NEWS

Listen To "Indiana Jones" here

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rising country stars, WAYLAND's song "Indiana Jones" went viral on Tik Tok today, Friday, September 1, which resulted in the tune hitting #2 on the iTunes rock charts and #29 on the iTunes charts.

A fan reaction video to the nostalgic tune began going viral with thousands of comments of people reminiscing on their childhood and how much the song meant to them.

The band was traveling to Madison, WI to play "Taste Of Madison" in support of Priscilla Block when their fans began sharing the hundreds of thousands of views coming in. The success came as a surprise, as they were currently promoting their new single, "Summer To Me" and their spot at #85 on the Country radio charts. The band was this month's Cumulus Picklejar Up All Night Spotlight Artist.

The band's friend and television personality Guy Fieri was featured in the song's music video and promotion. Click here to watch the video.

Catch WAYLAND live for the 103.3 Country Concert Series at 6th & Peabody when they play with Chase Matthew. All ticket sales will be donated to Monroe Caroll Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt to benefit Nashville SC’s “Kick Childhood Cancer” awareness campaign. Click here for more details.

WAYLAND is a country-rock, crossover, vocal group from West Michigan specializing in the sound they call "blue collar country." The group toured the country three hundred days per year playing two hundred shows per year for seven years earning four top forties and two top twenties on rock radio all while celebrating every night alongside the self named "WAYLAND WARRIORS." Their goal was for nobody to play harder than WAYLAND, on or off the stage, as clearly depicted in their viral music video for breakout single and working man's anthem, "Get A Little."

WAYLAND
For more information, check out WAYLAND:

Official: www.waylandtheband.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/waylandtheband
Instagram: www.instagram.com/waylandtheband
Twitter: www.twitter.com/waylandtheband
YouTube: www.youtube.com/waylandtheband

To join the Wayland Warrior fan club visit www.waylandtheband.com/waylandwarrior

For interviews and information, contact [email protected]
For approved logos, photos, and band bio visit www.theservicemusic.com

Country vocal group WAYLAND released their brand new music video for Summer To Me to CMT and everywhere you stream music videos today, Friday, August 24. Watch the music video here. This summer anthem carries the quintessence feelings for summertime.

The video was filmed in the heart of Nashville at East Side Yards and just over the border at XYZ CBD Farms in Kentucky.

The visualizer features a special introduction from the esteemed "Mayor of Flavortown" Guy Fieri and his son Hunter. Fieri has been a huge supporter of Wayland since his production team from Diner’s Drive-ins and Dives discovered the band at Live Oak in Nashville last summer.

Wayland has been featured on multiple episodes of Diner’s Drive-ins and Dives and Guy’s All American Road Trip. “WAYLAND is a part of our family and the next big country-rock crossover. They’re crushing it’ says Fieri.

Television personality and Senior Production Manager with Citizen Pictures, Amber Goerish teamed up with Wayland to produce and direct “Summer to Me.”

Summer To Me was written by Mitch Arnold, (WAYLAND) Phillip Vilenski, (WAYLAND) Sam Varga, and Frank Legeay and recorded at Spotify Noteable Studios by co-producers Phillip Vilenski and Kate Malone (Sam Hunt.)
The tune was mixed by Aaron Chmielewski and mastered by Sam Moses.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT WAYLAND
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | TikTok | YouTube
To become a WAYLAND WARRIOR, click here.
For interviews and more information on the band, contact [email protected]
For approved media assets, click here.

Click to listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWYUfsq4hxHWP

Spotify adds Summer to Me to the New Music Friday Country Playlist. Listen here.

WAYLAND released their brand new single Summer To Me to streaming platforms everywhere today, Friday, August 4.

Summer To Me was written by Mitch Arnold, (WAYLAND) Phillip Vilenski, (WAYLAND) Sam Varga, and Frank Legeay and recorded at Spotify Noteable Studios by co-producers Phillip Vilenski and Kate Malone (Sam Hunt.) The tune was mixed by Aaron Chmielewski and mastered by Sam Moses.

The vocal group celebrates tonight at 6pm at Live Oak for a single release party and concert live streamed through the Picklejar app. After the party, WAYLAND will join Patrick live from Cumulus Media’s WKDF-FM studios in Nashville as his co-hosts.

