Hello, my name is Ryan Guidry (born 1978). I am the lead singer/guitarist/co-songwriter in the currently-on-hiatus group Deadwood Forest (please see allmusic.com for a 4 star review of our album Mellodramatic). I've just recently parted ways with the band Scattered Pages (on very friendly terms) to direct full attention to my own material. Since then, I have been writing, arranging and recording demos for my first solo album. The music is melody driven with vocals (lead and harmony), acoustic/electric guitars, keyboards (Mellotron, Hammond Organ, piano, etc.), bass guitar, drums, and occasional sequencing. I don't really know what to compare the music to, though my influences inevitably surface from time to time. These include The Moody Blues (67-72), Genesis (70-74), The Beatles, Radiohead, The Who, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Beck, The Flaming Lips, Supergrass, The Kinks, and hundreds of others too many to mention.