Out Of Step (v0.6)

From a Window

MHiS

The Plan. - Words and Music - Mike Hall.

AKSARA - Percaya lan satya

Released April 25, 2024
Music by The Warden
Words by E. Howard Harris and The Warden
Artwork by The Warden and Tereza Nekvasilova

Recorded at The Branches, April 2024
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by The Warden

I Said Hot Words To God

I got myself a new mic. This is a quick test using Audacity and layering some vocals with a little lead guitar. None of this is using a Midi. Really enjoying myself :)

Nightswimming Test

This acclaimed sophomore release was nominated for  Contemporary Album of the Year by the Canadian Folk Music association.

Beautiful World

why does it feel I'm breaking wrong
no shaking free, no moving on
I'm still defined by who loves me
who loves me not
and still I signed the dotted line
for what I bought

if I'm imperfect for you
it's still the best that I can do
when will I stop trying 
to be something I'm not
maybe somewhere in between
what we were and what we'll be
I'll learn to love the perfect lesson
that I got

who else to blame, who else to show
I lost my aim, I lost the bow
my head is cruel, my head is mean, my head is full
no one to fool, no one to scream it from my skull

if I'm imperfect for you
it's still the best that I can do
when will I stop trying 
to be something I'm not
maybe somewhere in between
what we are and what will be
I'll learn to love the perfect lesson 
that I got

the second hand is slowing down
there's no more second chances now

I'm not perfect for you
and it's the best that I can do
when will I stop trying 
to see something I'm not
maybe somewhere in between
who we are and who we'll be
I'll learn to love the perfect lesson
that I got
may I love the imperfection 
that I fought

Somewhere In Between

Words In Action

A Bit All Over the Place (Demo)

Ninna Ninnaredda

Glisten.wav

Ryland Moranz was born a singer-songwriter. 

His first band was formed shortly after his second birthday and was principally staffed by his German accented grandmother, who played the recorder, and an opinionated cat named Stella.  Now, 26 years later Ryland has been a working, touring musician for over a decade, playing and recording in multiple genres and traveling from Whistler BC to Montreal QC. 

Rylands concise and lyrically driven songwriting is deep beyond his years with an emphasis on storytelling and an increasing awareness that life is always bigger than you think it is.  Sometimes politically satirical and often offset with fun loving humor, Rylands wit and social conscience shine through in the well crafted vernacular of a songwriter that has found their voice.  Accompanying himself with acoustic and electric guitar, tenor guitar, Harmonica, Piano, mandolin, button accordion and banjo, his multi instrumental approach provides the perfect foil to the words he puts to paper.

Ryland has shared the stage with great acts like Luke Doucet, Captain Tractor, the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, John Wort Hannam, C.R. Avery, Reuben and the Dark, Bend Sinester, 100 Mile House, Andrew Allen, Mark Sadlier-Brown, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, The Weber Brothers, Rob Szabo, the United Steelworkers of Montreal, Sean Brewer, Wendy Mcniel, The Deep Dark Woods, Shout Out Out Out Out, and Soulja Fyah. 

He also had the privilege of hosting a songwriting workshop with Luke Doucet and Rob Szabo in 2007 at southern Albertas own South Country Fair. 

Rylands parents, both of whom are musicians involved in Canadian musical culture, have had a profound influence on him.  His mother imparted to him that music should be creative and from the heart, and his father showed him the importance of the space between the notes, and by staying honest with yourself your music will be honest too.  These lessons were well rounded by Rylands discovery many years later of the great Joe Strummer and the Clash, who through his own musical education imparted to him a great truth in songwriting,

The words you speak should always mean something. 

 

Beautiful World

Ryland Moranz

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