Cumulus and Picklejar have chosen WAYLAND as Picklejar Up All Night’s newest Spotlight Artist.

The new, daily country radio program, “PickleJar Up All Night” is hosted by Patrick Thomas, formerly of the “Big D and Bubba Show” and features emerging country artists alongside top-charting country music, and the biggest stories in entertainment news and exclusive features.

WAYLAND’s latest single, “Too Soon To Say Goodbye” is the featured track for the month of July.

“PickleJar is thrilled to leverage its Artist First technology to assist WAYLAND in engaging with its ferocious fan base. We’re elated to give the fans a ‘peek behind the curtain’ to see everything that goes into what makes WAYLAND a world class act,” shares President and Co-founder Kristian Barowsky.

The show airs seven nights a week from Midnight-5:00am ET in forty seven national markets. WAYLAND will join Patrick live from Cumulus Media’s WKDF-FM studios in Nashville on August 4th to promote their next single, "Summer To Me".

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT WAYLAND

Website | Facebook |  Instagram | Twitter | TikTok | YouTube

To become a WAYLAND WARRIOR, click here.

For interviews and more information on the band, contact [email protected]

For approved media assets, click here.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sam Varga releases pop punk anthem “Dark Arts” to streaming services everywhere today, Friday, June 3. In true Varga fashion, he rallied his best friends to ink the feel good tune with co-writers Spencer Jordan (KNOX/John Harvie)
Caleb Oczowski (Natalia Taylar) Caleb joined Dan Swank (All Time Low/Cassadee Pope) for production.

“This is actually how I talk and probably a good idea of what it’s like to date me. This whole song is kinda like Mark Wahlberg’s character in ‘The Other Guys’. Everything I know about astrology started out as me making fun of it. Now I am astutely aware of when retrograde hits and that according to Vedic astrology I’m a Scorpio but in terms of western astrology I’m a Sag which explains a lot. It’s all in good fun,” shares Varga

Sam is an emo-kid turned alt-country poet whose alchemy of punk dynamics and Nashville sonics makes for an addictive kind of hurt. Varga found himself in rock exile in Nashville, writing country songs while simultaneously helping spear head the local emo resurgence at emo nights around Nashville. Realizing he didn’t have to choose between the two genres, he began putting his Nashville lyrical chops to work over the more dynamic and distorted music of his earlier days.

WAYLAND announces their Midwest Summer Tour.

05.06 GLC Live at 20 Monroe
05.27 World’s Largest Brat Fest
06.03 Silver Dome Ballroom
06.04 Top Fuel Saloon
07.01 Kirkland Lions Club  Fourth Of July Celebratio
07.22 and 07.23 Country Thunder Music Festivals
07.27 Northwoods Country Rally
08.18 Northwoods Rock Rally
08.19 Coral Lanes Bowling Center
09.09 Wayland Hot Air Balloonfest

Tickets are on sale now at www.waylandtheband.com

Thursday, March 30

WAYLAND’s brand new single Too Soon To Say Goodbye Added To Spotify’s Country Fresh Finds. Stream it here. 

Join WAYLAND live from Basement East on April 3 when they join King Calaway and Chase McDaniel to support the SOLID Music Market.

Get tickets here.

Listen to “Too Soon To Say Goodbye” on Spotify’s New Music Country Playlist here.

Listen To “Too Soon To Say Goodbye” here

“I’ve been a fan of Wayland for over a decade. Their camaraderie, dedication, and work ethic has never waned—it’s grown. Great stories. Great friends.
Now, even better music.”

– Greg “Free Beer” Daniels (Host of the nationally syndicated morning show, The Free Beer & Hot Wings Show, playing mornings on 102.9 The Buzz Nashville)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville’s band to watch, WAYLAND releases “Too Soon To Say Goodbye” to streaming platforms everywhere today, Friday, March 24th. Listen to the track HERE.

“A good friend of the band’s reached out and asked if we would write a song that would help her mourn the loss of her brother who had recently passed away from cancer. We sat down with our friend and co-writer Brandon Ray (Warner Chappell) over Zoom and with the topic hitting so close to home for all of us, the song wrote itself. Losing a loved one is never easy and it seems like no matter what, it’s always ’too soon to say goodbye,’” shares lead singer Mitch Arnold.

