![]() The boy name my wife wanted was, ‘Zayde’, and I picked the middle name, ‘Wolf.” "We already had one boy and one girl so we thought we would just wait until birth to find out this third time," he explains. The Zayde Wolf name was a bit of an accident too, as the name was originally intended for Burnett and his wife's third child. Zayde Wolf wouldn’t have happened without her." ![]() Though it’s her company that licenses songs for me on shows and things, she is the one who has pushed me and the musical boundaries in order to come up with ideas and concepts. "I didn’t want music supervisors or Jessica to know it was me, because I had been an artist in bands before, and I wanted to get real feedback on these songs apart from anything I had done in the past," he explains.” She’s the only other quasi-creative entity for Zayde Wolf. ![]() Burnett describes Jessica Cole as, the "ghost member" of his band and his most trusted collaborator. Jessica Cole, Lyric House’s President responded, 'So who’s Zayde Wolf, anyway? We need more songs.’ That’s literally the accidental story of how I became Zayde Wolf." That one song released three years ago has led to two full-length albums, an EP, dozens of singles, and a dedicated following that includes over 1.2 million Spotify monthly listeners, 235K YouTube subscribers, 81 million views, and his music has been streamed over 200 million times across streaming services. Pretty much immediately, one of the songs was licensed. "I finished the songs, and rather than use my name, I listed, ‘Zayde Wolf,’ as the artist and sent it to a licensing company in Los Angeles called Lyric House. I had these new ideas, but when a couple of singers fell through, I just decided to sing on it myself," Burnett says. "Towards the end of 2015, I was producing some new music as a concept. All of Burnett's accolades may seem to be the makings of an obvious solo success, but the Zayde Wolf project came somewhat accidentally. Raised in Metropolis, a small town in Illinois best known for its fictional favorite son, Clark Kent, the level of success Burnett has achieved, both personally and professionally, is beyond anything he ever imagined or that was expected of him growing up. Working to become greater, transcending the past, and not allowing it to define who you will be - these are concepts embodied by Burnett himself. Ultimately, it’s about hope.įrom the first fist-pumping notes of opener “The Reason,” in which Burnett implores us to rise up and overcome, hard-hitting encouragement anthems like “Back At It” and “Never Fade,” to the autobiographical “Look At Me Now” and “Still Fighting For It,” the message is clear: fear is inevitable - we can either allow it to keep us from pursuing our dreams or use it to stoke the coals of the fire burning within us all to become who we’re really meant to be. It’s about taking stock of where we are, and realizing there’s more work to be done, dreaming of brighter days ahead. It’s about remembering and drawing inspiration from good times past and exploring our reasons to keep pushing ahead. The album is 40 minutes of pure energy: within the grooves of its 12 tracks, he acknowledges the heartbreak of 2020, reflecting on what was and what could have been. ![]() This Spring he will unveil a new powerhouse collection of tracks: the third full-length installment in the dynamic Zayde Wolf catalog, follows his 2018 Modern Alchemy LP, which charted on iTunes in over 25 countries within hours of its release. His song “Cold Blooded” was the spring 2019 theme song for the Chicago Cubs and used by Dude Perfect, one of the top YouTube Sports channels with over 40 million subscribers and seven billion views, with whom he continues an artistic partnership. The solo project of Dustin Burnett, a Nashville-based producer and musician, Zayde Wolf has licensed hundreds of songs - from film trailers, television shows and video games, to major domestic and international advertisements on the internet with Fox, NBC, ABC, ESPN, MTV, CBS and TLC networks. Zayde Wolf is a songwriter, producer, and one-of-a-kind artist in his own right. ![]()
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