Tyler Blanski (born January 12, 1984) is an American author, musician, record producer based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Biography

Tyler Blanski graduated from the Perpich Center for Arts Education in 2002, studied at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, 2005, and holds a bachelor of arts from Hillsdale College, Michigan, 2006. He currently lives in Uptown, Minneapolis, where he is a local musician and writer.

Blanski's music has been said to enchant listeners with poetic narration on the aspects of love from the little moments to planning a life together.

Ezekiel Records & Creative Group

In 2008 Tyler founded Ezekiel Records & Creative Group, and released his debut album Out From The Darkness, which has been heralded by Altsounds.com as "simple, effective, and elegant folk-rock."

His song "Hard Water" was featured on Rift Magazine. Ryan Young of Trampled by Turtles praises, "Out from the Darkness bridges the gap between awesome and bitchin' CDs."

Clay Eyes, Blanski’s first published collection of poetry that has been featured in Davey's Daily Poetry, was also released in 2008.

Tyler's second book of poetry, Loveletting, which received a week-long dedication from Davey’s Daily Poetry, and his satire Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of Your Sex Life were both published in 2010 by Ezekiel Records & Creative Group.

Think Out Loud

Think Out Loud is a Twin Cities collaborate effort to end homelessness through music. 100% of the album sale profits are to be donated to agencies like Sharing and Caring Hands and St. Stephens. The album was inspired and produced by Tyler Blanski, recorded and mixed by Mark Stockert and Adam Krinsky, mastered by Tom Garneau, and features artists like Chris Koza, Charlie Parr, Cloud Cult, Pieta Brown, Roma di Luna, The Pines, band members from Romantica and Trampled by Turtles, Psalm One, Chastity Brown, Ashleigh Still, Chris Morrissey, and several others.

Mud & Poetry

In September, 2010, Fresh Air Books, an imprint of Upper Room Books, is publishing Tyler's creative non-fiction book, Mud & Poetry: Love, Sex, and the Sacred, a young man's honest declaration of his longings for love, God, sex, a motorcycle, and possibly, a wife who is good at math. The book's Foreword is written by Michael Bauman, professor of theology and culture at Hillsdale College.