This song is about longing for someone who doesn’t feel the same. It draws insight from Muse, and features bright Green Day-like sounding vocals, along with an electrifying bassline and drums. This Alternative Rock opus starts with a dream influenced opening, including a synthesized introduction leading to a hard rock punch and a brass ring. Featuring melodic trumpets, this song was inspired by a girl who plays the trumpet.

Something I Can Only Dream Of - Ryan Harrison

This piece was written about the frustration felt when communication is unclear, and the answers are vague. Relationships are complicated. Inspired by The Beatles Radiohead and Gavin DeGraw; I met Gavin when I was 8 and he has been one of my heroes.

Unanswered Questions - Ryan Harrison

Cry For The Stars - Unmixed 2min Demo - Saturn UltraViolet

Ash Of Io - Unmixed 2minDemo - Saturn UltraViolet

Sparkling White Wine is a Classic Rock Inspired song featuring piano and winds. The lyrics are derived from my struggle with alcohol use but also my passion for artisan beverages, particularly sparkling white wine, which most people know as Champagne. 

The two verses tell the story of a typical night of going to a bar and drinking wine, with its repetitive and predictable piano melody. The choruses with their bright orchestral instrumentation, both expressing the seemingly elegant feeling of being under the influence of said wine, and the desire of wanting to consume more. 

Since I tend to gravitate towards the bubbly type of wine, I named the song after it.  I like all kinds of Sparkling White Wine, which is why I wrote this song.

Cheers! Salud! Cin! Cin! Sláinte! Şerefe! Kanpai! Prost! Santé! Saúde! Geonbae! Skål! Gesondheid! Gānbēi! Yamas! Na Zdrowie! Tagay! Chon Gâew!

Sparkling White Wine - Single

Sparkling White Wine

Sparkling White Wine - Ryan Harrison

After almost 5 years in the making, Love Is Painful is now released on music platforms. I first debuted this song in 2019 at a popular pub in my hometown Allen, Texas. The song is written about having feelings for someone who didn’t like me back. 

You know that feeling you get when you like someone you think is special, only to find out that person thinks nothing of you, and all you can do is try to forget? I often wonder how I could have loved someone who does not even love me back. This is how I remember my senior year of high school, and thus how I wrote Love Is Painful. 

Out of all my music, this song has the hardest rock feel to it, with its complex arpeggiating distortion guitar part and bass line alike. The song features musical inspiration from modern rock as well as drum parts dating back to my high school marching band shows. 

After I wrote Love Is Painful, I knew I wanted to become a singer/songwriter.

Love Is Painful - Single

Love Is Painful

Love Is Painful - Ryan Harrison

Against all the odds Im right up against the wire
I need the courage to go through the fire
Lord give me the strength
Help me to see light 
It has gone on long enough  we stand up against the plight

We hate on the white man
We hate on the black man
What happened to the world man
What happened to the smart man
What happened to love and  respect for every man and woman
We need to rise up and be the future for what we stand

My nature is fierce 
I go for the head of the dragon  
My armour is my faith 
My sword and my shield are ready for action

My nature is fierce
Im always on ready to load up the cannon
I stand up for justice 
I never back on what is my passion


Another minority gone from what's sposed to protect
Another racist proud demon wearin' blue showin' red
Watch the world fall apart from a comfortable bed
Coulda sworn y'all said racism's sposed to be dead
Combatting the fascists my batting average batshit
But still we battle the bastards who come from outta that masses
The King is out of casket putting the cattle in pastures
The battery passive is out of gas so it's blastin'
Shit
Now the streets gettin' outta hand
Riots band they plot again hopin' that it's boutta end
Then hear the ignorance from those who never had to take a stand
The rich politicians play with puppets in their dirty hands
Y'all don't know nothin' 'bout bein' poor sufferin' shit
Y'all know nothin' bout the poverty rate
Blinded with bliss
Scrapin' while buy an estate bought it with sin
Then you turn around blamin' the poor for all of your shit
Like what kinda shit is that I'm speakin' with a pen and pad
You speakin' with a lawyer dad avoidin' all the toiled trash
Quiet get it sorted fast while innocents are born to crash
You never gonna realize that so fuck you with your spoiled ass

We hate on the white man
We hate on the black man
What happened to the world man
What happened to the smart man
What happened to love and  respect for every man and woman
We need to rise up and be the future for what we stand

My nature is fierce 
I go for the head of the dragon  
My armour is my faith 
My sword and my shield are ready for action

My nature is fierce
Im always on ready to load up the cannon
I stand up for justice 
I never back on what is my passion

Ash Of Io - Unmixed 2minDemo - Saturn UltraViolet

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