October 27, 2025 • 37 mins
Ralph Edwards joins us fresh off his four-chair turn on The Voice Season 28. From 11 auditions to Team Snoop, hear how this Fresno native’s persistence and powerhouse vocals finally paid off.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
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Back special special guests on this episode of this could
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You know, we love using AI.
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This is like the biggest thing right now that the
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quick introduction for our guests, and I just wanted to
see what it say what it would say, So I'm
gonna read it and then hopefully the guests which we're
gonna name in a second, he could let us know
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if it's accurate.
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So this is not written by me, by the way,
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He's a powerhouse vocalist from Fresno, California, a standout contestant
on season twenty eight of The Voice. After auditioning for
the show eleven times, Ralph finally broke through with a
stunning rendition of Lights by Journey, earning a rare four
chair turn from all the coaches. He's the lead singer
of Vibe Check, a dynamic event band known for its
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electric band of R and B pop, funk, reggae, rock
with deep roots and music from childhood and a relent
relentless drive to connect through performance. Ralph's journey is a
testament to persevere and of perseverance and passion. Now part
of Team Snoop, he's poised to make waves on the
national stage. Ladies and gentlemen from the voice Ralph Edwards
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isn't here.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
You know. That's that's a I do and I keep that.
Put that in your bio. Right, I'm about to put
that in my bio for sure. That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
AI is wild.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
But by the way, have your aied yourself, like how
you just did it? I'm going no, I haven't, But
he gave me the idea. Maybe I should type in
my name, see what up?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I'm scared what's gonna come up with if it talks
about like all the things I've done as a kid. Yeah, yeah,
but Ralph is here. I gotta say, well, welcome to
the podcast. Appreciate you got to you making time. The
first time I met Ralph unofficially was I was doing
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this event and you know you know that R and
B event we used to do at Lucy's Lounge called
Date Night.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
YEP.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
We started with shout out to Marcus Anthony, DJ Straws
and myself. We were doing this lounge on a Monday
from seven to eleven. It was just a chill you know,
no format of like party. It was just let's play
R and B music for the next four hours and
just vibe out and people would come and you know,
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this was a sort of different style of party that
we created.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Meaning, like I said, there was no format.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
We could stop the music, people can talk, people can sing.
We have the technology to make it almost like a
karaoke night with our equipment. So yeah, people would just
come and random people would ask to sing songs or
we would force them to sing a song. Well, I
don't know if Marcus or Straws was the one. They
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pointed you out and they're like, give him the mic.
So I've never met Ralph, never seen him before, and
he grabbed a mic and he sag like an usher
song and just.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Blew the crowd away.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
So yeah, that's like when I was your first experience
and then you came a few times, right, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Yeah, I definitely try to show love whenever I can.
If I'm not booked, I'm trying to go to any
live music event that I can or you know, shout
out to Marcus. Yeah, he's that's my boys.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Put up the mic a little bit. So there you go, yeah,
there you go.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And then if we followed you, I followed him on
on Instagram and found out about Vibe Check about all
the events that they performed at in town. I mean,
once I heard him, I was like, this guy, why
isn't this guy famous already? And then boom, this video
pops up of you auditioning for the Voice, goes viral
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in town and there you go.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Yeah, that was that was crazy.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
So you auditioned eleven times?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
So I think the first time I auditioned when I
was like sixteen or seventeen years old. Okay, I'm thirty now.
So yeah, every year, well not probably not every year,
but you know, COVID happened and all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Yeah, yeah, no.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
I tried to. I tried out for a bunch of
different shows. I've done American Idol, The Voice, America's Got Talent.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
What is the process in those shows? Is it just
like a long process? I imagine?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Is it? Do you go down to la or how
does that usually work?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
So when I first started trying out, I was going
and standing in line, you know, you see yeah, yeah
you see that big old line. Yeah yeah, yeah I
was that, and you know, and you get your little
ten seconds with the producer and.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Damn that's it.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Yeah, it's literally like ten seconds. And then you're like okay,
well yes or no, and then that's quick coun.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Well what's like a question? They asking that ten seconds?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
No questions, it's you sing.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Oh, it's just they just want to hear your voice
say it.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Like a verse in a chorus. But like it's really
it's like ten seconds.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I wonder, I mean, in your opinion, what do you
think they look.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
For something very specific. I believe they're you know, that
makes sense. They're looking for something like okay, don't take
anybody that does this, yeah, just that, and so like
this is what you want for that day, or because
they want to cut it.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
They want to get through a fast, cut it down fast.
So they're they're looking for specifics.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
It's like, like I said, it's like four thousand people
out there in one line, and you you have to
like what the day to do it? Yeah. Yeah, we're
also going to turn people away, and so they're just
trying to scroll through as many people as they can
and then yeah, I guess eleven times. I wasn't that
guy all those.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Years of trying out for different shows. How are there
any stories where you got to the next level?
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Yes, I I did once on the voice. Actually I
actually ended up going to Vegas one time and auditioning
there with my pops and I got the little red
ticket and I was like, no way, I finally made it.
And then I went down to LA and I had
like a little I had like a cold, just like this,
like weather changes like right now.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Yeah, and living here, you know, we know yeseah.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
So that's that's kind of what happened. I went over
there and not making excuses, I still tried to sing
my butt off to get on, but I did, I didn't.
It didn't come out the way I wanted it to,
So I was pretty mad. That was like in twenty nineteen, was.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
This you were in te Was this the televised portional range?
Not yet, it's all pre there's there's there's uh.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yeah, like how many rounds it till you get to
like the televised part.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
It's at least two or three, and it just depends
on whether they want to push you through or not.
So like this time, I got reached out to me.
They they sent me a message on Instagram, and I
legit thought it was spam. Yeah, and so I kind
of just let it go. But my my fiance now
she uh, she runs my Instagram, so she looked at
it and she did all the research on it. She
was like, no, it's legit. So I was like, okay,
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well send some videos. Let's do it. See what happens
here we are so.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
You didn't have to stand in line for this one.
They reached out to you.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, that's good that. I mean, you've auditioned so many times.
I'm sure they still keep the records, and yeah, reached
the video they have in the archive, right, Yeah, that's cool. Well,
I mean, let's start from the beginning real quick. You're
originally from the five five.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Nine Slifornia right here hospital. So yeah, man, I got
a video dating back to when I was like three
years old, singing I believe I can fly in my
grandmother's living room, and then you know from there, you know,
I went probably middle school, I was doing choir, the
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high school I was doing sports, and then choir too,
and college I went for track. I went to President
City and I was still in chot put over there,
and then the choir professor came and she was like,
I heard about you from somebody. You need to come
over here. And I was like okay, and so I
went auditioned with her, and I was in the Fresno
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City City Singers for long enough to be a doctor.
I can tell you that.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Where'd you go to high school?
Speaker 4 (08:09):
I went to high school at Close West, Okay, yeah, yeah,
and then but yeah, no, so I was. I got
to tour seven villages in southern France with the choir.
I mean all that being said, I once I stopped
doing that, I kind of did more of really like
I was like a karaoke singer for a little bit,
going out there just you know, shout out to Yolo Sushi.
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They're not a thing anymore, but I used to go
with the Yolo Sushi all in King's Canyon and uh
sing sing karaoke there. And then after that I kind
of joined a band. It was called the eleven forty
band was there for three years, kind of stopped, they
stopped kind of booking, and so I was like, I'm
gonna make my own band, and so me and my
boy Marco we made we made a little band and
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started vibe check.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Nice before Let's back up real quick. You know, let's
go back to the childhood. You were singing at a
young age. Also in high school, were you doing like
choir there too?
Speaker 4 (09:03):
High school? So unfortunately, peer pressure and all that fun
stuff told me not to do it the first two years.
But my junior year I did choir again and then
started that back up and started singing. And then I
did this like singing competition on campus called Day on
the Green. Is when I really started really singing for people,
because back then I was like kind of nervous.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
But I'm wondering, like, do the you know, when you're
at that age when at high school you're you know,
the bullying and all that did did you ever get
made you know, fun of for all he's the sing
or whatever?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Yeah, did that ever happen to you?
