"I've hit my stride a little bit," Ryan Bingham tells PEOPLE about this point in his life and career. "I got a bunch of new songs that’s going to be coming out sometime next year. We’re still working ...

"I think I’m a lot more comfortable in my own skin and what I want to do… I am on my own label now and all that stuff, so there ain’t anybody telling me what to f----- do and what to write or anything ...