The track was produced by the band’s lead guitar player, Phillip Vilenski at Spotify Noteable Studios in Nashville, TN with the team of Spotify engineer JD Tiner and Spotify’s featured female resident engineer, Bella Weaver.

Pictured (L to R): JD Tiner, Bella Weaver, Mitch Arnold, Phillip Vilenski, Photo: Alyssa Hoffman

“I am completely honored to have been the producer on this song for my band. It started with a few days of pre-production in our home studio before we all did basic tracking together live at Spotify Noteable Studios in Nashville. Mitch, Joey, and Danny were super connected as a rhythm section and everyone played with so much passion and emotion. I think the track truly sounds the way I hear our band in my head, which was exactly my goal,” shares guitar player Phillip Vilenski.

“Working with WAYLAND on ‘Too Soon To Say Goodbye’ was such a pleasure. I was constantly blown away by their musicianship. There’s so much talent in this band. I can’t wait for everyone to hear the track,” adds Spotify engineer JD Tiner.

“Working with WAYLAND was such an amazing opportunity. I really enjoyed engineering the guitars and vocals for ‘Too Soon To Say Goodbye.’ Phill had such creative ideas for the guitar parts and I loved being able to help him achieve his vision. I love this song so much, and I am so honored to have been involved in the recording process of such a wonderful song,” includes Bella.

The band is celebrating with a single release party at Martin’s BBQ tonight at 6:30 pm CST with a free show. Every person in attendance will receive a free commemorative t-shirt.

“The first time we played Martin’s BBQ was last summer when we were asked to perform on the finale episode of Guy Fieri’s ‘All American Road Trip,’ that will actually air next month. Pat, Theresa, and the whole staff were so kind and welcoming and we knew we wanted to come back and throw a single release party here,” shares bass player Joey Champagne.

EVENT DETAILS:

DATE: Friday, March 24
TIME: 7:30 pm CST
ADDRESS: 410 4th Avenue South Nashville, TN
TICKETS: Free Show

Pictured (L to R): Joey Champagne, Mitch Arnold, Guy Fieri, Alyssa Hoffman, Phillip Vilenski, Corbin Pratt, Photo: Alyssa Hoffman

The band will be supported by longtime friend Justin Biltonen of 3 Doors Down and local artist Derek Luttrell. A brand new episode of the band’s podcast, “Finding Our Way” released Wednesday, March 22 and featured Justin and stories from their decade long friendship. Click here to stream the podcast.

(Photo Courtesy of ABC News: Justin Biltonen of 3 Doors Down in his WAYLAND t-shirt performing on July 17, 2015)

ABOUT WAYLAND

WAYLAND is a heartland, country-rock band hailing from the town of the same name in West Michigan. Frontman Mitchel Arnold and lead guitar player Phillip Vilenski met when touring the world teaching children music with Bill and Robyn Brawley of Heart Global. They left the UK with their first batch of songs and set off to build a fanbase that nobody could take away from them.

They toured the country independently for seven years selling out venues as a headliner all over the midwest, opening for crossover acts like Shinedown, Lifehouse, Colt Ford, Blackberry Smoke, and Buckcherry, securing slots on major, national rock festivals, and building relationships with radio stations all over the country by singing three part harmony at seven am live on air on radio and television. The band won two official Sixthman Cruise competitions which landed them slots on the Kiss Kruise and Bon Jovi Cruise.

WAYLAND’s Welcome To My Head hit #32 on the active rock charts followed by Reno which reached #54. They followed up these successes with Get A Little, which debuted at #6 on the iTunes rock charts while simultaneously hitting #49 on media base active rock charts with a viral music video to match. Bloody Sunrise reached #30 and was followed by their single, Through The Fire which reached #29 on the Billboard Music Charts. Ghost, co-written by Brent Smith and Zach Meyers of Shinedown reached #28 on BDS active rock.

The band came off the road for the first time in seven years and signed with manager Alyssa Hoffman of The Service. Parking their Prevost at the Hollywood RV Park, they began developing their sound and future in Burbank, California with Keith Nelson at Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte’s MDDN Studios. With EP in hand, the band followed their calling to the Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree, CA where the band connected with Joey “Champagne” Clement (Selena Gomez, David Cook, The Calling, Chord Overstreet) on Tinder when Arnold and Champagne were dating the same girl. They built their friendship and a studio from the ground up and Vilenski produced the band’s record for the very first time. With the sound and direction of WAYLAND clearly defined, they relocated to Nashville, TN where they spent their weekdays at Apple Music Studios co-writing and Spotify Noteable Studios recording.