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Not necessarily, I mean it was more of like, you know,
choir was the first period, but so was basketball pe
and so they're like, you're playing basketball, so why would
you go to choir? Like, don't do that? And it
was more of that. It was like not the teachers
or anything, but like the fellow students, like they were
they're pushing me to just like, no, no, focus on basketball,
that's what you're doing here, like this is what you
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want to do. Yeah, And then so I ended up
doing that. But my junior year I was like, nah,
I want to sing.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Too, So that's dope.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Man. Yeah it was. It was fun.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
But yeah, I'm sure did this ever happen where you
start singing? And junior year and more and then the girls,
just the high school girls would just be all over it.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Right. I got pretty popular right after that that uh,
that singing competition because nobody really knew.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
How many times did people just put you on the spot.
I'm sure this or maybe he doesn't, but it would
annoy me if people are just like, all right, can
you just sing? Can you sing for me real quick?
Can you sing for people or maybe your family? I
sing front of for people because it happened to you
all the time.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
It happens to this day. To this day, people do that.
But my growing up, this is probably why I was
shy and a little shy a little bit. My dad
used to make me like he would take me to
like his parties and stuff like that and used me
as like a party trick. Yeah, but it was fun.
You know, I got you know, I got a bunch
of drunk people telling me I'm really good. Yeah, so
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it felt good, I guess, but yeah, no, it was.
It was a crazy little moment.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Let's talk about this this thing about shyness real quick,
because uh, you know, I'm super shy, and you know
we talked about in past episodes. I feel like my
shyness may may have you know, I may have turned
down certain opportunities because of my shyness. Like who knows
if where my life would be right now if I
wasn't so shy. Yes, there's times where I could turn
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it on and off. You know I used to I
used to be. I used to do magic tricks as
a kid, and same thing, family parties, John come over
here do magic in front of the one and you
know the anxiety I would get.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
But there was a switch I could turn on and off.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
And I guess that's where how I brought it to DJing,
Like in front of thousands of people, I.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Could turn on, how how about you? How can you?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
What would you tell or what did you do to
kind of go get over that shyness?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
It was just doing it. The initial getting over that
little hump of what are they gonna do? Are they
gonna judge me? What's gonna happen? Once they did that,
you couldn't shut me up after that because once, yeah,
once I got the positive reaction, I would I'd be
okay doing it. So really, I mean again, like the
peer pressure of like my dad like, hey, stand right
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there and sing them a Chris Brown song, and I
was like no, or I can't think of one, you know,
nobody could think of one at the time. But once
I did, and once I actually sang for them, you know,
I ended up singing three or four songs because the
positive reaction. So that's kind of what was happening for me,
at least, that's kind of how I got over it.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
What do you think was the point that what moment
was it where you were like this, this is gonna
be a profession.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
That was probably the junior year when I did that
day on the Green thing with uh I sing I
sing Catching Feelings by Justin Bieber a cappella with my
friend Donovan, and yeah, that was the that was the moment.
It was like once I sang a certain note, like
you can hear it in the video you hear like
girls going oh my god like and once that happened,
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I was like, oh, maybe I should just sing a
little more then and see what happens.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Is this on YouTube? You said the video?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
It is somewhere on YouTube, all right, we might have
to It's like the worst. I was literally gonna go
to a track meet right after it, and so like
I'm in my track suit stuff like just like the
pre like the warm up stuff, and then it's like
the worst quality you can think of. Well, this was
just the audio, so oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no,
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we could do that for sure. I'll find it and
send it to you.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
What was the first show you auditioned for?
Speaker 4 (13:39):
It was the Voice?
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Was the Voice? And now was that a situation where
someone told you like, hey, this is something you need
to do or was it just kind of came on yourself.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
The first season had came out, and I was like,
I was like, oh man, I gotta I want to
go try to do this. After that was kind of
after I did that whole high school thing, I was
just like, oh, man, like maybe I should go try
out for this. And to be honest with you, the
Voice really humbled me too, because the first time I
went out there, Man, you couldn't tell me nothing. I
was about to go win this thing right now. It
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didn't matter what happened. And so I went there. They
told me no, you know, and I'm not too proud
to say I was. Man. I was crying on the
way home from La back to Fresno. Man, I was upset.
I was like, no way, they didn't pick me. But
you know, that's that's one thing I never do is
give up on what I want. My mom actually recently
told me too. She was telling me, like, you know,
you you always I always told you, like, have a
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plan B, And I always told her, no, I'm not
having a plan B because that means that means my
Plan A is going to fail. I'm going to let
that fail because that's what I want to do. So
maybe it does take eleven tries, but that twelfth try,
that twelfth one where they reach out to me versus
me going to them, it happened.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
You just brought up something we've we have recently talked
about that about that all the time.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
We don't have a plan B.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
You can't.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
But that's wild that that's that's a great uh mindset.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Well kind of within that the eleven times, I mean,
how frustrating was it?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Like, I mean, I mean there's got to be times
where you're like, man, dude, is this for me? You know?
Do I stop? Do I change courses? Or was it
just like I'm just gonna keep going.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
The one thing I did have was like a good
support group with family. I mean they definitely were like yeah, no.
I mean, of course, the first time I was pissed,
I was crying all the way home. I was I
was like, man, maybe maybe this isn't it. But you know,
everybody was like no, I mean it's only the first try. Man,
it's only the fifth try, and just keep going. So
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I was like, and I've never had that attitude where
I was like, I'm going to give up because I
don't like to give up on anything. So I want
to make sure, you know, I do the best I
can do anywhere and anything I do, So yeah, giving
up just wasn't an option.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I've always been interested with people creating band local bands,
and then because you always watch these movies of the
biopics where you know, huge bands got started.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
In the garage or whatever, how does that work?
Speaker 4 (16:13):
Do you like?
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Who was the you know you brought up your is
a Marco? Is he the keyboard player?
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Okay, yeah I know him too. I know too. So
how does that process work of finding local band members.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
I'm not gonna lie. I'll give him all the praise
for that because he really went out there and just
grabbed a bunch of people that We had trial and
error with people.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
So you YouTube are kind of like audition.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
We just had. We had shows that were set up
and if it went well, to keep them. If it didn't,
you know, because we would we would start. I mean
we were at this little place every single Wednesday called
Beyond the Line yep, and we were there every Wednesday,
so we would we would have different people come in.
We do a little three hours there. So if the
people liked it, and if I like them, then you know,
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we were like, let's rock. And then if we didn't,
we just didn't call it. Tells them you just don't
ask him to come back again. I mean, you know,
it's it's it's unfortunate, but you know, if you don't
do your homework, especially if we're trying to get somewhere
and have a goal, yeah, I can't I can't hire
you again, what's when? What's the point.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
You don't have to say specific numbers. But I've always
been interested on you know, as a DJ, when we
when we get book when we perform, we we get
paid just us with a band, and you know, you
guys let them know how much you guys are are
worth or how much they pay you. How does this
split work? Like who decides that. I've always been interested
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in that, and even in big, big bands like copuple bands,
like how do they split?
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Like who gets paid?
Speaker 4 (17:44):
What? Right? And so so what I what I did
in the beginning, right when I when we started that band,
I told him I was like, we're gonna give you
a guarantee of a hundred bucks at least every every show,
and then we're gonna grow from there. And I split
it you ually down the middle, you know, just to
equal parts equal parts, because you know, at first we're
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just starting out, you know. So now I can say
I'm working on that where you know, hey, okay, maybe
I have a little more cloud than I'm trying to.
I'm trying to gauge that too, because I've always been
that straight up person where I'm like, this is what
it is. I'm not gonna take anything from you. So
right now, it's still down the middle. Will it change.
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Maybe we're kind of changing the name of the band
a little bit because I got some stuff going on.
So it's it's probably gonna be Ralph Edwards and the
Vibe Check Band now, just because my name now is
going to help us get bigger gigs. And so that's
that's kind of what's happening right now. So we're in
the we're in the limbo of like, Okay, this is happening.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Well, we can't wait for your bio pic you know,
years down the line, and they feature Fresno.
Speaker 4 (18:51):
Like, yeah, for sure. Cool.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Yeah, So I want to get into the Voice stuff now.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
So I know, I see him wearing the Team Snooped shape.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
I like it check merch and Team Snoop chain.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Come on, that's the actual chain on TV that he
had put on.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Oh my gosh, nice, nice, gotta love it. Uh So,
how I mean, how was that the first time you
actually got to hit the stage on the Voice. What
was that experience? What was going through your head.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
The first time I saw the stage. I teared up
a little bit because I was like, man, yeah, and
then part of me, I was like, man, y'all waited
till I was thirty. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
It was a good number.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
I mean, yeah, thirty is not bad. But you know,
I was just like, man, but yeah, I know, man,
once I once I hit that stage, once I really
just I you know, I looked around, looked at the crowd,
saw those four chairs standing there, sitting there, and I
kind of just looked down and just locked in and
ready to go.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
When you say, I mean, what's the mindset? Is it
on the performance or come on, just one chair? I
want one chair to turn around. What's what's the mindset
going on as you're performing?
