Meet Tyler Fiore and Ryan Alexander of Toxic Hearts

Today we’d like to introduce you to Tyler Fiore and Ryan Alexander.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Tyler and Ryan. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
Ryan and I met through a mutual friend whom I was in a band with at the time. The guitarist in the band had departed so we brought Ryan on board. Unfortunately, two members of the band decided to leave the band, which just left Ryan and I. At the time, I was signed to a local EDM record label and was working on my debut album. I brought Ryan on board to record and produce and it was so easy to work with him. We did a song for the album called “Piece of Me” that Ryan produced and after we heard the finished product we decided to make it a full-time commitment working as a duo and created “Toxic Hearts”. We started performing using some of the songs we did for my album, tracks we did with our previous band, and new songs we had worked on. With the success of some of the songs we released, we decided to start work on our first full-length studio album with all new songs we created together.

We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Tyler: Nothing in the music business is smooth. For me, the struggle has been finding reliable outlets to get our music heard and finding trustworthy people to work with. Ryan: Yeah, and with how frequently the music business changes and what’s played on the radio, it’s a challenge to always outdo our last song and staying creative to make good music that people want to hear.

Please tell us about Toxic Hearts.
We are Toxic Hearts, a pop/rock band from Phoenix, Arizona. We’re most proud of the music we create. It sets us apart from other bands because we fuse pop music, with rock and electronic. Tyler Fiore, an Arizona native, has not only made waves in his home state but all across the world. He’s featured on numerous successful EDM tracks, most of which getting hundreds of thousands to millions of views and plays across all platforms. He started releasing solo music in 2010 and in 2011, awarded Pop Artist of the year at the Phoenix Music Awards. He also caught the eye of Phoenix locals when he founded The Light Collection, a pop-rock band with an electronic influence, who released an album called “Kill the Lights”. In 2015, Tyler wrote and recorded his solo double-album entitled Ambitions and Addictions. Released in the spring of 2016 independently, it caught the attention of several reputable EDM blogs. On this album, he worked with some of the best industry’s up and coming dj’s and producers.

Ryan Alexander hails from the midwest. A North Dakota native, Ryan made his way through the pop-punk seen in the Mid 2000’s. He got his musical start when he co-founded the pop-punk band Mapatazy. After graduating high-school in 2004, Ryan attended McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota. While attending there, he received a degree in Musical Production and Engineering. While attending college, he continued to dive into the pop-punk scene and joined the band Just Go Forward. After some time off, and a few musical projects, Ryan moved to Indianapolis in 2012. Here, he was very busy musically. It started when he co-founded Square Social Circle and indie/folk band. From there, he joined the pop-punk band Hometown Hero, where they won a few awards on an independent radio station in England. From there, he joined the metal band Divisions, as their bass player. He wasn’t done yet in Indy, from there he co-founded the pop-punk band Anthem High with friend Alex Murphy. It’s this friendship that would lead him to Arizona where he would eventually become the guitar player for the Light Collection. It is here where he got acquainted with Tyler.

Has luck played a meaningful role in your life and business?
Ryan: I think luck plays a small part in what we do. We’ve had some songs take off in areas of the world that we’ve never performed in. It was luck that most likely played a hand in someone stumbling across our song on a Spotify playlist somewhere that lead to other people finding out about it too. So I think it’s sometimes luck that leads artists to finally get their big break with the right person hearing the right song at the right time, but I won’t discredit the hard work we put into creating our music by saying it’s all about luck playing a hand in our success.

Tyler: Yeah, it’s very easy to say that as artists we’re considered “unlucky” because the right person hasn’t heard our music to catapult us to superstardom. I think it just pushes us harder to create a better song each time we go to the studio.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.toxichearts.com
• Email: info@toxichearts.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toxicheartsmusic
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toxicheartsmusic
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/hearts_toxic
• Other: https://www.youtube.com/user/tylerfioremusic

Image Credit:
Garrett Cook, Ceol Photography

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