Kevin Dailey is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and mixer based in

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. As a producer, engineer, musician, composer or mixer, he has worked with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones,

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, Myzica, Skyway Man, SHEL, and

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. He is a member of the band

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. He recently composed original score for

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's recent film, ''Depth Perception'' and season one of '' Queen America'' starring

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Background

Dailey was born in

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to a family of musicians. In 2007, he moved to

. He joined the South African rock band

as a guitarist and keyboardist in 2012. On tour, he has shared the stage with

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, and Of Monsters and Men. Dailey engineered the album '' Rocket Science'', by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. The song "Life in Eleven" won Best Instrumental Composition at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2012, Kevin, alongside longtime friend and collaborator Micah Tawlks, produced, arranged, and played on

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's record '' The Quiet Life'' for

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. In 2016, Dailey wrote the MYZICA track "We Belong Together", alongside

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and Micah Tawlks. That same year, he played bass on the SHEL album "Just Crazy Enough". In 2017, he mixed the Skyway Man album ''Seen Comin’ From a Mighty Eye''. In 2018, Dailey and SHEL composed the musical soundtrack for a Catherine Zeta-Jones Facebook Series ''Queen America''. Dailey runs Pioneer Sound, an independent, artist run recording studio and music production house based in Nashville. Dailey is an artist for Magneto Guitars.

References

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