Ryan David Orr Music

End of the tour and wonderful holidays:)

2011-11-26T10:17:00.001-08:00

Hey y'all. I just got back from traveling around the West Coast and had a great time playing shows and seeing people. I got to play in Utah and Idaho, two states I hadn't played in before. I camped for a few days and it was super freakin' cold. On Halloween I bundled up in my tent in Pendleton, Oregon and ate candy and watched scary movies on my phone after walking through town seeing all the families trick-or-treating in the streets. That was pretty sweet.

I got to see a bunch of family I hadn't seen in years. I stayed with aunts and uncles and cousins and a group of good friends. I played at Occupy Seattle and a great house concert in Everett, WA. I got to eat kick-ass seafood with some good friends and ride the ferry across Puget Sound.

It was good to stay in Oregon again, also. I got to attend the West Coast Songwriters Exposition in Portland and hear some great panels talk about different aspects of the music industry. I stayed in Corvallis for a few days with my dad and had fun lounging. When I drove south to California it snowed over Siskiyou Pass and I just barely made it through before they made people use chains. I had a great show in Camarillo, CA at the Studio Channel Islands Art Center where a few musicians sat in and we rocked the house.

Good to be home now, waiting for snow and Santa to show up. I'll be out on the road again in February or so doing another West Coast run before hitting up the East and the South in late Spring. I hope everyone has lovely holidays and eats too much:)

Much love
RDO

2011-11-08T10:03:00.000-08:00

Got some shows coming up in WA, OR, and CA in the next couple of weeks. I'm hangin' out up on the Bangor Naval base with my cousin and loving the WA weather. Playing at Forza Coffee Co Thursday. Playing a house concert tomorrow on base. Pretty soon it'll be time to get to work on booking the East Coast stuff. More to come!
Much love
RDO

Slow Tour Start

2011-10-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

It's been a bit rough sealing up this tour, but I will be heading out in a couple of days. I play a show in Coeur D'Alene, ID on the 1st. If you know anyone in that area, let them know. New dates for the West Coast will be added in the next week or two as they get solidified. I'm working on getting free downloads added to my newsletter so I can toss in some b-sides and rarities each time I send out a newsletter from the website. I hope all is well with everyone. Much love.
RDO

2011-10-19T09:59:00.001-07:00

Yo homies! If you haven't yet, check out this video I made on a road trip with my friend Jesse Valencia. It's for the song "Carry Me Home" from the latest album, Mordred the Quarter Known. Tour dates are coming up for the West Coast. Stay tuned! Much love:)
-Ryan

2011-08-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all!

Thanks to all the people who came out to my show in Phoenix this past weekend. It was super fun. I'll be back down there on October 1st.

This weekend will be a Payson show. It's a members only gig, though. At the end of September I'll be playing a couple of shows in Tennessee in the Nashville area. If you know anyone down that way, send 'em to my website for info on that stuff.

Then it's off to tour in the middle of October. It'll be the west coast for about a month and a half, then middle US and east coast after the first of the year. Keep checking the website for upcoming dates in your area.

That's the news here. Hope all is well with everyone. Much love:)

Ry

2011-08-26T12:11:00.000-07:00

I have some new shows coming up that I'm super psyched about. They're both in Tennessee. One is at the Church Street Commons in White Bluff, TN on Friday, September 23rd at 7:30, and the other is at the 21st Annual Tye-Dye Festival in Adams, TN on Saturday, September 24th at 3:00. The Tye-Dye fest has a $20 weekend camping fee, but the Church Street Commons show is free. Let people know if you have any friends or family in the area. Folks can check out my website for more info on the shows. Much love:)

2011-08-16T21:37:00.000-07:00

Okay, so maybe it's not something he would want shared, but I just had to show people this really pitiful picture of my dog, Shane, hiding in the bathroom during a thunderstorm. He's about to pee his pants. But have you ever seen such a cutie-face? You can tell by his expression that he suspects the picture will be posted somewhere online.

