Ryan Michael -
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Tyler McCarthy -
Electric Bass Guitar, Keys, Backing Vocals
Sam Janik -
Lead Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Harmonica
Dan Malone -
Drums, Percussion
Influences
Our record collection is always growing but here are some of our favorites:
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Buddy Holly, Ryan Adams, Oasis, Elton John, The Cars, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Whiskeytown, Aerosmith, The Faces, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Black Crowes and The Who.
The Roomsounds are a Texas based band dedicated to writing, touring and living rock and roll music.
Singer/Songwriter Ryan Michael and bassist Tyler McCarthy have been in projects together over the last 9 years, cutting their first CD when they were just 14 years old. They've spent the years honing their skills as writers and players, getting signed to management at 16, recording in premier NYC studios including the Magic Shop (Rolling Stones, Ramones), moving to Los Angeles at 18, touring the country 5 times over, and making several records in between. They found themselves signed to indie labels, playing major festival tours and selling enough records to survive.
In the fall of 2008 Michael relocated to Dallas from Connecticut and began working on new songs where he was soon joined by McCarthy. Guitarist Sam Janik and newcomer drummer Dan Malone, also Connecticut natives, met up to round out the lineup.
"The idea was to scrap all the bullshit we'd been through over the years and start over, somewhere new, with no expectations. We just wanted to hide away and write the best songs we could," says Michael.
So they did just that, rented a small run down house in the Dallas suburbs, made the garage a rehearsal space, made the living room a recording studio and got to work.
"We took time and learned a lot of songs as a band, from beginning to end...The Beatles, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Roy Orbison, The Who...It really helped us to get inside the head of the greats," Michael adds.
Eventually an entire album was written, which the band recorded themselves in their living room.
"Anytime you record in a space that's not acoustically treated you pick up a lot of "room sound," that's sort of where the name came from. To us, it's important to maintain an organic vibe, for better or worse, to sound like a real live rock n' roll band."
While the band's sound might be more contemporary then their classic rock roots, The Roomsounds have fused their blues-rock-country-folk influences into infectious songs that would sound just as good on 70's AM radio as they would blaring from iTunes.
Hey Guys, love your sound! Really looking forward to the show tomorrow night at Prophet.
Here's a poster I made for the show - it got selected as the Dallas Observers 'Poster of The Week' so its getting us a little free pub. Check it out here - http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/
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