Artist, Record Maker, Composer
aka Johnny Nails
ExEx Audio in Fremont. The Center of The Universe, Seattle.
The studio I share with my partner, and dear comrade, Robert Cheek.
I started playing guitar at eight and fell in love with sound—not just playing it, but shaping it. After studying jazz, touring internationally across genres, and composing for licensing companies, my focus has evolved into producing, engineering, and mixing records for artists, as well as composing for video games and film/TV.
Ryan Leyva, aka Johnny Nails, is a sonic architect of shadows—turning noise, instinct, and obsession into music that cuts deep and leaves a mark.
“Apologue”
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Music is vibration and frequency. We are vibration and frequency. I try to bottle the lightning that happens in front of a microphone so the world can feel that moment together.