George Birge and Cody Cooper of Waterloo Revival have been writing songs together since they were in middle school. According to Cody, their songwriting partnership came pretty naturally and they each found what they were best at. ““We play well off of each other,” he says, “in terms of song-writing, I’m usually more of a composition arrangement style and he’s definitely very strong with his talent for lyrics, and we’ll both pitch in on either side. He’s got great arrangement ideas and I’m good at tweaking lyrics here and there, and doin’ all that.”
There was never really a lot of effort that went into George and Cody being a songwriting team. “We just know how to work off of each other really well and it’s something that just kinda naturally started back in eighth grade and has worked really well for us ever since then, and it’s pretty much been a pretty natural thing,” says Cody.
Waterloo Revival’s debut single, “Hit the Road,” which they helped co-write, is currently climbing the charts.
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Cody Cooper – “We play well off of each other; in terms of song-writing, I’m usually more of a composition arrangement style and he’s definitely very strong with his talent for lyrics, and we’ll both pitch in on either side. He’s got great arrangement ideas and I’m good at tweaking lyrics here and there, and doin’ all that. But we just know how to work off of each other really well and it’s something that just kinda naturally started back in eighth grade and has worked really well for us ever since then, and it’s pretty much been a pretty natural thing.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – FEBRUARY 23, 2015 – MONDAY
Waterloo Revival is back visiting radio stations and talking up their debut single “Hit The Road.” The guys were recently featured in Billboard.
WATERLOO REVIVAL – THE FACTS
MEMBERS: Cody Cooper and George Birge (Matt Wiley- lead guitar Ken Tondre on drums).
HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Waterloo and Austin, Texas
DEBUT SINGLE: “Hit The Road”
DEBUT ALBUM: Coming soon. (EP was released in 2013)
RECENT TWEETS:
Waterloo Revival retweeted
BigMachine @BigMachine · February 21
Big Saturday night plans? Kick off your party playlist with @WaterlooRev’s #HitTheRoad https://smarturl.it/HitTheRoad
Waterloo Revival @WaterlooRev · February 21
Nothing like jamming our boys @thecadillac3 to make our road trip from St. Louis to Nashville fly by #HitTheRoad
Waterloo Revival @WaterlooRev · February 19
Thank you FM 100 KTEX for spinning #HitTheRoad !!! We apologize in advance for our radio rep… https://instagram.com/p/zS4uBDHhPA/