After a decade or so of searching, Brandon Reid sat down with an acoustic guitar and a handful of ideas that became the independently released debut, Empty Chair. The album touched thousands upon its release in 2004 and seven songs climbed into the Top Ten on various charts and four of them went all the way to number one. The success of Empty Chair peaked when Brandon was named the Breakout Artist of the Year. It was quite a year. It all happened in such a short period of time, he reports. It all started with radio, some of the songs started to chart, then people bought the record and before I knew it I was winning the award at the ACMA Awards. I was floored. At first, I thought they made a mistake, he continues with a laugh. I did, It just blew my mind, but some things are'nt meant to be