Brady Toops - Bachelorette 11 - *Spoilers - Sleuthing* - Discussion

I'm actually interested in the Brady and Britt pairing. :cutesmile!:

Pia1 wrote:I'm actually interested in the Brady and Britt pairing.  :cutesmile!:

Me too!

I did a little research and discovered the following.....

He's smart ~ he received a four year full ride academic scholarship to the University of Arkansas and graduated with a degree in Marketing Management.  He's using his degree to market/manage his own music career

He's driven ~ he went from an unnoticed college baseball player to a 10th round draft pick for the St Louis Cardinals. He hasn't given up on his music career.  He's been on countless road trips driving from one end of the country to the other to perform at house shows, churchs, concerts, as well as various venues around the world

He has a business with his brother ~ they buy, sell and rent vintage guitar pedals http://www.buyvintagepedals.com

He likes chick flicks ~ one of his favorites Pride and Prejudice

He's pragmatic ~ he wanted to buy a house before settling down.  He now owns a home in Nashville

Besides baseball and music ~ he likes to golf, snowboard, bowl, and play cards/board games

Sources

http://www.shaneblackshear.com/?powerpress_pinw=1378-podcast

http://thecabin.net/stories/061004/spo_0610040017.shtml#.VRRErLl0zUA

https://instagram.com/bradytoops

An interview from 2014 with Indie Vision Music....

IVM: First off, thanks for taking the time to sit down and answer some questions, I know you have family here to hang out with. When did you know that you wanted to make music for a living?

BT: For me it was one of those natural things that came out, we. the all have different talents and skills and the way we’re designed. For me it was an expression of who I was, the way I was designed. Baseball ended in ’06 and ’07 rolled around and I went on a road trip to figure out what I wanted to do, what was next. I felt God asking me “What do you want to do?” That roadtrip was rediscovering my heart, I thought “I want to make music. I don’t know if I can do that for a living but I want to make music.” And 7 years later I am still making music.

IVM: Earlier this year you were on tour with John Mark McMillan, what was your favorite moment of that tour?

BT: There was a couple favorite moments. Number 1, just traveling with the guys, with John Mark, having conversations on the road and learning from their experience and his wisdom, different things he would say that struck home for me. He’s incredible, I have a lot of respect for him and his music. I asked a lot of questions, his encouragement was great. The last show of the tour was great. It was in Knoxville and I walked on stage and people just started chanting my last name, “Toops, Toops, Toops!” It was hilarious, I came to find out they didn’t even know who I was they just thought my last name was cool. Super lively crowd, so fun.

IVM: In a couple of weeks you are hitting the road for a house show tour. Have you done one of these before? Do you like the intimateness of house shows? Is it at all nerve wracking?

BT: I have done lots of house shows but I’ve never done a house show tour where I’m selling tickets, this is more of a systemized house show tour. Is it nerve wracking? Yes, because people are so close but also the thing that’s great about it is you get to know the people, more of an intimate connection. ‘Cause you’re in a living room, friends hang out in the living room so I feel like we get to be friends. In my music that’s important, that kind of connection.

IVM: That’s excellent. I feel like that would be terrifying, I think it would be easier to have nameless faces. What is your favorite Brady Toops song and why?

BT:  My favorite Brady Toops song is usually the latest one that I’ve written and then I play it way too many times and then I don’t know if I like it. At the moment my favorite song, it’s not on any record yet, I think it’s called Bleed. It’s a song about being caught in the middle of making a living and doing something that makes you feel alive. The wrestling, the tug-of-war between those two things. I think we all feel that, what we love doesn’t always make money and sometimes what we love makes money and we don’t love it as much. At the end of the day I would rather live with a heart that bleeds and feels and that is moved rather than just being an engine or a machine. It was originated from a Johnny Cash quote, “Without love I am half-human, without love I am a machine.”

IVM: Wow, alright, that’s really amazing. Being an artist you have probably been someone’s first concert, what was your first concert

BT: The first concert that I ever remember buying a ticket to, like taking my hard-earned cash and going and buying a ticket was Damien Rice at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City. He was amazing.

IVM: You’re a singer-songwriter, if you could have written any song in the history of songs, which song would you choose?

BT: The latest song from Coldplay. If I could have written any song…man…Johnny Cash covered it, maybe “Ring of Fire,” that would be a pretty baller song to say I wrote. I would have liked to have written “Amazing Grace” it’s still one of my favorite songs, it just rings true through all generations. So I would probably say “Amazing Grace” and then for all the hipster-cool people I would say “Ring of Fire.” And then any Coldplay song.

