Star 1 Records Artist Eddy Faulkner Releases Video For “I Won’t Give Up”

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Oct. 17, 2014 - PRLog -- Faulkner’s career since joining the label has been nothing short of meteoric. Within a very short time after the release of his debut single, “I Won’t Give Up”, the song was on the National Airplay Top 50 Independent Chart.

Due to the song’s overwhelming response garnered through airplay, Faulkner anticipates the same enthusiastic reception with the global release of the video “I Won’t Give Up”. Faulkner states, “Radio has opened doors for me. And with STAR 1 RECORDS being licensed by Viacom, and thanks to the branding I have received through this association, I am now on Viacom.TV and am also recognized as an MTV Artist. Now my new video will be streamed there, on MTV.com, VEVO, and many other places…I can’t wait to see what happens next!”

One might call singer-songwriter Eddy Faulkner a “late bloomer”, but the truth is, he has loved music for as long as he can remember. Describing himself as “self-taught”, Faulkner credits an unlikely source for inspiring his delve into music.

n 2008, "I played a video game called ‘Rock Band".. This game really introduced me to a whole new realm of music that I had never experienced before. This led to me convincing my parents to buy me a drum set, which then eventually led to me writing songs a couple months later which completely came out of the blue. This eventually led to me picking up the guitar, piano, bass guitar, and soon after, singing.”

And once he caught “the bug”, Faulkner wasted no time and jumped in with both feet--becoming part of the short-lived northern Virginia band The Remedy in 2009. He struck out on his own in 2010, posting solo music videos of his original music and his covers of popular artists on YouTube, Facebook and other social media. These were well-received and he was soon gaining momentum with a growing fan base and developing himself as an artist.

Faulkner says he knew when he wrote “I Won’t Give Up” in the summer of 2013, that it had the potential to touch a lot of lives. He states that all the songs he writes are drawn from personal experiences. Sometimes, there is a certain message to impart, others can have multiple meanings, and still others are just very direct and simple.

Says Faulkner about the songwriting process, “That's the amazing thing about a song…it can tell a story, or many different stories in just a few minutes, and in return, can relate to so many people around the world. I chose this song to be my first single for 2014 and I was very surprised at the response. People said it changed their lives, inspired them, and even saved their lives in some cases. It shocks me how I even have the power to do that with a song I wrote in around ten minutes about a girl I liked. The power of music is really amazing.”

Faulkner has been making the rounds doing interviews, including one recently for The Huffington Post. He will also be appearing in the November Issue of ION Indie Magazine.

You can view Faulkner’s video “I Won’t Give Up” at his site on Viacom.TV at: http://viacom.tv/music/star1/eddy-faulkner

You can learn more about STAR 1 RECORDS by visiting their site at:

http://star1records.com