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Ryan Adcock | ||||||
| Something about RYAN ADCOCK
separates his music from that of America's crowd of twenty-something
singer/songwriters. Seeing him live is the best way to understand
this. After more than 500 shows, Adcock has become an expert performer.
His storytelling makes the listener feel as though they’ve
known him for years - and, the intimacy of his songs makes them
feel as though, somehow, he's known them for just as long. Adcock's
recorded music has seen over 4,000 album sales and has been featured
on national television shows, national radio programs, feature
films, in national magazines, and on over 100 radio stations across
the country.
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Audio Samples Blind Spots Sing So Sweetly Dreaming About the Lions Sick of Me
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Tour Itinerary (back to top) Past itineraries - sorted by state and performance date (view) 6/6/08 7:00 PM Kirksville, MO Truman State University 9/15/08 6:00 PM Highland Heights, KY Northern Kentucky University 9/17/08 12:00 PM Corbin, KY Eastern Kentucky University - Corbin 10/15/08 7:00 PM Richmond, IN Indiana University - East 11/10/08 11:30 AM Joliet, IL University of Saint Francis 11/12/08 11:30 AM Cambridge, MN Anoka Ramsey Community College 11/17/08 11:00 AM Hammond, IN Purdue University of Calumet 11/19/08 11:30 AM Inver Grove Heights, MN Inver Hills Community College
Reviews and comments (back
to top)Performance Date: Jan. 16, 2008 Ryan did an excellent job! The crowd really liked his style of music! He did a great job of entertaining! Thanks again! Mark Stone, Director of Student Activities, Central Methodist College – Fayette, MO Performance Date: Nov. 30, 2007 He was great! The kids really enjoyed his performance. Thank you and please extend my most sincere thanks to Ryan. Margarita Feyerherm, Coordinator of Student Activities Southeast Community College - Lincoln, NE Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2007 Thank you again for all your help with planning Ryan Adcock. The show was great, we are looking forward to future years, when we can have evening shows! The feedback from SAPB and other students was great! He was truly liked! Caryn Webster, Arts and Entertainment Committee, Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis, IN Performance Date: Sep. 23, 2007 The show was fantastic! Ryan is such a wonderful performer. The audience responded very well to the show. We have about 60 people show up. Always great working with you! Marianne Luu, PSUB Concerts Chair, Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN Performance Date: April 17, 2007 Working with Ryan was great. We had a flower seed planting activity happening in the Social Hall at the same time as his performance, which really drew in a great audience. The students seemed to enjoy his music and a few may have purchased his CD. Evy Koutzas, Student Involvement Intern, Dominican University - River Forest, IL Performance Date: April 3, 2007 Ryan was a great performer. He kept the audience attentive with his music and his stories. Eric Guthrie, Assistant Student Activities Coordinator, Benedictine University – Lisle, IL Performance Date: Sept. 19,2006 Ryan was great! Actually Ryan was excellent for our Welcome Back Celebration, his style and tone fit so well with our setting. The faculty and staff enjoyed him as much as the students did. Thanks for recommending him, I hope he enjoyed being here, because I we would like to have him back for some other occasions. Teresa Stitt, Director of Student Development, Delta College - University Center, MI Performance Date: Sept. 12, 2006 Ryan was Great!! We had a good turnout and he seemed to have a lot of fun with our students. I would be happy to work with you more in the future. Until then, take care.:) Kelli Sattler, Director Student Activities, Defiance College, Defiance, OH Performance Date: Sept. 8, 2006 Ryan’s show was wonderful!! He arrived on time and was an absolute pleasure to work with! Our Friday Night Live series is one of our programs that doesn’t always receive the highest attendance because of other priorities that our students tend to have on Friday nights. However, we had 40 people attend the concert, which is double what we normally have and I was so happy! Ryan played an amazing show, and the audience as well as everyone on the board really loved it! It was a great way to start off our year and I’m looking forward to working with the other performers we have scheduled through your agency! Lea Wasson, APB President, University of Southern Indiana - Evansville, IN Performance Date: April 19, 2006 Ryan was great. He sounded wonderful and everyone enjoyed him. Thanks again for working with us to keep the show. Erin Votava, 7:07 Series Chair for Union Board, Valparaiso University, IN Performance Date: April 11, 2006 Ryan's show went well even though we had the date mix up. I spoke with him after the show and he was a delight. We will definitely consider having him back again next year. We will be working on Fall programming soon. Erica J Holloman, Director of Student Life, Thomas More College Performance Date: March 7, 2006 Ryan Adcock was great! The turnout was overwhelming and the students really enjoyed his music. Ryan was especially friendly and easy to work with. We really enjoyed having him! Also, we sent back some Homecoming shirts with him for you and Wally. We remembered you asking us about them at NACA. Ryan