Cameron Walker-Wright
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = Cameron Walker of Twin XL.jpg
| birth_name = Cameron Alexander Francis
Walker-Wright
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|04|24}}
| birth_place = Southport, Connecticut
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| website = {{URL|https://www.cameronwalkerwright.com/}}
| current_member_of = Twin XL
| past_member_of = Nekokat, Animal Fiction, Weatherstar
}}
Cameron Alexander Francis Walker-Wright{{Cite web|url=https://kindacoolmagazine.com/features/twin-xl-five-names-and-meaningful-pop-songs|title=Twin XL: Five Names and Meaningful Pop Songs Hit the Road|website=kinda cool magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-31}} (born April 24, 1989), professionally known as Cameron Walker, is a singer, songwriter, producer, and artist from Southport, Connecticut. He is currently in the supergroup band Twin XL along with John Gomez and Stephen Gomez.{{Cite web|url=https://www.positionmusic.com/artist/MjMzMzI4LTczZDk3NA|title=Twin XL - Position Music|access-date=December 23, 2020}}
He is currently based in Los Angeles, CA and has written songs for bands and artists such as Lindsey Stirling, All Time Low, Sabrina Carpenter, The Ready Set, among many others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameronwalkerwright.com/|title=Discography|last=|first=|date=|website=cameron walker|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728182827/http://cameronwalkerwright.com/ |archive-date=2014-07-28 |access-date=2020-02-06}} He is also known from the band Weatherstar.
Cameron has composed music for brands such as Apple, T-Mobile, Victoria's Secret, Sleepy's and other brands. In addition, he has composed music for networks such as NBC, ABC, ESPN, among many others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameronwalkerwright.com/filmtv|title=Film/TV/Brands|website=cameron walker|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-01}}
Career
In 2009, Walker formed the band Weatherstar.{{cite web|url=https://www.buzznet.com/2012/10/ready-sets-cameron-walker-unleashes/|title=The Ready Set's Cameron Walker Unleashes New Band|website=Buzznet|date=October 30, 2012|access-date=October 30, 2023}} The band released their self-titled debut EP in 2010 and includes the songs, "Wish You Would Stay" and "Postcards".{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/8spl9u/the-buzz-on-weatherstar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030215632/https://www.mtv.com/news/8spl9u/the-buzz-on-weatherstar|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 30, 2023|title=The Buzz On: Weatherstar|website=MTV|author=Leslie Simon|date=June 9, 2010|access-date=October 30, 2023}} The group toured with The Bigger Lights, The Graduate and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as performing at the Vans Warped Tour in 2010.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a28893/weatherstar-unsigned-find/|title=Unsigned Find: Weatherstar|magazine=Seventeen|date=December 1, 2010|access-date=October 30, 2023}} In April 2011, an EP entitled, Crystal Ball was released.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6Gp5tWfXa4SHjcYCZVF6TP|title=Crystal Ball - EP by Weatherstar|website=Spotify|access-date=October 30, 2023}} In November 2011, a christmas EP titled, Christmas Makes the Heart Grow Fonder was released along with the lead single, "It's Not Christmas Without You Here".{{cite web|url=https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=72700&cat=|title=Weatherstar To Release 'Crystal Ball' Remix, Christmas EP|website=Top40-Charts|date=November 14, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2023}}
