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Ryan Blotnick

"Music Needs You"

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Ryan Blotnick grew up in the woods of Maine, raised on back-to-the-earth ideology, Paul Simon records, and brown rice. He discovered music by fingerpicking along to Stairway to Heaven and playing in Jimi Hendrix cover bands. After many years of playing and writing music, living in Copenhagen, and getting jazz-educated, he has finally made it to New York, the city of every Maine boy's dreams. He teaches guitar, plays in a few different bands, and writes strange music, with the hope of someday getting paid well to perform it. He likes music that challenges the feet, head, and heart.He owes a lot to the great teachers he has had, including Gene Bertoncini, Steve Cardenas, Lionel Loueke, Paul Meyers, Ed Roseman, Bob Thompson, John Abercrombie, Paul Caputo, and Lee Konitz.He has a Masters Degree in Performance from the Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in Copenhagen, Denmark----------------------------------------------------- ---------------Download a zipped mp3 version of Music Needs You now!
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Member Since: 11/1/2005
Band Website: ryanblotnick.com
Band Members: Ryan Blotnick Quartet: Ryan Blotnick- guitar, Jonathan Rossman- alto sax, Adam Chilenski- bass, RJ Miller- drums. Ryan Blotnick's Inkblot: Ryan Blotnick (guitar), Pete Robbins (cl., as) Sam Sadigursky (bass cl.), Eliot Cardinaux (keys), Thomas Morgan (bass), Tyshawn Sorey (drums). Blotnick/Sanz/Mchenry/Higgins/Miller: me, Albert Sanz- Piano, Bill Mchenry- Sax, Chris Higgins- bass, RJ Miller- drums. Other Bands: Pete Robbins' Centric, Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble, Band of the Universe, Mads Mouritz and the Bleeding Hearts, Joey Johnson
Influences: Miles Davis, Joao Gilberto, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Nichols, Duke Ellington, Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bobo Stenson, Paul Bley, Fela Kuti, Paul Motian, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gyorgy Ligeti, Harry Parch, Ben Webster, Ornette Coleman, Hermeto Pascoal, Gene Bertoncini, Michael Blake, Steve Cardenas, Bob Thompson, Ed Roseman, Ray Morrow, Sam Barsh, Will Jones, Ned Ferm, Pete Robbins, Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble
Sounds Like: "Ryan Blotnick's playing has the rare blend of a modern conception with the depth of having explored and absorbed vocabulary of many of the jazz greats. His ideas are clear and straightforward, as well as his compositions. " -Steve Cardenas"Displaying a gracious tone and deep musical sensibility, Ryan's patience sets him apart from his peers." - Michael Blake
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