Dylan Freeman (29 May 1990) is a French-Canadian songwriter raised in Braintree Essex who was taught at an early age to play the guitar by his father, Henry Freeman, a copyrighter for a prominent ad agency of the time. As a child he loved learning new songs and quickly became proficient enough to begin composing his own music. His father assisted in writing his first songs and by his mid-teens he had an unreleased archive of almost 150 songs.
It was aroiund this time that he discovered YouTube, the world's foremost video sharing service and began uploading videos of himself performing. His channel experienced a surge in popularity and YouTube contacted him asking that he become a partner and recieve money in exhange for placing ads on his videos. He agreed and the money helped him professionally record and release his first full album, A life in retrospect, which reached no. 23 in the iTunes alternative charts and garnered him more fans.
A representative from Sony music discovered his videos and approached him about signing to a label. He agreed and signed to Columbia records with a two album deal. His first album, the eponymous Dylan has been much more successful than his previous efforts with his single All along the watchtower breaking into the UK and US top 10 singles charts.
As well as playing guitar, Freeman can also play the Ukulele, Harmonica, drums and piano, incorporating the different instruments into his music.
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