Bryan Master is a singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles CA.<br /><br />So what does that mean? <br /><br />That he sounds like every other solo ‘singer-songwriter’ out there? No – because he doesn’t…and he doesn’t, because he doesn’t want to. It’s exactly this reason that makes his music incomparable most times. Sure you’ll hear draws from his musical roots - his favorite band The Beatles, and from pioneering classic artists like Springsteen, Bowie, Tom Petty, Neil Young and Billy Joel. At his core, he is eclectic: “I write songs as if I’m listening to a movie soundtrack of various artists or a mix-tape…I’d get bored otherwise – and think the audience would too. I think it’s a reflection of mood, as well – moods are really captured in music & are ever-changing…and I’m one moody son of a bitch.” Raised on a healthy diet of folk, punk and rock – he is as much a combination of these components as influences like R.E.M., Elvis Costello, Lou Reed or Dave Grohl. “I don’t write ‘lowest-common-denominator’ music – I write smart music for smart people…I give my audience a lot more credit than the general music industry does. There’s a difference between ‘keeping it simple’ and ‘dumbing-it-down’. I want it to be visual…cinematic – evoke imagery and intensity all at the same time – like watching your favorite film.” <br /><br />A multi-instrumentalist - he was practicing the trumpet and piano when he was 5…and like every other child who’d rather be out skateboarding, he hated it. Then he hit adolescence and was looking for something to hit – divine-intervention: the drums…and loved it. Bryan would eventually play drums professionally for years until morphing into the singer/guitarist/songwriter that was growing deep inside, dying to get out. He has the natural ability to pick up almost any instrument and instantly make sense of it and often cites the famous words of John Lennon: I'm an artist, and if you give me a tuba, I'll bring you something out of it.<br /><br />Los Angeles – No…he isn’t an LA-native. No he didn’t take the easy way out and move to the beach to ‘make it big’. He took a slight 10-year detour (by way of New Jersey) through the grit & grime of New York City. Splitting half of that decade between drummer and front-man, he honed his chops, grew as a musician and gained life experiences and a worldly perspective. It was all practice for the real thing – Los Angeles, which is where he calls home (for the time being). “New York was a great place to ‘come up’ and get beat down – get thick-skinned…LA is where all of the deals are being made and the hands are shaking. It’s art vs. business. Los Angeles is great – every day is just another shitty day in paradise.”<br /><br />In short, as far as a struggling, independent artist entering into the music industry at the worst possible point in history goes – Bryan’s doing just fine. Among his long list of accolades, he’s played the top venue circuits in NYC (Joe’s Pub, Mercury Lounge, The Cutting Room), Philadelphia (The Trocadero, World Café Live) and LA (Hotel Café, The Troubadour, Viper Room), received radio-airplay on major-market stations (LA’s Star 98.7, Philly’s WXPN, Austin’s Mix 94.7), been a finalist in both a high-profile national songwriting contest & an LA radio station contest, recorded and performed with world-renowned/Grammy-winning musicians & producers and was even a featured artist on Billboard. “I’ve already accomplished what I set out to do…and am very satisfied – but am ready for what’s next. It’s amazing what you can accomplish by working your ass off and just being a nice guy. Oh, and I guess you should have some talent, too.”<br /><br />Bryan is currently recording his third studio album, For People Like Us, in Los Angeles with producers Evan Frankfort (Pete Yorn, Liz Phair, Rancid, the Wallflowers) and Doc Dauer (CBS's Swingtown and CW's 90210). The album will feature a collection of amazing guest musicians including renowned organist Rami Jaffee (Wallflowers, Foo Fighters), Shaun Hague (Amos Lee, Hodges), Luke Adams (Pete Yorn, the Sheers), Jonny Polonsky, Nick Amoroso (Matt Nathanson), Joe Ayoub (Nikka Costa, Cary Brothers, Population Game) and Evan Frankfort. The album will be catapulted by tracks like 'Moments Like This', ‘Lost Angeles’ and 'The Breakdown' and is slated for release in 2009. http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/y2uQLAIG/paddle-outmp3/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:49:15 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/y2uQLAIG/paddle-outmp3/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/y2uQLAIG.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> RNLZ4VhZS0 Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/SG-OW7zF/bryan-master-lost-angeles-joeys-song/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:09:16 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/SG-OW7zF/bryan-master-lost-angeles-joeys-song/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p1.imeem.com/SG-OW7zF.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> cYZ64cnV8L Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/4mXpeztr/bryan-master-the-breakdown/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:21:09 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/4mXpeztr/bryan-master-the-breakdown/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/4mXpeztr.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> rAw6QrpAqM Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/RWZRsbDh/bryan-master-karmacide/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:21:08 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/RWZRsbDh/bryan-master-karmacide/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/RWZRsbDh.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> eMV1lN_0TC Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/7x-M4NXC/bryan-master-all-the-way-to-the-top/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:21:08 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/7x-M4NXC/bryan-master-all-the-way-to-the-top/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/7x-M4NXC.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> q_6k6yuxye Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/zXy2pl5F/bryan-master-independenceday/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:21:07 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/zXy2pl5F/bryan-master-independenceday/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/zXy2pl5F.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> rHNWrqhDl0 Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/video/xutkxrSp/bryan-master-star-987ato-records-rock-star-finale-music/ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:50:59 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/video/xutkxrSp/bryan-master-star-987ato-records-rock-star-finale-music/"><img width="100" height="57" border="0" src="http://srv0204-05.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/661abdcd53afa06fe963a9a450be5d26_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> fMLbNcCjLZ Bryan Master http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/m6ZHHfVw/bryan-master-moments-like-this-dont-come-along-for-people-l/ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:38:52 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/bryanmaster/music/m6ZHHfVw/bryan-master-moments-like-this-dont-come-along-for-people-l/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/m6ZHHfVw.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> xQHE53uIZH