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NEWS
Hi!
‘Step inside our world…’
..in the
immortal words of Marvin Gaye…
What’s Goin on…
Ryez
is currently working on a new album - news here soon!
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June
3rd 2006
Plenty
goin on this month...
Once again
the band put on a great show last night - this time at
The Catapult Club @ Amersham Arms, (London SE14). Great
turn out & great to have seen a lot of new faces amongst
the regulars. We had posseees attending from all over
the shop - out of towners from Ipswich and Hertfordshire
mixing it up with Londoners from across all four quarters
of the capital. Dynamite compering by Nobby Kash...and
yes it really was as they said it would be...Jools Holland
eat your heart.. failing that...giz a gig...Lovely chubbly...
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This week
we say good bye to Rico our flying second guitarist and
welcome Dec Mc Kenna into the clan. He'll be adding new
sounds to the mix on kbd/synth. Watch out for him at the
band's next gig on June 22nd (Up All Night @ The Miller,
London Bridge..details to follow soon).
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Ryez is currently
seeking Management ~ pls email interest
or call the Ryez hotline (see Contact page)
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Band currently
working on new Single /Ep...
Watch
this space!
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May
3 2006
Last Wednesday
at Number 10 was fantastic!
ThanX to all the friends/fans who travelled
over to the Wild West..
Must say
we rocked without apology, steered on by a raptuous rock
energy loving crowd...A great vibe, great acts.. look
out for the wild & wacky Beestings..
We venture
back to Southern home territory for the next gig - June
2 - The Catapult Club @ The Amersham Arms, New Cross Se14.
A Jools
holland type vibe with alternating bands doing two sets
throughout the evening.
Full details
to be updated closer to the time.
S'later alligators
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3
April 2006
FORTHCOMING GiG: 26 April 2006
Noble Showcase - in association with acclaimed
promoters Luke Lockhart & Steve Mason (X FM)
@ Number 10, Goldborne Rd, Notting Hill, W10 ( see 'Gigs'
for details)..
Pls
Note: Capacity
- 130 people only. To guarantee entry Please
- Buy your ticket in Advance online from www.ticketweb.co.uk
£5.50
in Advance
£6.00 on the door
On
Stage : 9.00pm
30
mins Set - includes new songs...
C U there
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27
Mar 2006
Well whad'ya know.. If U send out the right vibes good
things do happen..
Found a new rehearsal home for a month or so.. enjoying
the space.. the creative vibes are running amok.. stay
tune!
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25
March 2006
BAND SEEKING REHEARSAL SPACE
At the end
of 2005 we lost our long standing rehearsal space courtesy
of new non music loving management. So, in between hiring
studio/rehearsal rooms in various complexes across S.E
London, we’re desperately looking for a regular
place. A reasonably priced or FREE sound proofed (ideally)
room would be great..if anyone has info re: the above
- pls email hi@ryez.co.uk
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23
March 2006
One week to go to the ‘Search for a Recording Artist’
competition @ the Shebu Club ( see gig list for details,
prices etc).
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20
March 2006
HEADING WEST: Forthcoming Gig
For those
of you who were unable to make the Bedford last week..
U are forgiven.. Good news! U have another chance to see
the new team live next Thurs 30th at the Shebu Club, Shepherd’s
Bush and to hear one of the new additions to set.
‘Search
for a Recording Artist’ competition @ the Shebu
Club ( see gig list for details, prices etc).
Winning this
comp would be a great help toward recording our first
official album
If each of U bring a friend to each gig it won’t
be long before we have a small army
Come down
& make some noise…every voice counts..
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18
March 2006
@ The Globe Theatre, The Bedford
Big Thanx to all who came down to the Bedford on the 14th.T’was
a great night, a great vibe. ThanX for your encouragement,
support and making our new band debut a blast. Especial
thanX goes out to Debs & Mitch who travelled the best
part of 4hrs (rtn) on’t train from Knebworth ( approx
80miles rtn) & Mike & Louise who touchingly came
to see us on the night of their 8th wedding anniversary..
bless their little cotton socks…
Another
great thing about the night was that we picked up 15 new
fans! Way to go....Welcome newcomers!..Your support &
enthusiasm is great encouragenment for us to continue
doing wot we do, confirms that there is a niche for us
to fill out there and that we’re moving in the right
direction. Welcome!
Additional
ThanX to Lou Prey ( our promo pimpess) who recently became
our official mailing list & Cd selling co-ordinator..
great job on getting the new sign ups…. And Ally
Petty who drove up from't coast (nr Hastings) to shoot
the band....(no we weren’t that bad)... Pics will
be up on the site soon..
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21
Feb 2006
...and then there were two...
