EXPOSED VOCALS: Who are you? Ross Crawford. AKA Kid Ross
What do you do in the industry? I’m a writer/producer/artist specializing in writing and producing lyrics and vocal melodies for male and female singers and rappers.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO BECOME AN ARTIST? I never really decided to become an artist; my mom died when I was a kid and before she died she had me in church choir (I was 7 or 8 years old) and I really enjoyed it and when she died (I was 11) I began writing lyrics to the angelic sounds of that choral experience. Later, in my grandma’s house I put notes to the lyrics on the piano once my grandma introduced me with the song “Do-Re- Me” from Mary Poppins. There was no stopping from there
EXPOSED VOCALS: SINCE EVERYONE WAS A START-UP ONCE, CAN YOU GIVE ANY SMALLER OR LOCAL BANDS OR ARTISTS LOOKING TO GET GIGS AND AIRPLAY SOME TIPS?
Be sure to have a minimum of at least twenty (20) hours production minimum on all your tracks and they are of RADIO QUALITY. Get your social media ON FIRE for your music – send your music to as many radio stations and blogs as possible that might be interested in your style of music. Repeat this circle as many times as it takes until it happens for you!
EXPOSED VOCALS: DO YOU EVER MAKE MISTAKES DURING PERFORMANCES? HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? I keep going and pretend it didn’t happen. Not as many heard it as you THINK heard it – just keep going. In martial arts, if you miss a kick, block or punch roll into the next move and just keep going. It’s when you STOP is when you’re done for!
EXPOSED VOCALS: DO YOU TOUR? ANYTHING INTERESTING HAPPEN ON TOUR THAT YOU THINK OUR READERS WOULD ENJOY HEARING ABOUT?
At present I’m creating in the studio with my artists and sending tracks to my label Sound2kill4 which has airplay with Radiodiego in the Netherlands. If all goes as planned, I’ll be touring next summer.
EXPOSED VOCALS: ANY PLANNED STUDIO UPGRADES? WHAT ARE YOU WORKING WITH NOW? My Engineers and I use Pro tools 10
EXPOSED VOCALS: HOW DO YOU FIND WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC? WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU? I post tracks in all the social medias: Twitter, Soundcloud, Facebook , youtube, Vevo, etc and various blogs
EXPOSED VOCALS: ANY SHOUT-OUTS? Chris Willis for Giving us the opportunity of a life time in Collabing on his Solo Track …..SHOUT OUT TO – ESJAY JONES and SLS Event Group…Troy Lilley Star from Discoveries Warlocks Rising and Cocstar TV , Benny Brown from Sound2kill4records NL …..Dig Dis (Digital Distribution ) J.B Grimes , AJA Lorraine, Teagan Olfson, Hyfa , Jay Wavey ………..To My Best Flutter Buddy and friend from La Fitness Alison Avecillas (I Love you to pieces Momma) ….. Ragddah Ali and Victor Fugate for being great friends during tough times over the last 15 Months… To William Willingham AKA (Black Boi from Dark Star Recordings Tampa) We make majic in the studio my dude !!! Frank Cutri from Frank Cutri Productions Tampa, John Seda from Born A Musician Tampa……Maureen Sharib for being a Great Friend … …..My Sister Ginny and her husband Glenn for Monetary and emotional support ….Ron Ceyrolles from Florida HD Productions who has had amazing patience and disregarded my temper tantrums while Filming and Producing my videos….. To Tristan Tyrcha who inspired me to take my music to the next level ..may you RIP … To Timothy Mcspadden for Putting my Track ‘Lonely ‘ in his Movie Love A la Carte ……To Rachel Fulginiti and Donna Lapolt for Rooting me on when Times where Tough….To My Mom and Oldest Sister in Heaven … And Last but not least JMJ and BFW for Ripping my Heart out and fueling my songwriting and Production for many years to come … Amen !!!
***Kid Ross also co wrote and co produced a track for Chris Willis ‘ The way I like it ‘ ft.J.B Grimes due out June 27th 2017 (Lead singer in many of Super Star DJ David Guetta Videos)***