Pictured (L to R): Keith Nelson, Phillip Vilenski

The band devoted their weekends to the most important part about WAYLAND: the self-named WAYLAND WARRIORS, the dedicated fanbase they’ve come to be known for. The band and fanbase caught the attention of Food Network’s production team and the face of the network, Guy Fieri, who was filming an episode of Diner’s, Drive In’s & Dives. Fieri calls the band “the next big thing in country music” and the “perfect country-rock crossover.” Impressed with their musicianship, he invited the band to perform on the finale episode of the upcoming season for Guy’s All American Road Trip, premiering this June.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT WAYLAND
Website | Facebook |  Instagram | Twitter | TikTok | YouTube

To become a WAYLAND WARRIOR, click here.
For interviews and more information on the band, contact [email protected]
For approved media assets, click here.

Martin’s BBQ Joint cordially invites you to the official WAYLAND “Too Soon To Say Goodbye” single release party on March 24, 2023 from 7:30-8:30pm. This is a FREE party for Wayland Warriors and every person gets a free t-shirt for coming. Join us in Nashville to celebrate!

For more information visit www.waylandtheband.com.

Spotify adds WAYLAND’s We Were Here to the Fresh Finds Country Playlist

“As an independent band, being added to a playlist like this is such a big opportunity for our music to reach new listeners. Thank you so much to the kind folks at Spotify for giving us a chance! Check out the Fresh Finds Country Playlist and save our new song, ‘We Were Here’ and turn it up loud” – Phill Vilenski

Spotify adds WAYLAND’s We Were Here to the New Music Friday Country Playlist

“As an independent band, being added to a playlist like this is such a big opportunity for our music to reach new listeners. Thank you so much to the kind folks at Spotify for giving us a chance! Check out the New Music Friday playlist and save our new song, ‘We Were Here’ and turn it up loud”
– Phill Vilenski

Listen To “We Were Here” here

“…A really unique sound – right between clearly country and that cool almost alt sound.
A similar lane to what HARDY and Koe Wetzel are carving, while also still uniquely identifiable.”
– Ty Bentli (Apple Music Country)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rising country stars, WAYLAND release “We Were Here” to streaming platforms everywhere today, Friday, February 24th. Listen to the track here.

“The song brings me right back to high school with my girlfriend Michele, driving around the backroads of Indiana, listening to music, making out in the driveway… and it always makes me remember that back then, the whole world just existed for the two of us. This song gives us the promise that, that feeling is always out there for us,” shares lead singer Mitch Arnold.

The band is celebrating with a single release party at Live Oak tonight at 6:30 pm CST with a free show.

“Over the past 10 years or so, I’ve learned that I can always count on Wayland to bring ‘The Show’. The boys always bring a great crowd of loyal fans every time they play and are also one of the easiest bands to work with. As the owner of Live Oak in Nashville and being an Associate Producer for Country Thunder Music Festivals, I always look forward to a WAYLAND show. For me, it’s a no brainer. They’re ‘A-List,’” beams Dave Johnson.

Hecho Tequila Soda is sponsoring the party which will be live streamed globally through the efforts of Picklejar, “the #ArtistFirst peer-to-peer cashless tipping app and social platform rewarding fans with weekly giveaways, artist merchandise, free concert tickets, and VIP experiences and where musicians and fans get more for their music.”

“PickleJar is thrilled to leverage its Artist First technology to assist WAYLAND in engaging with its ferocious fan base. We’re elated to give the fans a ‘peek behind the curtain’ to see everything that goes into what makes WAYLAND a world class act,” shares President and Co-founder Kristian Barowsky.

For more details on the band WAYLAND, upcoming tour dates and livestreams, visit www.waylandtheband.com

Hecho Tequila Soda, Live Oak Demonbreun and Picklejar cordially invite you to the official WAYLAND “We Were Here” single release party on February 24, 2023 from 6:30-7:30pm. This is a FREE party for Wayland Warriors 21+ live and in person. For Wayland Warriors worldwide, for a $5 investment, you can join us from anywhere in the world on the Picklejar app.**

“We Were Here takes us right back to high school and reminds us of those midwest nights when we first fell in love. We’re excited to share it with the world,” shares lead singer Mitch Arnold.

