What is Shepherd Bridge?
Created by Tyler Daniel in 2023, Shepherd Bridge is an Idaho-based alternative music project that combines several storytelling elements to follow a protagonist called The Voyager tasked with sailing aboard the vessel the Shepherd Bridge in a desperate attempt to destroy the Evil Things before it is too late.
The novel brings the story to life on the page, while the music carries its themes through melody and lyric, matching tracks with chapters. Together, they create a layered journey of reflection, struggle, and hope.
Lucy and the Voyager- Alternative Album
The debut concept album from Shepherd Bridge.
This record blends intimate alternative rock with sweeping lyrical storytelling, giving voice to the characters, emotions, and landscapes found within the companion novel The Shore Speaks. Every song echoes a chapter of the story, building a soundscape that moves from haunting reflection to soaring hope.
What you'll hear:
- Alternative rock inspired by modern and timeless artists from the early 2000s to now
- Honest, heartfelt lyrics woven directly from the novel's themes
- A concept album meant to be experienced alongside The Shore Speaks.
The Shore Speaks- Fiction Novel
I held a unique place in the Evil Thing's depraved hunger. Nothing would satisfy them more than my fall. Their greatest desire was to vanquish the Voyager. Of all the villagers of Lybr, my spirit was the most coveted by the Evil Things--to take, to claim, and to destroy.
Readers are invited to follow the protagonist called the Voyager as he sails aboard the Shepherd Bridge to do battle against the Evil Things preying upon him and his people. Struggles, transformations, triumphs, and discovery awaits on dangerous seas, as those willing to fight for the Boundless Flame seek the fabled Shore foretold to redeem their island.
The complete companion novel "The Shore Speaks" is a fantasy novel that serves as a hyper-fictionalized version of Tyler's testimony, following the pace of the album and matching tracks with the chapters, events, and themes.
Testimony
A literal ship in the novel; a music group. Shepherd Bridge is intended to be a vessel in all forms of the word, with a cargo that delivers a message of hope and resilience. For Tyler, this was finding the light of Jesus Christ amidst a dark world of abandonment and addiction. Whether you are a Christian or not, this message is a universal light that should be a torch for anyone who has been marked by similar darknesses in this life.
God is good, true, and beautiful. In this creative expression of testimony, Tyler seeks to deliver this message through avenues beyond biography to the ears and eyes of Christians and non-Christians who might be exploring their own faith to find a deeper, more profound truth.
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