Kirby Heyborne: From Music to Acting and Back

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1 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christian Vuissa, Producer Kirby Heyborne: From Music to Acting and Back Provo, UT Inspia Media announced today the release of Kirby Heyborne s first solo album titled Inside. The album contains 11 original songs written and performed by the star of such films as The Best Two Years, Saints and Soldiers, The R.M. and the recently released Sons of Provo. Kirby s musical style can be best described as alternative pop with intricate rhythmic guitars and warm vocals. Most people don t know that I was into music long before I started with acting, says Heyborne, who lives with his family in Los Angeles. With music I can express my thoughts and feelings in a different way than as an actor. I love and embrace both forms of expression. Kirby got interested in music when he was 15. He played in local bands like Shasta Daisy and Bentleigh, which had a good following in Utah and Idaho. With Bentleigh, Kirby opened for N Sync at the Olympic Medals Plaza during the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games. He also did a cover version of the hymn Hie to Kolob for the R.M. soundtrack. Heyborne recently showed off his musical talent again in the film Sons of Provo, in which he plays a member of a Mormon boy band. It was a great experience for me, because I could be both, an actor and a musician, at the very same time, says Kirby. It was only a short stretch for him to finally come out with his first solo album. When he ran into Christian Vuissa, the director of Baptists at Our Barbecue, the two decided to collaborate together on an album. Vuissa, who also produced the soundtrack for his film, believed right away in Kirby s musical talent. Kirby is incredibly talented not just as an actor but also as a musician. His musical sensitivity is outstanding, and this album is definitely proof of it. Heyborne continues his thriving acting career. He recently signed with a new agent and gets regularly invited to auditions for national TV shows and films. He s very dedicated and always strives for excellence, definitely a good combination, says Vuissa, who considers working with Heyborne on a film project in the near future. The CD will be in stores by Friday, March 25. Heyborne will be in Utah for signings and public appearances between March 29 and April 2. His schedule will be released early next week. Please contact Christian Vuissa at or vuissa@comcast.net to schedule an interview with Kirby. You can download images at

2 Kirby Heyborne Inside Perfect Together Inside Stay With Me Simon Patience Chances Waiting Here Night Begins Won't Get No Lovin' this Fields to Whisper All songs written and performed by Kirby Heyborne Accoustic Guitar: Kirby Heyborne Electric Guitar: Marcus Bently Bass Guitar: Ryan Crandall Piano: Kirby Heyborne, Greg Duckwitz Cello: Robyn Brown Violin: Kelly Roper Drum Sequencing: Greg Duckwitz, using Todd Sorensen's "Drums on Demand" Produced by Greg Duckwitz, Kirby Heyborne, Christian Vuissa Executive Producer: Christian Vuissa Mastered by Dan Carlisle at Soularium Recording Studios Engineered & mixed by Greg Duckwitz at Orpheus Sound Studios "Waiting Here" mixed by Greg Duckwitz and Jon Duckwitz Album Design and Cover Art by Ludwig Einklang Photography by Christian Vuissa and Dave Skousen Special Thanks to: Christian, Ludwig, Greg, Kirsten, Erika, Bruce, Chad, Dustin, Brady, Becky, and especially to my muse, Trisha. Thank you, Mom, for always believing in me. Published by Inspia Media Kirby Heyborne and Harmony Records, LLC. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication prohibited.

3 Music is an easy thing to love By Kirby Heyborne I started playing the guitar when I was 15. My friends and I had just discovered the Beatles the year before and were figuring out Let it Be on the piano. Since there were 3 of us, only one could play the piano at a time. If we were to play together, someone had to bring in a new instrument. I found an old guitar at my house and played around with it. I went to a music store to buy a How-to book and found a Beatles songbook. It had all their songs with the chord charts and fingerings above the lyrics. I learned to play guitar (and every song) from that book. After being introduced to the guitar by the Beatles, I searched for new and challenging songs. I learned a lot of standards. Yes, even Stairway to Heaven. After 3 months of learning new chords and other people s songs, I decided to start writing my own. By the end of my 9 th grade year, I was performing my original songs, along with plenty of Beatles covers, at my friend Tyler Bastian s house. We would do shows in his greenhouse in Draper, Utah. I found an old home video of one of the concerts, and I was surprised that so many people came. When I was a sophomore, I recorded a short album called Pennies for the Player with a 4-track mixer, a microphone hanging from a ceiling fan in this kid s bedroom, and another microphone taped to my guitar. We made 50 copies and sold them all. That year, I kept writing new songs and performing at Tyler s. In the fall of 1993, I was an avid follower of the band Ali Ali Oxen Free. They would play in Provo, Utah, at a place called Pier 54. I don t remember how it happened exactly, but something that Tyler said to the band lead to me playing a few songs during their break. I met Steve Lemmon, the guitarist and singer, and we recorded a bigger and better album in his studio, Spiral Studios, during the early spring months of After recording the album Looking for Tomorrow, I hooked up with the coolest, long-haired, chick-magnet-artist, Marc Thorup. He was a wizard on the guitar. He had a band called u4ea and they had been playing together for a long time. I had been an acquaintance of Marc s since 6 th grade. Through a common friend, I was reintroduced to him and we hit it off both musically and as friends. He invited me to join in a jam session with his band. It was the most amazing thing: 5 musicians playing the same song together. After playing a few covers, I whipped out some of my original stuff, hoping that Marc would be impressed that I was retuning my guitar to DADGAD tuning. I was in heaven (once everyone knew the chords) because we were all playing one of my songs! I sort of invited myself to be a part of the band and we started playing all over the Salt Lake and Utah County areas. We changed the name of the band to Shasta Daisy and recorded a great album, Alaska in early spring, 1995 at Spiral Studios. We kept playing right up to the time I went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in October of Marc and I wrote to each other frequently. We would send new songs and lyrics. After the two years, Marc and I got back together, renamed the band to Bentleigh (a combination of our middle names), and invited 3 new members to join. We played all over the state of Utah. In