Speaker 4 (20:00):
I knew I had to focus on performing. So if
I first things first is business, man, we gotta we
gotta get this show. It's a show. I have to
treat it like any other show, you know. And I
had a crowd there. The crowd was awesome. Right when
I started singing, they started cheering. So I was like that,
that's why I usually feed off the crowd more than anything.
So using the crowd kind of helped fuel the rest
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of the show that day, like for me at least,
and so my thought was just like, Okay, if I
get a chair turned, I'm not gonna look at them
because I'm gonna freak out because I'm finally, finally, you
know what I mean. So what I did was right
when I saw Michael Boo Blake go to touch his button,
I looked away and I started like darted at the crowd.
I don't know if you saw that in the actual video,
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but I like purposely looked away and tried to tried
to stay away from looking at them. And then when
I opened I kind of like did this little move
where I kind of go to the middle and I'm
singing a softer part in the song. I opened my
eyes right to Riba and I was like, oh my gosh,
I'm not done with the song, and all four of
them are staring at him, and so that was that
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was a crazy moment. And then you could see me
like right after, right after I'm done singing, I turn
around and kind of walk away. And I do that
because I've turned around, like what the and like trying
to like keep it together. Yeah, and there's like a
little mark I got to stand on too, But you know,
I turned around and just was like, holy, holy crap.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Give us some insight on the production of the show,
like little things like do the outfit you were wearing
is that?
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Did they tell you what to wear?
Speaker 4 (21:35):
Or so luckily all that stuff was actually mine. Okay,
they do have a wardrobe department. Shout out to the
wardrobe department. They're all cool in there, and they they
make sure you look good. So they kind of picked
apart everything. I mean, they will hem stuff and do
stuff on the spot if you need it to. And so,
you know, the process is longer than you guys think.
(21:56):
I don't know if I'm supposed to talk about that
too much, but you know, you're there for a couple
of weeks before you actually go on stage, so they're
making sure everything looks good. Well.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Also, you have to rehearse with the live band, right,
How does that work with the music choice? Did you
have multiple choices of what you were going to perform
for your first song?
Speaker 4 (22:16):
I sent him a list, and there's there's a list
that they send you and then there's like four or
five write ins that you want to do. Lights was
on my writing list, and so they chose, you know,
one of my favorite songs to do. Anyways, you know,
every time I'm here in the city, Like I get
to sing that song and everybody's singing it with me.
So I'm like, man, why not do an anthem on
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stage two? So, and especially Steve Perry's from Hanford, so
he's from the Central Valley. So it's cool to it's
cool to kind of share that that love too. But yeah, no,
they you choose songs and they kind of choose from
what you choose. If that makes sense.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Ye, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
I mean does it get intricate where you tell them
what key, what key it's on?
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Okay? Yeah, you you control the band however you need
to do. So, I mean, you know, me being a
band person like I I'm I'm the type of person
that does it in the same key as the person
because I like the challenge of it. And so so
I was like, yeah, don't change the key, like let's
like yeah for this next round too. I was like,
I don't want to change the key, like, let's keep
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it the same. My battle partner, we might have I
think we went down a half step, but I was
okay with it. It was it was awesome and I'm excited
for y'all to hear that.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
So you made the first round what's is the next
episode already air where that you're on or what's what?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
What are what should people be watching.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
For next tonight? Well, I don't know if the podcast
on the podcast right now, If it's out right now,
then it is my next My next round should be tonight.
There's four battles left and I'm one of them. So yeah,
check it out. It's gonna be a very good episode.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
That's all. That's all you could say.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Man, I wish I could say more. I really want to, but.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
No, Yeah, we.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Was there when you went up there was there a
certain coach that you wanted or you just like didn't care.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
The first of all, Yeah, name all the coaches that
go down the line that you saw.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
So Michael bu Blain was the first chair, and then
we got Riba McIntyre. You got Nile Horton from one
direction and you know himself, he just goes crazy and
then Snoopy, Okay, what was going through? West Coast is
the best coast man. Right when I saw that he
was going to be on the show. When when I
first found out that I'm going to be able to audition,
(24:37):
it was between him and Michael. Yeah, you know everybody
loves Christmas. You know his Christmas albums are crazy too.
But truthfully, I was going to go for the person
who turned first, and Michael, Yeah, which was Michael. And
then I mean, Snoop Dogg pulled out all the stops.
I don't know if you guys saw it, but he
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was freaking. He brought out a bunch of writers, artists,
a couple of people from season twenty five six and
and then he was like, man, I want you to
be family. And you know, you know I'm not gonna
just say I'm gonna try to get you a deal.
He's like, I'm gonna give you one with the family,
like with us with death Row. And I was like whoa.
(25:18):
And then he led the chain in front of me.
I was like, okay, let me get that, let me
get that chain.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I think that was a great move by Snoop when
I saw when I saw that he did that, because some.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
People might chaining day.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Well.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Also, what I what people might think is why why
Snoop on the voice? He's a rap?
Speaker 1 (25:37):
I thought that too.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Yeah, I'm sure he does.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
So when Ralph performed and he brought out the team
and showed that this is my team of singers, songwriters. Yeah,
so this is who you're gonna be a part of.
And I thought that was a great move move by
him because people might think, like, why is singing?
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Do I need a rapper coach?
Speaker 4 (25:57):
Yeah? Well, I mean me being like kind of with
the band business oriented, like we do merch, We do
all kinds of stuff, and I I try to we
make our own merch. Like my fiance we have a
basement at our house and we make merch there, so
we we kind of do all that. And so knowing
that he's a business, I mean, he owns death Row,
he owns death Row pictures, death Row records, death Row gaming.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
I mean, and we see Snoop everywhere, Olympics commercials and
Martha Stewart everywhere.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
He's literally everywhere.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
In that decision, You're not You're just you're picking almost
like Snoop Dogg the business, not necessarily the vocal coach,
which I think was the right move for you.
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Right, And that's that's that was my mindset too, is
like he does everything I don't have to, like like
he's a one stop shop for literally whatever you need.
And so you know, he literally he sent me a
package a couple of days ago and it's his ice
cream brand. Nice. So I got a bunch of ice cream.
Was cool. How he sent it was like in a
big old box and it r ice everywhere it is frozen.
(26:57):
It's really good too.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
So is it to the point where he's on your self?
He's on your cell phone and you could text him
or call him anytime?
Speaker 4 (27:07):
Yes, and no have access to him.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
You don't want to be that person.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Yeah, I'm not that wondering. Hey, let me get this
like hey, like you know, let's let's let's work whatever
you want me to do. If you need me to
be in la, I'm there, Like, yeah, I recently went
to his birthday party last Monday October.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
Uh and who name name two three people that were
there that you saw.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
I took a picture with Paul Pierce, Piers. Dougie Fresh
was there.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Oh wow, legend one of my first contests when I.
Speaker 4 (27:45):
Was a kid.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
Dougie Fresh.
Speaker 4 (27:46):
He's killing it too. But I mean he has this.
He has this huge compound in Inglewood and it's literally
like twenty seven rooms as a basketball court, has like
three or four studios like podcast area, newsroom looking thing
like it's got a big ol'd green screen and he
had outside he had like a big old roller rink
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and it said Snoop skates and the whole back wall
had like skate rentoals on it and Snoop socks. It
was crazy.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Was the whole team snooped there from the voice like
how do you get invited to this thing?
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Like the team just us there. I mean they didn't
want to fly people in, you know, if they didn't
have to or not necessarily that they wanted to fly
people in, but whoever was like like California and it
was easier to get there. Yeah, for sure. They didn't
want to make people buy a plane ticket to come
to his birthday party.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
While you're still you're I'm assuming you're there's still filming
going on. Are you still able to perform in town?
And I think, I think, oh, yeah, you performed at
a the Big Fresnel Fair.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
You opened up for Mario.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Side note, you're talking about this first time you met Ralph.
