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By Lauryn Snapp Jess Carson has a lot of talents. As part of the musical trio Midland, Jess delivers high-energy performances, instantaneous harmony, and shreds on the guitar. He writes, he sings, he does it all. He can also drive at a high rate of speed and deliver a baby in a parked car. In a recent interview with Cody Alan, Jess shared the tale of how he went from being a touring musician to roadside baby delivery professional seemingly overnight. "I quote-unquote, delivered the second on...

By Lauryn Snapp Jess Carson has a lot of talents. As part of the musical trio Midland, Jess delivers high-energy performances, instantaneous harmony, and shreds on the guitar. He writes, he sings, he does it all. He can also drive at a high rate of speed and deliver a baby in a parked car. In a recent interview with Cody Alan, Jess shared the tale of how he went from being a touring musician to roadside baby delivery professional seemingly overnight. "I quote-unquote, delivered the second on...

The documentary premieres March 19 on CMT Music, CMT Australia MTV Live & Pluto TV Midland’s Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach and Jess Carson are giving music lovers a glimpse into the trio’s genesis, as the group formalized over the span of 10 days spent in relentless musical experimentation at the Sonic Ranch studio in Tornillo, Texas back in 2014. The three friends had never even performed a show together as a band at that point. CMT will premiere Midland: The Sonic Ranch documentary, ...

An accompanying soundtrack will chronicle the first music the trio recorded

Country music trio Midland has a new documentary out that highlights the magic of the local recording studio Sonic Ranch.

Posted on 03 Mar 2021 By abc-digital Midland -- made up of Cameron Duddy and Jess Carson -- are taking fans behind the scenes of their early days with a new documentary, called Midland: The Sonic Ranch. In the film, the three performers will share their earliest bonds and what led them to form a band together. It all started when acquaintances Mark and Jess reconnected during Cameron’s wedding, initially bonding over their mutual love of throwback, vintage country. In the midst of an e...

Mar 4, 2021 Midland: The Sonic Ranch documentary and soundtrack on March 19th.  The film documents the bands formation from the time the three friends reconnected at group member Cameron Duddys wedding, along with how they create their unique sound.  Lead singer Mark Wystrach says, “Midland was not so much a band as an experiment fueled by an assortment of spirits, but mostly tequila and the possibilities painted in our imaginations. We had no record label or manager, and we had never p...

Midland to Release Sonic Ranch Doc and Soundtrack Recounting Country Groups Formation (EXCLUSIVE) Chris Willman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Not many bands have the benefit of having their origin story recorded on film for posterity by a documentarian. Cases are fewer still where said documentarian puts down the camera (or at least sets it on a tripod) midway through the process so he can actually join the band. This was all the case, though, when the country group Midland came together i...

The country trio known as Midland -- made up of Mark Wystrach , Cameron Duddy and Jess Carson -- are taking fans behind the scenes of their early days...

Legendary Texas rapper Bun B of UGK has released a new 6-track, 21-minute collaborative EP with rising Houston rapper/producer LE$ today on DIOS //II Trill Enterprises to usher in the new year. The EP was uniquely recorded at the largest residential recording complex in the world in producer Dave Sitek’s 1700-acre ‘Sonic Ranch’ pecan farm in West Texas after inviting them down back in May 2020 (the diverse Dave Sitek has produced for the likes of Beyonce & Jay-Z, Wale, Kelis, Santigold, N...