Friends,
it has been so many months since my last post and I’m sorry. Stupid life always getting in the way. Anyways I wanted to make a couple notes for you. This page is now going to become the page for MAP and MAP only. I’m planning on starting another podcast and I don’t really use this specific page as a blog. Not that this makes much of a difference but some stuff is going to change. I plan on having some new episodes of MAP coming real soon. I will keep you updated on the next podcast when I have something to actually share.
- Ryan
Another spooky episode of the Music Appreciation Podcast is here to invade your ear holes. Listen at your own risk.
Finally back after a few months with a Halloween themed episode. Use your ears to hear some spooky jams!
Hey friends,
it has been a while but I'm back with a fresh new episode of M.A.P. Check out these groovy summer jams. Hope you all are having a good summer so far!
Hello all you lovely listeners out there. Special episode of MAP today. Since I'm moving this will be the last episode for about a month or so. Today is all sorts of trippy and awesome. Music that connects together. Today is packed full of amazing rock and roll. Please enjoy and I will catch on the next one!
Another lovely Friday and another delicious episode of the Music Appreciation Podcast. Please enjoy the goodness with your ears.
Another music filled episode of the Music Appreciation Podcast. Today I feature just one artist. This is not to be missed.
Hello music lovers,
Welcome back to another episode of the Music Appreciation Podcast. This round I'm blasting some rocks jams for ya. Please enjoy!
Friends,
Welcome to the 2nd episode of the Music Appreciation Podcast. Happy Friday and I hope you enjoy this new batch of songs.
Hey friends,
I wanted to share with you a new fun project. This is a podcast that is exclusive to rclvoice.com It's all about my love of music and me wanting to share songs with you. There are no download links as I don't own the rights to the music I'm playing for you. I'm going to try and post these on Fridays if I have time to do so. lots of fun songs on each episode. I hope you enjoy.
Hello friends,
It's that time of year where people act nicer to each other for less then a month! I hope everyone is having a good month so far. Today I wanted to share some messages from one of my favorite bands, The Beatles! They used to record Christmas messages for their fans. It started in 1963 and went all the way to 1969. Now be warned the first message is pretty straightforward but as the band starts getting into drugs the messages get stranger as the years progress. I think these are fun and strange. I hope you enjoy them and I hope all of you have a good holiday season. 2017 has not been a great year for a lot of people. I'm personally looking forward to 2018. But let's go back to a simpler time when The Beatles were recording Christmas massages!
Hello all,
it's been a while since my last post. the craziness from Summer has settled and now my favorite season Autumn is upon us. I'm hoping to have more time to spend on acting and music projects now that I'm not traveling every other weekend. Although the holidays are right around the corner so we shall see.
I wanted to share a new song demo with you today. I normally would not post a song at this stage in the writing process but the music project I was working on with this guitar player is no more. The trouble with musicians is that they are flaky and unless everyone is really dedicated then everything can fall apart very easily.
So before you listen, I have just a couple notes about this song. I did not write the instrumental part. When I start working on a song I work on melody and chorus first and then write the lyrics later. So in this case I wrote the melody and chorus but I just made up lyrics on the spot. I have always been good and bullshitting lyrics if needed. I don't meant to say that the words I sing on this are well done and or make a lot of sense, but I think it's OK for being spontaneous.
I hope you enjoy the track and I'm bummed nothing more will come of this but such is life. I have made this available to download if you end up loving it for some reason.
- Ryan
Hello,
Here we are once again with another recording test song. I have not had much time to play with my new mic so I have dedicated today to mess with it. So far I'm very pleased with it. I plan to do one more cover song with it and I'm going to record some lines for a show. I don't currently have a voice over job but the lines I'm recording could lead to something, ya never know! Anyways this song is originally by Lily Allen and is titled He Wasn't There. I changed a few words around and then changed the title to She Wasn't There. I know super crazy! I love the old timey sound to the track so I wanted to capture that 1920's 1930's vibe. These little text songs are always fun to do and I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to download and share with your friends!