Anyway, the phone app for my music is complete and is available for free. It's available for Droid now, and will be available for iPhone in a couple weeks when they approve it. But make sure you tell everyone about it. It has a calendar with show dates, links to photos, videos, and info, and a "Song of the Week" spot that will feature songs in rotation. Not only that, but some of the songs will be previously unreleased stuff and b-sides. And stay tuned for tour dates coming up this fall:) Much love

2011-08-09T08:42:00.000-07:00

We're just moments away from a brand new phone app. It'll look pretty sweet and be a free download as well. Also, tour dates are in the process of being worked out for the first leg, which will cover the west coast. Hopefully soon we'll have some dates up. This coming weekend, on Sunday the 14th, my band will be playing at the High Mountain Music Festival in Pinetop. There will be a bunch of bands playing all weekend, so everyone in the White Mountains should come check it out. We're playing at about 2:30. I'll have CDs there for sale and stuff as always. Support live music in the White Mountains! We need it:) Much love

2011-08-05T09:44:00.000-07:00

Okay, so we're just a few days away from the app. It's gonna be super sweet, too. It'll have links for music, show schedule, and also a section for a featured, weekly song. In the not too distant future there will be a plethora of rare and unreleased songs that will be put up for people to listen to and hopefully a bunch of free downloads. Old recordings, B-sides, experimental stuff, and a bunch more yum-yums. And it will be a free app. That's the plan, Stan. I love the word plethora. Makes me feel smart. Much love:)

2011-08-03T19:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, peeps. In the next couple of days there will be a phone app made for my music. Not all the details are final yet, but it should be pretty wicked awesome. Everyone will have to tell all their friends with smartphones about it. People with stupid phones will have to stick to using computers. I have a stupid phone still, but that very well may change soon. I wonder if smartphones make fun of all the other phones when no one is looking. Hmm.......

iTunes and CD Baby

2011-07-23T16:42:00.000-07:00

Mordred the Quarter Known is now available on iTunes and CD Baby in digital format, and in hard copy form on CD Baby and Amazon

I'm working on getting a tour set up for the record. Takes awhile, though. Gonna play in Kolachi's tonight, which is a little Italian restaurant in Show Low. I truly miss the real Italian food back east. Nothing against Arizona, New York just does it better.

But what a lovely day. Clear and sunny, and perfect for disc golf. I'm house sitting for some friends now, so I have an entourage of goofy dogs laying all around, trying to stay cool. I like to hose them down and watch them run around in the yard like maniacs. I know it sounds mean, but once they remember how awesome it is to get wet on hot days, some switch gets flipped in their brains and they sprint around barking. I'd love to know what they are saying. Probably obscenities:)

NEW ALBUM!!!!

2011-05-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

It's finally done! The new album is finally done and will be released on June 11th. The CD release show will be Saturday, June 11th at the Branding Iron in Show Low, AZ on the back patio. It
s a $5 cover, all ages welcome, and there will be two special guests performing: The Franklin Girls and Bryan De Ceasar. Come out if you can make it. If not, the new album will be available on CD Baby dot com and also at iTunes. Much love:)

2010-08-11T08:37:00.000-07:00

2010-06-21T11:53:00.000-07:00

Howdy y'all. I know I haven't been on here for awhile, but I finally have some good stuff to share. I've been plugging away on the new album, which is getting closer every day. A couple days ago, Tobie Milford, violinist extraordinaire, came over and laid down some lovely violin parts. You can check out his stuff at TobieMilford.com. Very good wicked awesomeness. Later this week, Roy Figueroa Jr. will be stopping by to throw down some horn parts. It's sweet to get all the little tasty instruments on the tracks. Shooting for release sometime this fall if all goes well. Much love.

2010-02-16T07:35:00.000-08:00

Saw a great bumper sticker this weekend. It said "I like my politics tea flavored." I thought that was just special. I had some great shows lately. I got to play at Tranquility Day Spa a few weeks ago. Last weekend I played a show at Open Spaces Yoga Center. Still moving forward on the album, but still not sure of a finish date. If you haven't watched the show The Office, find it and watch it. I'm addicted. I've watched the first two seasons in the past two weeks. Flippin' love it. Okay, more updates soon. Much love:)

2010-01-26T09:53:00.000-08:00

Howdy sports fans! It's been awhile since I posted an update on the music situation. Rest assured, we're getting there. Just a couple more vocal main lines to track and some horns and tasties and we're on our way. We just got hit with crazy super freez-tastic snow this past week, so everything slowed down. I had a pile in my yard that actually came up to my shoulders. As you can see from the picture, Shane wasn't very upset by it.

