We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Dallas Remington. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Dallas below.
Hi Dallas, thanks for joining us today. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?
Growing up I always loved to sing. From the back seat of my mom’s car to school talent shows to church, I always singing. When I was 10 years old, my Mapa (my mom’s mom) saw an ad in the paper for guitar & vocal lessons at a local venue back home in Kentucky. After I started taking lessons, I began performing in their Winter Talent Competition. The venue posted a video of me singing Miranda Lambert’s “The House that Built Me”, a producer for a TV show in Nashville saw the video and invited me to start performing on the “Nashville Spotlight” & at live showcases around Music City. I made my debut in Nashville at 11 years old and I never looked back. I knew this was the town & the career for me!
Dallas, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
Country Music has been a part of my life since before I can remember. The first song that I can remember hearing & singing was “Blame It On Your Heart” by Patty Loveless. I’d run down the hall, in my red cowboy boots, singing it at the top of my lungs when my dad came in from working on the farm. Growing up in Kentucky, Country Music was the soundtrack of our lives. Ever since I started writing & performing my music, I’ve spent my career trying to honor the legacy of the Country Music that I grew up with, while also finding a way to make my songs as “me” as I possibly can. This genre is my home & they are truly the songs that wrote my life.
In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?
In my opinion, the best way to support an artist is to SUPPORT their art – through social media, financially, and just through building them up with the things you say. That is as easy and hitting the like or share button on social media, buying their single instead of streaming it, and leaving positive comments instead of tearing them down. We live in a world where everyone is quick to share their opinions, but they don’t think about what all the artists and creatives are facing behind the scenes. Being a creative takes more than just being a creative – it takes money, time & sometimes even a toll on your heath, mentally & physically. Taylor Swift said it best, “Music has value”. Value the art your favorite artists are releasing. And when it comes to social media, T-Swift also asked the great question, “Why ya gotta. be so mean?”. Remember that the next time you go to tear someone down through a comment or negative review.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
The most rewarding thing to me, besides literally living my dream, is seeing first hand the way music can change people’s lives, even if they don’t realize it. Music heals, music sparks emotion, music is always there for us. I have seen a Loretta Lynn song bring memories back to a dementia patient; I’ve seen love songs get people out of wheel chairs to dance; and I, in my own life, have experienced the way a song can help you though any situation more times than I can count. Being a songwriter and being on stage every night to see the way songs affect those listening, is the greatest reward to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.dallasremington.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dallasremingtonmusic/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dallasremingtonmusic
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/dallasremington
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallasremington7563
Image Credits
Bev Moser, Brad Rankin, Ryan Nolan, Neon Leaf Media