artist Kevin Myles Wilson

When asked if he always wanted to be a professional singer, Kevin Myles Wilson shakes his head,  “Professional wrestling was my dream” Wilson states, “but music requires a lot less exercise.” 
Born in Etobicoke and raised in Aurora, Wilson found delight in telling people where he was born simply because it had the word Coke in it. “I was a big fan of the drink”, he says in his best deadpan. Though living a relatively normal childhood “unexposed to music” as he puts it, he took up drumming at an early age and recalls performing Honky Tonk Woman by The Rolling Stones in a bar with his parents friend’s cover band when he was about 13.  “That was quite a few years ago,” he recalls with a twinkle in his eye. “Just before my drinking problem began.” Kevin jokes…(we think). At 16 years old, Wilson purchased a keyboard so that he could write a love song for the girl he was dating. Shortly after, a friend lent Wilson his guitar for the summer, which he taught himself how to play. He also played the clarinet and saxophone in music classes at school but “was terrible”. In his final year of high school he made the decision to transfer from his all boys private school to a public school in a rival town. During this time he took musical theatre, jazz choir and private singing lessons to help improve his voice. Looking back, Wilson remembers, “My voice was a lot different then. They teach you how to sing a certain way. Now, my voice sounds like I’ve been drinking whiskey non-stop for 10 years, which isn’t untrue”. With music and acting on his mind, following high school Wilson applied to a Musical Theatre College program, which he was placed on a waiting list for. He claims this “traumatized him” but it forced him to re-evaluate. He then took Theatre at Ryerson University and recalls being the typical ‘class clown’. Did being accepted by the second school leave him feeling redeemed?  “It did for the first year but...Then I got kicked out”.
After touring a comedy show and as well as working on his music on the side, he eventually released his first set of solo songs with ‘Kevin Myles Wilson EP’.  He performed several of the tracks off his EP when he made it into the Top 22 in the YouDiscover Summer Concert Series, a musical competition hosted by Bell-Sympatico, Niagara Parks and soon-to-be record label inDiscover Recordings. Though the competition didn’t take him any further, he landed on inDiscover’s radar. When he applied to another inDiscover competition months later, label executives were quick to take notice and a deal was signed. His upcoming release, "Businessman," will feature songs that Wilson says reflect who he is now. “The entire album has this transitional theme. It’s about how bad life is or can get in your early twenties. Facing the unknown, not knowing where to go but trying to make things easier.” The Wasted Years is a perfect example of what Wilson describes as transitional. The song focuses on change and also the challenges that life throws at you. Similarly, there’s Ode To A Business Man in which Wilson reflects on his life and how it feels to risk a comfortable life by choosing music over a ‘normal’ job. Though sometimes dark and raw, the sincerity in his voice and within his lyrics proves that Wilson can master the art of writing love songs. More Than Love is one of those heartbreaking love songs, which focuses on the healing process that follows a breakup. Wilson says, “sometimes you just can’t get over someone…and you really don’t even want to.” Meet Me Halfway also tugs on the heartstrings as honest lyrics paint a familiar scene; one of wanting simplicity within relationships, something Wilson feels like many couples experience. My Son is tribute to Wilson’s biological father, who passed when he was only a year old, as well as a song of praise for his stepdad. Wilson says, “I can’t imagine just how hard it must have been for him to join my family and stepfather two kids. Because he didn’t have to raise me and someday I hope to be even half the man he is.” Wilson has always been attracted to the Terry Fox Run, as it reminds him of his stepdad and says that he hopes to become more involved in the event. The only problem? He hates running. "Businessman" was released on February 28th, 2012. For more information about Kevin Myles Wilson,visit www.facebook.com/kevinmyleswilson