Another cool development is that the artwork is underway. Super wicked surrealist painter, JoBeth Sexton, is doing an oil painting for the cover of the album.

Tune in this Sunday at about 2 or 3 Mtn. time to KKNT 960AM if you're in the Phoenix area, or go to www.azmusiccafe.com to hear me in a live, in-studio performance. There will be a bunch of people playing. On Friday I'll be playing at Macy's in Flagstaff. Then on Saturday, February 6th, I'll be doing a show at Open Spaces Yoga Center in Lakeside. Show starts at 7pm and you can go to www.openspacesyoga.com for more info, or go to my website and find directions and stuff. I hope all you all are well and enjoying the winter weather. Much love:) -Ry

2010-01-07T16:13:00.000-08:00

Hey y'all. Here's the video from an interview with the White Mountain Independent. I'm beginning plans for the CD release show. Can't wait to throw down for it. Enjoy!:)

2009-12-28T08:59:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a super lovely christmas. Or whatever holiday you celebrate. And if you don't celebrate anything, then I hope you had a good day. I stayed over at my mom's house and had a sleepover with the dogs, stayed up late watching Seinfeld and drinking coffee with brandy, then woke up and did the whole giddy-children-at-christmas thing. Then we went straight back to work in the studio. Tracked some solid vocals the past few days. Our friend Jeremy was in town so he hung out for the session. Good to see him. I hope everyone has wonderful new year-ing. Much love and light.

-Ry

2009-12-22T09:14:00.000-08:00

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Snuggie Man! Okay, so it's Whit with a snuggie knock off and the coolest sunglasses ever. This is the result of super late night, brain fried, non-stop studio sessions. Slap-happy crappiness will ensue. We're stupidly excited about where the album is at right now. It's time to start involving other musicians and tracking vocals, which will be the last stage in tracking. That means we will mix and stuff for awhile and be on our way to the end result. I hope everyone has a lovely Christmahannukwanza. Or festivus, if it's yer thing:) Much love.

-Ry

2009-11-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

Shane and I went for a totally rad hike today. We went up into the mountains and found a desolate road and left the car. It was freezing cold, windy, and snowed on and off. There was a series of little creeks running through the middle of a vast meadow in between two tree covered hills, and the entire thing was frozen solid. All the twists and turns of the creek were just curvy ice blocks. Then we laid out a blanket and had lunch. I love the cold, holiday-ish seasons in the AZ mountains. And Shane loves anything to do with any mountains, anywhere, whenever:)

2009-11-26T06:54:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We got back in the studio this last week and tracked some acoustic guitars. We got some really good sounds with them, too. The whole thing is coming along nicely. We're on schedule to finish the record by about the middle to end of January. Then the real work begins. We just watched Bruno a couple nights ago also, and were shocked and horrified in a delightful way. I can't believe the things people can get away with in showbiz. Have a lovely holiday. Much love.

-Ry

2009-11-06T20:55:00.000-08:00

So we lost at state and soccer season is over, but, as I was telling my dad, now I have these really sweet polo shirts that say "Coach Orr." Oh well, better luck next season, right? The weird, pre-halloween snow that we had is all gone now and I think it's trying to summer again. We tracked bass lines a couple of nights this week and will be going back in to do more Sunday. It feels like a strange and somewhat sad time on the earth. Not sure what it is. But hey, I hope everyone who reads this feels their worth. I love you.

-Ry

2009-11-01T20:10:00.000-08:00

It's crazy with the weather here. It snowed before halloween, and now it's lovely outside. That's the White Mountains of AZ for ya'. Totally unpredictable. The soccer team lost at state, so we don't have any more games. Oh well, it was a fun season. We are still going on the new songs, tracking bass lines and guitars and stuff. We got a good response from everyone about the new tracks, so that's good. Hey, if you have heard them and dig the tunes, leave a comment somewhere. You can do it on the website or facebook or myspace, or all of them. It would be cool to have everyone's words all over the place about it. We're hoping for the first of the year or so for the remainder of the album. Keep your fingers crossed. 'Til then, I hope you all are smiling and loving life. Blessings to you.

