Music Veteran Bryan Andrew Wilson Returns With 'This Time' EP
Singer/Songwriter and music veteran Bryan Andrew Wilson will release his new EP 'This Time' on 3rd August 2018. The EP follows his Stellar Award nominated album 'The One Percent'.
"Soul singers sing out of their heartache," says Bryan Andrew Wilson. "However, they don’t usually sing about a solution to the heartache which for me is God. I sing about some of the same topics R&B artists sing about but I’d like to think my music offers spiritual medicine for a sick soul." Wilson, a twenty-year music veteran at the age of 30, provides a multitude of soulful observances of life on his Stellar Award nominated comeback CD The One Percent (EchoPark JDI Entertainment/Caroline Distribution) that has more in common with the melodious stylings of John Legend or Aloe Blacc than his gospel peers. “It’s not regular Sunday morning church music,” says Wilson. “A lot of people in my generation are tired of institutional church because of clergy scandals but we still have a spiritual hunger so these songs touch on feelings we all share about life, relationships, work, God.”
Wilson wrote or co-wrote ten of the set’s 13 tracks that he says, “reflect the ups and downs of faith without preaching. It’s just one man talking out loud about what he’s been through in his life while also seeking a relationship with God.”
The musical roots of The One Percent are soiled with rhythms ranging from Stevie Wonder-styled ballads and `60s-flavored Soul to Caribbean and Go-go beats. “This album reflects who I am as a grown man and a believer more than any other album I’ve recorded,” Wilson says of his first project since 2008. “This is a wide array of musical styles but it still all gels together.”
The theme of The One Percent hails from the Bible’s Parable of the Lost Sheep. “The message is to neglect no one and to leave no one behind - emotionally, spiritually or in terms of their human needs,” says Wilson who has been singing professionally since the age of ten. “We have to stop preaching at people and encourage them instead. This album let’s people know that regardless of what they are going through there is hope and a positive way to deal with issues and triumph.”
“My whole mindset and approach to music has changed since I became a pastor,” Wilson says. “As a child, I used to sing what producers gave me whether I liked it or not. Then, I sang what I liked to listen to but nowadays I really listen to the hearts of people and I read the blogs and online newspapers to see what’s really on people’s minds and I try to incorporate that into the songs I sing and the messages I bring. I’m hoping the music I do now doesn’t just entertain people; I’m hoping it encourages people - whether they are Christians or not - wherever they are in life.”
