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Mark Ryan

Mark Ryan

About Me

Singer, Songwriter, & Guitarist, Mark Ryan is 37 years old, and comes from Glasgow, Scotland. Since he was 19 he has played in several of the country's top covers bands, such as 'Raise The Roof' & 'After Midnight'. After going back to college last year to do a traditional music course, Mark has just released his debut album 'Wake Me In Summer', which has so far sold over 3,000 copies independently. He is currently working on new material as well as playing with 'After Midnight' at weekends.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/29/2006
Band Website: msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2
Band Members: Mark is a solo artist.
Influences: Christy Moore, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Shane MacGowan, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, BB King, The Fureys, lots of traditional Irish musicians. The single biggest influence on my music has to be my Dad, who turned me onto so many different styles and genres I would otherwise not have listened to. He also gave me the courage and confidence to believe in myself enough to give it a go.
Sounds Like: If you listen to Mark's music you will hear his influences coming through in one form or another. Some Knopfler arpeggios, a Gilmour double bend here and there, a Christy vocal, and a Dylan lyric. Not a bad template I'd say.
Record Label: Unsigned.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

gigs

I don't know what's wrong with this site but it won't let me post my gigs so I'll have to do it here. January 18th - Buchanan House Hotel, Glasgow February 20th - Chapelton Folk Club, The Bully Inn, Q...
Posted by Mark Ryan on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:13:00 PST

New Album

Ok we decided today what tracks are going on this album. Sometimes you can write too bloody much apparently, which left us with a bit of a problem with song choices, but I'm confident we now have the ...
Posted by Mark Ryan on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:33:00 PST