{"id":22332,"date":"2023-07-24T12:12:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=22332"},"modified":"2023-07-28T09:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T13:17:52","slug":"transylvania-grads-song-played-at-grand-ole-opry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/07\/transylvania-grads-song-played-at-grand-ole-opry\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania grad&#8217;s song played at Grand Ole Opry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5-730x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5-730x411.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5-690x388.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5-810x456.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/transylvania_baker_5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timothy Baker &#8217;18 performing at Transylvania&#8217;s Campus Center when he was a student.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Timothy Baker&#8217;s dream of having a song he&#8217;d written performed at the Grand Ole Opry came true this past weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nashville country artist and 2018 Transylvania graduate was excited to hear Jake Worthington sing \u201cState You Left Me In&#8221; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvA-lA3OlVR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Timothy Baker (@timothybakermusic)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NashvilleVoyager <a href=\"https:\/\/nashvillevoyager.com\/interview\/rising-stars-meet-timothy-baker-of-my-wife-and-i-live-in-clarksville-but-i-play-gigs-and-write-songs-all-over-nashville-on-a-weekly-basis\/\">featured Baker<\/a> as one of its &#8220;Rising Stars&#8221; this past May. He talked about his journey as a songwriter and musician, including how he released his debut album &#8220;Let Me Drive&#8221; around the time he started his first semester at Transylvania in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I originally planned to take a pre-law route in my undergrad studies, but just a couple months into classes at Transylvania I knew that I couldn\u2019t be happy doing that for 4 years. Luckily I made friends with the music technology professor there, so I changed my major to music tech and spent the next 4 years studying in Lexington, making monthly trips to Nashville starting in 2016 to play with Allie Colleen at Scoreboard Bar, as well as write songs and network in town. By the time I graduated from Transylvania in May of 2018, I knew that I wanted to move to Nashville and pursue my solo artist and songwriting career, so in July of 2018, my (now) wife Lyndsey and I officially became Nashville residents, settling in the Hermitage area.<\/p>\n<cite>Timothy Baker in NashvilleVoyager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Baker recently returned from performing in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timothybakermusic\/posts\/pfbid0RopFrueUEFGvHdAst1H2Eceao6biQarrN1uvR5XT9qwwAQH2R532p4F4LJaRejXBl\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timothy Baker&#8217;s dream of having a song he&#8217;d written performed at the Grand Ole Opry came true this past 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