Hello friends,
It has been a while since my last update so I just wanted to touch base and let you know about the things that are going down. During Super Bowl weekend I traveled to visit some friends in Reno. I decided to drive since plane tickets were a bit pricey plus I'm always down for a good road trip. Leaving that Monday my girlfriend and I ran into some serious storms that ended up closing a majority of the highways that would take us home. Only one mountain pass was left open so we decided to take it. To summarize this long story the snow chains broke on my tires and we got stranded on a mountain in the middle of a Blizzard! Thanks to local law enforcement and Cal Trans they saved us from being crushed in an avalanche. After we recovered my truck from the snowy mountain the next day, we had a horrendous 14 hour drive back with a messed up brake line. On top of all that I ended up getting bronchitis and my voice has still not fully recovered from it.
On the bright side a lot of changes for the better have been happening. I recently purchased some new music equipment as I'm currently in the process of working on a new music project. It is in the very early stages but progress is progress. Pictured below is a before and after of my little makeshift studio. On the left is a homemade vocal booth that I have had for almost ten years. I had a hard time parting ways with it as I started my whole voice acting world in that booth. It's where I did all my pro auditions, vocal reels, independent songs and amateur voice work. After so many years the thing was starting to warp and I wanted something that was a little easier to transport. So the vocal shield is what I have now and I also picked up a Shure SM7B.
I had originally planned to finish a new vocal reel last year and that never happened. That is now back on the books. In tradition of buying new music equipment I always like to do a song test recording where I mainly sing a song performed by a female artist....which is also going to happen. I'm pretty much just waiting for my voice to get back to full strength.
In other news my buddy Josh will be visiting San Diego at the end of this month and we plan to record an episode of the podcast. I wish the podcast was more consistent but the schedules of us real humans deems it not so. This year actually marks the 10 year anniversary of the album I made with Villains of Vinyl. My plan right now is hijack my own podcast and turn it into a Villains of Vinyl appreciation thing for many weeks. My goal right now is to play the album and demo tracks almost no one has ever heard. I will talk about the songs and give a little insight into the process of these songs. So I will be straying form the subject matter of the actual podcast but who cares it's my show right?
Last but not least I'm toying with the notion of doing a new podcast that is strictly on this website and will be featured on the Long Walks and Robots blog. It would be a music appreciation podcast where I could intro some songs I have not written and then play them for you. It would be like a mini radio show. I would only be able to have it on this website due to copyright laws. Again this is just an idea I'm tossing around but if you see it pop up on here then I guess you will know it's out. I hope all is well with you dear readers and I'm looking forward to sharing all this new stuff with you this year.
In short I'm glad I did not die on a snowy mountain and my voice should be better soon cause if not what the hell good am I!?
My original thought for this blog was for me to actually you know....blog. But I don't tend to have a lot of free time and while I would like to banter more on the internet I have not really been doing a very good job. To be honest Twitter is where I do most of my rambling. Sooooo for the moment I think I will start posting things I have written on this blog until I decide to write something new.
Today I would like to share some of my poetry that I wrote about 4 years ago. I'm quite fond of it but I'm also pretty sure it will never become anything more than a poem. As for future posts I will also probably post random poetry and lyrics I have written. I wrote this randomly 4 years ago after drinking probably too much bourbon or gin and felt inspired. so without further ado.
The Throne in Outer Space
There are gaps in your stride and secrets in your smiles that waste all of your potential. these moments that you take, when you are awake, yet on the outside you seem so gentle. From your throne in outer space, where you hide your true face and you’re trapped with all the dreams you can’t remember. We find you looking through yet no one else will really do, all the things that make you surrender. Don’t fear the steps you take as the road begins to break we will catch you when you end here. From the all the shows you perform will you make it through the storm? The quest that you take is your questionable contender. From your paradise on Saturn we will keep a lit lantern. When you make it back you will hear the laughter from the fire and the crackle.
by Ryan Lance 9-11-2012
Just a quick post today. I wanted to give a little update on the podcast. The first episode has been recorded but I still need to take care of a few things before I post it. I have a small amount of editing to do and I need to record a little intro song which I think will be quite humorous. Overall I think the first episode went well and as the episodes progress we will sort of ease into the formula we have set for ourselves. Again once the first episode is posted you should expect new episodes on a weekly basis. I also plan on making an email address so we can receive hate mail. I hope you are all well out there and I will speak at you soon.
- Ryan