4 1999, we recorded an LP. Marc and I would open as an acoustic duo for various artists like Peter Breinholt and Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band. During the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games, Bentleigh performed at various events and parties and opened for N SYNC at the Olympic Medals Plaza. During this time, I had just graduated from the University of Utah and signed with an agent for acting. Soon after signing with the agent, I was fortunate to be cast in my first feature film. I had to cut back on performances with the band. After a few months, the band went their separate ways. I continued acting in different projects and writing songs at home. After filming the R.M., I let the producers know that I was also a practicing musician. They asked me to cover a hymn for the soundtrack. I picked my favorite, If You Could Hie to Kolob. They then asked me to cover a song for their upcoming Christmas album. I chose I Believe in Santa Claus. At the end of 2002, an actor friend of mine, Will Swenson, sent me an with a script about a boy band. In 2003, we recorded a pop album and filmed a making of the band mockumentary called Sons of Provo. A song of mine from the Sons of Provo soundtrack, Beautiful Inside, caught the attention of filmmaker Christian Vuissa. Christian and I had met earlier that year during pre-production of his film Baptists at Our Barbecue. We hit it off as friends and talked of working together. We recorded the album Inside during December of Everyone has music. How we shape it and emote it is what makes us unique. Music is an easy thing to love.

5 Perfect Together You can make me so mad sometimes. When no one s listening you fall asleep to keep the army of lies. I walk till I m weary. And I move till I bend but I never complain. You said you were sorry for all the doubt and the calling but I d do it again. You don t want me to stay here and I don t want to go. Now I can see that it s clear and now there s nothing you can do to take the feeling away. How long till you believe that I belong right here? How long till you can see we re perfect together? Now that I know who I am, I know I m nothing without you. Now I know that you and me, we re perfect together. After the last one, the hurt and the past gone I tell you again That for me everything has to be so hard in the end. You know I know that all the feelings are old and I never could change. As if there were no more to beg for I sit and feel the words that you bend. Inside I could be alone with you. If you were all alone I d be Left alone with you forever. Nothing you say is wrong to me. And I could sing along and you Could always steal from me whatever. I m sorry you need me I m all right believing I m ok, you re right I ll stay Inside How to say you feel me make? The hardest part was the last mistake Keep all the neighbor kids awake. Something you do can make me see I m not too tired or afraid to be Something you think about forever. You're right. And it's more than I can handle. You're right. And I watch you laugh as you tie me up again.

6 Stay With Me You open up my eyes with every little thing you do. Dangerous and sweet I watch you move. You re wild and alive and I m left without a breath. You keep me awake to tell me how you feel. And I m listening to you. Stay with me you know you want to Stay with me don t change your mind Stay with me don t keep me waiting Stay with me tonight Running with the moon and falling with the rain We re dancing out loud with all of our dreams. There s nothing like a smile perfect on your lips Stay with me, I m better like this. And I watch the way you move. I love the way you move. I won t try to change a thing. You ll find you re fine in spite of me. Isn t this the good life, the one I tried to find? I want to be a part of your life you fit so well in mine. And I watch the way you move. I love the way you move. Simon Maybe I m afraid. The sun brings back the fear of turning away. And I, I ve been blind. I ve lost again to time. I can taste the quiet. Feeling for the word you left behind, I walk again. I m unkind. I won t forget this time. And it s all I can do. I m alone and the road is dark. At least I know where I belong. Here I am looking out to you. You tell me who I am and beckon, Follow me. To the darkest hour. The darkest place. Fear that never touched your face. The waves, they pull me down. I saw you yesterday. The sun burned to light your face. I m innocent. And I, I m unkind. I won t forget this time.

