David Ray

Appearing inside a mid-2010s contemporary nation scenery dominated by swaggering nation bros and R&B-influenced crooners, Michigan local David Ray almost appeared like a traditionalist. Not really that Ray celebrated old-fashioned honky tonk or Bakersfield twang: he’s a mainstream nation singer elevated on Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney, happy to transport this big, tuneful torch on his 2016 debut, Earthquake. Ray’s music bears the hallmarks of his indigenous Michigan, circumstances where classic rock and roll and modern nation intermingle openly. His dad, who possessed a sports club and sold vehicles, played electric guitar as a spare time activity and Ray was motivated to get the device as an adolescent. He performed a high-school skill show and gained applause, that was enough to obtain him to start out acquiring music significantly, using Bob Seger, Garth Brooks, Dwight Yoakam, and Adam Taylor as inspirations. Upon graduating senior high school, he going to Support Pleasant to wait Central Michigan College or university. During his period there, he performed and hosted open-mike evenings on the Cabin, shortly getting a clutch of enthusiasts. Once he remaining college, he going to Nashville with dreams of not just a music profession but assisting himself through teaching. No careers were to be enjoyed so he relocated to Florida, where he trained technology in middle college. He sang frequently at night, acquiring whatever gig he could. His big break was earning Kenny Chesney’s Following Big Celebrity competition in 2008, a skill show where in fact the reward was starting for Kenny himself. This resulted in Ray obtaining support by Miami’s 99.9 KISS Country and he was regularly booked in the station’s events. After amassing a pursuing, he going back again to Nashville this year 2010. He founded a working romantic relationship with maker Jody Stevens — the set fulfilled when Stevens’ music group Fast Ryde performed a KISS Nation event — and in 2012 Ray authorized a publishing cope with Big Offer Music. Ray’s carrying out career steadily obtained momentum, and in 2015 he started focusing on his debut recording. “Light It Up,” the 1st solitary from these classes, made an appearance in 2015, using the full-length Earthquake viewing launch in the springtime of 2016.