NEW RECRUIT - We now have two guitarists..
We’d
like to welcome our latest recruit to the band - Guitarist
- Enrico Pinna..flying in direct from Genoa,
Italy
See
The Band / Enrico (to be added soon).. also for our Italian
speaking fans - www.enricopinna.com
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3
Feb
2006
Re: Emergenza Festival..
Feb 10 2006
We
are sorry to tell you that we have had to withdraw from
the Festival due to the unexpected & extended hospitalisation
of the father of one of our band members.
We value
your support and hope to see you at another event sooner
than later.
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Happy
New Year
& all that Jazzamatazz!!£$%^$(**)£"!!!!!!!...
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Well
I admit it has been a while and the apologies are more
profuse than the the stars u'll see in the sky on a clear
summers night ..but you have all been in my thoughts.
Like u to know that I have not been slacking..on the contrary..a
common case of two many fingers in too many pies.. but
while some were minor distractions I must confess others
were rather tasty..eg.I've been making 'now u see me,
may be u won't' appearances in a few films including Charlie
& the Choc Factory & the De Vinci Code (film Xtra)
... of course I can't act to save my life but they don't
know that...yet...
In
between - Been Writing new songs which'll be added to
the Ryez set in the forthcoming year, working closely
with the Ryez squad to create a fuller live sound.for
the songs u've all come to love.. a little more groove
& alot more edgily driven guitar than previously heard
live..
Also..dropped
the capital 'Z' as too many people have mistaken RyeZ
for a close relative of the Jay Z collective..) .. and
now ..the ball is rolling and beginning to build momemtum...
Expect to see changes to the website over the next few
months..incite into the Ryez musicians..new snaps..mp3s..
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FORTHCOMING SHOWCASE: A date for your diary..
Other Gig dates are coming soon but in the meantime pls
add this date to your diary.. it's a big one..
10 FEB 2006
8.30pm
VENUE: West One Four, Kensington
EVENT: EMERGENZA MUSIC FESTIVAL (Preliminary Round)..
http://www.emergenza.net
In 150 cities across America & Europe, bands palay
a 30min set& procedd through various elimnation rounds
with the opportunity to play in major international venues.
The audience selects the bands that proceed to the next
round by an open vote.( you). At the regional & national
finals a professional jury selects the winners & awards
the best musicians. The winners of the national finals
play at the international final in Germany ( in front
of an 80,000 capacity audience).
ENTRY: by ticket only .. £6.00..available from us..on
sale from Jan 2nd. Text Mob: 07736 9698 366 or email to
order. Purchase early as venue is small..and we need your
live votes inorder to go through to round 2 & 3 ie
the Semi finals. & Final.
Will be in touch & hope to see you much sooner than
later..
Once again.... Wishin you a happy, snappy, prosperous
New Year..
and
This year..
Live life a little fuller
Find something to Laugh at each day
Treat yourself to something naughty but nice as often
as the mood takes you
Do something you've never ever done b4
don't worry...be happy.
...dooo dooo bee doo..
Musically Yours,
Ryez ..
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25
Nov 2005
RyeZ lovers…..Psst!!...Rehearsals
have begun this week!!!
Sssh!!!...More
musical news coming sooner than later.
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15
Nov 2005
It's
been a bit of a rocky road but happy to announce that...
IT’S
GETTING BIGGER…THE METAMORPHOSIS HAS BEGUN…
Enter …The Dartford Brothers – bassist Keith
’Teddy’ Myers & guitarist David
Rose Pendragon to The Band.
Met
for the first time approximately one week ago above The
Hobgoblin in Forest Hill, S.E London.
Even during the audition the chemistry between drummer Dom
‘HRH Boom’ Pizzinat , Ryez & the new kids
on the bloc was instantaneously visible. The metamorphosis
has begun… the Mission has re-commenced..
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Sept
14 2005
Recruitment
has begun..
Currently
auditioning for The Band.
Tune in later for news of the progress..
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Aug
3 2005
DOUBLE
FINALIST ~ UK Songwriting Contest 2005!!!
Lonely
Sometimes (co-write with Kevin Briggs) & What Kinda
Love (me) have made it to the finals in the Rock/Indie &
Miscellaneous categories of the UK Songwriting Contest 2005!!!!!!!!...
Double finalist out of 4000 entries!!!!
Really
great news.. It's a great acknowledgement especially as
the songs were judged by prominent movers & shakers
within the music business...
