When you hear the throwback country sound of Midland, like in their debut single, “Drinkin’ Problem,” and see their genuine throwback style, it doesn’t exactly scream Los Angeles, which is why it’s kind of amazing to think that Mark, Cameron and Jess all found each other as a result of playing music together in various combinations in L.A..  Cameron Duddy says, “The three of us coming together, there’s luck, it was meant to be. I feel like there is a fate here. And it wigs me out thinking about it at night if I think too hard about it but we’re really blessed and we feel so fortunate to have found each other. There is definitely a synergy here.”

Cameron also believes that their collective failures also led to their current success, even though at the time, those failures were hugely disappointing.  He explains, “Jess and I were in a band together in Los Angeles and it didn’t work. Mark and I were in a band together in LA and it didn’t work. And it wasn’t until the three of us came together that this thing really became what it needed to be all along. And at the time when you’re going through those failures it feels like, because you wanted that band to work at the time you know, you’re not thinking ‘I’m in this band now but in 10 years from now I’m going to form a super group and we’ll be fine.’ No, you’re at the bottom of your barrel. It sucks. You know you’re dealing with failure and loss and rejection.”

But now with a top 15 single on the country charts and a buzz in country music that continues to grow louder and louder, Cameron says, “In hindsight I’m so glad that it happened because had we had success in those bands or at least whatever, like we wouldn’t be sitting here, and this is the ultimate version of anything I could have imagined.  Making music with these twom who are my best friends, has been the ultimate pleasure of life.”

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Cameron Duddy – “Honestly to think about the fact that we found each other, but realistically like with all the billions and billions of people in the world just to be born in America to me is a privilege. And the fact that we all have talent, okay now the percentage is getting smaller and smaller. And the fact that we have now been able to find each other, the three of us, now the chances are getting even slimmer and slimmer. This is crazy. You know Los Angeles, California, the United States, Northern America, the world, like this is the three of us coming together, there’s luck, it was meant to be. I feel like there is a fate here. And it wigs me out thinking about it at night if I think too hard about it but we’re really blessed and we feel so fortunate to have found each other. There is definitely a synergy here. You know, Jess and I were in a band together in Los Angeles and it didn’t work. Mark and I were in a band together in LA and it didn’t work. And it wasn’t until the three of us came together that this thing really became what it needed to be all along. And at the time when you’re going through those failures it feels like, because you wanted that band to work at the time you know, you’re not thinking ‘I’m in this band now but in 10 years from now I’m going to form a super group and we’ll be fine.’ No, you’re at the bottom of your barrel. It sucks. You know you’re dealing with failure and loss and rejection, and in hindsight I’m so glad that it happened because had we had success in those bands or at least whatever, like we wouldn’t be sitting here, and this is the ultimate version of anything I could have imagined.  Making music with these two who are my best friends has been the ultimate pleasure of life.”