IVM: Hahaha. If you could have coffee with three living celebrities (famous for any reason) who would you have coffee with?

BT: Man, that’s a great question…one of my favorite authors is a man by the name of Richard Rohr, he’s a Franciscan priest. He writes a lot about the contemplative life and I would love to have coffee with him. It would be fascinating, we could talk about all things spiritual. Chris Martin from Coldplay would be great to have coffee with. And Taylor Swift because I would like her to write a happy song about the male race. And she’s brilliant, beautiful, and a killer songwriter.

IVM: That’s a really great list, solid choices. Before pursuing music full time you were a baseball player, how did it feel hitting the grand slam during the regional tournament your senior year [of college]?

BT: In the moment it just felt like, “Man…” Afterwards it felt like, “Did that really happen? Was I the one that really did that?” Like I see the video of it and I feel like everyone else just watching a cool moment and I’ll get chills and I’m like, “Oh yeah, that’s me jumping into the pile.” It felt really cool, I feel really fortunate to be a part of that moment. I’m really glad I didn’t strike out.

IVM: Haha, that would have felt a lot worse I’m sure. When did you start wearing pants with elastic at the bottom? Where did you get your hot “I don’t care” style?

BT: Oh my gosh, elastic at the bottom, uhh, probably when I was like 2 years old. Actually probably like zero. Don’t onesies have elastic at the bottom? Recent history though I probably started wearing them in the last year. I stumbled into a store called Cotton On and something called drop-crotch pants and they changed my life. Once you go drop-crotch with elastic bottoms, you’ll never go back.

IVM: Is that what Justin Bieber wears?
BT: Me and Biebs, yeah.

IVM: So tell me about this remix song that you’re putting out.

BT: So I’ve never made music to try to be played on the radio. Not because I hate radio or Christian radio just because I never gravitated toward that style of music. I just wanted to write things that felt honest and true to me. What came out was this organic, rootsy, soulful, folky vibe. The last couple years of playing that I love that kind of music and I will probably keep writing that kind of music but in the creative process I love experimenting and thought, “hey, what if we did something just totally different? If this organic, way left of center is my vibe, what if we just went totally the other way and experimented with a song in more that EDM [electronic dance music] world?” It’s not totally EDM but it’s definitely a remix. I love it. We just finished up mixing it right now and it’s fun to experiment. Maybe I’ll do it more in the future.

http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2014/07/31/brady-toops/

jen689 wrote:
He likes chick flicks ~ one of his favorites Pride and Prejudice

Gotta like him for that alone! He 'sounds' like a good catch, just a little surprised he's into Britt, I've seen stranger pairings though.

Lost17 wrote:

jen689 wrote:
He likes chick flicks ~ one of his favorites Pride and Prejudice

Gotta like him for that alone! He 'sounds' like a good catch, just a little surprised he's into Britt, I've seen stranger pairings though.

And a man with a good head on his shoulders! Britt is a lucky girl if he's pursuing her. Pants with elastic bottoms. I've never seen those except on babies.

I also love that he likes chick flicks and my fave Pride and Prejudice. :cutesmile!:

One of my top 2 favs too Pia!

Drop-crotch pants, not a fan of them or the name.

Here is a link to a 5 minute radio interview Brady did with a Christian station in Australia.  He talks about Easterfest where he'll be performing April 3 - April 5.

https://soundcloud.com/929voicefm/brady-toops-on-the-double-shot

A link to his performance schedule at Easterfest. Australia's largest drug and alcohol free festival. https://easterfest2015.sched.org/artist/artist_348447en#.VRSEB7l0zUA

More tour dates have been added to his website http://www.bradytoops.com/#!tour/c20u8

4/15/2015 ~ Brother Willie's Pub - Collegeville, MN

4/19/2015 ~ Burning Hearts - West Fargo, ND

4/22/2015 ~ Park Rapids Area Youth Assembly

5/15/2015 ~ Sacred Grounds - Lafayette, IN

5/17/2015 ~Harvest Fellowship - Leo, IN

5/17/2015 ~ Hebrews Coffee & Music - Leo, IN

Once Brady goes back on tour I'm hoping he'll start posting on social media again

Lost17 wrote:One of my top 2 favs too Pia!

Drop-crotch pants, not a fan of them or the name.

It makes me wonder if a lot of posters here also like English Dramas. Love them!

He really sounds like a great guy!

Some of Brady's philosophies about life...

What a truly talented guy, in so many areas. Great catch!