Ryan Ordway

Previous Ourstage Grand Prize Winner! (Oddway

Singer/songwriter Ryan Ordway first realized his love of music at sixteen while leading friends in sing-alongs around campfires in his hometown of Wakefield, New Hampshire. Inspired and encouraged by his uncle, Danny Wilde (of the band The Rembrandts), Ordway made what started as a fun way to entertain friends into a way of life. "Music's the reason I wake up in the morning." says Ordway. "It's what I'm wired for." Having penned over one hundred songs and garnering national acclaim with his previous bands, Ordway has finally struck out on his own. In the Spring of 2008 Ordway entered Boston's legendary Q Division Studios to record his first solo EP. With one of Boston's best backing bands, The Brightwings ("Real World", "Medium", "Ghost Whisperer"), engineer Rafi Sofer (James Taylor, Juliana Hatfield, Mission of Burma) and Danny Wilde handling the mixing, Ordway recorded what is by far the best work of his career. Slated for a Fall 2008 release, there is no doubt that Ryan Ordway's first solo undertaking is "Gon' Be Good".