I can't believe it's almost been five years... 

My brother and I used to be in a band called Solution Zero. It was a metal band that consisted of my brother (Colton Franks), Devin Close, and myself (Rylei Franks). The band dissolved back in 2015, which led to me going solo. After that, my brother and I worked on writing songs for my solo career. It didn't take long before life got in the way of our music shenanigans. I went back to college to get my nursing degree; he started a business and a family. Soon…

This song has been in the making for a long, long time.

One cold January day back in 2015. I got an email from the tv show The Voice saying that I was accepted into the second round of auditions and needed to be in LA to try out the next weekend. I booked a ticket and flew down. Lucky for me my dad was living in Santa Barbra. He picked me up and took me to the audition at the Lakers Stadium. Unfortunately, I didn't make it to the next round. Later that day, my dad took me to the pier at Santa Barbra and…

Home is where the Music is.

As I sit in the silence of my basement moving a load of laundry. I realize, since Covid-19 hit the US, I haven't played my guitar in months.  I pick up my guitar and my mind bursts with innovative words, strumming patterns and finger picking styles I can't remember ever playing before. As I look around I realize my home studio needs an upgrade. So I looked to the online blogs. 

I read on Cdbaby's blog how musicians are putting out a new song every week. Also how they've…

I was playing my guitar the other day and created a chord pattern that sounded a little Irish. While playing, I started thinking of Irish lullabies and how it would be fun to make a second part to the song. I started dreaming of a guy who maybe didn't get the girl like he wanted. Keeping his hopes up and his head high he gets back out there. This is what I have come up with so far.

*note: This is a live recording from my basement on the first take. Don't judge the…

It was a cold windy February day. I was performing at the Moses Lake Brews and Tunes beer festival. My wife (Briana) and my friends, (Taegan, Carmen, and Jordan) all toured the festival as I played. At every show I explain how my name is spelt. Only because it's so hard to spell correctly. After I spell my name out I say, "Franks like the hotdog". Well, my friends have heard me say this numerous times but it must have been the festival tour that got their creative juices flowing.

On a break, my wife and…

Today Facebook showed me a memory...

       It was a picture of me working with some friends making my first music video. I can remember it distinctly. It was on my first tour; I had called my friend Andrew who lives in Seattle. I told him I was making a stop in Seattle and was wondering if we could do a video together. We meet up early in the morning at the pier. Now Seattle is usually windy and rainy, but that day the wind was ferocious. Since I didn't have an album yet we had to record the video live…

I'm doing an album on a budget. That being said, I had this great idea to name it "The Mrs." and have my wife on the cover. I knew what I wanted but wasn't sure how to make it happen. I told my wife my idea and we started to plan. I should note here that we both have degrees in graphic design, her specialty being in photography, we talked about it and decided that we can do everything ourselves except make up. 

Our plan: Iron our white sheet, put it up over our book case, set up her camera on the tripod…