That was the first time I met him, and obviously
that night went crazy fire well with the Mario situation
at the fair, so that was just a crazy night.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
But yeah, yeah, so you're.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
You're able to still perform.
Speaker 4 (29:01):
We I do have to get permission, you know, NBC
wants to make sure that everything is we're not doing
nothing crazy, I guess. So that's that's something I have
to do. I have to send in a request. But
all the shows that I had I had requested months ago,
so everything was pretty much set up and ready to go.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
They filmed at Universe Studios.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
In the backlot.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
Yeah, you're I was gonna you you went to fright Fest, right,
because there's a part where they drive No.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
No, yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
You go down there and you see the lots and yeah,
ye studio tour.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
No.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
The first thing you see, I think is the stage
the voice Is it still that one.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Stage stage thirties? Yeah? Still there? Okay, oh yeah, that's
that's the one. Nice but yeah, no, the wardrobe department,
all that stuff is all over there, and it's it's
super cool. It's I mean, you know, you you go
on that studio tour. Yeah, yeah, I wonder who's driving
by you in those vans and those cars. That was
me this time. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
You're on the other side of it now.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Yeah, because I remember taking those tours and being I
wonder who's in that car? And yeah, now it's yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
During during downtime, do you guys, do you guys get
to do anything fun in the park during downtime?
Speaker 4 (30:08):
Not in the park, no, because it's it's security is
crazy over there. I mean you've got a bunch of
actors and a bunch of people that's always on set there,
and so they don't just let people kind of just
walk around. So we have like pas and people with
us all the time. But it's I mean, it's it's
super chill still like we were, we were right there.
Our our wardrobe department was right next to bel Air's
(30:29):
wardrobe department, so like I was, I could I saw
all the nice kicks and all that stuff and all
that stuff that they had there. But no, I mean
it's it's it's chill. But it's also like, okay, we
have this is what we gotta do. You know, TV
is as busy.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yeah, so so on an episode, like you said, there's
an episode tonight for recording for that, I mean, is
that is that a whole day? Is that multiple days?
Speaker 4 (30:53):
It just depends. I mean there's I think for the
battles there was like four days or sorry, not the battles.
For the blind auditions, there was four days of filming,
which was like I would say, like twenty people per
day or something crazy like that. And then for the battles,
it's like I think it was like a couple of sessions.
So it's like two days. I want to say, but
(31:15):
it's not it's not crazy, yeah, because it's it's a
it's not you know, it's it's still a competition, and
it's it's not like you oh cut, No, it's it's
going music I was playing, you're singing. You don't have
any other chot to this and make it look better? Okay?
Speaker 3 (31:29):
Do you do?
Speaker 2 (31:30):
You have this belief too, because this is why I've
kind of seen through all the years of all these
talent singing shows, is even if you don't win, there's
gonna be major opportunities no matter what.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
Right, Yes, especially the coach I chose. I fully believe
that whether I win or lose, whether you know, I
make it far or not. Just the love already, you know,
being invited to his birthday party, all that stuff, and yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
It's already been changing.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
Sure gonna yeah, well we'll for sure how have some
type of thing going on because they they've talked to
us about, you know, like oh yeah, what kind of
music you do? What kind of stuff do you want
to do? And you know, they're not necessarily guaranteeing anything.
I don't want to say that because just in case,
but they're just they're very adamant about like, yeah, we
want to hear your sound. Snoop has a record label.
(32:19):
I throw records. I mean it's he can sign whoever
he wants after the contracts done, right, So it just
depends on, you know, if if you liked your sound.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Something I always didn't understand too much with the Voice
is the battle rounds where you go up against one
of your teammates, right, I never understood that, Like why
are you going up against one of your teammates and
then one might get you.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
Know, yeah, so I mean the problem the thing is
is you're technically going against they. I mean, it's the Voice.
One thing I'm gonna say is it's been a family
since day one, like everybody, all the contestants, everybody has
love for each other. And even me and Jarrell, who
I'm battling, Me and him are still friends now. We
(33:00):
x back and forth and you know, we we talk
about stuff, and we just talk about how much like
we miss being in l A too and talking about
like all that stuff. But it's, uh, it's weird because
you're technically against your team the entire time until the finale. Yeah,
I guess if you watch the show, like, you know,
Team Snoop, you know, you get paired up with certain people.
(33:22):
The knockout rounds, you're paired up with another Team Snoop person,
the what else. I think they're doing playoffs this year.
The playoffs are same thing. Yeah, so it's you're you're
paired up against each other. I guess.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Yeah, I guess it doesn't matter because it has to
come down to one.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Yeah, ultimately, so it's your team and then whoever wins
your team, Like, so, whoever wins Team Snoop is going
to the finale getting to sing, you know, a couple
of songs and I think a duet with Snoop too.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
So it's gonna be cool. We'll see what happens.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
With these next songs. Are you the same thing with
the you know, with the battle rounds? He picks those songs,
your coach, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (34:04):
So he's he's the one choosing, Like what what the
best is between the two people, because how can you
put two different voices together? And this year is crazy
because they made us pick our own battle partners and
that was crazy because I you know, you you don't
really hear everybody sing, but we got to kind of
hear everybody a little bit. But when I chose somebody,
(34:28):
it was me and him were the last people left,
and so it was like.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Oh, well, I guess we're choosing each other.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Yeah, you know, no choice.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Last thing for me, uh, one one coaching advice Snoop
that you you're you took in well from Snoop.
Speaker 4 (34:43):
The one thing I mean everybody's everybody gets nervous, everybody
gets antsy, everybody rushes through things because you know, you
get that, you get that anxiety. I guess the one
thing he told me is like, man chill, laid back
on the beat and that that's that seems like such
a Snoop thing to say, right, but yeah, he was
just like, man chill, like you're here, let it ride,
(35:05):
Like that's how fun. Soak it in?
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Almost right?
Speaker 4 (35:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Because yeah, sometimes adrenaline yeah yeah, I like go too fast.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Yeah, sometimes you just got to take a breather, realize
where you're at right?
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Yeah, great one.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
I so I guess before we let you go any
last plugs. I know you're on tonight's but if you
want to put your social media out there or where
we could find you or the group or.
Speaker 4 (35:27):
Of course of course, so yes, uh, hopefully tune in tonight. Uh.
Season twenty eight of The Voice the Battles, and I
think some knockouts are happening tonight too, So every every
episode I would tune in too, because there everybody there
is super good, super crazy, like it's it's going to
be a crazy season this season.
Speaker 3 (35:46):
Was that a hint that you're gonna be on every episode?
Speaker 4 (35:48):
I wish? Yeah, we'll figure that out.
Speaker 1 (35:51):
Maybe one it's all set and down, we'll get you
back in here.
Speaker 4 (35:54):
No for sure, but but yeah, I know if you
guys want to follow my journey, I post a lot
on my TikTok, which Ralph's gonna wreck it.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
You've been doing a lot of lives.
Speaker 4 (36:03):
I've been jumping on Live a lot just because a
lot of people have questions and stuff. So I give
them an opportunity to ask me a question and then
I'll yeah, you sing on the lives.
Speaker 3 (36:12):
Yeah, yeah, So what's the TikTok again.
Speaker 4 (36:14):
It's Ralph's gonna reck it with at the end. And
then and then Ralph Edwards Music. I post a lot
of like behind the scenes stuff that's on Instagram. Sorry,
Ralph Edwards Music. On Instagram, I post a lot of
behind the scenes, like you know, me taking picture with
Studio thirty with the v on it and stuff like that.
So if you guys want to see some of that journey,
it's it gets on there. And then vibe Check Dot
(36:37):
the Band on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Yeah, that's that's
my band, and it's soon to be called Ralph Edwards
and the Vibe Check Band, but right now it's Ralph.
