Today we’d like to introduce you to Deuce Tyrell.
Hi Deuce, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
For more than twenty years, Deuce Tyrell has built a reputation as one of North Carolina’s most versatile creatives, working as a producer, songwriter, recording artist, and engineer while helping shape the sound of independent music across the state. With dozens of releases on major streaming platforms, editorial playlist placements, sync licensing credits, and collaborations that have reached audiences far beyond the Carolinas, his career has always been driven by one thing: storytelling.
That same passion has led him into a new medium. Following the release of his first comic last fall, Tyrell is now expanding his original Aspera Ledger universe with The Harvest Saints, a Southern horror-noir novel that blends supernatural suspense, faith, and Black folklore into a cinematic experience. Rather than leaving music behind, he’s bringing the instincts that earned him recognition in the studio onto the page, creating stories with the same atmosphere, rhythm, and emotional depth that have defined his work for more than two decades.
For Tyrell, this isn’t a reinvention. It’s the natural evolution of a storyteller who has finally found another canvas.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
The biggest challenge has been expansion. For more than twenty years, people have known me as a producer, engineer, and recording artist. Stepping into comics and horror fiction means introducing an established audience to a different side of my creativity while earning the trust of an entirely new one.
The second challenge is time. Like many independent creatives, I’m balancing art with real life. I’m writing novels, producing music, developing comics, and running a studio while working a full-time overnight career. That forces me to be intentional with every hour I have.
The third challenge is resources, not vision. I have more ideas than budget. Independent publishing, comics, and music all require capital, and rebuilding after significant personal and professional changes has meant learning to create at a high level without waiting for perfect circumstances.
I’ve realized that limitations can become part of the process. Some of my best work has come from having to be resourceful instead of comfortable. The goal isn’t to wait until everything is perfect. It’s to keep building.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
At my core, I’m a storyteller. I just happen to tell stories through a lot of different mediums. I’m an author, comic creator, recording artist, producer, and creative director. In music, I’ve spent years writing, producing, engineering, and developing records, including work that has landed on major playlists and opened doors in the sync world. As an author and comic creator, I’ve been building original worlds and characters that I want to exist far beyond the page.
What I’m probably most known for is the range of what I create while still making it all feel distinctly like me. Whether it’s a record, a novel, or a comic, I’m very intentional about atmosphere, character, emotion, and worldbuilding. I don’t really approach any of those things as separate careers. They’re all different extensions of the same creative voice.
I’m most proud of the fact that I’ve continued creating and evolving without waiting for someone else to give me permission. I’ve built bodies of work in multiple industries, learned the technical side as well as the creative side, and kept pushing myself to become better at the craft instead of simply chasing attention.
What sets me apart is probably that combination of versatility and obsession with detail. I can write the story, build the world, create the soundtrack, understand how it should look visually, and think about how all of those pieces connect as intellectual property. I’m not interested in just making content. I want to create things with identity, history, and enough life in them that people can discover them years from now and still feel something.
What were you like growing up?
INFJ. But I’m more of an Ambivert now. I’ve always loved the same things. Music video games movies and writing. I was born into media.
Pricing:
- 40/hour studio time
- $75-$300 beat leasing
Contact Info:
- Website: https://unitedmasters.com/m/synestesia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deucetyrell and https://www.instagram.com/asperaledger22
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@deucetyrell9309