In 2012, his band Nineteen 80 Five (1985) was signed to Songs Music Publishing.{{Cite web |url=http://www.songspub.com/OneSheet/124/ |title=1985 Signed To SONGS Music Publishing |access-date=2017-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015183237/http://www.songspub.com/OneSheet/124 |archive-date=2016-10-15 |url-status=dead }} Since then the band has gone on to release a collection of EPs and released the single, Summer Forever, on Hollywood Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfrontrow.com/2012/08/band-1985s-summer-forever-is-little-league-world-series-theme/|title=Band 1985's Summer Forever is Little League World Series' theme|website=ESPN|author=Kristen Hudak|date=August 14, 2012|access-date=October 31, 2023}} In September 2012, Walker debuted a new project with his brother Julian Walker called Brothers. They released their debut single, "12 Degrees" that same month.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/song_premiere_brothers_12_degrees|title=Song Premiere: Brothers, 12 Degrees|magazine=Alternative Press|author=Brian Kraus|date=September 29, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104015315/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/song_premiere_brothers_12_degrees|archivedate=January 4, 2015|access-date=October 31, 2023}} The duo later released "It's Not Christmas Without You Here" and cover of "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for streaming via Alternative Press in December 2012.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/downloads_brothers_its_not_christmas_without_you_here_christmas_baby_please/|title=Downloads: Brothers, It's Not Christmas Without You Here & Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)|magazine=Alternative Press|author=Brian Kraus|date=December 22, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404034545/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/downloads_brothers_its_not_christmas_without_you_here_christmas_baby_please/|archivedate=April 4, 2013|access-date=October 31, 2023}} In January 2013, Nineteen 80 Five released "Everything's Perfect" as the lead single from their second EP, which was released in February.{{cite magazine|url=http://altpress.com/features/entry/song_premiere_1985_everythings_perfect/|title=Song Premiere: 1985, Everythings Perfect|magazine=Alternative Press|author=Cassie Whitt|date=January 6, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403035227/http://altpress.com/features/entry/song_premiere_1985_everythings_perfect/|archivedate=April 3, 2013|access-date=October 31, 2023}} In 2014, Cameron signed to songwriter and producer, David Hodges, as his first signing to his publishing company Third & Verse which was a joint venture with Kobalt Music Group.{{cite web|url=https://www.cameronwalkerwright.com/about|title=About - Cameron Walker-Wright|access-date=January 14, 2021}}
Walker-Wright has played guitar, bass guitar and wrote several songs for The Ready Set.{{cite web|url=https://www.cameronwalkerwright.com/thereadyset|title=Cameron Walker-Wright - The Ready Set|access-date=January 14, 2021}} Walker wrote "Disappearing Act", "Concrete", "Run with Me" and "Swim" on The Ready Set's fifth studio album, I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-will-be-nothing-without-your-love-mw0002914309/credits|title=I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love - The Ready Set Credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=November 3, 2023}}
Image:Cameron WalkerWright PS.jpg
He is one third of the indie pop group Nekokat along with Jordan Witzigreuter (The Ready Set) and Jess Bowen (drummer of The Summer Set).{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6583132/supergroup-nekokat-gimme-a-break-exclusive-single-premiere|title=New Supergroup NEKOKAT's 'Gimme A Break': Exclusive Single Premiere|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-12-31}} In September 2016, he released a single titled, "Just Come Home".{{cite web|url=https://idobi.com/news/premiere-cameron-walkers-just-come-home/|title=Premiere: Cameron Walker's Just Come Home|website=idobi Radio|author=Emillie Marvel|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=October 30, 2023}} In May 2017, he released another single titled, "I'm Sorry", under the name, Alexander Francis.{{cite web|url=https://idobi.com/video/idobi-sessions-alexander-francis-im-sorry/|title=idobi Sessions: Alexander Francis – I'm Sorry|website=idobi Radio|author=Emillie Marvel|date=May 10, 2017|access-date=October 30, 2023}}
