Ryan Farish is an American composer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentist. Hailing from Norfolk, Virginia, and based in Los Angeles, California, Ryan is known for his downtempo electronica, chillout, and dance music. His sound is a combination of anthemic melodies layered with organic downtempo grooves along with a collection of releases that infuse dance rhythms with uplifting themes. Ryan established his self-owned record label in 2008, RYTONE Entertainment, as a home to his own releases as well as those of other collaborative artists.

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Ryan Farish
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Background information
Origin	Norfolk, Virginia
Genres	Electronic, chillout, downtempo, ambient, progressive trance, uplifting trance
Occupation(s)	Producer, DJ, composer, electronic musician, musician, pianist, songwriter, A&R, record label executive
Instrument(s)	Violin, piano, guitar, drums, synthesizer, bass guitar, drum machine, personal computer, percussion
Years active	2000–present
Labels	RYTONE Entertainment, Black Hole Recordings,
Website	www.ryanfarish.com

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Farish's achievements include seven albums on Billboard Charts,^[1] performance at Neon Carnival at Coachella^[2] music licenses to corporations, and the 2013 film Despicable Me 2.

As a producer, Farish has been awarded a GMA Dove Award and co-writer/co-publisher for a Grammy Award-nominated recording. He has also produced his globally syndicated lifestyle brand and radio show and podcast, "Chasing the Sun" and "Positive Chillout".

Farish launched his music career on the first generation MP3.com. It was at this site where he received 1.8 million downloads of his trademark, electronic/world music.

Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, much of Farish's works were featured on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s segments and theme track to "Storm Stories".^[3]

In 2004, Farish coined the name "Positive Chillout" to be a reference to his brand of uplifting, chillout electronic music. In November 2006, Farish published this title, on his owned and operated Live365 internet radio station, "Positive Chillout",^[4] as well as RyanFarish.com and PositiveChillout.com. The Live365 radio station was first created in November 2006 as "Positive Chillout". In 2010, Ryan re-launched the show on DI.FM's (Digitally Imported) "Chillout Dreams" channel as "Positive Chillout with Ryan Farish". The new show brought an emphasis on Electronic Chillout Music.^[5]

In January 2011, Farish debuted his progressive trance radio show Elevation on Hot 100.5 on WVHT of Max Media. Elevation is a two-hour exclusive DJ mix set produced and hosted by Ryan Farish.

In the summer of 2013, Farish's song "Be Near" from his album Wonderfall (2008) was licensed by NBCUniversal/Universal Studios to be used in radio promotions for the major motion picture Despicable Me 2.

From November 26 to December 2, 2013, Farish's album Destiny debuted on Pandora Premieres.

In November 2014, Farish launched his "Positive Chillout" station on AccuRadio.^[6]

In 2015, Farish's 11th studio release, Spectrum (RYTONE/2015), debuted on Pandora Premieres and was awarded the "Hot Shot Debut" by Billboard Magazine, coming in at chart position #5 for Best Selling New Age Albums in the first week of sales.^[7]

In late 2009, Ryan Farish signed an exclusive endorsement deal with Yamaha Corporation of America.^[8]

In 2011, Farish was featured by Audi USA in a series called "Remarkable Audi",^[9] which also featured his music.^[10] In November 2012, Farish was featured in a video entitled "Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System for Audi", featuring Bang & Olufsen's design with Audi.^[11]

In December 2012, displaying his album Life in Stereo, Google Play selected Ryan Farish as one of the Best Unsigned Artists of 2012.

In 2008, Farish worked with multi-platinum recording artist Donna Lewis to release their first collaborative single, "Dancing Angel".^[12]

Farish also co-wrote and co-published "Listen" for Trin-i-tee 5:7's album T57, which was awarded a GMA Dove Award and Grammy Award-nominated recording.^[13]

On August 16, 2011, Farish's album Upon a Dream was released. It includes collaborations with Tiff Lacey, Aprille Goodman, Madelin Zero, and Dave Moisan.

On October 11, 2011, Farish and Paul Hardcastle announced Transcontinental, a collection of new music featuring the vocals of Paul's daughter Maxine Hardcastle and son Paul Hardcastle Jr. Transcontinental followed the heels of "Sunset Sky" which Farish digitally released with Paul's son on RYTONE Entertainment featuring Paul Hardcastle Jr. on the saxophone mixed with a twist on Ryan's signature melodies.^[14] This initial journey between Ryan Farish and Paul Hardcastle began with the single release on June 22, 2010, titled "Reflections".^[15]

On November 3, 2017, Farish and BBMak singer Christian Burns collaborated on two songs for his album Primary Colors, "Find You" and "Safe in This Place".

Farish created custom presets to Plugin Alliance's virtual synth Oberhausen released in April 2019.

• Ryan Farish won a GMA Dove Award at the 39th Annual GMAs (2007) and co-writer/co-publisher for a Grammy Award-nominated recording and has had several top ten Billboard.com charting albums.^[16] The GMA Dove Award was for co-writing the hit gospel song "Listen" for Trin-i-Tee 5:7.
• In 2010, Farish was named by The Recording Academy Washington, D.C. Chapter Board as the Chapter's first-appointed adviser representing the VA Beach/Tidewater area.^[17]
• In 2011, Farish was named as an elected Governor by The Recording Academy Washington, D.C. Chapter Board^[18]

In 2004, Ryan Farish's album Beautiful peaked on the Billboard Charts at #10.^[19]

In 2005, Farish's album From the Sky peaked on the Billboard Charts at #3.^[20]

On November 19, 2013, Farish's single "Then Came the Sun" charted at #9 in the Sirius XM Electric Area Trance Top 20.

In 2015, Farish's 11th studio release, Spectrum was awarded the "Hot Shot Debut" by Billboard Magazine, coming in at chart position #5 for Best New Age Albums.^[21]

In 2017, Ryan Farish's album United peaked on the Billboard charts at #9.^[22]

On November 3, 2017, Ryan Farish releases Primary Colors on Black Hole Recordings which charted #17 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Album Sales.

In 2018, Farish's album Wilderness debuted #1 on the iTunes and Amazon Top Electronic Album Charts as well as debut on the Billboard Charts at #2. Ryan featured his own vocals on several tracks like the self-titled track "Wilderness".^[23]

Ryan Farish's 15th album Wonder is released on March 22, 2019, which debuts #14 on Billboard's Dance Electronic Album Sales chart.

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