Ryan Brahms
New York City, New York, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2013 | INDIE
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After a 1-year hiatus, singer songwriter Ryan Brahms releases the first single, LOVE DEALER from his untitled EP set to release this year. Produced by Brahms and David Wade, LOVE DEALER is an R&B inspired song that takes us on a sensual ride over an energizing, synth-heavy track that you can't help but dance to. While his current projects are taking a more traditionally R&B turn, don't expect Brahms to ever fully conform to one style of music. "I have my own sound," Brahms says proudly. "It's such a double-edged sword. I disguise really complicated music as pop. It's almost like a game I play."
The 31-year-old New York native has been honing his craft for years and his eclectic musical background is apparent in his distinctive Pop and R&B inspired sound. The seasoned musician plays numerous instruments including clarinet, saxophone, drums, guitar, bass and piano; leading him to compose, arrange and play the music to most of his songs. He's also a dedicated songwriter who captures true emotion in many of his offerings.
Fans will have a chance to see Brahms showcase his new music live at The Harman Soundcheck Series this Saturday, May 6 at The Harman Store - NYC, 527 Madison Ave. at 2pm. - Broadway World
By the age of 18, Ryan Brahms had established himself as a prodigy clarinet and saxophone player, playing with some of the top names in the music arena (James Brown, Dave Brubeck), but an unfortunate injury would soon preclude him from playing any sort of brass or wind instrument.
Not to be deterred, he began writing songs and finding his own voice as a singer-songwriter. Soon thereafter he was attacked and brutally beaten outside of a New York City club sticking up for a young woman and was hospitalized for weeks. Even having his mouth wired shut for many months and needing a titanium plate on the left side of his face, didn't discourage this tenacious dude.
Resilience, a love of music and a natural appreciation of the human condition filled Ryan with an unwavering passion to artistically share his journey. The music is an infusion of organic live Rock, Blues and Funk with more modern elements and production of Dance, HipHop, Dub-step RnB and Pop.. Ryan calls it Griddy Pop. - Baeble Music
"Just one taste", sings Ryan Brahms on his newest single, "and this could change your life." He's the "Love Dealer", promising the object of affection an experience so compelling that she's likely to be transformed by it and she's going to need more and more. But Ryan Brahms is also talking about the addictive new music he's been making, and promising his dedicated audience that he's about to take them higher than they've ever been.
Yes, if Ryan Brahms is known as a piano man and an electrifying singer and talented multi-instrumentalist dedicated to classic song construction, well, he's still all those things. But as "Love Dealer" demonstrates, he's got an ear for immediate, irresistible pop, too. Brahms always sounds smart, confident, and accomplished; now, add "sexy" to that list of attributes (he's been dressing the part lately, too, appearing around his native New York City in shades and sharply-tailored suits.) Should there be any doubt that Brahms has everything it takes to be a superstar as well as a respected musician, "Love Dealer" ought to put that to rest.
Produced by Brahms and David Wade, "Love Dealer" is a colorful, danceable amalgam of growling low-end synthesizer, scratchy, propulsive funk guitar, high-end ear candy, and rock-solid beats. Yet its Ryan Brahms's magnetic performance that sells the song: he's alluring and coy in the right places, gritty and elastic when he needs to be, and never less than exciting. When he tells his love object and by extension, his listener "you've been waiting for this day for so long", it really does feel like Ryan Brahms has at last arrived at where he was always headed.
Which is not to say that he's abandoned any of the qualities of the music that has made him an underground attraction in New York. This is an artist who thrives when confronted by adversity, and who has written persuasively about his own resourcefulness, and his refusal to be defeated by life's obstacles. The balladeer who stole hearts with the emotionally forthright, piano-driven "Be Mine" not to mention an empathetic cover of Billy Joel's "New York State Of Mind" hasn't gone anywhere. He's just figured out a new way to approach the musical seduction he's always specialized in. The work he began with Rishi Rich on the slinky, club-friendly remix to "For This" has come to fruition on "Love Dealer" and now, the sky is the limit. Turn it on; get moving. - Street Insider
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
Ryan Brahms is ready to share his unique sound and inspiring stories with the world. The New York native has been honing his craft for years and his eclectic musical background is apparent in his distinctive pop and acoustic sound.
The seasoned musician plays numerous instruments including clarinet, saxophone, drums, guitar, bass and piano; leading him to compose, arrange and play the music to most of his songs. He's also a dedicated songwriter who is able to capture true emotion in many of his offerings.
"It's really about resilience and finding the strength to overcome impossible things. It's from my own life but I also found myself very attracted to other people's stories who are enduring absolutely impossible things. Not just getting through but finding a way to smile again."
Brahms learned some of those lessons the hard way after an injury forced him to undergo major surgery and continue writing songs with his jaw wired shut.
"I started writing songs about never giving up…about being super human," he explains. "In life you just go at your own pace and you never really get where you're gonna go. "Superman" and "Hands Up" are about fighting for what you want in life."
Like most great songwriters, Brahms connects with the crowd by being authentic.
"I have endured a lot of shit that just shouldn't happen to people and I still find a reason to want to inspire people and want to live life to its fullest. I have a real purpose," he says. "No matter what happens you have to find happiness. You have to find a reason, whatever that is for you. Not many artists have that kind of empathy and that kind of awareness. They forget whats around them."
While his current projects are taking a more traditionally R&B turn, don't expect Brahms to ever fully conform to one style of music. "I have my own sound," he says proudly. "It's such a double-edged sword. I disguise really complicated music as pop. It's almost like a game I play."
On "Love Dealer" Ryan takes us on a sensual ride over an energizing, synth-heavy track that you can't help but dance to. The scintillating single is certainly for the grown and sexy. His ballad "When I Was Me" tells a story of the pain and regret that comes with a love gone wrong and highlights his infinitely relatable songwriting with a sound reminiscent of classic pop-ballads of the late nineties.
No matter where his sound ultimately lands, this emerging artist makes it clear that his hard-won perseverance and genuine talent will keep him in the music game for years to come.
"Some of us just don't have a choice. This is what I'm here to do," he says. "No matter who tells me I can or can't, when you know you just know. I have always known. Life gets in the way, things happen, you grow, and finally you say to yourself 'nothing is gonna get in the way.'"
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