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Tolan Shaw
Tolan Shaw
Based in Nashville but originally from southern California, Tolan Shaw is a pop/soul singer-songwriter whose music is catchy and soulful, bluesy and melodic, poppy and sincere. He is equally a prolific musician as he is an avid traveler.
His new series of singles represents a natural evolution in the creative journey of someone who first rose to prominence as an acoustic troubadour. In the past few years, Shaw won "Best Singer-Songwriter" at the San Diego Music Awards, became a Taylor Guitars artist, and journeyed to Asia (endorsed by Taylor and GoPro) to create a travel-music video blog called “Wandersong.” In 2019, Shaw wrote “Could I Love You Any More,” a duet by Filipino star Reneé Dominique and Jason Mraz, which went viral on Spotify and racked up millions of views on YouTube. Shaw has toured internationally, shared the stage with acts such as Gavin DeGraw and Mraz, and has toured as a guitarist/vocalist for Bodeans.
Shaw’s new singles were written with the likes of Dave Berg (Reba McIntye, Blake Shelton), Georgia Middleman (Keith Urban, Kenny Loggins), and Danen Reed (Quinn Lewis, Charlotte Sands). Immediately engaging melodies provide a head-bobbing escape; dig a deeper and you find a musician that speaks straight to the soul. “I want listeners to know other people feel the emotions they feel, and I want to show that those feelings are ok to talk about” explains Shaw. “But I also just want them to have fun.” It’s safe to say Shaw has managed to bridge that duality with aplomb.
For fans of: Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran, Nathaniel Rateliff
Featured Placements:
"Our Time" - Krusovice Beer Commercial
"Flicker" - Shameless (Showtime)
unreleased song - Verizon commercial
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 33.30% / Mark Siegel (BMI) 33.40% / John Owen Danoff (ASCAP) 33.30%
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This worldly latin jam with flamenco flair is about people coming together all over the world. BPM 126
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ENGLISH / SPANISH
All Over the WorldINTRO
La la la la laVERSE
Moscow to Barcelona
London to California
It gets you on your feet and it meets you at the door ya
Shanghai to Buenos Aires
Gritamos "baile baile"
It's rolling through the mountains to the cities and the islandsPRECHORUS
Like oooh
It's electric
Come through
Go and get itCHORUS
All over the world
People waking up
Walking on a live wire
Are you ready or not?POST
La la la la
La la la la
All over the worldVERSE
From the westside to the east
Move into the beat
Cobblestones gravel roads dancing in the streets
It's coming, coming fast
Jump in before the rest
Get it while you can get it no this is not a testPRECHORUS
Like oooh
It's magnetic
Can you feel the pull
Come and get itCHORUS
All over the world
People waking up
Walking on a live wire
Are you ready or not?All over the world
People rising up
Spreading like a wildfire
Are you ready or not?POST
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 33.30% / Danen Reed Rector (BMI) 33.40% / Jeff Carl (SESAC) 33.30%
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BPM-172 A bright light-hearted tune that yells let's pack up, get out of this place and be in love! "Go for it!"
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Trigger
Verse 1:
All we ever seem to do is talk
Driving circles in a parking lot
We’re good at dreams, and they’re better when you kiss me, so kiss me
We got our fingers on a destination
We can go without a reservation
Yea I can feel you hesitating
But we’ll never get another shot, ohPre:
Always achin to show you the world and the way it could be
All we need is you and meChorus:
Let’s pull the trigger
We can figure it out
No sense in making promises we don’t know about
We can go bigger
There ain’t no stopping us now
Let’s pull the trigger
Pull the trigger now
Let’s pull the triggerVerse 2:
I can’t wait to find a paradise
I’ll know it when I see it in your eyes
The look ya give me when you realize,
It can’t get any better, ohPre:
Always achin to show you the world, and the way it could be,
All we need is, you and meChorus
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 33.40% / David Berg (ASCAP) 33.30% / Georgia Middleman (ASCAP) 33.30%
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Indie acoustic looped jam about lust with someone unexpected. BPM 93
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Craving
Verse
I don’t even need to know you well
Looking at you girl I can tell
You ain’t somewhere that I’ve ever beenYou’re all together but your hair’s a mess
Combat boots and a sequin dress
Way outside the world I’m living inPrechorus
You’re left turn, you’re a slow burn, you’re the very thing I’ve beenChorus
Craving something a little different
Something a little not me
Something to take me out of my same old
Behavior need something unexpected
Taste of a little danger
Your kiss you mouth your tease your touch
I’m cravingVerse
I wanna be the drink that you’re drinking
A dirty thought you might be thinking
Do for you what you do for meWhat I want is what you’re all about
Really hoping you can help me out
Bring some brand new into my routinePrechorus
You’re a high wire, you’re a tail spin, you’re the wildfire I’ve beenChorus
Craving something a little different
Something a little not me
Something to take me out of my same oldBehavior need something unexpected
Taste of a little danger
Your kiss you mouth your tease your touch, I’m cravingBridge
You’re a left turn, you’re a slow burn, you’re a high wire, you’re a tail spin, you’re the wild fire, you’re the wild fire, you’re the wild fire I’ve been CravingChorus
