- Hi, I'm Tyler Reese Tritt. You're watching NPT, Nashville Public Television, your home for Nashville stories. I was 14 years old, and it was at the Ryman. My godfather, Marty Stuart, he does the 'Marty Party Midnight Jam,' and I went and sang with my dad, and it was really, really fun. I think I was one of the youngest, he said, that had performed there. It is amazing, definitely unbelievable, kinda hard to wrap my head around, the older I get. 'Cause when I'm younger, you don't know them as anything. You just know them as aunt, uncle, whoever, and then you get older, and you're like, 'Oh my gosh. 'These people are country legends, and they've paved the way "for all new and upcoming artists, 'and it's really, really amazing.' Honestly, as cliche as it sounds, I really feel like my dad is. I really feel like he's just a legend because he didn't conform to the new era of country. He did his own thing. He didn't care how people looked at him, how they treated him. He was gonna do it his way or no way at all, and I really admire that. Miranda Lambert or Carrie Underwood. Carrie Underwood because I just believe she's total powerhouse vocals, and it would force me to challenge myself as a singer and banter and have fun and that kinda stuff. And Miranda Lambert because I love her attitude and her demeanor about, she seems like a lot of fun, and I would just love to sing with them. Well, I didn't think I was a songwriter at first. I never thought I had that capability, and then I got thrown into a writing session, and it forced me to really use my creative mind and figure things out on my own 'cause I was always really timid and afraid, like, what if they don't like my ideas or what if it's stupid, what I think is gonna come out is stupid, and the more I'd go in and start writing, you just get more comfortable. And so, I think, to write a perfect song, of course, has to have meaning, tell a story. You have to feel it. I feel like you really just have to feel it.