said he'd see you in a month or so and would give them to you then--hope they fit! Candice Haines, FUN Committee Secretary, Drury University - Springfield, MO Performance Date: March 3, 2006 Ryan Adcock's performance was very applicable for the mood that evening. Our turn out for the event was smaller, yet respectable. I know people enjoyed him because he sold mulitple cds and the like. I think he a had a good crowd connection by talking abit about himself and not just playing song after song. He was very pleasant to work with. We got along so well. I especially enjoyed it because I was, for once, able to make myself a cup of coffee and listen to an artis's full song. Thanks again. I will be in touch once we start planning next year's artists. Chris Frey, Coffeehouxse Chair, Augustana College - Sioux Falls, SD Performance Date: February 24, 2006 Ryan was great! The audience really seemed to really enjoy his music, several people bought cds and hung out after the show to chat with him. It was a very nice show :) Hope he enjoyed coming up here! Cory Dugan, Woody's, Ohio State University Performance Date: March 6, 2006 Ryan's performance was wonderful. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to be there for the show, but I was there to greet Ryan and start helping him set up. He seemed to have a great demeanor and I was sorry to miss the show. I did hear great things about the performance from students. We even had a group of students from Hesston College where he was the night before that wanted to see him again! Tracy Stoddard, Resident Director, McPherson College - , KS Performance Date: March 7, 2006 Ryan sounded great and was very personable. I spoke with him before the show and he was very nice. The students who went to dinner with him said he was great! We also gave him a little something for you and Wally, so hopefully you will see him soon can you get those from him! Amy Roets, SUB Advisor, Drury University - Springfield, MO Performance Date: February 24, 2006 Ryan's show was great! the audience really enjoyed his music, several people bought cds and hung out after the show to chat with him. it was a very nice show :) Sure hope he enjoyed coming up here! Corey Dugan, Woody's Concert Series, Ohio State - Columbus, OH Performance Date: September 16, 2005 Ryan Adcock was a wonder! He really set the mood for the campout. I feel like he was the perfect act for this event. I really appreciate your help on this. Ryan explained the show to the students and it was as if he worte the program . . .he know more about the Homeless than I did and was just wonderful with the students and making them aware. He did his homework . . . Nick Sutherland, VP of Residence Life, Eastern Kentucky University, Campout for the Homeless Everyone really enjoyed Ryan Adcock’s performance. He was great to work with and very accommodating to the unique performance venue. We’re glad we had him at USI. Shannon Couch, Program Advisor for Student Activities – University of Southern Indiana "Ryan was AWESOME! We had a really great turn out and I heard nothing but good things from our students. Thanks so much for all your help in getting him back here!" Liz Ali, Chair of USPB - University of Scranton (PA) "The Ryan Adcock show on Wednesday went great. One of the best shows of the semester. The students really liked him and his music. A lot of students purchased CDs. So thanks for hooking me up with such a great artist." Janelle Kuhn, Coffeehouse Chair - Coe College (IA) "The Midnight Breakfast went very very well! Ryan was well received. I was a little nervous when I discovered his show was all originals but he sounds like the guy from Matchbox 20 so it worked out fine. He even had a little fan club sitting at his feet asking questions during the break. Ryan is a very talented young man. He relates well to his audience and you can tell that his is genuinely delighted to have an opportunity to share his music with people around the country. He was extremely thankful to be chosen to perform at the breakfast." Jeff Floyd, Program Coordinator - Western New England College (MA) "Ryan Adcock was a positively refreshing performer and a pleasure to work with. He was on-time, flexible, easy to work with in addition to delivering a great performance. The students enjoyed his stage presence as well as his music, he is definitely a talented performer. He was also low-maintenance and carried all the equipment he needed." Dianne Spatafore, Director of Student Activities - Lesley University (MA) "Ryan was great. Super nice and gracious and a really great songwriter and performer. Definitely a role model for our students." Amy Paciej, Advisor - University of Scranton (PA) "Ryan, we had a BLAST at your concert. You are a really talented musician, and I'm glad that we were able to have you in our coffeehouse series. The students gave me great feedback after the event. Big success! Thanks again - we'll look forward to having you back again (hopefully in the actual coffeehouse next time)." Joseph Mauer, Director of Student Activities - Kenyon College (OH) "Ryan put on a super show today at our campus. He truly has a great deal of talent, and has the life and career that many covet but few ever get to do. The students were very receptive, and he was a cool guy to hang out with. He got here early and hung out with myself and a few of the students before he played. Thanks for your help!" Landon Clark, Student Activities Asst. - Penn State Univ. - Beaver Campus (Monaca) "Ryan’s band went over great! They put together a very solid set and I heard from multiple people that they want to see him again. Moreover, Ryan is very easy to work with—a great recommendation." Jonathan Jorrisen, Program Coordinator - University of Notre Dame (IN) "Ryan was great and even though I had seen him perform live before, he blew my expectations away. He put on a great show and although the number in attendance was small due to the cold, the ones who saw the show were very impressed. Thanks for everything!" Eric Seling, Festivals Chair - College of Wooster (OH) "Ryan was EXCELLENT!! Very laid back, very accommodating, very nice (I've already gotten 3 thank yous from him) The student loved him and can't wait to have him back. