Marvin Gaye, The Police, Prince, Bill Withers, Jeff Buckley, Stevie Wonder, America, Michael Jackson, D' Angelo, Led Zepplin, The Who, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling stones, Everybody, friends, family, ocean, love, you, Donny Hathaway, James Taylor, Fela Kuti, this list could go on, there are so so many more...
Born in the small coastal Australian town of Angourie, Ry grew up with a surfboard under one arm and his Dad's record collection under the other. He quickly developed a love for a number of different styles of music from Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder to Ben Harper and Jack Johnson. Ry's professional career began to take shape as an 18 year-old traveler in Costa Rica. One fateful afternoon while playing in the hallway of a hotel, Ry met a young film producer and his journey into LA and its music scene began...
also.. ry featured on Vogue, ry in the new Quiksilver film about the mentawai islands... details coming soon....
Ry won two of Australia's Dolphin Awards in 2004 for Best Pop Song and Best New Artist and has recently been featured on NBC's EXTRA and MTV's LAGUNA BEACH: The Real OC.
Ry is also be featured alongside Maroon 5 and Jimmy Buffett in this spring's New Line feature, HOOT.
New News! Ry has just signed a promotional deal with Roxy/Quicksilver so keep your ears and eyes peeled in the land and water of surfing...
JUST ANNOUNCED - Ry touring with Maroon 5 in March/april in all capital cities in Australia
also.. ry featured on Vogue, ry in the new Quiksilver film about the mentawai islands... details coming soon..
RY is on FUEL TV right now! check it out!!!
Recording new material at the moment so there will be updates soon..
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******* newness ******* hey, how was your summer? We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsyGWtW5xQY
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: October 30, Mississippi Pizza in Portland, OR October 31, Nana's Irish Grill and Pub in Newport, OR November 1, Muddy's Hot Cup in Arcata, CA November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA November 12, Fox and Goose in Sacramento, CA November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
hey ry! im tom bowie, im lisa bowie's little brother ive met you many many times as you were growing up and we are good friends with alice and jan and martyn price.. etc etc haha anyway, sounds like your making it pretty big time! ive got my band and another one which we're going to start touring soon and we got our song on the radio down here, so yeahh! check em' out if you like! :) www.myspace.com/shanemiranda thanks!
Hey Ry, me and justin move into our new house by the end of this month, and we're in los angeles a lil closer to where all the venues are :) yay can't wait to see your next show!
Its your favorite sound guy in the world here...I just put 4 new tracks on my page!! Check'em out! And a free download of my song has been made possible by Microsoft! Go get it here!! http://www.myspace.com/windows?homepage=bizzmusic
Hey Ry, got your text. Would love to go tomorrow but its a bit far and im in summer school now starts at 8 which sucks! i get up at 6:30 and you know Justin.. he has to be on base at 7 grrr. man i miss my live show nights! i love music. Hmm if we have lots of caffeine we'll try and make it. :) miss ya.