See
www.songwritingcontest.co.uk
for the full results. (RyeZ ~ V.Kelly)
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June
30 2005
Two
songs from the ‘It’s Only Personal’ EP
have been entered in the UK Songwriting Contest 2005..www.songwritingcontest.co.uk
‘This
well-known and prestigious songwriting event is supported
by some of the biggest and most important names in the UK
music industry such as. BRIT
Trust (of BRIT Awards fame), The
World Music Foundation, Music
Aid, the
BRIT School, the Guild
of International Songwriters and Composers, The
British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, Sibelius,
Backbeat
Books, Virtual
Studio Systems, American
Songwriter Magazine, Sound
Control and other leading UK and international music
industry professionals and organisations.
International entries are accepted. Past winners and finalists
have come from the USA, Canada, South America, Australia,
Japan and Europe. Every year finalists and winners are widely
featured and interviewed on national and international radio,
TV and in the press and there have been dozens of recording,
management and publishing deal signings for contestants’..
..'all
winners and selected runners up and finalists will be featured
on the "UKSC Best of 2005" music industry CD'.
.
www.Sonicbids.com
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April
2 2005
If
you wondered why there’s been little news on the gigging
front it’s because I - RyeZ have been back in the
studio writing. This, in addition to recruiting. Every famous
band‘s been thru it,…Red Hot Chilis, The Beatles,
Jamiroquai… changing of the trrops until they find
the right combination, the right chemistry.
Having
constantly spoken for months about my wanting to learn to
play an instrument and no doubt worn down by my constant
wingeing, as a post Valentines (the day of my birth) &
house warming gesture , one of my friends made me a surprise
gift of a geetar…bless ‘em.
And
so…I’ve been strummin’ me little heart
out in an attempt to create new toons from the very depths
of my rocky soul.
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Feb
5 2005
RyeZ
& South London Artists raise money
for Children of Tsunami
Sun 30th Jan!
Hi
Everyone,
We are very happy to say that the fundraising event was
a resounding success.
The great news...is that the final total raised was £2847.56...
On the day, the 12 live acts blended superbly to offer a
highly entertaining & eclectic programme of music which
catered for all present. Every artist rose to the occasion
contributing to a great live show. Several times throughout
the floor was heaving with the audience (children included)
and mingling artists on their feet.
The music and Art auction complimented each other so well.
There was high drama during the latter where individual
works of art were sold for over £350 and where the
burning of two of David Mach's world famous 'match heads'
prior to their auction, dare I say it.. really set the room
alight..(sorry..couldn't resist)..
ThanX once again to all of you who donated - for your time,
talent, skills, expertise, your positive energy, your goodwill
, your dosh ..
We've begun to receive photos from friends and others who
were present and are asking anyone else who may have photos
or video footage to send them to us. We'll be placing them
on the website, creating a photo gallery of snaps taken
throughout the day.
We've been sent an article from Save the Children UK which
highlights what they've been doing with the donations received
so far and what they're planning to do with future donations..this
will also be placed on the website for future reference.
Please feel free to drop on to the website
www.ryez.co.uk/tsunami.html from time to time for our
updates.. outta sight shouldn't mean outta mind..
On behalf of all involved and for those soon to receive
the benefits of your generosity, once again we'd like to
say ThanK YOu to all who attended and contributed towards
making the event a sucessful, enjoyable & memorable
day.
Feel proud of what you've helped achieve...
RyeZ & Dom Pizzinat
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Jan
3 2005
There
can be few who have not been touched by the recent events
in S.E Asia..some of you may know that myself and dom my
drummer had toured and performed throughout S.E Asia for
17months between 1997 -1998, including some of the places
which had been hit by the Tsunami. Like many of you we strongly
felt the need to do something to help … and so...we’ve
set ourselves a task and hope that you will come out in
support…pls read on..
South
London Artists rally to raise money for Children of Tsunami
- Sun 30th Jan - Forest Hill!
Singer/songwriter
RyeZ (Val Kelly), Dominique Pizzinat (Freespirit Entertainment)
and local friends/volunteers from across S.E London, are
organising a major fund raising event for the surviving
children of the Tsunami. The event, which will be held on
Sun Jan 30th at the LATITUDE in Forest Hill SE23, will bring
together many talented professional artists - performing
& visual - who collectively will use their talent &
skills to help raise money.
A full live music programme is scheduled from 1-8pm. It
will feature 12 local & internationally acclaimed artists/acts
spanning a diversity of genres from world music, Jazz, N.
African Rai dance music, jazz-Flamenco fusion to unsigned
pop/rock & acoustic acts. All of whom will perform to
a donating public.
Full 3K PA, Engineering, Lighting/ DJ & Compere will
be provided by two Sound, Lighting & Event management
companies - local (Forest Hill) company '10 out of 10' (currently
engineering & providing PA & lights etc for Nitin
Sawney on tour) & Surrey based Yes Events ( providers
of stage,PA & lighting for BBC radio roadshows, high
profile celebrity bashes country wide etc).
