“Inspiration is an unquantifiable bleed out of all the inner-workings of who we are. It sits dormant within all of us, waiting to carry us away. But it isn’t as mythical as people wish it was. If it were some rare, holy grail esq. intuition then we wouldn’t see so much of it. That’s why inspiration can be found in everything, and why I, in turn, am constantly inspired.”
Coulter Lee Brown is an up and coming lyricist, guitarist, recording artist, and performer from Spring/Houston TX. His music lives in the cracks between genres. A vintage sound that nods to his influences — blues drenched rock & roll, electrified Americana, wailing soul, R&B, funk-inspired pop — while still breaking new ground, pushing Coulter into art that is uniquely his own.
“I don't know everything yet,
I don't know the words to songs I've never heard before,
I've been running on spare time and my regrets,
and I hope I'm not spent before I've started to begin again…”
Raised in a home of constant art, creativity, and music Coulter began playing guitar and writing songs in the 5th grade. However his passion seemed to only go so far.
"The words and guitar came easy...but the voice? The music was always in me. I could feel it pulsing right under the surface...I just didn't know how to let it out.”
Singing never came naturally to Coulter, and it wasn't until his Sophomore year of highschool that he found his voice. He joined his highschool choir and through continued practice, coaching, and passion, was finally able to share with the world what he had only ever shared with himself.
"Before joining choir I was just a kid who went to school and then went home, played my guitar, and wrote songs that I could never sing. I couldn't hear where my voice fit in the chords. I couldn't stay on pitch or even in the same key, but I loved music, and I remember many instances where I would write songs and then talk to my mom and end up breaking down because, in my eyes, I would never be able to perform this art I had in me....it truly changed my life."
“Tired is the heart that's been breakin’,
broken is the heart that's been loved,
hollow is the hope I've been chasin',
I can't say I'm better off then I was”
After graduation he attended school at the University of Colorado (Denver) for a BA in songwriting where he created his solo project "Coulter Lee Brown & the Bad Habits" of which he is the frontman and songwriter.
Coulter recorded a five song EP title "Live, Love, Lose, Repeat" at school and has since released six additional singles. He is currently writing and recording his debut full length album.
"It’s taken me a long time to find a sound that I feel like I can call mine, and I’m incredibly excited to show the world my voice. I hope there will be people there with me when this record drops, but with or without an audience it’s coming."
“But I've been praying for rain cuz it helps when I'm sleeping,
And I've been shooting up faith like a drug”
Coulter has played venues across Texas and Colorado, including Lost Lake in Denver, Mainstreet Crossing in Tomball, White Oak Music Hall in Houston, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (2019 & 2022), and most recently he and his band played to a packed crowd at the Dosey Doe Big Barn and a sold out show at Dosey Doe BBQ in the Woodlands, TX. He continues to gig regularly in and around Houston, College Station, and Dallas TX. He released his EP “And I Hope You Still Love Me” November 10th.
“Inspiration is the way the rain outside my window is falling so light, that if I couldn’t see the ripples in the wet asphalt I’d assume that it wasn’t falling at all. It’s my wife’s hand finding mine in her sleep. It’s my son. His joy and innocence. Everything he is. The art I love, the family that supports me, the world that I live in. All these things feed that fire that we have burning, and the light that it makes is too bright not to share. So when you ask what I’m inspired by it’s hard for me to answer without waxing poetic.”