Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler is now a member of the NMPA SONGS Foundation Board of Directors, reports Noise 11.

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) started the SONGS (Supporting Our Next Generation of Songwriters) Foundation in 2015 to promote the creation of music by supporting songwriters and programs that foster composition education.

Tyler said, “As a songwriter who has lived and breathed this business for most of my life, I see how hard it has become for those young artists who are trying to make it today. I’m proud to serve on the NMPA SONGS Foundation Board because young creators deserve a chance – and we are going to be instrumental in giving that to them.”

Further details can be found here.

In other news, fans soon will be able to get a second taste of Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler’s forthcoming country-flavored debut solo album, reports KWBE, an affiliate of News Channel Nebraska. A new song titled "Red White & You", which the Dot Records label is describing as an “American up-tempo country anthem,” is scheduled to hit radio airwaves on January 25th.

On the live front, Steven Tyler will perform at the Niagara Fallsview Casino on March 29th and March 31st. He will join new country collection Loving Mary at the Avalon Ballroom to perform new versions of Aerosmith classics like “Dream On” and “Janie’s Got A Gun”.

Tyler told ABC News Radio that he's hoping to release his first solo album by "February or so" of 2016, and is planning to support it with a tour before heading out on an Aerosmith trek later in the year. As for just how "country" the material on the upcoming album will be, Tyler explains that the project is still taking shape, so he isn't quite sure.

"I don't even know who I'm producing it with," he reports. "It's gonna be what it is. There's a couple of songs I've written and they're like rock, and I said, 'Oh, geez.' And I'm not gonna put a banjo on it just to make it country… I don't know what it's gonna be, but my heart leans [towards] the country feeling and the vibe."

"I think country music is the new rock 'n' roll," he maintains. "I mean, you can listen to the lyrics, you can really get into it, just as you could get into “Stairway To Heaven”.”  He adds, "Country's not just about porches, dogs and kicking my boots up. It's a whole lot more, but it's about being real. You know, the world's gone so far away from that. I hope it comes back."

The video for "Love Is Your Name", the first single from Tyler's forthcoming solo album can be seen below.