Ryan Madiar - ProfilesArchive

About Me

During the day I work like most other domesticated humans. I have a decent job but I'd rather play guitar or do any number of other things besides work. At night, I can be heard playing for my dinner on the streets of Roselle, Schaumburg, Antwerp, and Krakow. I have also been known to hitch rides on Gypsy Caravans making their way through the French Countryside; to barter musical performance for gypsy tears and other assorted wares, which will come in handy for my upcoming national tour of Kazaksthan. Whenever possible I frequent Medicine Shows.In reality, I'm just a semi-normal guy that plays whatever instrument I can get my hands on and just love to play music. I like to write songs and perform my own material. If I play another's song, I'll maintain the integrity of the song but rearrange it to make interesting. After all, as a musician, it doesn't really matter all that much what you can copy or imitate. What really matters is what you can write. Some songs I write are good some are bad. That's not really important though. What is important, is that I'm not afraid to put my neck out there. Many people live in fear their whole lives. They fear how they will be percieved by others and worry about committing social blunders. Some of the material that I have put up or will put up in the future will be percieved by some as such a blunder. That fear is no longer relevent in my life. Here's a few song's I wrote.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2007
Band Members: Ryan- guitar, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, voice or any other instrument or sound you hear on this page.
Influences: Davy (Davey) Graham, Merle Travis, Lonnie Johnson, Neil Young, Wilco, Radiohead, Amity Front, Bob Dylan, Tommy Emmanuel, Bert Jansch and many others.
Sounds Like: A mixture of various folk music styles.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Ear infection

I have the luxury of suffering from both and inner and outer ear infection. It is one of the most painful thing's I have ever had to deal with. On Friday night, I was in the worst pain of ...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:31:00 PST

The 90s

On Halloween someone always dresses up like they are from the 60's or 70's and mocks the fashion trends of those era's. The 80's really aren't mocked so much because there are quite a few people that...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:27:00 PST

I bought a violin or fiddle if you like...

I got it off ebay. Now I just need to learn how to play it. I will probally be extremely bad for a year. Don't worry, I won't torture you with shrieks and sour notes unless I'm drunk....
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:05:00 PST

Adventures in hitch hiking.

I went over to Mike's house on Saturday to hang out. We grilled and drank some beer. Later on we went with some other people to a bar a few towns away. It was an okay time. We ...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:37:00 PST

Guitar pics.

Myspace is being gay and won't let me add pics into the last blog....
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:41:00 PST

New Guitar (for me).

I got this off ebay for $30.00. The maker of this guitar is unknown and the person that owned this before said that her aunt bought it back in the early 1930's. It looks beat to shit (whic...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:35:00 PST

Hellish month

All progess has been delayed significantly. First, one of my best friend's has been in the hospital with serious health problems. Second, my living situation has been more than combative w...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:18:00 PST

So Many Years Ago

I wrote the lyrics a few years ago and I was going to trash this song but one of my good friends suggested I a few changes in the first and second verses and the song came together. I put this one to...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Fri, 25 May 2007 05:24:00 PST

Mundane Lifestyle

I just finished writing this tonight. This is a very rough version done on the first take. I must warn you that there is a part at the end of the second verse that is pitch wise off, in fa...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Thu, 24 May 2007 07:32:00 PST

Coming Soon

I've got two weeks of electrician school left and then I can focus more on some things I got in the development stage. Once I'm done with school I plan on starting to play live again in July.&nb...
Posted by Ryan Madiar on Thu, 24 May 2007 04:53:00 PST