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Kevin \\u201cKwiz\\u201d Ryan is a musician, producer, composer, audio engineer and artist development specialist from Bronx, NY. His professional resume begins as a vocal arranger for Jeff Redd\'s "I Found Loving" (Uptown/MCA) with his first production release, Brazilian Lady, appearing on Redd\'s debut album. \\xa0Since then, Kwiz\'s professional resume has continued to evolve and expand over 25 years with credits including numerous Grammy Award winning and platinum selling artists that rival the top producers in today\'s music industry. His musical goal is to make you dance, love, and cry, think, hate, make love, make babies, seek therapy, give therapy, hug your mom/dad/sister/brother/son/daughter and scream.\\xa0

Kwiz\'s production credits include Mary J. Blige, Busta Rhymes, T.I.,\\xa0Slick Rick,\\xa0Earth Gyrlz, The Family Stand, Tashan, Tiffany Mon\\xedque, Bliz Kardai, Flight School Alumni and many more. In the areas of mixing/mastering, he has lent his expertise to artists such as Pit Bull (2012 Tour), Papoose\\u2019s 2015 album \\u201cYou Can\\u2019t Stop Destiny\\u201d, The Goodfellaz, Earth Gyrlz, Dark Skinned Assassin, Tiffany Mon\\xedque, Bliz Kardai and more.\\xa0 Kwiz has also operated as Recording Engineer for BET\\u2019s \\u201cBlack Girls Rock\\u201d award show and notably, Multi-Platinum Grammy-award winning superstar, Beyonc\\xe9, for her last four world tours, as well as her historic 2013 & 2015 SuperBowl Halftime Performances. In the world of television, Kwiz has been a freelance composer for ESPN since 2000 with credits including the theme for\\xa0"NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad" as well as\\xa0ABC\'s "NBA Inside Stuff",\\xa0the closing theme for HBO\\u2019s "The Execution Machine". He\'s also has done various production work for Capitol, MCA, Universal, Columbia, Avatar/A&M, Sutra, Tu Da Beat (indie), Lucy Kool (indie), Smoke/Universal record, Rhythm 252 (indie) record labels.\\xa0Over the span of his musical career, Kwiz has operated as a writer, vocal arranger, remixer, Director of A&R (Gutter Keys Records), audio programmer and a technical consultant.

Audio Programmer

Kwiz is an audio programmer (Digital Performer) who has toured across the globe in this role for several of today\'s most notable, Grammy-award winning & platinum recording artists including Beyonc\\xe9, Jay-Z, Ciara, Brandy, Monica, J-Lo, Jill Scott, Ledisi, Missy Elliott, Estelle, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Kanye West, Keri Hilson, George Michael, Action Bronson, Rachel Platten and more. \\xa0He has operated as audio supervisor / programmer for several historical events & performances including Black Girls Rock, NFL Superbowl Halftime Performance (Beyonc\\xe9), The White House Correspondent\'s Dinner and First Lady Michelle Obama\'s 50th birthday celebration. Kwiz was also the audio programmer for Beyonc\\xe9 & Jay-Z\\u2019s groundbreaking "On The Run" summer stadium tour. Kwiz is currently touring with Beyonce on her "Formation" stadium world tour.\\xa0

Kwiz\'s specialties include music production, mixing, mastering, artist development and management. His company, Rhythm Lab, is a music production company and studio facility is located in Bronx, NY.\\xa0

Today\\u2019s episode is sponsored by showprobeardco.com, and stagehandsclothing.com. Use the code ROADIE to get great discounts when you check out.

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Rhythm Lab Studios, Black Bear Music Festival, Filming Great Concert Footage, Roadie Short Film, Roadie: A True Story (at least the parts I remember), Alan Rogan - Guitar Tech Tribute, John Kane: Pilgrims of Woodstock, The Last Seat in the House, David Dann: "Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield\'s Life in the Blues", John Joseph: The PMA EFFECT, www.theproductionacademy.com, Roadie Free Radio Merch, Samson Q2U Handheld Dynamic USB Microphone Recording and Podcasting Pack, ShowPro Beard Co., Napkin Sketch Stage, Event Runner Pro, Over the Bridge.org