It's vibe Check Dot the Band on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Man.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
Congratulations on everything, continued success, good luck on the journey,
and we know we're gonna see a lot more of you,
miss so.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
Yeah, make the Valley proud. We appreciate you making some
time with us here on the podcast.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Thank you guys so much. And I'm just I'm glad
to be representing the Valley and representing five five nine,
So thank you guys for the support and appreciate y'all
having me here,
This could give me fire podcast. What if I'm Gizzo
that is John Magic and we are.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Back special special guests on this episode of this could
get me fired.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
You know, we love using AI.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
This is like the biggest thing right now that the
world is using. They go on AI and I wanted
to see I typed on AI. I need a short,
quick introduction for our guests, and I just wanted to
see what it say what it would say, So I'm
gonna read it and then hopefully the guests which we're
gonna name in a second, he could let us know
(00:39):
if it's accurate.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
So this is not written by me, by the way,
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
He's a powerhouse vocalist from Fresno, California, a standout contestant
on season twenty eight of The Voice. After auditioning for
the show eleven times, Ralph finally broke through with a
stunning rendition of Lights by Journey, earning a rare four
chair turn from all the coaches. He's the lead singer
of Vibe Check, a dynamic event band known for its
(01:06):
electric band of R and B pop, funk, reggae, rock
with deep roots and music from childhood and a relent
relentless drive to connect through performance. Ralph's journey is a
testament to persevere and of perseverance and passion. Now part
of Team Snoop, he's poised to make waves on the
national stage. Ladies and gentlemen from the voice Ralph Edwards
(01:30):
isn't here.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
You know. That's that's a I do and I keep that.
Put that in your bio. Right, I'm about to put
that in my bio for sure. That's a good one.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
AI is wild.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
But by the way, have your aied yourself, like how
you just did it? I'm going no, I haven't, But
he gave me the idea. Maybe I should type in
my name, see what up?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I'm scared what's gonna come up with if it talks
about like all the things I've done as a kid. Yeah, yeah,
but Ralph is here. I gotta say, well, welcome to
the podcast. Appreciate you got to you making time. The
first time I met Ralph unofficially was I was doing
(02:13):
this event and you know you know that R and
B event we used to do at Lucy's Lounge called
Date Night.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
YEP.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
We started with shout out to Marcus Anthony, DJ Straws
and myself. We were doing this lounge on a Monday
from seven to eleven. It was just a chill you know,
no format of like party. It was just let's play
R and B music for the next four hours and
just vibe out and people would come and you know,
(02:42):
this was a sort of different style of party that
we created.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Meaning, like I said, there was no format.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
We could stop the music, people can talk, people can sing.
We have the technology to make it almost like a
karaoke night with our equipment. So yeah, people would just
come and random people would ask to sing songs or
we would force them to sing a song. Well, I
don't know if Marcus or Straws was the one. They
(03:09):
pointed you out and they're like, give him the mic.
So I've never met Ralph, never seen him before, and
he grabbed a mic and he sag like an usher
song and just.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Blew the crowd away.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
So yeah, that's like when I was your first experience
and then you came a few times, right, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Yeah, I definitely try to show love whenever I can.
If I'm not booked, I'm trying to go to any
live music event that I can or you know, shout
out to Marcus. Yeah, he's that's my boys.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Put up the mic a little bit. So there you go, yeah,
there you go.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And then if we followed you, I followed him on
on Instagram and found out about Vibe Check about all
the events that they performed at in town. I mean,
once I heard him, I was like, this guy, why
isn't this guy famous already? And then boom, this video
pops up of you auditioning for the Voice, goes viral
(04:03):
in town and there you go.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Yeah, that was that was crazy.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
So you auditioned eleven times?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
So I think the first time I auditioned when I
was like sixteen or seventeen years old. Okay, I'm thirty now.
So yeah, every year, well not probably not every year,
but you know, COVID happened and all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Yeah, yeah, no.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
I tried to. I tried out for a bunch of
different shows. I've done American Idol, The Voice, America's Got Talent.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
What is the process in those shows? Is it just
like a long process? I imagine?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Is it? Do you go down to la or how
does that usually work?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
So when I first started trying out, I was going
and standing in line, you know, you see yeah, yeah
you see that big old line. Yeah yeah, yeah I
was that, and you know, and you get your little
ten seconds with the producer and.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Damn that's it.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Yeah, it's literally like ten seconds. And then you're like okay,
well yes or no, and then that's quick coun.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Well what's like a question? They asking that ten seconds?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
No questions, it's you sing.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Oh, it's just they just want to hear your voice
say it.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Like a verse in a chorus. But like it's really
it's like ten seconds.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I wonder, I mean, in your opinion, what do you
think they look.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
For something very specific. I believe they're you know, that
makes sense. They're looking for something like okay, don't take
anybody that does this, yeah, just that, and so like
this is what you want for that day, or because
they want to cut it.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
They want to get through a fast, cut it down fast.
So they're they're looking for specifics.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
It's like, like I said, it's like four thousand people
out there in one line, and you you have to
like what the day to do it? Yeah. Yeah, we're
also going to turn people away, and so they're just
trying to scroll through as many people as they can
and then yeah, I guess eleven times. I wasn't that
guy all those.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Years of trying out for different shows. How are there
any stories where you got to the next level?
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Yes, I I did once on the voice. Actually I
actually ended up going to Vegas one time and auditioning
there with my pops and I got the little red
ticket and I was like, no way, I finally made it.
And then I went down to LA and I had
like a little I had like a cold, just like this,
like weather changes like right now.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Yeah, and living here, you know, we know yeseah.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
So that's that's kind of what happened. I went over
there and not making excuses, I still tried to sing
my butt off to get on, but I did, I didn't.
It didn't come out the way I wanted it to,
So I was pretty mad. That was like in twenty nineteen, was.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
This you were in te Was this the televised portional range?
Not yet, it's all pre there's there's there's uh.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yeah, like how many rounds it till you get to
like the televised part.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
It's at least two or three, and it just depends
on whether they want to push you through or not.
So like this time, I got reached out to me.
They they sent me a message on Instagram, and I
legit thought it was spam. Yeah, and so I kind
of just let it go. But my my fiance now
she uh, she runs my Instagram, so she looked at
it and she did all the research on it. She
was like, no, it's legit. So I was like, okay,
(07:01):
well send some videos. Let's do it. See what happens
here we are so.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
You didn't have to stand in line for this one.
They reached out to you.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, that's good that. I mean, you've auditioned so many times.
I'm sure they still keep the records, and yeah, reached
the video they have in the archive, right, Yeah, that's cool. Well,
I mean, let's start from the beginning real quick. You're
originally from the five five.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Nine Slifornia right here hospital. So yeah, man, I got
a video dating back to when I was like three
years old, singing I believe I can fly in my
grandmother's living room, and then you know from there, you know,
I went probably middle school, I was doing choir, the
(07:43):
high school I was doing sports, and then choir too,
and college I went for track. I went to President
City and I was still in chot put over there,
and then the choir professor came and she was like,
I heard about you from somebody. You need to come
over here. And I was like okay, and so I
went auditioned with her, and I was in the Fresno
(08:03):
City City Singers for long enough to be a doctor.
I can tell you that.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Where'd you go to high school?
Speaker 4 (08:09):
I went to high school at Close West, Okay, yeah, yeah,
and then but yeah, no, so I was. I got
to tour seven villages in southern France with the choir.
I mean all that being said, I once I stopped
doing that, I kind of did more of really like
I was like a karaoke singer for a little bit,
going out there just you know, shout out to Yolo Sushi.
(08:30):
They're not a thing anymore, but I used to go
with the Yolo Sushi all in King's Canyon and uh
sing sing karaoke there. And then after that I kind
of joined a band. It was called the eleven forty
band was there for three years, kind of stopped, they
stopped kind of booking, and so I was like, I'm
gonna make my own band, and so me and my
boy Marco we made we made a little band and
(08:53):
started vibe check.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Nice before Let's back up real quick. You know, let's
go back to the childhood. You were singing at a
young age. Also in high school, were you doing like
choir there too?
Speaker 4 (09:03):
High school? So unfortunately, peer pressure and all that fun
stuff told me not to do it the first two years.
But my junior year I did choir again and then
started that back up and started singing. And then I
did this like singing competition on campus called Day on
the Green. Is when I really started really singing for people,
because back then I was like kind of nervous.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
But I'm wondering, like, do the you know, when you're
at that age when at high school you're you know,
the bullying and all that did did you ever get
made you know, fun of for all he's the sing
or whatever?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Yeah, did that ever happen to you?
