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Ryan Burns

About Me

Ryan Burns is a 19 year old musician from South London. His love of music first showed itself during high-school when he taught himself guitar from a book. His first electric guitar was a Christmas present from his parents at the age of 14 which he played every single day until he bought his next one. Since then he has also mastered bass guitar and blues harmonica and has developed into a soulful and powerful singer.

Soulstep are a high-energy rock/blues band with fantastic original material and incredible on-stage presence. Their blend of roots blues music with up-tempo modern rock has earnt them the reputation of the most exciting up-coming band on the scene right now. They have played all over the UK and have recorded music videos at MTV Studios. Above all, they continue to write the music that sets them apart.



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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/1/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/soulstepband
Band Members: My Weapon of Choice:

Influences: Music that's on my mp3 player right now:
Blues Brothers, Cherry Poppin Daddies, David Bowie, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Donovan, Dr Hook, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, The Fore, Frank Sidebottom, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Howlin' Wolf, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Luke Kelly, the Mavericks, Mose Alison, Neil Diamond, Small Faces, Squeeze, Sting, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, the Rutles, The Drifters, the Dubliners, the Hollies, the Jam, The Kinks, the Monkees, the Pogues, Van Morrison

Some TV I Like:
Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Black Books, Coronation Street, Crocodile Hunter, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dragons' Den, Extras (the first series, the second one is crap) Hell's Kitchen, Lost, Mythbusters, Porridge, Peep Show, Street Crime UK, QI, Top Gear, The Office, The Young Ones, World's Most Amazing Videos 2

Some Comedians I Like:
Al Murray, Alan Davies, Alex Lowe, Baddiel and Skinner (together and seperately), Bill Hicks, Bill Bailey, Dave Gorman, Eddie Izzard, James Gingell, Jack Dee, Jimmy Carr, Lee Evans, Ricky Gervais, Ross Noble, Steven Wright

Some Radio Presenters I Like:
Clive Bull, Iain Lee.

Some Books I Like:
Are You Dave Gorman?, Anything by Bill Bryson, Catch 22, Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure, The Harry Potters, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Join Me, Lord of the Rings, Anything by Roald Dahl, Round Ireland With A Fridge, The Timewasters Letters, The Windup-Bird Chronicle.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

A foot? No, afoot! 11/05/07

Indeed ladies and gentlemen, thing are afoot!Wonderful, glorious THINGS!Check out the latest blog at soulstep's myspace for all of that.Meanwhile, back on Earth, I have been having acupuncture which h...
Posted by on Fri, 11 May 2007 12:59:00 GMT

WAKAWAKAWAKAKWKAKWKWAA! 28/01/07

Phew!That's all I have to say on the matter of where I've been all this time.I bought a digital camera the other day so I'm going to be uploading pictures like nobody's business as soon as it arrives,...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:43:00 GMT

It's Been a Long Time Coming... 13/12/06

Why hello there stranger!Sorry I haven't been blogging much lately, I know you've missed me Might as well start off with the Soulstep plug - we're playing at the Ship in Croydon this Saturday at 6pm.&...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:55:00 GMT

Just a quickie... 05/12/06

Hello there my dear friends.To celebrate getting 1000 profile views (although it's mainly because I got the tape last night) I've added a video of us playing at the Ship from 10th November. If you lik...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:59:00 GMT

Abbey Road 18/11/06

This blog is mainly intended to make you all very jealous Yesterday they announced on BBC London that the first 100 people to go to Abbey Road Studios would be let in later that evening for an ex...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:48:00 GMT

This blog involves scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers 13/11/06

First of all thanks to everyone who came to see Soulstep play over the weekend!We popped the cherry of the new sound and lighting equipment at the Ship on Friday night, and boy was it good!  They...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:59:00 GMT

Soulstep at the Black Sheep TONIGHT! 12/11/06

Hosted By: SoulstepWhen: Sunday Nov 12, 2006 at 7:00 PMWhere: Black Sheep Bar86 High Street CroydonCroydon, CR01NAUKDescription:Soulstep Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:37:00 GMT

I Hate Computers 08/11/06

Hi Everyone.  Well the computer has broken is a couple of different ways over the last week so I haven't been able to update the page as I'd like .  I've also not been able to receive any me...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:59:00 GMT

I Got Them First Blog Blues 02/11/06

By popular demand... this is my new myspace: the place where I waste a lot of my life typing stuff.  Woot Woot!I'm gonna use this blog more or less as a diary, so if you think you might find my l...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:05:00 GMT