ARTIST: Ryan Lindsey
TITLE: White Paper Beds
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 37:09 min
SIZE:  53,1 MB
RIP DATE: Sep-26-2006
RELEASE DATE: Sep-26-2006
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Future Unemployment                        02:52
02. My Place In The Hills                      02:56
03. An Intropsective Personality               03:47
04. Slow Down                                  02:53
05. A Weekend With You                         03:12
06. White Paper Beds                           02:45
07. Summertime                                 03:01
08. What I Am                                  03:14
09. Put Your Trust In Ross                     03:25
10. Sounds, As A Metaphor                      03:25
11. Friend For Life                            02:13
12. Open Late                                  03:26

Release Notes:

Ryan Lindsey was just five years old when he first
appeared on stage in a local church play in
Stillwater, Oklahoma. And he loved it. He can't
remember the moment, but he still remembers the
feeling. To this day, Ryan's more at home on stage
than he is anywhere else. Young Ryan's theatrical
career blossomed throughout his grade school years,
appearing in play after play in community
productions, church shows and turns in Oklahoma
State University productions whenever they needed
younger kids for the cast.

At the tender age of 8, Ryan joined the prestigious
Stillwater Boys Choir where he learned phrasing,
breath control and vocal technique which has served
him so well to this day.

The youngest of three brothers, Ryan had a paper
route, his siblings had a band. When the boys lost a
member they told Ryan he could join the group if
he'd just buy a bass guitar. He did. Ryan Lindsey
joined his first real band.

After the group went their separate ways, Ryan began
playing guitar, piano and writing his own material.
As he worked on his solo endeavors, Ryan started the
short-lived band Claire and later joined the Norman,
Oklahoma based group, Cheyenne. In Cheyenne he
played keyboards and sang harmony with lead vocalist
Beau Jennings.

Lindsey made an immense contribution to Cheyenne's
debut album and played with the band until they
relocated to New York in 2005. During his stint with
Cheyenne, Ryan emerged as a singer/songwriter and
solo performer. His live solo shows increased in
regularity and featured him on five instruments. He
added a loop pedal and a microphone to make his
performances wholly original while still
accentuating the core melodies of his songs. He also
began working on his first solo album White Paper
Beds.

Then along came the Starlight Mints, Norman's most
accomplished band with an offer for Ryan to play on
their newest release Drowation. Impressed by
Lindsey's studio work, the band asked him to play
keyboards and guitar on their current national tour.
The timing couldn't have been better as Ryan had
just put the finishing touches on his remarkable
debut effort White Paper Beds.

White Paper Beds features Ryan Lindsey on vocals,
guitar, bass and piano with instrumental assistance
from friend and engineer Chad Copelin. On July 3,
2006, Ryan's former bandmates in Cheyenne reunited
with him to perform live in celebration of his
self-produced solo debut.

Perhaps it's the recent history of performing his
original material regionally before audiences of his
peers throughout the mid-west or merely his
confidence realized from a lifetime on the stage,
but Ryan Lindsey exudes a persona, style and
performance quality that is unsurpassed by his
contemporaries.

Music critic Kathleen McCann concludes her rave
review of White Paper Beds in the respected online
publication Urban Pollution by writing..."It's
daunting for a musician to break away from the
comforts of a band and step out on his own, but Ryan
Lindsey seemed to know exactly what he was doing. If
his name never becomes widely known it won't matter,
because White Paper Beds is more real than pop
success ever is."

As a current touring member of local favorites the
Starlight Mints Ryan Lindsey is ready to realize his
own vision for the future. His self-released debut
album White Paper Beds is finding it's way into the
mainstream, not because of Ryan's marketing
expertise or clever website exposure, no, it's the
music, the lyrics, the arrangements and his
incredible vocals. That's why, one by one, Ryan
Lindsey is finding new fans and friends.