In 2018, he joined brothers Stephen and John Gomez of The Summer Set to form the band Twin XL.{{Cite web|url=https://www.positionmusic.com/artist/MjMzMzI4LTczZDk3NA|title=TWIN XL|website=www.positionmusic.com|access-date=2020-01-01}} As of 2023, they released one studio album titled Hyperfantasia, two EPs and 13 singles. The band makes all of their own music, start-to-finish, and have admitted that it is "sometimes difficult" to balance recording with performances.{{cite web|url=https://thehoneypop.com/2019/10/31/were-a-mess-over-twin-xls-new-single-messy/|title=We're a Mess Over Twin XL’s New Single "Messy"|website=The Honey POP|first=Anna Mollie|last=Grillo|date=May 24, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2022}} Previously, the band toured with Jukebox The Ghost and The Mowgli's for the Making Friends Tour of 2019,{{cite web|url=https://secondsocietyreport.com/twin-xl-release-third-single-friends-and-announce-ep/|title=TWIN XL release third single Friends and Announce EP|author=Jennifer Dill|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2023}} and toured with I Don't Know How But They Found Me the same year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/idkhow-summer-tour/|title=iDKHOW extend "Night Heat" tour with summer dates|last=Goeman|first=Collin|date=2019-05-22|website=Alternative Press|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-01}} They ended 2019 touring with The Maine for The Mirror tour,{{cite web|url=https://www.elicitmagazine.com/twin-xl-the-maine/|title=Twin XL to Join The Maine on Nationwide Tour This Fall|date=August 14, 2019|access-date=July 13, 2021}} and toured with Fitz and the Tantrums in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://secondsocietyreport.com/twin-xl-announced-as-support-for-fitz-and-the-tantrums-all-the-feels-tour/|title=Twin XL Announced As Support for Fitz and the Tantrums All The Feels Tour|author=Jennifer Dill|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=July 13, 2021}} The band released their debut studio album, Hyperfantasia on May 19, 2023.{{cite tweet|number=1645899443156262915|user=wearetwinxl|title=We're back. Our debut album Hyperfantasia comes out 5/19. You cool with that?|date=April 11, 2023}}
In early 2021, Cameron started a music label with fellow artist Jordan Witzigreuter, Swim Team Records.{{Cite web|title=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.instagram.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913100613/https://instagram.com/accounts/login/ |archive-date=2012-09-13 }} The company has featured a multitude of artists such as Future Coyote, TALKBAK, and Casey Abrams. The label's music has been featured in promotion for things such as the PGA Tour.{{Cite web|title=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.instagram.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913100613/https://instagram.com/accounts/login/ |archive-date=2012-09-13 }} Walker wrote "Rock with You" by Seventeen for their ninth EP, Attacca.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/attacca-mw0003606902|title=Seventeen - Attacca Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=November 3, 2023}}
Discography
| class="wikitable"
|+Musical History !Year !Projects !Albums/ EPs !Singles |
| 2009
|Weatherstar |Weatherstar Acoustic Crystal Ball Go Closer Christmas Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (A Weatherstar Holiday Collection) Out In The Rain Covers EP |Snow For The First Time (Cover) Believe All Talk |
| 2012
|Brothers | |12 Degrees |
| 2012
|1985 |Congratulations Everything's Perfect |Summer Forever Days Like This |
| 2012
|The Ready Set (touring member) | I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love (Songwriter) |Disappearing Act (Songwriter) |
| 2014
|Animal Fiction |Animal Fiction EP Yellow! Pink! Green! Happy Thoughts We'll Go Places Anything Can Happen I Really Like It Cold Oh No! Symmetry Real Again Start Again (2020, Writer) |Enjoy The Ride Lone Wolf |
| 2015
|Bye Bye |Take Me Home | |
| 2016
|Cameron Walker | |Just Come Home |