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Not necessarily, I mean it was more of like, you know,
choir was the first period, but so was basketball pe
and so they're like, you're playing basketball, so why would
you go to choir? Like, don't do that? And it
was more of that. It was like not the teachers
or anything, but like the fellow students, like they were
they're pushing me to just like, no, no, focus on basketball,
that's what you're doing here, like this is what you
(10:03):
want to do. Yeah, And then so I ended up
doing that. But my junior year I was like, nah,
I want to sing.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Too, So that's dope.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Man. Yeah it was. It was fun.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
But yeah, I'm sure did this ever happen where you
start singing? And junior year and more and then the girls,
just the high school girls would just be all over it.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Right. I got pretty popular right after that that uh,
that singing competition because nobody really knew.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
How many times did people just put you on the spot.
I'm sure this or maybe he doesn't, but it would
annoy me if people are just like, all right, can
you just sing? Can you sing for me real quick?
Can you sing for people or maybe your family? I
sing front of for people because it happened to you
all the time.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
It happens to this day. To this day, people do that.
But my growing up, this is probably why I was
shy and a little shy a little bit. My dad
used to make me like he would take me to
like his parties and stuff like that and used me
as like a party trick. Yeah, but it was fun.
You know, I got you know, I got a bunch
of drunk people telling me I'm really good. Yeah, so
(10:57):
it felt good, I guess, but yeah, no, it was.
It was a crazy little moment.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Let's talk about this this thing about shyness real quick,
because uh, you know, I'm super shy, and you know
we talked about in past episodes. I feel like my
shyness may may have you know, I may have turned
down certain opportunities because of my shyness. Like who knows
if where my life would be right now if I
wasn't so shy. Yes, there's times where I could turn
(11:24):
it on and off. You know I used to I
used to be. I used to do magic tricks as
a kid, and same thing, family parties, John come over
here do magic in front of the one and you
know the anxiety I would get.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
But there was a switch I could turn on and off.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
And I guess that's where how I brought it to DJing,
Like in front of thousands of people, I.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Could turn on, how how about you? How can you?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
What would you tell or what did you do to
kind of go get over that shyness?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
It was just doing it. The initial getting over that
little hump of what are they gonna do? Are they
gonna judge me? What's gonna happen? Once they did that,
you couldn't shut me up after that because once, yeah,
once I got the positive reaction, I would I'd be
okay doing it. So really, I mean again, like the
peer pressure of like my dad like, hey, stand right
(12:16):
there and sing them a Chris Brown song, and I
was like no, or I can't think of one, you know,
nobody could think of one at the time. But once
I did, and once I actually sang for them, you know,
I ended up singing three or four songs because the
positive reaction. So that's kind of what was happening for me,
at least, that's kind of how I got over it.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
What do you think was the point that what moment
was it where you were like this, this is gonna
be a profession.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
That was probably the junior year when I did that
day on the Green thing with uh I sing I
sing Catching Feelings by Justin Bieber a cappella with my
friend Donovan, and yeah, that was the that was the moment.
It was like once I sang a certain note, like
you can hear it in the video you hear like
girls going oh my god like and once that happened,
(13:08):
I was like, oh, maybe I should just sing a
little more then and see what happens.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Is this on YouTube? You said the video?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
It is somewhere on YouTube, all right, we might have
to It's like the worst. I was literally gonna go
to a track meet right after it, and so like
I'm in my track suit stuff like just like the
pre like the warm up stuff, and then it's like
the worst quality you can think of. Well, this was
just the audio, so oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no,
(13:33):
we could do that for sure. I'll find it and
send it to you.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
What was the first show you auditioned for?
Speaker 4 (13:39):
It was the Voice?
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Was the Voice? And now was that a situation where
someone told you like, hey, this is something you need
to do or was it just kind of came on yourself.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
The first season had came out, and I was like,
I was like, oh man, I gotta I want to
go try to do this. After that was kind of
after I did that whole high school thing, I was
just like, oh, man, like maybe I should go try
out for this. And to be honest with you, the
Voice really humbled me too, because the first time I
went out there, Man, you couldn't tell me nothing. I
was about to go win this thing right now. It
(14:10):
didn't matter what happened. And so I went there. They
told me no, you know, and I'm not too proud
to say I was. Man. I was crying on the
way home from La back to Fresno. Man, I was upset.
I was like, no way, they didn't pick me. But
you know, that's that's one thing I never do is
give up on what I want. My mom actually recently
told me too. She was telling me, like, you know,
you you always I always told you, like, have a
(14:33):
plan B, And I always told her, no, I'm not
having a plan B because that means that means my
Plan A is going to fail. I'm going to let
that fail because that's what I want to do. So
maybe it does take eleven tries, but that twelfth try,
that twelfth one where they reach out to me versus
me going to them, it happened.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
You just brought up something we've we have recently talked
about that about that all the time.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
We don't have a plan B.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
You can't.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
But that's wild that that's that's a great uh mindset.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Well kind of within that the eleven times, I mean,
how frustrating was it?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Like, I mean, I mean there's got to be times
where you're like, man, dude, is this for me? You know?
Do I stop? Do I change courses? Or was it
just like I'm just gonna keep going.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
The one thing I did have was like a good
support group with family. I mean they definitely were like yeah, no.
I mean, of course, the first time I was pissed,
I was crying all the way home. I was I
was like, man, maybe maybe this isn't it. But you know,
everybody was like no, I mean it's only the first try. Man,
it's only the fifth try, and just keep going. So
(15:41):
I was like, and I've never had that attitude where
I was like, I'm going to give up because I
don't like to give up on anything. So I want
to make sure, you know, I do the best I
can do anywhere and anything I do, So yeah, giving
up just wasn't an option.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I've always been interested with people creating band local bands,
and then because you always watch these movies of the
biopics where you know, huge bands got started.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
In the garage or whatever, how does that work?
Speaker 4 (16:13):
Do you like?
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Who was the you know you brought up your is
a Marco? Is he the keyboard player?
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Okay, yeah I know him too. I know too. So
how does that process work of finding local band members.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
I'm not gonna lie. I'll give him all the praise
for that because he really went out there and just
grabbed a bunch of people that We had trial and
error with people.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
So you YouTube are kind of like audition.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
We just had. We had shows that were set up
and if it went well, to keep them. If it didn't,
you know, because we would we would start. I mean
we were at this little place every single Wednesday called
Beyond the Line yep, and we were there every Wednesday,
so we would we would have different people come in.
We do a little three hours there. So if the
people liked it, and if I like them, then you know,
(16:56):
we were like, let's rock. And then if we didn't,
we just didn't call it. Tells them you just don't
ask him to come back again. I mean, you know,
it's it's it's unfortunate, but you know, if you don't
do your homework, especially if we're trying to get somewhere
and have a goal, yeah, I can't I can't hire
you again, what's when? What's the point.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
You don't have to say specific numbers. But I've always
been interested on you know, as a DJ, when we
when we get book when we perform, we we get
paid just us with a band, and you know, you
guys let them know how much you guys are are
worth or how much they pay you. How does this
split work? Like who decides that. I've always been interested
(17:38):
in that, and even in big, big bands like copuple bands,
like how do they split?
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Like who gets paid?
Speaker 4 (17:44):
What? Right? And so so what I what I did
in the beginning, right when I when we started that band,
I told him I was like, we're gonna give you
a guarantee of a hundred bucks at least every every show,
and then we're gonna grow from there. And I split
it you ually down the middle, you know, just to
equal parts equal parts, because you know, at first we're
(18:05):
just starting out, you know. So now I can say
I'm working on that where you know, hey, okay, maybe
I have a little more cloud than I'm trying to.
I'm trying to gauge that too, because I've always been
that straight up person where I'm like, this is what
it is. I'm not gonna take anything from you. So
right now, it's still down the middle. Will it change.
(18:26):
Maybe we're kind of changing the name of the band
a little bit because I got some stuff going on.
So it's it's probably gonna be Ralph Edwards and the
Vibe Check Band now, just because my name now is
going to help us get bigger gigs. And so that's
that's kind of what's happening right now. So we're in
the we're in the limbo of like, Okay, this is happening.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Well, we can't wait for your bio pic you know,
years down the line, and they feature Fresno.