I’ve been craving something a little different
Something a little not me
Something to take me out of my same oldBehavior need something unexpected
Taste of a little danger
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 100%
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Lush dreamy song about being high and letting your mind just float. BPM 112
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Slide Away
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Don’t want to pick up the phone
Don’t wanna talk to no one tonight
Put on a pair of headphones
Just want to sit and zone out cause I
Prechorus
Don’t wanna hear that everything will be alright
Don’t want to know that everything will turn out fine
I’m not asking for answers I’m not searching for signs
I’m ok here in the dark until I see the lightChorus
Can’t fall asleep can’t stay awake baby
Don’t wanna run don’t wanna keep faking
Everything is pretty till it starts to rust and
Everything is solid till it turns to dust then we
Slide away slide slide away baby
Slide away slide slide away baby
Slide away slide slide away baby
Slide away slide slide awayVerse
I’m getting high in my room
I’m looking out at the universe
I’m flying over the moon
I’ll ride a comet to jupiterPrechorus
Don’t wanna hear that everything will be alight
Don’t want to know that everything will turn out fine
I’ll look for time and space outside of space and time
I’ll get to know the dark until I find the lightChorus
Bridge
Oooh well I wanna find forever yes I do yes I do yes I do
Ooh well I wanna find forever
Don’t wanna hear that everything will be alright alright alrightChorus
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 50% / Nita Paris Lawson [Nitanee Paris] (ASCAP) 50%
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Working hard and never giving up on your biggest dreams even though the road may not be laid out in front of you. BPM 77.
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SWEET UNKNOWN
VERSE 1
I’m a traveler, I’m a feather
I’m a tumbleweed looking for adventure
I keep tumbling, think I’m on to something
I’m a gypsy, I’m a dreamer
I’m a beatnik searching for a meaning
I keep running, I stay hungry ‘causeCHORUS
Got a long way to go but I've come a long way
Got a restless soul and the world won’t wait
Got dreams in the bank and their worth their weight in gold
Got a long way to go but we’ve come a long way
I’m a rolling stone and I just can’t stay
Mile by mile gonna let this road unfold
I found my home in the sweet unknown
In the sweet unknownVERSE 2
So give me blue skies, a big ocean
Doesn’t matter long as I stay in motion
Navigate to any destination
I don’t need an jet plane, I don’t need a reason
I got a ticket to another state of being
Just little bit a fresh air and freedom
It’s all I ever neededCHORUS
BRIDGE
I don’t need a compass I know where to go
‘Cause all road lead to the sweet unknownCHORUS
BRIDGE
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 33.33% / Jeff Carl (SESAC) 33.33% / Danen Reed Rector (BMI) 33.33%
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BPM - 81 Who needs to fit in when you can be outcasts? Don't let the world tell you who you are or what you can accomplish. Follow your dreams together and ignore the haters!
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Outsiders
Verse
Late nights in the basement
Two kids trying to make it
Never thought much of a paycheck
I know it's hardPrechorus
They might say we're dreamin,
That we'll never fit in
But we'll never changeChorus
Baby we can be the outsiders
Renegade runaway fighters
Don't let anybody define us
Leavin everybody behind us
Baby we can be the outsiders
Let em all preach to the choir
Don't let anybody define us
Leavin everybody behind us
Baby we can be outsidersVerse
Got a different kind of North Star
Chase it down in a used car
Never gonna stop till the graveyard
Sometimes it's hardPre 2
They might think we're traitors
Don't look good on paper,
But we'll never changeChorus
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A lush and romantic alt-rock/pop track about how the singer loves the way their significant other cares about other people and demonstrates this by giving examples of their kindness and their heart. BPM: 108
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I love it how you talk to your sister
Every other day of the week
Bake chocolate chip cookies for the neighbors
When they help us with a basement leak
I love it how you cry watching tv
Every episode of This is Us
And how much you care about a fictional family
Cuz it's even more with the ones you love(pre-chorus)
Ohh we couldn't be more different
Ohh but you're my favorite(chorus)
People person
You're the friend that all your friends come to
You're a people person
It's impossible not to love you
Cuz you make it easy
You light up the room
And I've got my eyes forever set on you
You're my people personI love it how you love to throw parties
Even though you know I can't stand them
But I know you unconditionally love me
For exactly who I am(pre-chorus)
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 33.30% / Jeff Carl (SESAC) 33.30% / Danen Reed Rector (BMI) 33.30%
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BPM 125. Fun indie pop song with groovy beat and funk rock vibes
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Twistin my legs in the heat of the night
Beads of our sweat are reflecting the light
Shots of tequila still burn in our throats
Gone to our heads and we're starting to floatTemperature's starting to rise
If this were a fever tonight
No I couldn't be sickerYou make me flicker
You're fire to my veins
Push me to the floor and pour all your gasoline
Make me wish ya