7 And it s all I can do. You might say I ve gone too far. At least I know where I belong. And then I come back to you again. You say that I ll be strong when I can understand The things I need. The words you said. I ve left behind this life I ve led. I ve done all I can. Is this the way you let me know I was wrong to think we were stronger than stone? Can you forgive my giving up? Was it enough for me? I can see me coming home again. Patience Although John s been abandoned, he still visits me To talk about life while fishing the stream He walks in his sandals and ties his own flies He knows that they re perfect and proudly he smiles. Ten and two. And again. Let her dance. It s all about patience. Why are you still here? Why are you so strange? I am over the difference. I want you to stay. Why believe me? Your life you lose in the seeking. Why are we still here? Are we that strange? I am a tyrant with an army of lies. John lives it simple and keeps it inside. In anger I m bleeding you slowly untied I fall on the bank till I sunburn and die. Chances We are the fire destroying ourselves And what we don t understand. I m a poor man with a mind full of change And I laugh out loud to see you smile. Clever words and pretty faces Are what they use to lead us away.

8 I m awake to fill my senses And I laugh out loud at what we say. I am hope. I believe. I am alive. I am everything I have come to take these chances I wonder when things will go my way. I was born to live my life And no one tells me who I am. Calloused hands sow independence. Turn around to see your face. Take your stand and sing your protest And laugh out loud and dance away. Who s awake? Who s pretending? We all have something to keep us down. Help pull the weight and I remember. To laugh out loud at what we say. Maybe now s the perfect time to keep my confidence alive. I wonder if I ll ever find the easy way to dull the mind. I m living like a kid again another way to tear the skin. And no one s here to tell me who I am. Waiting Here I ve been waiting here for such a long time. You kept your distance. I kept you in my mind. I know we re different. We ll work it out this time. We close the distance when we close our eyes. Now that I ve got you here, I can almost breathe you. I wonder what you ve done to me. Now I can see so clear. Your touch, your lips, your light, your smile are everything I need. Your lips like candy find their way to mine. You make life sweeter as I taste your smile. There s nothing like this to hold your body, your kiss I breathe you deeper when we re close like this. My heart is open wide.

9 Night Begins Night begins her melody slowly turning her face towards me. Her silent shadows confuse my view. Two satin moondrops: won white, one blew. And I love you. I love you. As we row, hands and arms touch and bend, down two rivers: two crossed, two have ends They flow from the spring thirsting the sea. Through rapids o'er cliffs to calm peacefully. To the night that blankets my dim-lit view, never mind the light blind me wholly I'll follow you. Oh Night! Burn my eyes lift lips mine to you. Won t Get No Lovin' Don t try to touch me I can see in your eyes Your harmful intentions and polished lies. Why do your brown eyes make me so blue? When I won t get no lovin from you. You re complicated and I don t understand Why you d want to run away with some half-baked man. Why should I follow you when I know just what you ll do? And I won t get no lovin from you. All the lies that compromise your perfection. You don t know what it s like to not get your way. Take a good look at this man cause he s walking, returning the pain that you re due. You won t get no lovin, no kissin, no huggin, no diamonds and no honeymoon. Why do you act surprised after all you put me through? I won t get no lovin, don t need no lovin, don t want no lovin from you. No matter what I do, I won t get no lovin from you. this snow falls. every breath is cold. i stumble from the shadows and into the hope of another life. it s only white. daughter of earth is singing compliments are fragile, heavy from the lonely i think of you and now this time is sleeping.

10 holding a smile, can t keep from laughing watching the sun, i wonder why everything s quiet. even the light stopped breathing. i m drowning in the moment, poisoned by the wanting to be with you. maybe you re right. i know that i let you down. i m trying to recover all the smiling pieces they took from me. and now my mind is bleeding. holding a smile, can t keep from laughing watching the sun, i wonder why i am alone in this moment of seeking. i can t believe that i can breath, and i die. i never knew home could be so lonely. i never wanted to let you down. beaten by anger, i breathe in the warm light torn by the echo sound, i let my defenses down. i m not a martyr but i d lay down my life for this. you re soft and perfect like falling snow maybe you re right. it s cold and i lay here alone. i m drowning in the moment, poisoned by the wanting to be with you. and now the sky is falling. Fields to Whisper I could be with you forever and hold you as time slips through my hands. As you blow your smile through fields to whisper, I m waiting, you know I am. I watch you above me, your hair falling round me, waiting for your eyes to say, I know your thoughts, so quietly kiss me so no one will know we re awake. And we re looking for Orion on a winter s night. Light raindrops on a moon bathed lake. Another bridge to cross, another kiss to conquer. And a dance to call on the dawn. You and I are warm together, wrapped tightly through the night. We re springtime in the warbler s song as we kiss the cold goodbye. You re beauty and a masterpiece, a priceless creation, every artist s dream. I m a poet with a golden tongue and my music is sacred for you are what I sing.