Best of Bands | Ralan Guyer

A little bit about me... I’ve been singing and playing bass for over three decades now... I started by playing the drums at the age of 8 in 1970... I found myself venturing out in the 80's grabbing songs of impact, and alot of hard rockers, now finding myself mellowing out a little... I've spent 15 years as a studio musician, and assistant to the engineer. Singing, playing Bass, mixing new ones, old ones, covers, and originals. I grew up in a big city in Ohio (The Great White North!) and found myself always listening to a band called Rush in the late 70's. Buying a $50.00 bass at a local flea market I went home to see if I could play long enough to learn at least one song all the way through... I picked an easy Chicago tune called 25 or 6 to 4, and figured it out after about an hour of playing, but man my fingers had enough ! ! ! Then I knew I could move on to Rush'es Workin Man... I was only 16 at the time and it was Geddy Lee from Rush that inspired me to write my own songs. In 1980 I discovered a band called "Journey" I was hooked, it was then I decided to jump into the music biz head first and learn every song, on every album that Journey ever put out... So in 1980 I joined my first band. The bio of the band I jumped into was intense ! The band ended up learning over 56 songs in less then 6 months, which put me on center stage to be the front man since all the other guys in the band wouldn't sing, (only backup...) It was then I had my homework cut out for me, trying to learn the bass lines, memorize the lyrics, then trying to put both parts together was difficult at the time but I never really thought about how difficult it was, I just wanted to keep rockin... The Harmonic Distortion CD was really never to be... It was two years ago when I had an idea to rekindle my old passion for singing after a long six year break from my music. When I fininished mixing the first song in my home studio, I wanted more... So I kept singing and thus become "all" of the songs listed on this page .... Titling the CD was then easy, the mixing is something I wouldn't wish on anyone! Thats why we called it (dont try this @ home.) Geddy Lee from Rush, Rik Emmett from Triumph, Klaus Meine from the Scorpions, and Steve Perry from Journey, "My so-called teachers"... Thanx to Primetime recording studio where "Lovin Someone, My Yyz for Geddy Lee, Vital Farewell, My life, Love of a lifetime, and Cruel Passages," were recorded, but mixed at my studio Stealth Sound & Recording. Also thanks to my studio players Anthony Willams Dave Elgin on drums, Dave Rudolf and Bobby Wilson on Guitars, my parents for their tolerance of all the loud music when I was growing up, and my children for having my loud screaming vocals in there face as they were growing up..... And YOU for taking the time to listen ! ! ! And most of all, Uncle Les... ROCK ON BROTHERS ! Ralan... *

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at this incredible video of my friend Nick at 19 years of agerehearsing to Limelight... Don't blink or you'll miss him at hisbest!!! To view more video's of Nick just click on this video... RUSHLimelight "Drums by Nick Cesarz"

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