Speaker 4 (18:51):
Like, yeah, for sure. Cool.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Yeah, So I want to get into the Voice stuff now.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
So I know, I see him wearing the Team Snooped shape.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
I like it check merch and Team Snoop chain.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Come on, that's the actual chain on TV that he
had put on.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Oh my gosh, nice, nice, gotta love it. Uh So,
how I mean, how was that the first time you
actually got to hit the stage on the Voice. What
was that experience? What was going through your head.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
The first time I saw the stage. I teared up
a little bit because I was like, man, yeah, and
then part of me, I was like, man, y'all waited
till I was thirty. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
It was a good number.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
I mean, yeah, thirty is not bad. But you know,
I was just like, man, but yeah, I know, man,
once I once I hit that stage, once I really
just I you know, I looked around, looked at the crowd,
saw those four chairs standing there, sitting there, and I
kind of just looked down and just locked in and
ready to go.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
When you say, I mean, what's the mindset? Is it
on the performance or come on, just one chair? I
want one chair to turn around. What's what's the mindset
going on as you're performing?
Speaker 4 (20:00):
I knew I had to focus on performing. So if
I first things first is business, man, we gotta we
gotta get this show. It's a show. I have to
treat it like any other show, you know. And I
had a crowd there. The crowd was awesome. Right when
I started singing, they started cheering. So I was like that,
that's why I usually feed off the crowd more than anything.
So using the crowd kind of helped fuel the rest
(20:23):
of the show that day, like for me at least,
and so my thought was just like, Okay, if I
get a chair turned, I'm not gonna look at them
because I'm gonna freak out because I'm finally, finally, you
know what I mean. So what I did was right
when I saw Michael Boo Blake go to touch his button,
I looked away and I started like darted at the crowd.
I don't know if you saw that in the actual video,
(20:44):
but I like purposely looked away and tried to tried
to stay away from looking at them. And then when
I opened I kind of like did this little move
where I kind of go to the middle and I'm
singing a softer part in the song. I opened my
eyes right to Riba and I was like, oh my gosh,
I'm not done with the song, and all four of
them are staring at him, and so that was that
(21:04):
was a crazy moment. And then you could see me
like right after, right after I'm done singing, I turn
around and kind of walk away. And I do that
because I've turned around, like what the and like trying
to like keep it together. Yeah, and there's like a
little mark I got to stand on too, But you know,
I turned around and just was like, holy, holy crap.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Give us some insight on the production of the show,
like little things like do the outfit you were wearing
is that?
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Did they tell you what to wear?
Speaker 4 (21:35):
Or so luckily all that stuff was actually mine. Okay,
they do have a wardrobe department. Shout out to the
wardrobe department. They're all cool in there, and they they
make sure you look good. So they kind of picked
apart everything. I mean, they will hem stuff and do
stuff on the spot if you need it to. And so,
you know, the process is longer than you guys think.
(21:56):
I don't know if I'm supposed to talk about that
too much, but you know, you're there for a couple
of weeks before you actually go on stage, so they're
making sure everything looks good. Well.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Also, you have to rehearse with the live band, right,
How does that work with the music choice? Did you
have multiple choices of what you were going to perform
for your first song?
Speaker 4 (22:16):
I sent him a list, and there's there's a list
that they send you and then there's like four or
five write ins that you want to do. Lights was
on my writing list, and so they chose, you know,
one of my favorite songs to do. Anyways, you know,
every time I'm here in the city, Like I get
to sing that song and everybody's singing it with me.
So I'm like, man, why not do an anthem on
(22:37):
stage two? So, and especially Steve Perry's from Hanford, so
he's from the Central Valley. So it's cool to it's
cool to kind of share that that love too. But yeah, no,
they you choose songs and they kind of choose from
what you choose. If that makes sense.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Ye, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
I mean does it get intricate where you tell them
what key, what key it's on?
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Okay? Yeah, you you control the band however you need
to do. So, I mean, you know, me being a
band person like I I'm I'm the type of person
that does it in the same key as the person
because I like the challenge of it. And so so
I was like, yeah, don't change the key, like let's
like yeah for this next round too. I was like,
I don't want to change the key, like, let's keep
(23:20):
it the same. My battle partner, we might have I
think we went down a half step, but I was
okay with it. It was it was awesome and I'm excited
for y'all to hear that.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
So you made the first round what's is the next
episode already air where that you're on or what's what?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
What are what should people be watching.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
For next tonight? Well, I don't know if the podcast
on the podcast right now, If it's out right now,
then it is my next My next round should be tonight.
There's four battles left and I'm one of them. So yeah,
check it out. It's gonna be a very good episode.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
That's all. That's all you could say.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Man, I wish I could say more. I really want to, but.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
No, Yeah, we.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Was there when you went up there was there a
certain coach that you wanted or you just like didn't care.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
The first of all, Yeah, name all the coaches that
go down the line that you saw.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
So Michael bu Blain was the first chair, and then
we got Riba McIntyre. You got Nile Horton from one
direction and you know himself, he just goes crazy and
then Snoopy, Okay, what was going through? West Coast is
the best coast man. Right when I saw that he
was going to be on the show. When when I
first found out that I'm going to be able to audition,
(24:37):
it was between him and Michael. Yeah, you know everybody
loves Christmas. You know his Christmas albums are crazy too.
But truthfully, I was going to go for the person
who turned first, and Michael, Yeah, which was Michael. And
then I mean, Snoop Dogg pulled out all the stops.
I don't know if you guys saw it, but he
(24:57):
was freaking. He brought out a bunch of writers, artists,
a couple of people from season twenty five six and
and then he was like, man, I want you to
be family. And you know, you know I'm not gonna
just say I'm gonna try to get you a deal.
He's like, I'm gonna give you one with the family,
like with us with death Row. And I was like whoa.
(25:18):
And then he led the chain in front of me.
I was like, okay, let me get that, let me
get that chain.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I think that was a great move by Snoop when
I saw when I saw that he did that, because some.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
People might chaining day.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Well.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Also, what I what people might think is why why
Snoop on the voice? He's a rap?
Speaker 1 (25:37):
I thought that too.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Yeah, I'm sure he does.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
So when Ralph performed and he brought out the team
and showed that this is my team of singers, songwriters. Yeah,
so this is who you're gonna be a part of.
And I thought that was a great move move by
him because people might think, like, why is singing?
Speaker 1 (25:56):
Do I need a rapper coach?
Speaker 4 (25:57):
Yeah? Well, I mean me being like kind of with
the band business oriented, like we do merch, We do
all kinds of stuff, and I I try to we
make our own merch. Like my fiance we have a
basement at our house and we make merch there, so
we we kind of do all that. And so knowing
that he's a business, I mean, he owns death Row,
he owns death Row pictures, death Row records, death Row gaming.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
I mean, and we see Snoop everywhere, Olympics commercials and
Martha Stewart everywhere.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
He's literally everywhere.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
In that decision, You're not You're just you're picking almost
like Snoop Dogg the business, not necessarily the vocal coach,
which I think was the right move for you.
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Right, And that's that's that was my mindset too, is
like he does everything I don't have to, like like
he's a one stop shop for literally whatever you need.
And so you know, he literally he sent me a
package a couple of days ago and it's his ice
cream brand. Nice. So I got a bunch of ice cream.
Was cool. How he sent it was like in a
big old box and it r ice everywhere it is frozen.
(26:57):
It's really good too.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
So is it to the point where he's on your self?
He's on your cell phone and you could text him
or call him anytime?
Speaker 4 (27:07):
Yes, and no have access to him.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
You don't want to be that person.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Yeah, I'm not that wondering. Hey, let me get this
like hey, like you know, let's let's let's work whatever
you want me to do. If you need me to
be in la, I'm there, Like, yeah, I recently went
to his birthday party last Monday October.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
Uh and who name name two three people that were
there that you saw.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
I took a picture with Paul Pierce, Piers. Dougie Fresh
was there.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Oh wow, legend one of my first contests when I.
Speaker 4 (27:45):
Was a kid.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
Dougie Fresh.
Speaker 4 (27:46):
He's killing it too. But I mean he has this.
He has this huge compound in Inglewood and it's literally
like twenty seven rooms as a basketball court, has like
three or four studios like podcast area, newsroom looking thing
like it's got a big ol'd green screen and he
had outside he had like a big old roller rink
(28:06):
and it said Snoop skates and the whole back wall
had like skate rentoals on it and Snoop socks. It
was crazy.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Was the whole team snooped there from the voice like
how do you get invited to this thing?
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Like the team just us there. I mean they didn't
want to fly people in, you know, if they didn't
have to or not necessarily that they wanted to fly
people in, but whoever was like like California and it
was easier to get there. Yeah, for sure. They didn't
want to make people buy a plane ticket to come
to his birthday party.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
While you're still you're I'm assuming you're there's still filming
going on. Are you still able to perform in town?
