Brian Kelley(XIII)
- Actor
- Composer
- Producer
Brian Edward Kelley is an American musician, best known as a member of the Nashville-based duo Florida Georgia Line.
Kelley is from Ormond Beach, Florida and enjoyed playing sports and music growing up. He moved to Nashville to go to school and play baseball at Belmont University, where he met Tyler Hubbard, the other member of Florida Georgia Line. The two became great friends, they played guitar and wrote songs together almost every day. The two friends began playing writers rounds throughout Nashville. In 2009, the duo decided they wanted to pursue music as a career so they started playing shows throughout the south. In 2010, they independently recorded and digitally distributed their first EP, Anything Like Me. After releasing that EP, they were discovered at a county fair by Nickelback's producer, Joey Moi. After writing and polishing songs for almost two years, the duo released their second EP It'z Just What We Do in 2012. Major labels became very interested in the duo when their debut single, 'Cruise', first hit on satellite radio on "The Highway" channel and it began selling really well on iTunes, leading to a record deal with Republic Nashville/Big Machine Label Group. In 2015, Kelley and Hubbard started their own artist development and music publishing company called Tree Vibez Music. Since the company began, they have signed writer Jordan Schmidt, writer Jimmie Deeghan, and writer/artist Drew Castle.
Kelley is from Ormond Beach, Florida and enjoyed playing sports and music growing up. He moved to Nashville to go to school and play baseball at Belmont University, where he met Tyler Hubbard, the other member of Florida Georgia Line. The two became great friends, they played guitar and wrote songs together almost every day. The two friends began playing writers rounds throughout Nashville. In 2009, the duo decided they wanted to pursue music as a career so they started playing shows throughout the south. In 2010, they independently recorded and digitally distributed their first EP, Anything Like Me. After releasing that EP, they were discovered at a county fair by Nickelback's producer, Joey Moi. After writing and polishing songs for almost two years, the duo released their second EP It'z Just What We Do in 2012. Major labels became very interested in the duo when their debut single, 'Cruise', first hit on satellite radio on "The Highway" channel and it began selling really well on iTunes, leading to a record deal with Republic Nashville/Big Machine Label Group. In 2015, Kelley and Hubbard started their own artist development and music publishing company called Tree Vibez Music. Since the company began, they have signed writer Jordan Schmidt, writer Jimmie Deeghan, and writer/artist Drew Castle.