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINDING HIM FOR US!" Shannon Murphy, Programming Board Chair - Canisius College (NY) "I just wanted to drop you a line letting you know that the students really enjoyed Ryan Adcock's performance on Tuesday night. He is such a genuine performer and relates so well with the audience that the time flew right by and people wanted more. As a person he is outgoing, warm and funny....he sat around after the show and talked with the students and that is what they are still talking about. Thank you for recommending him it was a great success." Bridget Callahan, Student Activities Assistant - Pennsylvania College of Tech. (PA) "Ryan did a wonderful job for us and we would be pleased to have him back in the future. I found him to be very pleasant and cooperative (and he has a great sense of humor). He was very respectful toward the other performer and he was well prepared. Following the show he interacted very well with the audience members who stuck around to talk to him or make purchases. Thanks for your help!" Dawn Wilson, Residence Life Coordinator - University of Cincinnati (OH) "Ryan was wonderful! He is a great performer and a great person. We really enjoyed his show last night. The crowd that we did have seemed to respond very well to him. Ryan is very down-to-earth and approachable. We appreciated his flexibility and enthusiasm. Thanks so much for everything." Shawn Golden, Center Stage - Frostburg State University (MD) "Ryan was great. He was without a doubt one of the easiest going musicians that I have ever had perform and one of most talented as well. He had great crowd interaction was extremely friendly with the students. I hope that we can have him back in the future." Paul Peluso, Center Stage All-Access Chair - Frostburg State University (MD) "Ryan's performance was terrific! You guys were awesome to work with and I think the students really enjoyed the show. We had a small turnout, but I think that is just because we scheduled this with such little notice. From what people were saying, I think they all enjoyed Ryan and his stories. Thanks for helping put this together and I look forward to working with you again!" Kevin Schwemmin, DSA - Adrian College (MI) "I only have one word for Ryan: OUTSTANDING!!! Not only is he a talented musician, but he also is very easy to work with...he set a great rapport with the audience almost from the first note. We had a great crowd that really seemed to enjoy the music, and Ryan. This one is a great catch for your agency!" Sharon Bingley, Program Coordinator - University of Michigan at Dearborn (MI) "Thank you so much for telling us about Ryan!! He did a great show! We had a surprisingly big turn out, everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. It was a pleasure to have Ryan here. I'll have to get with you next week to talk about other future performers of this genre. Thanks again!" Jennifer Alexander, DSA - Ohio Northern University (OH) "We all had a great time on Friday with Ryan! He had a great show, and his sales went very well for our smaller audience. Ryan made everyone feel like they were a part of the show! Thanks for your help!" Robin Gonnam, Special Events Coord. - University of Evansville (IN) "It has been quite a long week for me, but everything has paid off. Yesterday's performance was great. Ryan was extremely nice and our response was strong. He was a great pick for us, and it all worked out well for our first coffeehouse in our Cyber Cafe. People seemed to like his music - there was always applause after each song and he was able to sell some CDs. Thank you for all of your help with this process, House! I look forward to working with you again." Mary Sobczak, Special Events Co-Chair. - Dominican University (IL) "I heard nothing but FANTASTIC comments about Ryan!! Everyone at the show really enjoyed his performance, and a member of the board told me that a lot of people bought CD's after the show. It was a very relaxed show, and he was humorous as well as a talented musician. Personally, I'd think about having him back in the spring, because he went over really well on our campus, and plus, I LOVE his CD! :o) Thanks for bringing us a great act, and we can't wait for Bari!! Lindsay :o)" Lindsay Smith, Entertainment Chair - Allegheny College (PA)
