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All Genres > Folk > Power-folk > ANTON RYAN: EP " On the Inside"

Anton Ryan, born in Auckland, New Zealand had his fundamental introduction to music while performing in his middle school orchestra. But it wasn't until his senior years of High School when he turned to guitar and the voice to find his own musical expression and started writing songs.

While attending the University of Auckland he performed solo acoustic shows on and off campus developing his songwriting and live perfomance. In 1998 he "penned" his first jingle for a videoclip he wrote and produced for a presentation on the Fire code safety in New Zealand. In 1990 he performed at the "Gluepot" a premier Venue to support peace for 2000.

In 1991 he moved to Sydney, Australia and started played the live music "circuit" both as a solo act and with his band " Anton Ryan & the Fresh" recieving postive reviews.....

Some of the Clubs included the "Sando and Hopetoun" along with "harbourside Brasserie" and Darling Harbor outdoor festivals

During this time Anton attending Sydney's Metro Television for Film Editing. In 1997 he was made a member of the "Australasian Performing rights Association" (APRA) www.apra.com.au and appointed Treasurer of the "Society of Australian Songwriters" (SAS). In addition Anton had his own radio program for local music on Radion Skid Row broadcasting and organising benefits for the station

That year Anton was sponsored recording time at Australia's SBS studio's www.sbs.com.au Musicians Mark Kennedy ( premier session drummer) and bassist Chris Bailey ( The Angels/Gangagang ) accompanied him it. The track "Sing it Out" from the session recordings was selected for the 1998 " Big Backyard" International radio series. It was Broadcasted to 1500 college and commercial radio stations worldwide throughout the year.



In 1998 Anton travelled to the United States to Administer a Rock Music Program for a Performance Art Camp in Pennsylvania. On arriving in Minneapolis after playing various solo shows in towns along the way www.music01.com selected some of Ryan's recordings from Australia making a MP3 compilation " scattered pieces".

Residing now in Saint Paul has recorded an EP " On the Inside" sampling songs from a large body of new material, and also during this period making "guest appearances" at various Venues in the Cities. After the successful college radio campaign this May Ryan is working on scratch takes for his debut Album while playing both local "classic cover" and "all original" shows and looking to perfom showcase events nationally.

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.antonryan.com

Track List:
1. What's my life
2. Next Best Thing
3. Stillwaters
4. Unrestrained Love
5. Wake Me

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