Ryan Baydan (he/him)
Growing up in Turkey with the influences of powerful women really brings honor to whom Ryan is as an artist. From them, he brings this deep, and dark yet hauntingly beautiful essence into his ballads but as a jetsetter he knows where to find that sunshine and he carries that with him wherever he may be.
Where do you call home?
Home is where I feel I belong. Gratefully, I've been able to travel many places to find out where it is.
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When did you realize that you wanted to pursue your life in music?
I always knew that music is how I want to pursue my life.
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What did you listen to when you were growing up?
Mostly Pop, Rock, scores and symphony.
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Who is your biggest influence?
Everyone and no-one - The Universe.
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In three words, how would you describe your own influence?​
Enlightening, encouraging, insistent.
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​If you were to introduce someone to your music for the first time, which song(s) of yours would you play them?
I haven't released them yet, but if I were to pick one of the released, I'd play 'The Murdering Emotion' because it came from a very dark place within me and it is to me, so deep and personal.
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​What do you aspire to be through your music?
Satisfied.
What is a favorite line that you resonate with or choose to live by?
Do I have to choose one only? 'If travel is searching and home, what's been found, I'm not stopping'. - Hunter by Bjork
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Which three celebs would you invite to a dinner party and why?
Amy Lee, Aurora, Banks and Bjork. It has to be four, sorry. And why? The musical intelligence and then I think I could exist as an introvert around them without feeling awkward.
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And lastly, what does Eden mean to you?
Sometimes a snowy forest, sometimes an ocean on a windy day, sometimes the hands of a lover, sometimes the first coffee you have in the morning when you don't need to be nowhere else or do anything else...