For more information visit www.waylandtheband.com.

*Most people that set out to change the world are lucky enough to do so once in their lifetime, if they do it at all. Tony Notargiacomo decided that once wasn’t enough.*

The Executive Producer of the three time Academy Award winning Dallas Buyer’s Club impacted the minds and hearts of millions by bringing the truth about pharmaceutical companies and the inconsistencies of the FDA to the forefront. Most would stop with success of that magnitude, agreeing that an awareness campaign of that level would be enough of a legacy to contribute, but Tony chose to not to rest on his laurels.

He created and developed a solution and a safe alternative to support the wellness of real human beings in the most admirable act of integrity and bee-ing who one says they are through the launch of his farm, XYZ CBD Processing & Farms and flagship product, BluBee Herbals.

Fans are making a bee-line to Blu Bee Herbals because they are actually “transforming lives through the cultivation and production of cannabidiol: an organic component proven to have far-reaching physiological benefits for both humans and animals. Using some of the industry’s most stringent processes and procedures, the facility adheres to quality control standards comparable to those in the pharmaceutical industry.”

The experience is truly farm to table, as Mitchel Arnold, Phillip Vilenski, and Joey Champagne from the band WAYLAND joined Tony and his true legacy of love: his wife Anne Marie, daughter Miah, and sons Dominick and Gianni, who gathered around his wife’s Sunday gravy to see the product and packaging for the first time, learning about Tony’s love for his family, people, and this product, and his real desire to help real people change the world.

Blu Bee Herbals didn’t come out of the blue, it came out of years of study, research, and passion for people, and WAYLAND couldn’t be more proud to introduce the WAYLAND WARRIORS to the product. After traveling the country for 7 years, 300 days per year, they have heard story after story from their fans at the merch table and in line at VIP who have shared their hearts and been been busy as bees trying and failing to find products that support their health and well being.” Offering a solution to our fans through the partnership with BluBee Herbals just makes sense.“

*USE CODE WAYLANDWARRIORS10 FOR 10% OFF YOUR ORDER*

Chief Servicing Officer of THE SERVICE and manager of the band WAYLAND, Alyssa Hoffman was named the Women’s Music Business Association’s 2022 Woman On The Rise at The Wonder Woman Awards. Honored by the association, they told the tale of Alyssa moving to Nashville, organizing coffee with every woman of WMBA, and meeting the town personally one at a time to maximize opportunity and community. It was there Alyssa was announced to be nominated to serve as Secretary on the board for the class of 2023.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “This is the same old WAYLAND but like you’ve never heard them before!“

Wayland has just announced the Hometown Hangout VIP Package for The Intersection Show. When you purchase a ticket for The Intersection between now and November 18 you enter to win the Hometown Hangout VIP.

You and your friends will meet the band for dinner at one of their favorite local spots, followed by a tour of the backstage at The Intersection before the show starts.

This is the first time Wayland is offering this level of a VIP package for a truly special experience that you won’t forget.

Each ticket you purchase counts as an additional entry.

Keep up with us at www.waylandtheband.com and come along for the ride by following @waylandtheband on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Tik Tok.

Become a WAYLAND WARRIOR here.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – WAYLAND begins exploring the “truest connection between fans and artists,” with their new friends at PickleJar Live

WAYLAND is very excited to return to Live Oak this Friday night. Thanks to our new friends at PickleJar Live the show will be streaming for Wayland Warriors from all over the world to see. We have Warriors already tuning in all the way from France and Australia, where will you tune in from?

CLICK HERE To Get Your Tickets

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –

Dubuque, IA is WAYLAND COUNTRY as 101.1 The River begins spinning WAYLAND’s Looking For a Bar October 11.

CLICK HERE To Tune In

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –

WAYLAND has announced their upcoming WEEKEND WARRIOR TOUR.

