Ryan James Willis Stevenson (born 1987) is a Canadian musician from the province of

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. He released his debut album ''Better Late Than Never'' in February 2015 with "Never Let Me Go" as the single from the album. Renowned as a well-known professional drummer, he is also a singer, songwriter, and guitar and keyboards player. Stevenson is also known as RJWS (acronym of his birth name) started his career in rock music as a member of bands Red October and Kamakazi. Some of both bands' music clips aired on Canadian French and English TV and radio stations and two albums have been released. Afterward, Stevenson embarked on a solo career as a drummer with personal shows, at various special and public events and in collaborations with a great number of artists including

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, Snoop Dogg,

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(and

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), Ale Dee, Marco Volcy, 4Say. He can be seen featured in Canadian artist's Souldia's music videos "Ce n'était pas voulu" and "Je n'ai pas mal. " and others.

In popular culture

The heavily tattooed Ryan Stevenson has been featured in several promotional posters and ads and a series of magazines as well as modelling. He was featured in

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's debut hit single "Je n'ai pas eu le temps" which also featured Willy Williams.Le drummer Ryan Stevenson en tournage en Bretagne avec Ridsa et Willy William
He has performed in several drums remix videos notably that of

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's video " Addicted" featuring

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, and Greg Parys. In 2014 Ryan was featured during the entrance ceremony of Haitian-Canadian professional boxing champion

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, on 6 December at the Bell Centre in Montreal. He was featured with Jean during his Entranc

ean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute. Ryan spent some time in China representing and touring and teaching while showcasing popular drum brands such a
Tama Drums
an
Sabian.
After his time in China in 2019, Ryan began working with A.J. McLean

from the

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alongside Dj Lux, Franceso Yates, and others drumming for their Group ATCK also known as All The Cool Kids. Recently, ATCK performed for th
Victoria's Voice Foundation
in Las Vegas With

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( *Nsync). and

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of (

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He has also performed with ATCK at the final Friday After 5 Music festival for the season in Owensboro, Kentucky, Owensboro Kentuckybr>
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Personal life

He is the son of Stephanie Willis. She died in 2014 at the age of 57. Stevenson's track "Dear Mom"Ryan Stevenson YouTube: Ryan Stevenson - "Dear Mom" (Music video)
/ref> is dedicated to her with family footage in his music video for the song.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Ryan Drummers Canadian drummers Canadian male drummers Living people Canadian people of English descent Anglophone Quebec people 1987 births