Ryan Kershaw Redemption

Okay in terms of the album I read it took about two years in the making would that

be right? I'd say from start of writing etc I'd say so I'd say the whole process was about 18 months in total because I recorded some of the album last January and then I recorded the rest of it this January and it wasn't down to the fact that I couldn't get I just didn't have time to finish things and work on my own stuff and I didn't want to rush it you know I didn't want to sort of get in the studio and just make something for the sake of making it so I just took my time and aye so about 18 months two years in total

This is something I'm interested in, right, because I actually quite often think this.

Sometimes you'll hear a person speak and they will sound very similar to how they speak.

Other times you get it differently.

So in terms of your singing voice, is it something that's evolved over time? Or did you always have a particular singing style or sound? I

don't know.

I think so.

I think it's just the sound the way I sound, I suppose.

When I listen to old songs, Tapes, even when I say me playing live five, six years ago, I think I've improved a lot as I get older.

I feel I'm improving slightly, but I certainly try and have myself as unique as I possibly can, you know, so I don't sound like everybody else that's out there.

I know, but it is always something that's intrigued me, because you get people, as I say, they sometimes, they'll sing exactly in the same kind of way, as they kind of speak, when I would say yours is kind of slightly different, but maybe a softer tone when you sing, would that be fair to say?

I'd say so, aye, especially on the first album, when the first album's, that's one thing I didn't do, I didn't push my voice too hard on the first album, but on this new album, I've certainly tried my hardest to push it as hard as I can, sort of, with the sort of different variations and keys and tones etc

and in what way do you like prepare for that in terms of like sending different songs like is it just a case of like practicing different songs or just playing about with what you think sounds right for that particular song

um i saw a song will definitely evolve from where it starts it will start from nothing it'll make starting a total different key for where it finishes off write a song and then i'll try it different keys and just see if my voice suits it better and Just to see what feels right.

Once you get there, once you sing it in the right key, it just sort of falls into place and you know where it's supposed to be.

Do you ever have a particular structure when you're making a song? Will it be a case of the music will come first, or the vocals will come first, or an idea?

I would say music on most occasions music comes first but my process of writing a song can vary and sometimes I can sit in front of my guitar with a pad and paper and I can write a song that's finished in 15 minutes sometimes I'll write a song it'll get to a certain point and I've got a block so it would just sit on a shelf and then I'll write something else and again it will come to a block it will sit on a shelf and then once I've got three or four of them sometimes when I come to a block, the bit that I've written previously will just slot into that new part, you know, and it's just, so I, sometimes a song can take me a day, a week, sometimes it will not be finished for two or three years, because it will sit on a shelf for a while until another idea comes that will fit it, you know.

So, see,

on the back of that, the album itself, then, did that happen, did you have an idea, like, how you wanted the album to be in terms of, like, a story or a concept, or was it just a case of, it kind of evolved as it went?

It did kind of evolve as it went.

I mean, there's about four or five tracks that never made it onto the album.

And then there's another four or five tracks that I would like to have put on the second album, but there's just not enough space.

I didn't want to put 16 tracks on an album.

So I've got some new material for the next album all ready to go.