| 2017
|Nekokat |Communication Communication II Pleasure Beach |Boys Don't Cry Haunted Haunted (Acoustic) Bella, Goodbye Take Warchild Up In Smoke Melt |
| 2018
|Alexander Francis | |I'm Sorry |
| 2018
|Twin XL |How To Talk To Strangers |Messy Messy (Extended Version) Melt Problematic Lemonade Lonely (with Little Hurt & Rad Horror) Slow Heart Want You (Unreleased) Upgrade |
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Band/ Artist !Album !Song |
| 2012
|We The Kings |Somewhere Somehow |Say It Now |
| 2013
|Age Of Days |radioactivity |Ready To Go |
| 2014
|The Kettles |You're Not You Soundtrack |Finally Free |
| 2014
|Happy Mistakes |Had to be Panama |
| 2014
|Sabrina Carpenter |Eyes Wide Open |We'll be the Stars |
| 2015
|Wish I Was |Wish I Was |Cutting Ties |
| 2015
|All Time Low |Future Hearts |Cinderblock Garden |
| rowspan="3" |2015
| rowspan="3" |David Hodges | rowspan="3" |The December Sessions, Vol. 3 |Under The Influence |
| The Other Road |
| The Only Story |
| 2016
|David Hodges |The December Sessions, Vol. 4 |Lovers In Orbit |
| 2016
|Sophia Kameron |Connected |Connected |
| 2016
|Borgeous |13 |Over the Edge |
| 2016
|Tor Miller | |All Fall Down |
| 2016
|The Summer Set |Stories For Monday |All In |
| 2016
|Tonight Alive |Limitless |How Does It Feel |
| 2016
|Arrows to Athens |Exile |City Of Angels |
| rowspan="4" |2016
| rowspan="4" |The Ready Set | rowspan="4" |I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love |Disappearing Act |
| Swim |
| Concrete |
| Run With Me |
| 2017
|Outasight |Ritchie |Feel Good |
| 2018
|Lindsey Stirling |Warmer In The Winter |Time To Fall In Love |
| rowspan="3" |2018
| rowspan="3" |The Ready Set | rowspan="3" |V1 |Life In Pink |
| Real |
| Let U Go |
| rowspan="1" |2018
| rowspan="1" |The Ready Set | rowspan="1" |V2 |Stitch |
| 2018
|Animal Island |Animalistic |Imagine All You Can Do |
| 2018
|The Mowglis |I was Starting to Wonder |I Feel Good About This |
| 2018
|Cade Foehner | |Breathe Out |
| 2018
|Vanessa Mai |Schlager |Vergessen dich zu vergessen |
| 2018
|Set it Off |Midnight |Lonely Dance |
| 2019
|Saint PHYNX | |Sorry |
| 2019
|Onlychild |solstice, part 2. |Royal Blue |
| 2019
|Derek Hough | |Say It Now |
| 2019
|Dreamers |Launch Fly Land |Dizzy |
| 2019
|Mannequin Online | |So Cool |
| 2019
|Little Hurt | |It's Okay Not To Be Okay |
| 2020
|Set it Off |After Midnight |So Predictable |
| 2020
|Animal Fiction | |Like I Do |
| 2020
|Animal Fiction |Start Again | |
| 2020
|Em Rossi | |The Other Side |
| 2020
|The Veil |Batwoman Soundtrack |Welcome To My World |
| 2020
|Paper Jackets | |Drugs & Honey |
| 2020
|Onlychild | |Thank Me Later |
| 2020
|Little Hurt |Every Second |My Head Hurts |
| 2021
|Future Coyote | |Get To Work |
| 2021
|Little Luna | |therapy |
| 2021
|Little Hurt |Every Second |I Don't Wanna Be Here |
| 2021
|Future Coyote | |Coming Alive |
| 2021
|Trans Violet | |Blue Flowers |
| 2021
|Casey Abrams | |To Me, From Me |
| 2021
|TALKBAK |TALKBAK |Gimme Something Good Jump Fire Yng4Evr |
| 2021
|Young Rising Sons | |Carousel |
| 2021
|Dreamers | |Brainless |
| 2021
|Riivels | |Ain't Seen Nothing Yet |
| 2021
|Animal Fiction |Eyes To The Sun |Ready 2 Go Find Our Way Everywhere We Go Eyes To The Sun Take Me Higher Permanent Vacation |
| 2021
|Attacca |Rock With You |
| 2021
|Set It Off | |Skeleton |
| 2021
|Alex Di Leo |Following Feelings | |
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Artist !Songs |
| 2014
|tyDi |Apollo |
| 2015
|Wish I Was |Cutting Ties Now I Know End Of Faith |
| 2016
|Wish I Was |We're Better Than This Stop This The Bubble Kill Me We Can't Go On Like This I Want To Believe |
| 2016
|tyDi |Sharpest Weapon All I Ever Knew |
| 2017
|Wish I Was |This Could Be It? |
| 2018
|Animal Island |New Classic All You Can Do |
| 2018
|tyDi |Everything I See |
| 2020
|Animal Island |Undefined Live Loud |
| 2020
|American Teeth |Barred Out [Feat. Twin XL] |
| 2021
|LUNA AURA |Smile |
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.cameronwalkerwright.com/ Official Website]
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