OCT 07 THE CHROME HORSE CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
Buy Tickets Here

OCT 08 Q CASINO DUBUQUE, IA
(Free show, tickets are first come first serve)

OCT 14 LIVE OAK NASHVILLE, TN
(Free show in Nashville with tickets available for livestream anywhere in the world)
Buy Tickets Here

OCT 15 THE SPILLWAY BOWLING GREEN, KY
(Tickets will be available day of show only at the door)

NOV 05 ADELPHIA MUSIC HALL MARIETTA, OH
NOV 12 CRUSENS (FARMINGTON ROAD) PEORIA, IL
Buy Tickets Here

NOV 13 TOP FUEL SALOON BRAIDWOOD, IL
Buy Tickets Here 

NOV 25 THE INTERSECTION GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Buy Tickets Here

For more information, please visit www.waylandtheband.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –

THE SERVICE is very excited to announce our partnership with Friendly Sky Ticketing Company. Friendly Sky “believes that artists, teams and event organizers should be able to sell their own products, packages, experiences and services under their brand, directly to their fans.  No more third parties.” With this, they provide “better ticketing and support for your events.”

Alyssa met Tanni of Friendly Sky during the pandemic when she was helping WAYLAND with a ticketing solution for our livestreams when WAYLAND was actively streaming THE QUARANTINE CONCERT SERIES. She created beautiful landing pages with options for merchandise purchases and low fees for our fans at a time when budget was on the forefront of everyone’s minds. She stuck with us until touring resumed and has now began offering solutions to our favorite venues and festivals across the country, making doing business easy for everyone.

With an advanced mobile first design, Friendly Sky allows fans a simple and frustration-free way to get tickets to our shows. Friendly Sky’s platform is a one-stop shop for your event day needs: from seating, to merch, and even VIP packages. With the capability to see the view you will have from the seat you choose, you can rest assured that you know exactly what you will be getting on event day.

Our friends at the Wayland Hot Air Balloonfest have already implemented the Friendly Sky platform successfully and so have some of our favorite venues including Chrome Horse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Our fans are now receiving a seamless experience each time they purchase a ticket for one of our shows and they are getting to love how familiar it is and how low the fees are.

“The entire team at friendly sky is committed to doing good business and keeping the fans the top priority. Friendly Sky understands the importance of branding and the importance of direct communication with that fanbase. It has been my pleasure to work with the team and to introduce them to our other partners,” shares Alyssa Hoffman, Founder and Chief Servicing Officer of THE SERVICE

We can’t wait for our fans and venue/festival owners to see the beautiful platform they have created and experience what a breeze it is to use.

https://www.friendlysky.com/
https://www.friendlysky.com/ticketing-features/

The NuCountry TV program in Australia will have WAYLAND on air this Wednesday September 21 at 8pm and the on Saturday 24th at 11:30pm to debut The Holy Shift music video.

NuCountry airs on Channel 31 / Digital 44 in Australia and also on C31 in Melbourne and Geelong for the Victorians.

https://www.nucountry.com.au
https://youtu.be/QeJtoFgN_Bk

WAYLAND announces their legendary, annual hometown show at The Intersection and for the first time in WAYLAND history, this show will be a very special B93 Presents. VIP tickets are available for an additional, acoustic performance and pre-show. All details are available here.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –

Just two days after their newest release, Looking For A Bar WAYLAND was featured in All Country News’ New Music Roundup in their top nine releases alongside hitmakers Jon Pardi and Kelsea Ballerini.

WAYLAND was also featured in their weekly industry insider and podcast beside other hot and up-and-coming artists.

Click Here to Check Out the Newsletter
Click Here to Listen to the Podcast.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “This is the same old WAYLAND but like you’ve never heard them before,” laughs manager Alyssa Hoffman of THE SERVICE upon the release of the country-rock band’s brand new single, Looking For A Bar which released to streaming services everywhere today, Friday, September 2. 

