Darryn Yates

Darryn Yates grew up in Granite City IL, a small town near St. Louis MO. As a kid he was always playing sports and was a huge fan of music as well. After a knee injury, he was offered to sing in a high school garage band. They named the band Red Destiny. The music bug bit him hard.

He wanted to move to Los Angeles after graduating high school. However, his parents made a deal with him. If he obtained his college degree, they would help him get to California. After 1 year at Illinois State, he transferred to San Diego Mesa College before graduating from California Polytechnic Univ., Pomona. (about an hour east of LA)

After graduating college with a Bachelor's degree in Communication/Public Relations, he moved to the heart of Los Angeles. He lived in Studio City, then Marina del Rey before Venice Beach. Darryn pursued and lived the dream he had since childhood. He also dabbled in acting, commercials, and some modeling. He worked a variety of jobs including everything from substitute teaching in Santa Monica to limo driving to being a driver for stripper in the Hollywood Hills. (sorry Mom, gotta keep it real =)

He sang in a couple rock bands (EarCandy, Smackerjack) before starting his own all-original rock band On Tracy Lane. OTL got a break by having actress Lacey Chabert star in a music video produced for the song "Back to Maybe". He recorded several CDs, toured the US, toured overseas to play for the US troops, did tons of press, had a couple small record deals, licensed over 15 songs via ASCAP, had a couple songs get some traction at college radio, and opened for several national acts including Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker, American Hi-Fi, Local H, Phantom Planet, Sugar Ray, and The Urge.

After living in LA for over 10 years, Darryn moved to Nashville TN when he started his own publishing company, Richmond Avenue Music. Darryn was able to license many of his own songs and he signed other songwriters to his agency as well. This was in 2008/09 when the economy took a turn for the worse. He then had plans to move to New York City; however, this trip was cancelled when he met his future wife, Crystal, and moved into her house in St. Louis.

When he realized he probably wasn't going to move away again, not only did him and Crystal start a family, Darryn started an audio & video production company, The Mayhem Network. TMN started producing The Darryn Yates Show, a web series and podcast that featured interviews with entertainers, pranks, live performances, etc. Darryn quickly caught the attention of St. Louis radio VIPs and was offered an early-morning radio show on CBS Sports. After creating a huge buzz, he was offered a morning-drive radio show on 1380AM KFNS, 6-10AM Monday thru Friday. The Darryn Yates Show was also a local TV show for several months. There were times Darryn had 6-8 sponsors onboard.

After deciding to get out of the local radio business and around the same time Crystal and Darryn had their 2nd child, Darryn launched his own online radio station, Riot Radio. After being back in his hometown area after meeting Crystal, Darryn was always back and forth working regular 9-5 jobs and doing entertainment. After being fired for at least the 20th time from the corporate world, having their 3rd child, and also dealing with a bulging disc in his lower back...Darryn soul searched to figure out what he should do next.

The start of The Rock and Roll Life Coach was a no-brainer.

You can message Darryn on this FB page or email him at
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Darryn wants to hear all about you, your current situation, and what situation you would like to see yourself in!