Zach McPhee grew up in a very musical family and always enjoyed writing stories and being creative, which shifted into music and songwriting at about 15 years old. Shortly after discovering songwriting, he fell in love with country music.
“I started to fall more in love with country music the more I got exposed to it,” he said.
Zach played sports throughout his life and found music a compatible partner for the high pace environment and being able to pursue music full time now has allowed him to feed into his creative side.
He took the songwriting and storytelling aspect country music offers and blended a bit of the singer-songwriter style to it.
Zach McPhee incorporates his singer-songwriter sound in his debut EP Feels Country To Me.
Zach started the writing process for the EP in 2018 when he wrote his single “Denver.” Since then he collected a catalogue of music and released his first single “Bring On” in January 2023. Following the first single release came three additional singles released in six week progressions. After releasing a total of four singles, he still had three songs he wanted to release, and realized all of the singles blended perfectly together to make an EP.
Zach wrote six out of the seven songs on the EP on his own. “Feels Country To Me” was written by Mark Ledlin and Zach had the creative freedom to put his own twist on it.
“Songwriting is where it started for me and I have always enjoyed storytelling and creating songs,” he said.
Since the writing process of the EP spanned over a good few years, Zach had time to sit and play with the songs and make them exactly how he wanted them to be.
“That’s the beauty of giving the EP a three-year span to be able to sit down and feel confident in the songs,” he explained.
Every song on Feels Country To Me was picked for a specific reason. Zach wanted to make sure the EP had variety with more upbeat, singer-songwriter, and roots sounds.
“Denver” is a song that stands out to Zach on the EP because we worked on it acoustically for many years and when it was put in production in 2023, it was a very memorable moment for him to have it all pieced together.
Moving forward in his music career Zach wants to continue creating music, meet new people, and play live shows. He believes country music is currently on such a good path and is grateful to be a part of the country music community.
On February 2, Zach McPhee has a new single and collaboration coming out with Sarah Cole called “Halfway Home.”
Make sure to listen to Feels Country To Me and pre-save “Halfway Home.”
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