Give a drop of what I need
Baby strike a match and flick it on meCracking a window, steam on the glass
Ice in the water you're drawing a bath
Kissing your neck, the salt of your skin's like lighter fluid on my lipsPC
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 50% / Mark Siegel (BMI) 50%
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A funky groovy electro-pop song about having your mind focused on one person every hour of the day. BPM 94
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Nothing On My Mind
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Shadows crawling cross the room
Sliding closer next to you
Try to sense your every move
But I can’t seem to read ya
Sittin’ here trippin’ in every word that you keep whispering in my ear
Drives me crazy, fascinates meHook
Can’t see, can’t breathe, can’t move
There’s nothing on my mind but you
Nothing on my mind but youVerse
Condensation on your glass
Ice is melting in your lap
Frozen moments hours past
But I still seem to need ya
All of this infinite intimate isn’t it everything that we need
To drive us crazy, in the best way babyHook
Can’t see, can’t breathe, can’t move
And there’s nothing on my mind but you
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A fun upbeat indie pop song about a rocky relationship where the singer's significant other seems to be fading away from him and the relationship looks like it's going to end. BPM 107
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Too old for
The cold shoulder
Too young for
The quitin'
Your silence
I torture
Can't get you to give inI've been going through the motions
Thought I was close but
You're too far away
For me to keep up
The hoping, but you don't know that
I'm right here to stay(chorus)
Don't put me in your blindspot
Don't put me in your blindspot
I'm stuck inside your blindspot
Don't put me in your blindspotTwo steps back
One forward
Your feet keep tripping
I was there, you didn't care
But now it's too big to ignore it
So you're not gettin' what I'm givingAnd you're goin' through the motions
Thought we were close but
I push you away
You just keep up with the hopin'
You say that you're not goin anywhere(chorus) x3
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 50% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 50%
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Uptempo pop song with a bit of an acoustic feel about two lost loves trying to find and reunite with each other no matter what struggles they may face in the process. BPM 124
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RUN RUN RUN
VERSE
Somewhere in a dream
You’re here with me
And it feels so real
But so out of reachPRECHORUS
Ohh, you hear me calling
But you’re slipping, you’re falling
Ohh you’re getting closer
So don’t stop nowCHORUS
Run run run until you find me
I’ll be the bottle, you be the lightning
Call it luck or call it perfect timing
But you gotta run run run until you find me
Run run run ooh
Run run run oohVERSE2
When you’ve had enough
Don’t give up on me
Cause I’m on the horizon
Lighting the skies up
yeah, never out of reach
PRECHORUS2
Ohh I hear you calling
When the shadows, start falling down
Ohh I feel you burning
So don’t stop nowCHORUS
BRIDGE
Never give up, never give in
You can find me swimming in the deep end
When the waves show up we’ll dive in
Dive in no
Never give up, never give in
We don’t stop halfway, we’re all in
Keep running, running, runningRun run run until you find me
You’ll find meCHORUS
Outro
Never give up never give in
When the waves show up we’ll dive in, dive in no
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A fun upbeat indie pop song with a little bit of tropical flare about how you have the ability to create the perfect life for yourself. BPM 90
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When I close my eyes
I find a paradise
It's just a blink away
It's never out of reach
It's every wildest dream
Won't let it slip away(chorus)
Cuz this is freedom
I can't forget the feelin'
Like diving off in the deep end
Gives me all kinds of healing
This is freedom
It's everything that I needed
Like jumping into the weekend
I can't forget the feelin'
This is freedomA golden state of mind
A seek and you shall find
A modern masterpiece
Imagination reigns
It's callin' out my name
No place I'd rather be(chorus) x2
This is freedom x2
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 50% / Sean Trainor (BMI) 50%
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In the aftermath of a breakup, the singer is reminiscing on the good times of the relationship and wishes they were able to get back together. BPM: 84
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Sinking deeper in this bed
I forgive you, let's forget
Words we wished we could've said
Two weeks ago before weBefore we were staring at the ceiling
Eyes are welling up
Not a stranger to this feeling
But(chorus)
If I can't make you want me
What am I supposed to do
Cuz I hate the way i'm falling
Farther away from you
I've been open, I've been honest, yeah
Now I'm asking for the truth
If I can't make you want me
What am I supposed to doAfter midnight are you asleep
Backs to each other
Come back to me
We can't go loving blindly
We can't make believe
But we can love just like we used toWe used to be eyes locked on each other
Tangled in the sheets
How'd we fit so perfectly(chorus)
What am I supposed to do x4
If I can't make you want me
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BPM - 151 A song about how a relationship changes and gets better over time. There are struggles associated with moving in and having a kid, but ultimately it's all worth it and is what led to the relationship continuing to grow.