And I think, I think, oh, yeah, you performed at
a the Big Fresnel Fair.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
You opened up for Mario.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Side note, you're talking about this first time you met Ralph.
That was the first time I met him, and obviously
that night went crazy fire well with the Mario situation
at the fair, so that was just a crazy night.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
But yeah, yeah, so you're.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
You're able to still perform.
Speaker 4 (29:01):
We I do have to get permission, you know, NBC
wants to make sure that everything is we're not doing
nothing crazy, I guess. So that's that's something I have
to do. I have to send in a request. But
all the shows that I had I had requested months ago,
so everything was pretty much set up and ready to go.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
They filmed at Universe Studios.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
In the backlot.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
Yeah, you're I was gonna you you went to fright Fest, right,
because there's a part where they drive No.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
No, yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
You go down there and you see the lots and yeah,
ye studio tour.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
No.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
The first thing you see, I think is the stage
the voice Is it still that one.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Stage stage thirties? Yeah? Still there? Okay, oh yeah, that's
that's the one. Nice but yeah, no, the wardrobe department,
all that stuff is all over there, and it's it's
super cool. It's I mean, you know, you you go
on that studio tour. Yeah, yeah, I wonder who's driving
by you in those vans and those cars. That was
me this time. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
You're on the other side of it now.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Yeah, because I remember taking those tours and being I
wonder who's in that car? And yeah, now it's yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
During during downtime, do you guys, do you guys get
to do anything fun in the park during downtime?
Speaker 4 (30:08):
Not in the park, no, because it's it's security is
crazy over there. I mean you've got a bunch of
actors and a bunch of people that's always on set there,
and so they don't just let people kind of just
walk around. So we have like pas and people with
us all the time. But it's I mean, it's it's
super chill still like we were, we were right there.
Our our wardrobe department was right next to bel Air's
(30:29):
wardrobe department, so like I was, I could I saw
all the nice kicks and all that stuff and all
that stuff that they had there. But no, I mean
it's it's it's chill. But it's also like, okay, we
have this is what we gotta do. You know, TV
is as busy.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yeah, so so on an episode, like you said, there's
an episode tonight for recording for that, I mean, is
that is that a whole day? Is that multiple days?
Speaker 4 (30:53):
It just depends. I mean there's I think for the
battles there was like four days or sorry, not the battles.
For the blind auditions, there was four days of filming,
which was like I would say, like twenty people per
day or something crazy like that. And then for the battles,
it's like I think it was like a couple of sessions.
So it's like two days. I want to say, but
(31:15):
it's not it's not crazy, yeah, because it's it's a
it's not you know, it's it's still a competition, and
it's it's not like you oh cut, No, it's it's
going music I was playing, you're singing. You don't have
any other chot to this and make it look better? Okay?
Speaker 3 (31:29):
Do you do?
Speaker 2 (31:30):
You have this belief too, because this is why I've
kind of seen through all the years of all these
talent singing shows, is even if you don't win, there's
gonna be major opportunities no matter what.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
Right, Yes, especially the coach I chose. I fully believe
that whether I win or lose, whether you know, I
make it far or not. Just the love already, you know,
being invited to his birthday party, all that stuff, and yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
It's already been changing.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
Sure gonna yeah, well we'll for sure how have some
type of thing going on because they they've talked to
us about, you know, like oh yeah, what kind of
music you do? What kind of stuff do you want
to do? And you know, they're not necessarily guaranteeing anything.
I don't want to say that because just in case,
but they're just they're very adamant about like, yeah, we
want to hear your sound. Snoop has a record label.
(32:19):
I throw records. I mean it's he can sign whoever
he wants after the contracts done, right, So it just
depends on, you know, if if you liked your sound.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Something I always didn't understand too much with the Voice
is the battle rounds where you go up against one
of your teammates, right, I never understood that, Like why
are you going up against one of your teammates and
then one might get you.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
Know, yeah, so I mean the problem the thing is
is you're technically going against they. I mean, it's the Voice.
One thing I'm gonna say is it's been a family
since day one, like everybody, all the contestants, everybody has
love for each other. And even me and Jarrell, who
I'm battling, Me and him are still friends now. We
(33:00):
x back and forth and you know, we we talk
about stuff, and we just talk about how much like
we miss being in l A too and talking about
like all that stuff. But it's, uh, it's weird because
you're technically against your team the entire time until the finale. Yeah,
I guess if you watch the show, like, you know,
Team Snoop, you know, you get paired up with certain people.
(33:22):
The knockout rounds, you're paired up with another Team Snoop person,
the what else. I think they're doing playoffs this year.
The playoffs are same thing. Yeah, so it's you're you're
paired up against each other. I guess.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Yeah, I guess it doesn't matter because it has to
come down to one.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Yeah, ultimately, so it's your team and then whoever wins
your team, Like, so, whoever wins Team Snoop is going
to the finale getting to sing, you know, a couple
of songs and I think a duet with Snoop too.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
So it's gonna be cool. We'll see what happens.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
With these next songs. Are you the same thing with
the you know, with the battle rounds? He picks those songs,
your coach, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (34:04):
So he's he's the one choosing, Like what what the
best is between the two people, because how can you
put two different voices together? And this year is crazy
because they made us pick our own battle partners and
that was crazy because I you know, you you don't
really hear everybody sing, but we got to kind of
hear everybody a little bit. But when I chose somebody,
(34:28):
it was me and him were the last people left,
and so it was like.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Oh, well, I guess we're choosing each other.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Yeah, you know, no choice.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Last thing for me, uh, one one coaching advice Snoop
that you you're you took in well from Snoop.
Speaker 4 (34:43):
The one thing I mean everybody's everybody gets nervous, everybody
gets antsy, everybody rushes through things because you know, you
get that, you get that anxiety. I guess the one
thing he told me is like, man chill, laid back
on the beat and that that's that seems like such
a Snoop thing to say, right, but yeah, he was
just like, man chill, like you're here, let it ride,
(35:05):
Like that's how fun. Soak it in?
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Almost right?
Speaker 4 (35:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Because yeah, sometimes adrenaline yeah yeah, I like go too fast.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Yeah, sometimes you just got to take a breather, realize
where you're at right?
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Yeah, great one.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
I so I guess before we let you go any
last plugs. I know you're on tonight's but if you
want to put your social media out there or where
we could find you or the group or.
Speaker 4 (35:27):
Of course of course, so yes, uh, hopefully tune in tonight. Uh.
Season twenty eight of The Voice the Battles, and I
think some knockouts are happening tonight too, So every every
episode I would tune in too, because there everybody there
is super good, super crazy, like it's it's going to
be a crazy season this season.
Speaker 3 (35:46):
Was that a hint that you're gonna be on every episode?
Speaker 4 (35:48):
I wish? Yeah, we'll figure that out.
Speaker 1 (35:51):
Maybe one it's all set and down, we'll get you
back in here.
Speaker 4 (35:54):
No for sure, but but yeah, I know if you
guys want to follow my journey, I post a lot
on my TikTok, which Ralph's gonna wreck it.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
You've been doing a lot of lives.
Speaker 4 (36:03):
I've been jumping on Live a lot just because a
lot of people have questions and stuff. So I give
them an opportunity to ask me a question and then
I'll yeah, you sing on the lives.
Speaker 3 (36:12):
Yeah, yeah, So what's the TikTok again.
Speaker 4 (36:14):
It's Ralph's gonna reck it with at the end. And
then and then Ralph Edwards Music. I post a lot
of like behind the scenes stuff that's on Instagram. Sorry,
Ralph Edwards Music. On Instagram, I post a lot of
behind the scenes, like you know, me taking picture with
Studio thirty with the v on it and stuff like that.
So if you guys want to see some of that journey,
it's it gets on there. And then vibe Check Dot
(36:37):
the Band on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Yeah, that's that's
my band, and it's soon to be called Ralph Edwards
and the Vibe Check Band, but right now it's Ralph.
It's vibe Check Dot the Band on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Man.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
Congratulations on everything, continued success, good luck on the journey,
and we know we're gonna see a lot more of you,
miss so.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
Yeah, make the Valley proud. We appreciate you making some
time with us here on the podcast.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Thank you guys so much. And I'm just I'm glad
to be representing the Valley and representing five five nine,
So thank you guys for the support and appreciate y'all
having me here,
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