066 - Cale Dodds :: Adapting a “Figure It Out” Mentality

Cale Dodds has been writing songs since the age of 12. At the age of 22, after attending Columbus State University, Dodds made the move from Columbus, GA to Nashville, TN to pursue his career in music.       

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In 2014, Cale released his first EP titled “Wild and Wreckless”—a five-song project recorded at Ocean Way Studio with Kyle Jacobs and Matt McClure. In 2015, Dodds received a cut from A Thousand Horses for his song “Drunk Dial,” which reached number 23 on Billboards’s Country Airplay Chart; and in 2016, Warner/Chappell Music signed Dodds to a worldwide publishing agreement. In March 2016, Dodds independently released his second project, "People Watching - EP", produced by Corey Crowder and Zach Abend. Since the release, his songs "People Watching" and "Lying" have been streamed over 5 million times, and “Acting Our Age,” was selected for the EA Sports Madden ‘17 soundtrack which also featured artists such as Blake Shelton and Brantley Gilbert.

In January 2017, Cale Dodds joined Warner Music Nashville. Later that year, in September, Dodds released his first major label "double"—a two-sided single—featuring "All Over" and "Lying." The second double followed in November with "Out Of My System" and "People Watching," and the third in January 2018 with Cale's radio single "Take You Back" and "Like We Do."

Most recently, in March 2019, Dodds released his current single "I Like Where This Is Going"  a song written with hit writers Nicolle Galyon and Busbee about "anticipation" and seeing "the uncertainty of what’s going to happen, while having faith that it’s going to unfold in the right way."

A few things that came up:

Clapping on 1&3 

Itsayomama mention

Their parents would wake them up with loud music

Playing at Mohegan Sun Arena

Cheesecake Factory

1000 Horses

Jonas Brothers reference

Tipping etiquette

$5 is the new $3

Figure it out mentality

"I like Where This Is Going"

Writing with David Cook....

Rolling Stone new country artist you need to know

Most songs being between 70-89 bpm

Comedy training

Carrie Underwood Story...

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