-Ry

2009-10-25T23:52:00.000-07:00

As promised, they have arrived. Two shiny new songs for your listening enjoyment. Check 'em out by clicking this link: http://www.ryandavidorr.com/music/2880. Thanks for being patient. It's been a long process. Anyway, hope you like:) Much love

-Ry

2009-10-24T12:53:00.001-07:00

Okay, so the new tracks are due back from the mastering studio anytime. We're pretty happy with them. We're also happy we can move along with the rest of the songs on the album. But at least everyone will have a chance to check out a sample of the new project. As usual, here are some photos from recent sessions. My favorite is probably Whit taking a super fast ninja shot of Seagram's. Crazy bionic speed. And peace to the homies of the Wondergoat crew. Much love y'all:)

2009-10-13T18:32:00.000-07:00

Okay, so watching the moon get bombed through a telescope and binoculars wasn't as interesting as we had hoped. We had trouble focusing the lenses, we didn't have near enough magnification to make it significant, and holy crap it was cold. Furthermore, I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea to bomb the moon. I still can't get over the fact that I'm saying the phrase "bomb the moon" seriously. I mean, it's the flippin' moon...we might need that later. Anyway, on a happier and far more visible note, we started tracking vocals. YAY!!!! My fav. That means we are zeroing in on finishing some tracks. Very sweet. We used state of the art blankets hung on state of the art nails to dampen the sound in the "vocal booth," and we made asparagus pasta, bacon wrapped shrimp, and marinated grilled veggies. That last part doesn't have so much bearing on the recording session, but c'mon...BACON WRAPPED SHRIMP!!!! It's a match made in heaven. Okay, maybe it's a match made in Tijuana or something, but I think heaven is probably relative anyway. New tunes coming up:) Much love.

2009-10-04T09:02:00.000-07:00

The show last night was a blast. Even though the weather was too cold to have it outside, we rocked sufficiently. Some people said it was the best we sounded yet. It was the first show we didn't have monitors for, so I really couldn't tell. But it was fun. We played four or five songs from the new album, and they went over pretty well.

Our friend, Jesse, opened the show and cracked everyone up. He writes really funny songs that stick in your head. He's the lead singer for the band Gorky. Check 'em out.

Thank you to all the dear, wonderful, beautiful people who come out to support us. Much love.

2009-09-30T22:06:00.000-07:00

We're slowly but surely making our way to listenable tracks. We tracked some touch ups and tasties this past weekend. Got some bass lines down. I'm actually feeling the writing bug swarming around these days, so I might have to get creating and work on some new stuff soon. It's always such a mad dash to try to get an album recorded fast enough to not get sick of the material and move on. Anyway, I hope you are all having a lovely day:)

2009-09-25T11:39:00.000-07:00

So we may end up switching the October 3rd show to the inside bar at Branding Iron. Gettin' too cold. But it will still be a good show and we hope everyone will come. We just threw some keyboard tracks on some new tunes with a KORG Triton. Sounds pretty solid. Almost listener worthy:)

2009-09-21T09:23:00.000-07:00

We'll be going back into the studio on Wednesday to start fine tuning a couple of tracks. We should be on schedule to have them ready to be heard by mid-October. Rehearsals have been going well, but we may have to relocate our October 3rd show since the Branding Iron won't want to open the outdoor patio. I guess it's getting to cold. But we'll make something work. Also, our soccer team won the Show Low invitational tournament this past weekend. Flippin' sweet.

2009-09-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

Super wicked rehearsal tonight. Can't wait. We're working on adding some new tunes from the recording project. Hopefully we'll have a couple of tunes ready to show folks sometime in mid-October. Probably just two tracks, as the rest will take quite awhile to finish. They will be posted on my website only, so we will definitely make it known when they happen. Read some decent books recentlt. I finally finished Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues, which was pretty cool. I had been reading it off and on for awhile. A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking was pretty interesting. But I have to say the best book I read in the past year was definitely The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Totally gorgeous. Okay, have a lovely day:)

2009-09-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

Another full band show on October 3rd. It's a Saturday. Our buddy Jesse Valencia of the band Gorky will open the show. Gonna be fun. We'll play some new tunes, too. Also, if you haven't seen the movie Step Brothers, see it. Totally funny.

2009-09-14T15:16:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all. The new album is well underway and it's sounding great. We just tracked electric guitars yesterday before I had to cut the session short. Feeling a little feverish. Just the sickness time of year I guess. More soon:)