Scouting Report: DC Yeager

It's a few minutes after 11 p.m. and when most people are winding down from the day, David Yeager (otherwise known as DC Yeager) is gearing up for an interview. After spending the past several hours attending rehearsals and business meetings, the 30-year-old singer still manages to share with the world the components that make up the man and the artist. It seems like his work is never done.

Somewhere within his busy schedule, he was able to pencil in the time to record an album. He shows his seductive side on the first single, "Let Me Know" and uses his velvet vocals and scandalous lyrics to set the mood. He recruits the talent of fellow singer and producer, Ne-Yo, which gives listeners a double portion of passion and soul.

Music is powerful and just like many other artists, it proved to be an outlet for Yeager. Although his musical outlet was the same, his story is quite different. Many times when recording artists tell their stories, you often hear one of two tales: either they were raised by aggressive parents who pressured them with dreams of stardom or they were raised in the roughest of urban neighborhoods and used music as an escape. This wasn't the case for Yeager. He wasn't in a gang and he wasn't poor. He wasn't overly pressured by parents who wanted to live their childhood dreams through him. "I am from an everyday middle class working family," he proudly says.

Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, as an only child, Yeager remembers passing the time listening to groups like Jodeci, Boyz II Men and Shai. As he has gotten older, he still finds inspiration in those artists. He noticed the simplicity of their lyrics and that has rubbed off on him. "I grew up listening to this type of music, but I can write about anything. I can sit down one morning and write a song about how my cereal tastes," Yeager says with a chuckle. "There's not a song that I can write that hasn't been written already, but the way I present it is different. I have a different sound. Sit down and listen to my music, you can hear the soul."

After graduating high school, Yeager was ready venture into the pop world. In order to do that, he felt it was best to relocate to Los Angeles, California, where there were more opportunities to be noticed by record executives. It was either that or doing oil changes in his hometown. "I didn't want to work a regular 9 to 5. I didn't want to work at the General Motors," he says jokingly.

Fortunately, he didn't have to work for a car company. Instead, he was a vocalist in a boy band coincidentally named Youngstown (also consisting of Sam Lopez and James Dallas) and inked a deal with Hollywood Records in 1998. Their first single "I'll Be Your Everything" appeared in the movie "Inspector Gadget," as well as their debut album Let's Roll, which dropped in 1999. They achieved a degree of success and in 2001, they released their sophomore set, Down For The Get Down. The group didn't last however. The pop trio called it quits in 2001.

Yeager wasn't about to give up. He was determined to continue on and recently, he united with Ne-Yo (who has songwriting credits on the Youngstown albums) for his first single "Let Me Know." In the sensual ballad, the guys refuse to play Mel Gibson in [movie] "What Women Want" with lyrics such as, "I can't read your mind." Ne-Yo also advises his sexy love to be more vocal in the bedroom saying, "I wanna satisfy you anyway I can. Tell me how far I can go."

"Let Me Know" is slated to be on Yeager's currently untitled debut, along with another romantic highlight in "Not What You're Used To."

DC Yeager is an experienced artist, but he isn't like the typical vocalist in the hip-hop industry. Though his main goal is to provide music people can relate to, he blends modern day production with a vintage R&B touch. With that combination, it appears like he may be getting ready to teach the youngsters in the game a thing or two about soul. "I don't want to be doing what's going on right now," he confesses. "I want to bring it back to the old school."

The old school is officially in session.

Scouting Report

Many artists in the industry today rely on gimmicks to help them achieve success. It seems that true singing and genuine lyrics are talking a back seat to image and gimmicks. DC Yeager is be different. Although his single "Let Me Know" is highly sexual, it's done in a tasteful manner and sung with honesty. After talking with Yeager, it is easy to see that he is passionate about his career and wants people to care about the music. He never talks about how he danced or how he dressed. He only talks about the music. This shows that he finds nothing more important than his writing and his singing. R&B music is headed in a different direction. Maybe DC can help with the musical U-turn.

Contact

MySpace: Myspace.com/DCYeagerMusic
Manager: Roderick Kerr – Relyable Entertainment (Roderick.kerr@gmail.com)

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