Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Rory Hope. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Rory, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Covid has brought about so many changes – has your business model changed?

Well… I would like to say it didn’t really change my business model but my career path altogether. I was originally a classic car specialist for an auction house in the UK and would create/perform within the music industry on week nights and weekends. Lots of back and forth to London for sessions but once all that stopped because of the lockdown I soon realised that the factual, knowledge classic car based lifestyle wasn’t really for me. Locked myself away on furlow creating songs and writing over Zoom. Now I am a full-time singer songwriter and have over 25 million + streams to my name across all DPS’s + released and written for some of the worlds best DJ’s. I have also managed to land body’s of work with Universal and Sony for sync with a track featuring on the Netflix hit show, Love is Blind (USA).

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Rory Alexander Hope, ex semi-pro basketballer turned salesman turned singer songwriter. I write for all genres but specialise in EDM (Electronic Dance Music). Can be found on all social media under @RoryHopeMusic and can most likely be recognised for my hair.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Its a long story really… However, to keep it brief with an attend to keep the reader engaged. After playing high level basketball in the UK I became injured and went across to the USA one summer to coach basketball. One of my good friends from the camp over heard me singing Michael Buble in the shower (he wasn’t in there with me by the way… just in case you were wondering) and signed me upto a little talent competition. Little did I know that I would be singing ‘This’ by Ed Sheeran. Jack played the guitar and took the first verse and chorus and I took the second verse and finale, shaking whilst reading the lyrics from my iPad mini. One thing lead to another and after a summer of singing, came back to the UK and swapped centre court for centre stage…. Two failed bands (over a 3 or 4 year period) later I decided to go solo. Created an albums worth of music (still collecting dust on a hard-drive somewhere) for my solo project and when I was ready to release, COVID hit. So during lockdown was DM’d from a producer from Ireland to be a top-liner and vocalist on his upcoming single, which now has over 1.5 million streams alone. So I would say I am quite resilient to keep pushing for music but am sort of thankful as COVID gave me a lot of time to reflect and make some positive impact on direction for my career.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Honestly? Two things really… For myself the buzz or feeling you get in the writing space when you write something that genuinely moves you and the rest of the team. It can be the most exciting or the most wrenching experience. I have been in sessions where as the assistive writer, had the artist pour their heart out to us in tears and turned that track into something really meaningful and sentimental. Also have been in rooms where we’re jumping around like animals, both are equally special.

That and the same old answer, getting messages or a positive response from friends/family and followers on socials.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/RoryHopeMusic
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/RoryHopeMusic
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/roryhopemusic
• Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/roryhopemusic
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/roryhopemusic
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RoryHope