Ryan Harvey

Ryan Harvey grew up in New England, where his parents owned and managed a radio station out of their home. He began his musical career as a bassist at the age of 12, and played throughout middle and high school with a variety of groups. There was only one college choice for Ryan--Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 2004 he moved to a scummy apartment in Allston to pursue a degree in Music Business. In 2005 he began playing with the Boston-based Melodic Black Metal band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/scourge">Scourge</a>. Ryan played with Scourge for two years, touring all over the east coast from Maine to Florida. During school, he worked at Omnirox Entertainment, an artist management company/indie label. He earned his degree from Berklee in Music Business/Management on the Entrepreneurial track in 2007. Shortly after Berklee, he moved to Kansas City where he oversaw the administrative duties at the Music House, an aspiring school of music. In November of 2008, he recorded bass tracks for the band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/caesura2012">Caesura</a> out of Independence, Mo. In August 2009 Ryan relocated to Huntington Beach, CA. where he met up with the reggae/rock band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sinizen">Sinizen</a> and in 4 months had written and recorded the album Grass.Roots.Culture which can be downloaded for free <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Sinizen-GrassRootsCulture/Sinizen-GrassRootsCulture_vbr_mp3.zip">HERE</a> From February to July of 2010 Ryan toured nationally on a full US tour with Sinizen, but at the end parted ways with the band. Ryan is also a talented artist with an emphasis on art with musical themes.