Songwriting

I have always loved music and since my teenage years, I have had
a deep need to express myself through writing songs. Music has
always seemed to be an extension of who I am and something that
I have always needed to do. I formed a band with my friends after
leaving school and we played around various Brisbane venues for
a brief period in 1999 and early 2000. Not everyone in the band was
interested in taking it to the next level so after a period of time, we
just drifted our separate ways. Lacking confidence at the time, I set
aside my dreams of making a career out of music and settled into a
regular day job. I kept writing songs and doing the occasional
performance, always saying to myself "one day I'll do more with
my music".

For a number of years, I advanced my career in Information
Technology until 2007 when I developed health problems that
resulted in the loss of my job and my independence. I had a lot of
time for contemplation during this bleak period and I began to
think more about my life and where I was heading. I also realised
more than ever that music was my real passion and how I had
been neglecting who I truly was for so many years. I was
determined that not only would I get better, but that when I did, I
would follow my dream of building a career as a singer-songwriter.

Over the next 18 months, I worked hard at recovering my health
and although there were several setbacks along the way, I was
able to start singing, playing guitar and recording again. It was a
daily struggle but over the weeks and months I gradually
increased the amount of time I could put into my music as my
health improved. By early 2009, I had improved my health to the
point where I was able to get a casual job delivering pamphlets and
I started busking at the local markets to raise the funds needed to
release an album of songs recorded during this time. By May I had
saved enough money to pay for the CD pressing and I decided to
name the album "Learning To Walk". Many of the songs from
"Learning To Walk" relate directly to what I have learned during
this period of my life: humility, the importance of love, compassion
and the value of others and is the start of following a dream that I
have always had.

Aaron Ryan

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