Beginnings

Beginnings and Gossip EP (2007)

Kyle Even was born on September 21, 1985 in Glenwood Springs, CO. David Schmitt was born on March 25, 1988 also in Colorado. Kyle played in a band in high school called Rivendale with Adam Gallegos, Chris Heaton, Justin Price, and Nate Millie. David played in a band called As the Flood Water Rose. Both bands played together often. As the Flood Water Rose opened up for Rivendale at Rivendale's CD release at Grandpa's Music Box in Thornton. As everyone went separate ways for college, Even and Schmitt started up Breathe Carolina.
Breathe Carolina started in 2007 with Denver, Colorado natives Kyle Even and David Schmitt, recording songs on GarageBand for fun. They started out as a MySpace band, getting over 10,000 plays in 2008 and accumulating over 30 million plays during 2009. The name Breathe Carolina came from a dream that Schmitt had in 9th grade. , about calming down a woman named Carolina. Soon afterwards, Even gave up his job as a photographer to tour with the band full-time. Their first EP, Gossip, was released as an iTunes exclusive on November 26, 2007. It was self-released and has since been removed.