Looking For A Bar is imbued with the signature guitar riffs and narrative-driven lyricism that WAYLAND has built a career on. Penned by hitmakers, Bernie Nelson, Jim “Moose” Brown, and AJ Kross, and produced in Nashville, Tennessee by Moose, Looking For A Bar was the easiest choice to make when it came to deciding on a single. Lead guitar player, Phill Vilenski shares, 

“ It sounded like a WAYLAND song and that’s really the only thing that’s important to us. We’ve met so many amazing songwriters in our co-writing sessions lately and while getting to know them as friends, it’s amazing to listen to their previously written songs that kinda feel like they were waiting for us.  “

The lyrics take us to where we’ve all been before: heartbroken, processing and quite literally, “looking for a bar.” WAYLAND sings:

“I’m not looking for answers or a one night stand
No, I haven’t really thought that far
I’m just looking for a bar
I’m looking for a place where nobody knows my name
Somewhere it’s okay to break down
I’m just looking for a spot
Where baby you’re not
Throwback a couple shots
And yell ‘hey now’
I’m just out here in my car
I’m just looking for a bar“

WAYLAND’s extraordinary independent touring schedule has seen sell outs across the midwest as they toured the country for seven years, three hundred days per year building a fanbase nobody could take away from them.

Their four top forties and two top twenties have seen consistent, national airplay.

All of this coupled with their breakout success into the country format has officially proven WAYLAND as a mainstay in the rock and country crossover circuit.

This point is driven home when you realize that most bands have a hometown, but WAYLAND has a hometown and a “home away from hometown” with Madison, Wisconsin showing just as much love as Grand Rapids, Michigan. After a decade of number one’s at WJJO and sold out headlining shows, WAYLAND makes history again by becoming the first band to play two nights in a row at the town’s annual festival Taste Of Madison, playing both the WJJO rock stage and Q106 country stage on September 3rd and 4th.

Q106 is the first country station in the USA to add WAYLAND into regular rotation. Music Director Kristi Kelly and her husband and on-air personality Johnny Danger are longtime WAYLAND Warriors, with Kelly even walking down the aisle to the fan favorite ballad, “She Lights It Up” when marrying Danger last year during the pandemic.

The time and space the pandemic offered allowed WAYLAND to clearly define the sound for this next record. Their first performance back in Nashville after defining that sound at Live Oak in Midtown attracted the likes of Food Network to invite them onto an episode of ‘Diner’s Drive In’s and Dives’. They were subsequently invited back for an episode of ‘Guy’s All American Road Trip‘ where Guy got to know the band and deemed them “the next big thing in music no one saw coming.” Alyssa laughs again, “the whole universe knows Guy Fieri has the best taste.” 

Stay tuned for details at www.waylandtheband.com and come along for the ride by following @waylandtheband on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Tik Tok. 

Become a WAYLAND WARRIOR here.

WAYLAND releases LAKEHOUSE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mitch Arnold, lead singer of the band WAYLAND, reminded us that “summer ain’t over yet” with the release of Lakehouse to digital service providers everywhere today, August 5. Mitch joined best friend and lead guitar player Phill Vilenski and friend and producer Steve Diamond (Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Willie Nelson, Kelly Clarkson) to pen the feel good, summer track. Phill Vilenski shares, “We wrote this song after spending some awesome time at my friend Brad’s lake house near Wayland, MI. It’s our “ode to summer” in the midwest. I hope you like it. I’m really proud of the song.” Listen to the summer anthem here.

WAYLAND has quickly become the country band that no one saw coming, ten years later, after a Holy Shift, their debut country single and the sentiment behind the words. WAYLAND respected Nashville’s reputation as a ten year town, after touring and recording in and out of Music City since 2012. They toured the heartland over 300 days per year for seven years, building a fanbase, the self named Wayland Warriors, that no one could take away from them. After four top forties at rock radio, placement on national festivals and debuting in the top ten on the iTunes rock charts with the viral blue-collar anthem Get A Little, they made the shift into the community that is country music after years of invitations from friends, fans, and industry.

“We moved to Joshua Tree, CA during the pandemic and we finally had the opportunity to write and record music without an outside producer for the first time. I grew up with my dad playing bluegrass and the Chicago Blues have always been such a big influence being raised in West Michigan. We’ve been putting banjo, pedal-steel, acoustic guitar and mandolin in our music for years, and some might call that rock and roll, some might call that country, but we’ve just always called it WAYLAND. Relocating to Nashville, writing with our friends, and getting to play what we feel is the most expressive American Roots Music has been a dream and we’re thankful to Nashville and country music for welcoming us,” shares Vilenski.

