Kim Kardashian all but confirms Pete Davidson romance when asked to name her favorite SNL cast member: 'You know who it is' Waking Up is released on January 18, when OneRepublic play the Scala, London. 'My aim is to make us one of the most relevant bands in the world.' 'If I didn't think OneRepublic could make it, I wouldn't be here,' he says. Yet although Cowell is always just a phone call away, Tedder's prime concern now is OneRepublic - he's even declined a senior post at a big U.S.
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But I told him that changing it would mean the song not getting played on American radio - so he backed off.' With Happy, he wanted me to change the drum sound. 'His time is valuable, so you can accomplish more in 20 minutes with him than you can in two hours with another record executive. 'What I like about Simon is his directness,' he says. Tedder has also become adept at dealing with the punishing demands of Cowell. I can make fun of her, and she'll give it back.' 'I had to tell Simon that we weren't going to make Bleeding Love II. 'I wanted to be involved again, but I also had to curb people's expectations. So impressed were Lewis and Cowell that Tedder was the first collaborator on board for Leona's second album, Echo, writing three songs, including the first single Happy. 'I had a young female singer, Leona Lewis, so I thought: what would Prince do? I wanted a song that wasn't simply ear-candy, so I combined a hard, gritty drum beat with a beautiful chord sequence.' 'I was thinking of Prince when I wrote Bleeding Love,' he says. Tedder's prospects took a downturn after he returned to Colorado and formed OneRepublic.ĭespite signing to Columbia, the band were dropped without releasing a record and were on the verge of splitting up when Timbaland intervened, signing OneRepublic as the first rock act on his own Mosley Music label.īy this point, Tedder was also making his mark as a songwriter and was about to enjoy a huge hit with Bleeding Love, the biggestselling single of 2007. I was there when he made Justified with Justin Timberlake, so you could say I studied production at the University Of Timbaland.' Says Ryan: 'He initially hired me as a vocalist, but I ended up sitting in on his recording sessions. While the promised record deal never materialised, salvation arrived in the shape of iconic hip-hop producer Timbaland, who took the young tunesmith under his wing. In 2001, Tedder won Freelance Talent Search, an MTV-sponsored singing contest that preceded American Idol. At 17, I was offered a scholarship to study drama in New York, but I turned it down to focus on music.'
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'I was a straight-A student, but I also acted and played soccer and tennis. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Denver, Colorado, he found music through the Church (his mother is from a family of preachers) and his parents' tapes of The Beach Boys and Stevie Wonder.
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Tedder's love of song dates back to boyhood. I'm also a sucker for a beautiful melody.' Says Ryan: 'Because our first two hits were different from one another, we don't have to stick to a style. With new single All The Right Moves setting a grand tone, the album uses guitars, cellos and crashing drums (a Tedder trademark) to propel the band forward.
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Pressure: Ryan is adept at dealing with the punishing demands of Cowell His vocals have a tendency to lapse into a falsetto reminiscent of Chris Martin, but it is hard to fault the artistic ambition of the singer and his bandmates Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle and Eddie Fisher. Now they are hoping to make an even bigger splash with a new album, Waking Up, which is out this month.Ĭombining hummable tunes with cinematic arrangements, the album underlines Tedder's versatility. Occupying the middle ground between Maroon 5 and Coldplay, their 2007 debut album, Dreaming Out Loud, sold two million copies and had two huge hit singles in Apologize and Stop And Stare. But, for me, the greatest satisfaction comes when a OneRepublic song connects with people.' At least I can now be more choosy about who I work with. 'I used to sell songs to anyone who'd have them, and there are a few skeletons in my closet. 'To be honest, I only started writing and producing for other people to pay my bills and support the band,' says Ryan.