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There's a picture of you on my nightstand that's covered in dust
There's a little black dress in the closet that you haven't put on in months
Now a date night's not what they looked like when we were wild and head over heels
Everything's a little more realGrowing up and getting older
We might not shine but we're still goldenWe used to be new
Then we got used to everything being a little to easy
Turns out what we needed was a few bumps in the road
Have some living to do
Some things to go through
For this lifetime that we're making
Together we make the most of changing
Cuz we get better as we go
Even better than when we used to be newThere's a pile of mail on the bar cart where there used to be wine
We're sharing an address, we bought a new mattress, I'm cutting the grass all the damn time
It's not as romantic, but we're making plans that are bigger than any we've ever made
There's a little moon on the wayWe used to be new
Then we got used to everything being a little to easy
Turns out what we needed was a few bumps in the road
Have some living to do
Some things to go through
For this lifetime that we're making
Together we make the most of changing
Cuz we get better as we go
Even better than when we used to be newWhen I'm reminiscing sometimes I miss that other life
But the past is the past and no matter where we're at it's you and myWe used to be new
Then we got used to everything being a little to easy
Turns out what we needed was a few bumps in the road
Have some living to do
Some things to go through
For this lifetime that we're making
Together we make the most of changing
Cuz we get better as we go
Even better than
I still remember
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Touching tear jerker, a downtempo sweet song from the perspective of an expecting father. The anticipation of meeting his daughter, his first born, the fear and excitement all wrapped into a beautiful experience. Song opens with the heartbeat of the baby. BPM - 73
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BPM - 125 This endearing song is a love letter from father to daughter all about loving your newborn child and what it's like becoming a parent.
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Little Moon
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You're stardust
You're gorgeous
You're everything and nothing that I thought you would beYou're the pinnacle
You're a miracle
You're the closest thing to heaven that I've ever seenPre
I can feel your heartbeat in my chest
And even though I don't know what comes nextChorus
Little moon
All the stars have aligned to set their sights on you
Little moon
Oh the sun in the sky couldn't shine as bright as you
You're every ray of light I see
You are the universe to me
You're a dream come true / someday you'll know it's true
Little moonVerse
You're a mystery
Staring back at me
What a masterpieceOh Adeline
Sweet child of mine
Did I know you in another life?Chorus
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You're a perfect
Earthquake
Cause you've shaken every thing I've ever held onto
But it's worth it
So worth it
For youChorus
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Tolan Shaw (BMI) 33.34% / Sean Trainor (BMI) 33.33% / Jake Ohlbaum (ASCAP) 33.33%
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BPM - 81 This is a tear-jerking love song about what happens if your partner passes away and goes to heaven before you. You will be right behind them joining them someday.
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Before I Do
A Section
If you get there before I do
Open up the shutters let the light shine through
Make yourself some coffee and enjoy the view
If you get there before I doKeep a fire going
Through the evening
Look out past the stars remember how we used to dream
The biggest dreams I hope they always stay with you
If you get there before I doB Section
Don't get lonely while we wait
As every passing moment lines our face
I don't care how many lives it takesA
We'll play records
Sip tequila
Dance around the kitchen won't let nothing get between us
Hold you close like it's been a life or two
If you get there, if we get thereB Section
I don't care how many lives it takes
I'm still with youA
So if you get there before I do
Open up the shutters let the light shine through
Won't be long now, I'll be right behind you
If you get there before I do
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BPM - 73 This song is about the love for his home state of California. While he doesn't live there anymore, it will always be home and he hopes to be back soon.
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Do You Miss Me Too
There's sunshine in my DNA
You made sure I turned out that way
And I'll always have that part of me
But you're gone
MmYou had a thing for the color blue
The sky and sea looked good on you
But I left in search of something new
Now you're gone
Yeah you're goneCalifornia do you miss me too?
I'm still dreaming 'bout my days with you
And I try to keep you close
But all I can do is hope to see you soon
California do you miss me too?The sunsets and the coastal roads
The weekends down in Mexico
And you're still the one I call my home
But I'm gone
Yeah I'm goneCalifornia do you miss me too?
I'm still dreaming 'bout my days with you
And I try to keep you close
But all I can do is hope to see you soon
California do you miss me too?On to greener pastures but you'll always know me best
And I'm counting down the days til I'll be backCalifornia do you miss me too?
I'm still dreaming 'bout my days with youCalifornia do you miss me too?
I'm still dreaming 'bout my days with you
And I try to keep you close
But all I can do is hope to see you soon
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