Member Since: 1/16/2006
Band Website: www.rits4.com
Band Members: NOT IN ANY BAND, I'M SOLO.*It s the year 2007. A year where R&B and Hip Hop has reached a new plateau. A year where music itself, has reached a new level. A year where you will continue to hear the name QAYI. R&B is at it's best and will continue to impact people of all ethnicity*
*It is into this arena that this savvy young musician known as Qayi is released hoping to achieve his goals of becoming a musician and making as equal an impact as many of the R&B artists that are paving the streets today**Qayi honed his talent under the expert tutelage of Robbie Clinton @ Rits4 Productions. Rits4 is a House of Music Production and also a Recording Studio. Through the guidance and mentorship of Robbie Clinton, Qayi was able to display his music for thousands of people and was able to finish a full self-written album, which has said to be his best music yet**Throughout the desire and chemistry of being a hard worker. Qayi has come to realize what R&B music fans are waiting for, in which Qayi does posses: good looks, personality, slick dance moves and a sexy smooth voice**Qayi has had extensive vocal training and loves to perform bringing you a soft smooth sound and hot dance moves that will keep you at the edge of your seat and wanting more**Qayi's musical influences range from R&B to Hip Hop artist like: Joe, Lloyd, Ginuwine, Mario, Marques Houston, Jagged Edge, J Holiday, Tyrese, Luther Vandross and other great musicians and bands. Admiring the talent of these music icons, Qayi hopes to one day become a musical role model to others through hard work and creativity*Soulja Boy Kiss Me Through The Phone
Influences: MY BIGGEST INFLUENCE IS "JOE." I THINK HIS SMOOTH R&B SOUND AND SEDUCTIVE WRITING STYLE IS WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT HIM. I LOVE TO WRITE ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES THAT HE WRITES ABOUT. LOVE LOST, LOVE, AND INTIMACY. OTHER R&B SINGERS/MUSICIANS THAT INFLUENCE ME ARE; LLOYD, GINUWINE, MARIO, MARQUES HOUSTON, JAMIE FOXX ETC. WHEN I THINK BACK TO WHEN I FIRST KNEW I WANTED TO BE A SINGER WAS WHEN I HEARD PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION. MORESO IN MY EARLIER YEARS I LOOKED TO HIM AS A MUSICAL ICON.
Sounds Like: PERSONALLY I THINK THAT I HAVE MY OWN UNIQUE SOUND BUT ALOT OF PEOPLE COMPARE ME TO J HOLIDAY, TYRESE, METHRONE, MARIO, TREY SONGZ OR EVEN A SMOOTHER VERSION OF MARQUES HOUSTON. IT FEELS GOOD TO BE COMPARED TO POWERHOUSE MUSICIANS LIKE THAT, BUT I STRIVE ON BRINGING A NEW SOUND TO THE R&B MARKET.Day 26 - Since You've Been Gone
Record Label: Rits-4-Productions/Future Squad Productions
Type of Label: Indie