Travis Yates HM1 Ret.

Website: https://travisyates.net

I've included my Navy rank and rate to distinguish myself from others with the same name so as to not have my music or theirs associated with the wrong artist.

Travis started his career as a singer/songwriter/guitarist at the age of 17. He and his high school girlfriend, Sandy Cory, performed at various coffee houses, talent shows, and other venues. Travis, hoping to be discovered and land a recording contract, shared his songs wherever he could knocking on doors of record labels, studios and venues.

After years of pounding the pavement hoping for a break, Travis, while attending college at Rutgers University, responded to an ad looking for talented singer/songwriters. He called and made an appointment to audition at a studio in New Jersey. After the audition, the solicitors were so impressed they contacted Danny Jordan and Rhupert Holmes who were with MCA Music in New York City. (Rhupert Holmes is famous for his song “Escape; The Pina Colada Song”). Danny Jordan contacted Travis and had him record at Decca Studios in New York City and signed Travis and two of his songs with MCA Records. Not long after that Travis recorded a demo with RCA Records as well.