Byron Zanos

Byron Zanos is NYC based Singer/Songwriter/Performer with accolades from institutions such as American Idol and The Berklee School of Music and a resume featuring names such as The Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, The Police, and The Killers.
Byron’s debut release “Somewhere in the Middle” was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Grammy Award winning engineer Daegal Bennett (Tony’s son), and produced by Drew Yowell (Phoebe Snow, Sophie B. Hawkins, Herb Alpert). It featured the acclaimed song “Secrets and Lies.”
Selected as a Top 20 finalist (out of 25,000 entries) by Simon Fuller and his A&R team in the 2007’s inaugural American Idol Songwriter Competition, “Secrets and Lies” also received an Honorable Mention in the 2006 Billboard World Song Contest, and was a finalist in the 2006 Berklee College of Music We Are Listening Awards and the 2005 International Song Competition. Another cut from the Somewhere in the Middle, “Pandora’s Box,” won a Silver Medal (Pop Category) in the 22nd annual Mid Atlantic Songwriting Contest.
Byron’s sophmore release (Winter 07) “Still in a Fight”, found him again working with Dae Bennett and Drew Yowell (the same team from ‘Somewhere in the Middle’).
Zanos’ ‘pop opera’ chronicles the emotional highs and lows of a failed relationship,” Still in a Fight has received rave reviews from music fans and industry tastemakers alike. To celebrate the CD’s release, Zanos appeared on CN8’s Backstage with Barry Nolan and was a featured artist on iTunes’ number one acoustic music podcast Acoustic Long Island. Music lovers who came to the Jones Beach Theatre in Wantagh, NY in 2008 got a taste of the tunes when Zanos opened on the WaMu Live stage for Aerosmith, Steve Miller, and other national acts; he has since returned to the venue for dates with The Police, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, DMB, The Killers and more.
In 2010 / 2011 Zanos began a new release schedule – a music program he called “Information Theory” (iTheory), where he recorded and released one track a month digitally. “I believe this to be the new model when it comes to releasing music”, Zanos says. “It’s a more exciting, and with the proper social networking integration, a more interactive experience. “iTheory – it’s an exercise in communication…”

Instrumentation

Byron Zanos – Vocals; Guitar
Oscar Bautista – Guitar
Greg Novik – Bass Guitar
Tom Darby – Keys
Ryan Vaugn – Drums
Ryan Vaughn – Percussion

Discography

1)Debut LP “Somewhere in the Middle”(05)
2)”Still in a Fight”(07)
3)”Information Theory”(2010/11)