Ryan Farish is an American electronica artist from Norfolk, Virginia. As a Grammy-nominated and 2008 GMA Dove Award-winning songwriter/producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist, Farish launched his music career on the first generation MP3.com. It was at this site his music quickly took to the masses obtaining more than 1.8 million downloads of his trademark, electronic/world music.[1] His success with MP3.com earned him the title “Download King” [2] from Los Angeles music industry magazine Music Connection.
His albums include Bloom (2010), Movement in Light (2009), Wonderfall (2008), Everlasting (2006), From The Sky (2005), Beautiful (2004), Selected Works and Selected Works Xpanded (compilations of his early works featured on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s), Daydreamer (2002), Beyond the Horizon (2002) and In The Day (2000). Songs from these are featured on Selected Works. He also released a Christmas EP Spirit - A Ryan Farish Christmas (2009), as well as multiple singles, including 2008’s “Dancing Angel” (a Ryan Farish and Donna Lewis collaboration) and “In This Moment". All of which were released by Ryan's label, RYTONE Entertaiment.
Farish has been a Weather Channel music staple for over a decade. His music has been an integral part in giving The Weather Channel (TWC) a musical identity.[3] Many of Farish's works can be heard on TWC's Local on the 8s. One of his songs, "Holding Hands" is featured on The Weather Channel's CD released in October 2007, The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz. This compilation climbed to the No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Album Chart. Farish's work with on TWC led to the channel commissioning an original score/theme for their primetime TV show "Storm Stories".
A Farish song, "Pacific Wind," was featured in a popular YouTube video, entitled "Remember Me," created by a 15-year-old high school student named Lizzie Palmer.[4] The video, a sentimental montage of soldiers in the Iraq War, was ranked as the 48th most watched YouTube video of all time as of April 26, 2008. As of June 21, 2010, it has received more than 28.6 million views. Palmer and Farish gained notoriety from the prominence of the video; the former was interviewed on news networks including CNN. To date, more than 1,000 listener supported videos have reached beyond 34 million views on YouTube.com.
“ “Music, is a universal language. Powerful and meaningful, it can touch lives and speak through generations. With music, I hope to convey the following truth: Hope and faith exist to bring us together, and love endures forever. May this music shine light in a dark room, may it have purpose, in the service of Love.” - Ryan Farish