Meet Britton Buchanan

Today we’d like to introduce you to Britton Buchanan.

So, before we jump into specific questions, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I was born in a small town in the Piedmont area of North Carolina – about 45 minutes south of Raleigh. I never took much interest in sports due to how absolutely horrible I was at everything I tried. As a last resort to find something I was good at, my parents bought me a guitar at my request. I started guitar lessons when I turned eight years old and immediately took to playing things that almost resembled music. At about 10 or 11, I actually started to practice and got pretty decent. I started singing around the age of 12 and started playing in bars most weekends around the same time. I worked hard chipping away at the craft – starting bands, quitting bands, playing alone, playing with friends.

When I was 17, a talent agent that worked for NBC’s The Voice reached out and asked if I had any interest auditioning for the show. Being from such a small community in the American South and growing up a fan of rock and roll and the Laurel Canyon sound, I idealized, idolized and worshipped the idea of California – Los Angeles specifically. Knowing there was an opportunity for me to end up there (as the show was taped on the Universal lot), I took the chance. Flash forward six months or so, I ended up placing second on The Voice by some miracle and it all took off from there. I moved to Los Angeles permanently around two years ago and have lived here, working on music, ever since.

Has it been a smooth road?
I’ve been blessed overall to have a relatively smooth road. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my challenges. Things that you expect to happen overnight take forever. People who promise you the world come and go. You put things out and not as many people listen as you’d like. But you push through, which is the most important part. I try to keep my head as high as I can and realize that, with every challenge, there is a lesson learned and, more often than not, a reward. Positivity and determination are key for me.

Can you give our readers some background on your music?
I’m a musician. I feel so grateful that I get to write songs and travel and sing for a living. If you would’ve told eight years old me that he’d be living in LA as a full-time musician, he would’ve thought you were a comedian. I’m not entirely sure what sets me apart from others. I try to write as a good and as unique as I can. I think that’s the key for me in terms of setting myself apart. Lending my own voice and my perspective and trying to do that as authentically as I can.

Is our city a good place to do what you do?
Los Angeles is the perfect place for people who want the same career as I have. I’d tell anyone and everyone to move here. The city has a perfume of opportunity. It’s romantic, it’s devastating. I’ve always said that Los Angeles is whatever you need it to be. It’s the only city I’ve ever been to that molds itself around you (if you want it to), instead of you trying to mold yourself around it. Maybe I’m looking at it with rose-colored glasses, but it works for me. Screenings from the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian and at the Aero with Q&A’s are awe-inspiring. Local bands at The Hotel Cafe are friends, heroes and motivators. There is art and love all around and it pushes you to be better than you are. It’s perfect.

Contact Info:

• Website: brittonbuchanan.com
• Email: tobritton@brittonbuchanan.com
• Instagram: @brittonbuchanan
• Facebook: facebook.com/BrittonBuchanan
• Twitter: @brittonbuchanan

Image Credit:
Image Credits to Patrick Priest and Patrick Wolfe.

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