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Exposed Vocals Interviews Rydeout The Ryda

Hip Hop Artist From Albany NY one member of the Group Peer Pressure.
Started writing Music at age 15 in a boys detention center first Mix tape Release RydaBeat War Time in 2009 Followed by Second Mix tape 118. Young ambitious and hard working with a swagger and talent all His own Multiple Shows and Song Features done with a Mainly New York Style of rap he is also very versatile in many different forms of song writing New Single Paid off currently out.

Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?

Ryda: I grew up in Albany NY the Capital of the Apple I started writing music at age 14 in a boys detention center just as a hobby but it quickly turned into my passion even though upstate NY isn’t to recognized for our talents its what I Love yo do.

Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?

Ryda: well the Name Ryda means real.youth.dedicated.artist and the first part is kinda self explanatory Rydas Rydeout right ? hence the name ().

Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?

Ryda: I feel with online music sharing there comes a lot of other things but I believe the future of everything including music is online and as far as free music I do it because as an independent artist we have to build buzz for the music we do plan to sell.

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?

Ryda: listen more, work more and talk less you can only use and teach what you learn and you can’t succeed without knowledge.

Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?

Ryda: Life is the best inspiration for an artist like me I live a real life full of ups and downs pains and joys I go through a lot of emotions so I like to channel those emotions in to my music.

Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?

Ryda: No official site yet in the works but if you wanna find my music its out there on every platform you can search even some I’ve never heard of lol.

Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?

Ryda: First I would donate to epilepsy research for my daughter who has seizures after that its all taking care of the family and music maybe venture into some other investments.

Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?

Ryda: its all social media I gotta give a big shout out to my manager Dollie Pierre tho she really does a lot of the promo for me and the fans can’t do it without them

Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?

Ryda: Stay tuned I have a Short mixtape iam about ready to drop self titled R.Y.D.A that should be out sometime before the summer hits and I hope to have my full length mixtape BAD (Black American Dream) out around the beginning of 2017. Until than I Have a single Called Paid off out now go check it out.

Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

Ryda: Still being my own boss somehow someway what ever iam into I have to own it .

Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?

Ryda: Its definitely a challenge but I’ve been at it for so long music is apart of my everyday life no juggling needed.

Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?

Ryda: I plan on doing a lot of shows of course the Mixtape  R.Y.D.A and a few new videos and for my buzz to go way through the roof.

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