WAYLAND welcomed Nashville to “WAYLAND COUNTRY” when they played The Basement to over a hundred Wayland Warriors that traveled over one thousand miles each to join them for a thirty minute set, proving the devotion and loyalty of their fanbase. That show and its rehearsals attracted the production crew for Food Network’s Diners, Drive In’s & Dive’s who invited the band to perform on a new episode, before inviting them back for a second surprise, to be announced feature with friend and new fan, Guy Fieri, who you can catch on social media whistling and cheering along to the lyrics of Lakehouse.

WAYLAND sings,

”I’ve been working non stop Feeling like I might drop Thinking about that sweet spot getaway My imagination’s already on vacation Don’t need no reservation to stay Loading up the truck put the town in the dust Gonna pick her up on the drive Soon we’ll be sipping the Pabst Blue Ribbon Skinny dippin’ on a Friday night What happens at the lake house Stays at the Lakehouse And ain’t nobody else has to know We can hide out Let your wild child hang out Turn it up throw it down another round Anything goes At the lake house The waters just fine Losing track of time Soaking up sunshine At the lake lake lake house”

This is just the first taste of WAYLAND COUNTRY. The next single from WAYLAND, “Looking For A Bar” will be released to country radio September 2. Stay tuned for details at www.waylandtheband.com and come along for the ride by following @waylandtheband on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Tik Tok.

Become a WAYLAND WARRIOR here.

WAYLAND’S “hometown away from home,” Madison, Wisconsin will host WAYLAND for two back to back nights this September 3rd and 4th. WAYLAND has headlined the Taste Of Madison stage many times in support of WJJO, and this will be their first year debuting on the Q106 stage. This is the first time in history a band has played both nights in support of both sister stations. “We are so honored to be playing both the WJJO stage as well as the Q106 stage at Taste Of Madison this year. Madison, WI has always been a home away from home to us and this is going to be two days that we never forget,” shares Phill Vilenski.

MADISON, WISCONSIN’S OWN WAYLAND WARRIOR KRISTI KELLY LEADS THE WAY AS THE FIRST COUNTRY STATION TO ADD WAYLAND INTO ROTATION 

WAYLAND RETURNS TO TASTE OF MADISON THIS TIME ON THE Q106 STAGE

June 17

June 17, WAYLAND officially debuts at CMT.com with the premier of their music video, Holy Shift

HOLY SHIFT Music Video OUT NOW June 1, 2022

Celebrate Wayland Wednesday with the brand new HOLY SHIFT music video shot by Eric Alghrim, the band’s in house photographer and videographer who works exclusively with Gibson Guitar and Bridge Music Magazine.

Shot in Nashville, Tennessee this is the video debut for Phillip Vilenski, Mitchel Arnold, Joey Clement, Kai Chambers, and Corbin Pratt as the band WAYLAND. This is the first of many music releases to be expected from the band this summer.

HOLY SHIFT RELEASES MAY 27 2022

Today, Friday, May 27, WAYLAND releases their brand new single HOLY SHIFT to streaming platforms everywhere.

​HOLY SHIFT was the first single recorded by WAYLAND upon arriving in Nashville last September. Written by Steve Diamond, Kaci Brown, and Samuel John Gray, produced by Steve Diamond and engineered by Paul Scholten at County Q Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Eric Alghrim filmed the music video which will be released next week.

May 24

Welcome To Wayland Country

For ten years, Wayland’s strategy was to build a fanbase that nobody could take away from them. They toured the country 300 days per year for seven years, creating real relationships with Wayland Warriors one handshake and one live show at a time. Four songs made the top forty, two songs made the top twenty, they accumulated 7 million streams and debuted at #6 on the iTunes rock charts and every time they would hit a milestone they would be redirected by Cumulus, iHeart, Sirius XM, and even Capitol Records, to consider embracing their bluegrass upbringing and midwest roots and taking their act to the country format.

Wayland embraced their midwest and bluegrass roots and accepted the invitation into the community that country music is, and moved back to Nashville this time, full time, six months ago to write and record their debut in country music that they will be premiering live for the first time on May 24 at 6:30pm at The OG Basement. They’re bringing their new songs, the radio station that built them, and the Wayland Warriors- to celebrate this homecoming. Fans from all over the country are traveling to show their support for the debut into country music and Nashville music industry labels, agents, and DSP’s will be out showing their support. Ten years later and it still sounds like the same old Wayland…and that’s the best part.

RSVP Here