In addition to the musical extravaganza, an Art Auction
will take place in which works of art donated by several
celebrated S.E London based contemporary artists (including
World reknown Scottish artist David Mach) will be sold.
'Mickey Pearce' (Pat Murray) of Only Fools & Horses'
fame will be the auctioneer.
The aim - is to raise as much money as possible for as many
children as possible.
'Ten people donating £20 each will provide food, clothing
and shelter for one child for one year. We hope to raise
enough to offer this to 50.
Entry will be £5 on the door.
A very affordable set Thai menu will be available, 10% of
which will be donated to the charity.
Location: LATITUDE Restaurant/live venue, 18 London Road,
Forest Hill, SE23 3HF.
For further information please call 0208 699 96 12 or Email:
hi@ryez.co.uk
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Oct
1st 2004
ThanKs
one & all….
Well
Guys & dolls we made it…thanX to you we’ll
be one of the bands performing at the Panartist Annual Award
Ceremony at Cockpit Theatre - Oct 22nd.
WANTED:
your feedback on the shows you’ve attended
Within
the last month 45 of you have attended RyeZ showcases…some
of you must have had a good time cos’ we’ve
seen you more than once..
We’d
be chuffed if you could take a little time out to visit
our GUEST BOOK at www.ryez.co.uk/have your say.html ..
• Were we good/ rubbish/ average/ intoxicating/pants/stale
like a mouldy slice of bread/ refreshing like a nicely chilled
glass of wine on a hot summers day?
• Did we entertain you/ bore you/ inspire you/ move
you?
• Are we sexy enough for you/static/ full of it?
• What would you like to see or hear more or less
of?
Share your experiences with us and the rest of the planet…
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Sept
9 2004
RyeZ
is now appearing on panartist.com
Going straight in at number 12 on the Top 20 Downloads,
and number 15 on the Top 25 Artists after the two first
weeks!
(out of 18563 artists listed)
Panartist.com
is in the process of short listing artists positioned in
the above listings for a chance to perform at their annual
international music festival. Due to be held in Central
London in late Oct (exact date to be confirmed), the show
will feature artists from LA, Canada, Spain as well as the
UK. With an audience of 700 including media and industry
in attendance, it’ll be RyeZ’ biggest showcase
to date.
WE
NEED YOUR VOTES!!!!!!
For
us to be guaranteed an invitation to perform we need to
be in the Top 10.
Pls go to - http://panartist.com/Top%20Download%20Competition.htm
– and cast your vote.
100
Free VIP tickets are being issued for non-members who wish
to see the show..admission will be by ticket only.
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Aug
10 2004
Just
like to send big ThanXX to all who ventured into the West
End on the 27th July to support us at Sound. An amazing
21 of you came for what was officially only our second live
gig, and our first with our evolving set up of guitar, bass
and vox. You all made it a great night. We sold a few Cd's,
picked up a few more fans along the way and rumour has it
everyone had a thoroughly good social (especially the beer
& wine tasting club)... If we carry on like that friends
in a few gigs time we'll be filling Shepherds Bush Empire...
now there's a challenging thought...
Hope to see your smiling faces next week.. .
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June 1 2004
Look
out for the summer dates ~
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May
21 2004
Welcome!
It’s
great to be back….well I (which is soon to be a fully
fledged ‘we’) have not really been away just
slowly metamorphosing since the split of my former band
‘10 Foot Tall’ in early 2002.
2002-2003 was spent writing new material, fine tuning and
honing sound, image and direction. ‘It’s Only
Personal’ is my new labour of love. 7 tracks, recorded
at the studio of Italian producer/arranger and all round
talented individual Roberto Meola. A similar vibe ~ soulful
pop tinged with a rocky edge ~ but a slightly more evolved
and fuller sound …a modern day Tina meets a female
Bowie with a Grace meets Jaggeresk stage presence.. so t’is
said…well u decide for yourself and let me know what
it sounds like to you..
Hope
u like the new website..…here you can listen to the
short samples of the end result…see where RyeZ has
been and get a little incite into where RyeZ is heading...
Smooze
around the photo gallery..which I must say are pretty dapper..
visit the guest book, read the comments left by others,
leave your own…yes I know that’s very brave
of me..but I can take it, I really can..er..mmmm…
We
plan to be back kickin it live on stage very soon but in
the meantime for those of you who just can’t wait,
you can see a smaller version of RyeZ performing an acoustic
set at various quality acoustic nights across London.
See
Gig list for forthcoming dates June & July
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..in
the immortal words of Marvin Gaye…
What’s Goin on…
