Ryan Colton Music

 I've been wanting to do this for a long time... The past couple of years have been kind of rough musically - I've seen the collapse of one of my most successful projects, The Here and Now come to an end and also had to deal with the loss of one of the members of that band, George Broyer, who passed away in early September 2021.  On the upside (literally), I did start a new project with some guys I've known for awhile called, well "The Upside". What makes this so different from anything else I've ever done, is in addition to playing guitar, I am co-lead singer of this group. I've never had to be a front man before, but honestly, I've been loving it. It's taken me out of my comfort zone and I've really been forced to learn how to use my voice for something more than just background vocals. Trying to figure out my vocal range and what songs suit my voice best has been challenging but very rewarding at the same time.  And since this band isn't...

So my two cents on the new Tool song that was released yesterday, " Fear Inoculum ". I'm a big Tool fan. They are probably one of my favorite bands from the 90's/early 00's. It's been 13 years since they put out any new music. 13 years. The only other lapse between albums that long by a major band in recent memory is Guns N' Roses with "Chinese Democracy", which came out 15 years after their previous release, 1993's "The Spaghetti Incident". Granted, that album also only featured one original member of the band on it. My daughter wasn't even born yet when Tool's "10,000 Days" was released in April, 2006. I realize that in these 13 years they had a lot going on with lawsuits over album artwork , family commitments, and lead vocalist Maynard James Keenan deciding that he wanted to start a winery as well as maintain regular album releases/touring with his two other side projects, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. P...

Last weekend I got in a little studio time in as I recorded lead guitar on two songs for my good friend (and lead singer of The Here and Now ), Chad Mosson. Chad's been writing and recording his own songs for some time now; he released three singles last year ( two of which I also played on ) and plans on releasing even more material over the next few months. The cool thing about these two songs is that the rest of the band (Rick Mudd on drums and George Broyer on bass guitar) would also be contributing and playing on them. We did some pre-production work with Chad in the weeks leading up to the studio sessions. Chad recorded some basic demos of each song at my home studio which were shared amongst everyone and we also rehearsed together in various configurations to hone our parts and tighten up the arrangements. Full Circle Owner/Engineer Dan Uphoff working his magic. The studio sessions were done at Full Circle Recording in Chester, VA over the course of three days. Ric...