Drew Ryder Smith

COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST, AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER, PRODUCER AND COMPANY OWNER – DREW RYDER SMITH IS A JACK OF ALL TRADES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. BORN AND RAISED BETWEEN "MUSIC CITY" (NASHVILLE, TN) AND "THE HIT MAKING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" (MUSCLE SHOALS, AL), HIS CAREER IN MUSIC WAS INEVITABLE. FROM "MOST ADDED" RADIO SINGLES TO SPOTIFY EDITORIAL SUPPORT, HIS LATEST SINGLES "EXES" AND "THE TRUTH" SHOWCASE HIS RAW SOUND. NOT ONLY HAS DREW OPENED FOR DON WILLIAMS, BIG & RICH, LEE BRICE AND LADY A, BUT HE OPENED FOR COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND MERLE HAGGARD AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM IN FRONT OF INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES, JOHN PRINE, TIM MCGRAW, FAITH HILL AND KEITH URBAN IN THE AUDIENCE.

​THOUGH HIS ARTIST CAREER IS ONE SOME WOULD DREAM OF, DREW RYDER SMITH'S CAREER AS A SONGWRITER IS POSSIBLY EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE. HE'S NOT ONLY WON AWARDS FOR HIS CUTS, BUT IS A WRITER ON A RIAA GOLD RECORD CERTIFIED, WITH CUTS BY RANDY HOUSER, JOHN SCHNEIDER, MERLE HAGGARD, GORD BAMFORD AND MORE. THROUGH HIS SUCCESSES AS A SONGWRITER, HE HAS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE WITH #1 CHARTING AND AWARD-WINNING STAPLES, DON SCHLITZ ("THE GAMBLER," "WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL"), ROB SNYDER ("SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME"), DRIVER WILLIAMS ("SMOKE A LITTLE SMOKE"), BOBBY PINSON ("SOME OF IT" - ERIC CHURCH).

​ADDING TO HIS PLETHORA OF TITLES, DREW RYDER SMITH IS ALSO THE OWNER OF GRAY SOUND RECORDING SERVICES, LLC IN NASHVILLE, TN, WHERE HE SERVES AS PRODUCER AND SENIOR MIXING ENGINEER. PUTTING HIS 15-YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE BUSINESS INTO WORD TO HELP OTHERS, SMITH IS THE AUTHOR OF "THE BEFORE YOU RECORD COURSE," WHICH PREPARES NEW ARTISTS FOR THEIR FIRST RECORDING SESSION AND WALKS THEM THROUGH WHAT GOES INTO MAKING A RECORD.

​WHEN NOT IN THE STUDIO OR PLAYING ON THE ROAD, DREW RYDER SMITH CAN BE FOUND IN NASHVILLE OR NEW YORK CITY – USUALLY HANGING OUT WITH ANY DOG HE SEES.