Ryan Lindsey

ryan lindsey is the product of growing up in oklahoma the youngest of three boys. after being exposed to the music of his brothers and their friends, he started on the path early of wanting to write his own. at the age of fourteen ryan was playing little league and playing in a band. over the past eleven years ryan has continued to perfect his songwriting and still considers himself growing. through the past four years ryan has given his services to a couple of bands; cheyenne and starlight mints. although he no longer performs with cheyenne fulltime, ryan still takes part in the recording process. lindsey now splits time performing and writing with the starlight mints and pursuing his own career. ryan has recently signed a publishing deal with bug music through the help of van dyke parks, who is also a bug artist. signing with bug has opened a new world of opportunities for this young songwriter. and with more oportunities, come more listeners.



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Pop music is really a talent search, and sometimes the most promising results can sneak into your ears from out of left fi eld completely. Ryan Lindsey is an Oklahoman who was in a band there called Cheyenne, before venturing out on his own. His debut album, White Paper Beds, has the freshness of someone who probably doesn’t ask for a lot of advice, but follows what he feels in his heart and hears in his head. There is no over-processed feel to these twelve songs, but rather the freshness of floating in a creative space with no restrictive definitions. The best of Brian Wilson’s songs wrote the book for music like this, and the fact that Ryan Lindsey’s sound is able to evoke Wilson’s name is a good omen that we’ll be hearing much more from Lindsey. He also plays guitar with fellow Oklahomans Starlight Mints, but for those looking for a pop album in 2006 with plenty of mystery and imagination, White Paper Beds is the perfect place to start. ?



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