Last week, HT faves the Ryan Montbleau Band put out Heavy On The Vine – the group’s Martin Sexton-produced fourth studio album. Glide’s Shane Handler spoke with singer/songwriter Ryan Montbleau not only about the album but about the band’s recent tour with Sexton, his resilient nature and what it’s like enter Dave Matthews’ world.
Here’s an excerpt from Shane’s interview with Ryan Montbleau…
Has the acoustic guitar ever provided you any limitations in terms of storytelling or songwriting and what themes or occurrences provide you the most inspiration to pen new songs?
I don’t really play much else besides guitar, so it’s a blessing to have that by my side to make music. And having the guys in the band to fall back on is also a blessing. One song on the new record “Fix Your Wings.” I just had written completely a capella, the whole song start to finish. It was never my intention to keep it that way, I just needed the guys to flesh it out. As far as writing tunes, it’s maybe about 50/50 for me: half start out on the guitar with some little riff or some chords that I like and then I immediately hear a melody for it, and half come when I’m away from the guitar, just singing in my head. A song can be about anything at all, you just have to be present enough to see and hear the inspiration whenever it comes. And then you have to really get to work.
CLICK HERE for the read the complete article. The Ryan Montbleau Band is currently touring the Midwest. You can catch them tonight in Newport, KY; tomorrow in Ann Arbor, MI and at Schuba’s in Chicago on Saturday.
