Hi! My name is Tad Dreis. I’m a singer-songwriter based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and I play guitar and harmonica and travel around the country playing at colleges and other venues. When I’m not on the road, I teach music lessons.

My website is http://www.taddreis.com

My music can generally be categorized as folk-pop. It’s catchy stuff with smart lyrics, heart, and a sense of humor. I lean toward acoustic instruments, but I’m not ruling out a synth-pop album yet, either.

In September of 2009, I released my fourth CD, titled “The Reluctant Hook (and the day that caught it),” and I think it’s probably the best thing I’ve done, both from a writing and a production perspective.

Many of the songs on The Reluctant Hook tell stories, and it features the most collaboration of any record I’ve done. I recorded it with my touring band, brought in some specials guests on cello, electric guitar, and keyboard, and then did additional work on my own for most of a summer at Arbor Ridge Studios, with my co-producer Jeff Crawford.

In other years, I recorded everything myself in my home studio and played most of the instruments – “Play To Remember” came out in 2005, “Solitaire For Two” was in 2003, and “Yours Asleep” kicked things off in 2001.

I love to perform live, so I travel quite a bit and perform maybe seventy to a hundred shows a year. Most of the time, it’s just me on vocals, guitar, and harmonica. I also do shows with a backup band when I’m in North Carolina. If you’d like to know when I’m playing near you, go to www.taddreis.com and sign up on the email list.