MCH-MichiganArea?fr_id=8391&pg=entry

Whew….what a summer it has been!

davidshelby — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:08:16 +0000

Well with Labor Day Weekend coming up we are wrapping up our busiest summer ever! One of the most gratifying parts of our performances has been the fact that we have been branching out and playing some incredible shows out of town. Caseville Ribstock was a complete blast and the crowd was amazing and hung with us note for note as we all partied into the night. The Greatest Fourth in the North in Lake City was another highlight for us, the crowd was incredible and the town was so kind to us. I could mention all of our stops but overall the summer schedule has been a complete success. I would like to thank all of the promoters, managers, bands we have shared the stage with, but most off all we would like to thank the fans that are coming out to our shows and making every musical experience a great memory! You all rock and we sincerely appreciate your support and kind words as we have been out and about in your city or town.

For the most part, the summer has been booked up with songwriting and recording. The new CD is almost here! Woohoo! It’s been a lot of hard work but believe me it is well worth it. The new tunes are AMAZING and I am proud of everyone’s hard work. We have had the opportunity to record with some great producers and at historic studios like The Castle in Franklin, TN. I will be posting some teasers after Labor Day and the CD release party is in the works, as well as the video shoot with Joe Virzi from Sony in L.A. directing and producing. Our fans have been extremely patient and I hope ya’ll dig what we came up with. I think we really nailed our version of Rockin’ Detroit Grit with Nashville Polish. September will be a busy month with many Nashville meetings planned and the beginning of our fall tour kicking off at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill in Cincinnati, Ohio on the 29th.

Speaking of touring, this weekend is going to be a hectic but rewarding one! We have three huge shows scheduled and it’s going to be a blast. Saturday: We will be returning to Toby Keith’s I love This Bar and Grill in Auburn Hills. Sunday: We are honored to be headlining the return of one of Michigan’s oldest and finest traditions….The State Fair. Monday: We end our home tour at Arts, Beats, and Eats in Royal Oak. I won’t be getting much sleep this weekend but thanks a good thing…haha. You can get specific show times and details www.davidshelbymusic.com or Facebook.

Be sure to keep up to date with us online and if we are in your neck of the woods come on out, party with us and be sure to say hello! I hope everyone has an incredible Labor Day and see ya on the road!!!!!!!

~ Dave

The cat’s out of the bag…we’re headed to Nashville

davidshelby — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:26:16 +0000

So I got some important news to share and kind of let the cat out of bag here, but as I posted a couple of weeks ago I had to go to Nashville for some meetings and I can now share the news. I have signed a production deal with producer and musician Mark Burch (Billy Currington among others) to produce our new album. I feel he’s a great fit as he not only has his finger on the pulse of today’s country music from a producers standpoint, he also is an incredible musician as incuding being an independent producer, he also tours and plays keys with Billy Currington. I’m very excited to work with a fellow musician and amazing producer on FINALLY getting the next album together. Me and some of the boys will be heading down to Nashville next week to get it all rolling and start laying down some tracks at the world famous Castle Recording Studio in Frankin. We still have a ways to go to get where we would like to be, but I’d like thank a few people who have helped the last few years in at least helping us get to this next HUGE step. Special thanks to Morgan Alexander, Brian Chester White, Kenny Ace Bott, Kevin Sharpe at Metro 37 studios, Sean Tabler (The Coop Show) and everyone at WYCD, Alex Handy, Jaimie Ward, Kyra Hellam from 95.9, Michael Raffin, Greg Stryker, everyone that played on the demos, Ed, Craig and Russ from the Nashville crew and most of all friends, fans, and families of the band that keep coming out to our shows…your support means the most to all of us and we are sure to give it hell! (If I forgot someone I’m sorry…lol.) So to all of our Nashville friends, see ya next week and I will post some blogs and take some pics of the process to keep everyone updated!!!!!!

Dave

A Note From Dave…

davidshelby — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:56:25 +0000

So much has happened since the New Year I thought I wanted to share with everyone whats happening in the world of the David Shelby Band. First off, the summer concert schedule is filling up nicely. We are starting to branch out more and our travel schedule is starting to get busy so please check back frequently to the tour page of the website for cities near you that you could come on out and party with us. We had our first taste of the new travel schedule recently with a two night concert series up in Alpena, Michigan. All I can say is the people that put on the event at the Aplex as well as the new friends and fans we met up north are incredible. Everyone was so nice and despite the worst snow fall of the winter we had an incredible turnout. The Aplex was rockin’ and everyone had a great time both nights. The highlight being that two local charities benefited greatly from the generosity of the fine residents of Alpena. The Thunder Bay Art Council as well as the local Junior Achievement Board were each presented a check by myself during the intermission to help with their great causes. Overall the whole trip was a complete success and we feel like me met friends and fans for life.

Another major development is that after a long and hard process of setting things up…..THE NEW ALBUM IS FINALLY BEING FINISHED…wooooohooooo. We have reduced our live schedule for about a month or so and I am heading down to Nashville shortly to start putting the finishing touches on our new album and I promise that it will be released this spring in time for our summer concert schedule. I am very proud of this whole project as both cities….Detroit and Nashville both have their influences on it. So far in playing some demos for executivies they were most excited in the fact that it sounds like we have captured a blend of the D meets the Music City in a new a fresh way. I can’t wait for ya’ll to hear it and I am hoping this is the album that puts us over the top. We absolutely do appreciate all of the support and love from the fans that we have gotten through the years and I am fully confident that once the album comes out and with your help we will knock it out of the park with this one. There are so many faces and people that I see at every show and I just want to say again how much I do appreciate every one of you. So wether you haven’t seen us in a while….or your there for every show….you can look forward to a new stage show this spring with new tunes, a renewed energy and as always and perhaps most importantly…..a good time!!!!! I will see ya’ll real soon at a gig near you, and one more thing, this year for the 99.5 hoedown the bands are being chosen by fan vote so if you get a minute or two (or several hundred…haha) during the day please pop over to 99.5’s website and vote for us to rock Downtown Detroit for the 5th consecutive year! I hope everyone stays healthy and happy……

Dave

Thursday Night Live w/ Coop

dshelby-wp-admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:48:16 +0000

Big thank you to everyone that braved the cold and snow, yes, we said it, snow to come down to the WYCD studios and join us for Thursday Night Live with Coop on November 17th. Once again, we had a blast.

Coop’s got photos on WYCD and Video on YouTube.

Thursday Night Live Photos

Thanks again to WYCD & Coop for having us out.