Interview (back to top)Where did you grow up? I’ve lived in Cincinnati, Ohio since I was three years old. I love it. It’s a big enough city to have some things to entertain yourself, but small enough that it’s not overwhelming. New York City has always scared me…not that I’m going to get mugged or anything, just the sheer size of it scares me…I’d be much happier in a small farming community than a true big city. Did your childhood/upbringing have any influence on your decision to be a musician? To this day, I have no idea how I became a musician. My parents are both microbiologists and I grew up winning science fairs and math bees. Maybe using the right half of my brain was my way of rebelling. At any rate, despite the fact that they don’t relate to it, I was lucky enough to grow up with parents who are extremely supportive of what I do. A lot of parents would stop talking to their children if they got out of college and proceeded to try to make a living as a singer/songwriter. Mine are always the first to cheer me on. What other influences in your life encouraged you to pursue a career in music? At some point, I realized that I just could not ever work for a living. So, I guess laziness is one of my biggest influences. Not that this job is easy, I often work 60 hours a week at it, but it’s all fun. I’ll overhear people talking about a hard day at work and think “I had a hard day too…but it was tough because I was writing a new song, not because I was pouring concrete or making a multi-million dollar sale.” Can I really complain? When did you start performing on the road? My very first tour was in 1999 and it involved maybe four cities. I camped the whole time and I still barely broke even. But it was a blast, I haven’t looked back since. Life on the road is addictive. I think I’ve been to something like 45 states since that first tour. When you play at home, you have to win over the audience. But, when I’m in, say Connecticut, folks often give a listen just because they found out that I live 1,000 miles away…automatic credibility. Is there a particular part of the music business you like the most (i.e. songwriting, touring, singing, etc.)? Oh jeez, it’s all fun. I suppose touring is my favorite part. After all, music is really all about communicating an idea to another human being. The time when that communication is most direct is at a great performance. I love meeting new people, I love driving, I love seeing America, I love truck stops, I love rest areas (my favorite is near exit 83 off of I-80 in Iowa), I love finding local radio stations…there really isn’t anything that I don’t love about travel. How often do you write? Not enough. I probably finish two songs a month. I think every songwriter has a goal of writing a song every day, but I’ve never even been able to come close. It’s a very draining experience, but one of the more rewarding as well. There is no better high that finishing a really good song. What do you like about touring on the college circuit? College campuses are the single best place to find music fans who are interested in hearing new music. So many folks in this world just want to hear something they already know. But, college students seem to have the opposite viewpoint…”give me something nobody else knows…give me something new that I can call my own.” So, it’s obviously the perfect market for an independent songwriter. What do you do to pass the time on the road when you're not performing? I’m always the tourist…even in towns where there is absolutely nothing touristy to do. I love finding that one historical claim to fame that even the smallest town have. One of my favorites is “the tree that owns itself” in Athens Georgia. This guy left his tree to itself in his will. So, the tree owns itself. It has a little fence around it and everything…very fun.The rest of my time I divide between reading, getting lost while driving and seeking out new restaurants. Never, ever, ever eat at a chain restaurant when you’re out of town. Why hit McDonanld’s when this could be your only chance to try Ma’s House of Grits. How would you describe your music? I usually call myself acoustic rock. Why not? Do you have any formal training? In writing. That was my major in college. But, musically, I was pretty self-taught. Who do you consider to be your musical influences? What kind of music do you currently listen to? I listen to music all day and I’ll listen to just about anything as long as it isn’t violent or prejudiced in some way. I love Jazz. I love goofy new age music. I love a good rock song with distorted guitars and an angry singer. I love bluegrass. Mostly, though I listen to folks who do what I do. Singer/Songwriters like Glen Phillips, Damien Rice, Patti Griffin, Dar Williams, Alexi Murdoch, David Gray…all fantastic. What other passions do you have besides music? As I mentioned, travel. That’s probably the biggest. I’m thinking of putting together a trip where I would hit all 44 national parks in the contiguous United States in one 100-day trip. 15,000 miles of driving that is…I know…I’m nuts. I love, love, love to read. I go through about a book a week…mostly classic literature stuff. I got out of college with an English major and I don’t feel like I know anything, so I’m trying to supplement my degree with a healthy dose of reading. Running is a new-found love…just finished my first marathon last year. It’s surprisingly relaxing. What advice would you give someone who wants to become a full-time musician? I suppose the key it to treat it as though it were a normal job. Pretend like you have a boss looking over you. You have to spend at least 50% (usually more like 80%) of your time on the business end of things and the remaining on music. I know a lot of great, great songwriters who have never been heard because they are horrible businessmen. That being said, write as much as possible. A great song always beats a great voice…that’s why Bob Dylan is famous. |
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