Accomplishments

2005 - Chosen to sing back-up for World Renowned Singer & Performer, Josh Groban at the VanAndel Arena August 2006 - Chosen to Sing & Perform in a production by Mr. Kenny Gordon, "Showtime" at the Radisson.  To benefit the Senator Glenn Steil Youth Center. September 2006 - Attended the American Idol Auditions in Memphis TN.  Of apx. 10,000 that auditioned, I received a coveted "Golden Ticket" to advance to the next round.  Click Here to find out more detail about my American Idol Experiance. October 2006 - Chosen to sing the National Anthem "a capella" For the Grand Rapids Griffins (Affiliated farm team for the Detroit Red Wings).  This was also broadcast on local radio. November 2006 - Professionally Recorded "American Roads", written & produced by Allisongs, Inc & Mr. Jim Allison of Nashville TN.  Mr. Allison has had a #1 song with Reba McEntire released in 2006, he has also had success with LeAnn Rimes.  Mr Allison worked on her project "Blue" that went on the sell 11 million copies.  Mr. Allison also worked on development with Billy Ray Cyrus, recording Billy Rays early demos and helped to get him signed to Mercury Records.  Jim Allison's company was the "Company of Choice" requested by Sony Records, to engineer Gretchen Wilsons television special. www.allisongs.com November 2006 - Produced 1st full 13 song CD, titled "American Roads" with 12 cover songs. December 2006 - Launched web site www.ryangallagher.net December 2006 - Recorded Music Video "American Roads" for CMT/MTV talent search.  This is being produced with Mr. Stephen Geldersma at Geldersma Studios www.geldersma.com December 23, 2006 - Wrote first song "Was It You, The One From My Dreams".  We are currently putting a melody to the lyrics and then will develop instrumentals and record/mix.  We'll let you know when it is completed.  Were real excited about the content and delivery of the lyrics. December 2006 - Recorded "Take Two" of American Roads CD at Audio Bay Studios www.audiobay1.com December 28, 2006 - Wrote second song "I'm Your Knight In Shining Armor".  Once again the lyrics have really worked out well.  After completing putting this song to music we will have a taste of it on this web site.  Our goal is to write five songs before producing them to a CD.  We have three to four people at each song writing session and have been able to either complete the lyrics for a complete song or a portion of a song in a day.  If you have any ideas for songs or know of any song writers wishing to share their material, we would be very interested in talking with them. January 2007 - Scheduled to record "Praise You in the Storm" for Christian Idol Search Competition. January 15, 2007 - Completed and sent in first Music Video to CMT (Country Music Television) to be entered into a contest.  Keep watching this site for information about on-line voting for this video.  We should know if we made the cut on February 15th, 2007. February 10, 2007 - First paid gig with Bethany Broekema at the Elks Highland Country Club.  Amazing act with the crowd response even more amazing.  Ryan asked to perform again on Valentines Day. February 13, 2007 - Notified by CMT (Country Music Television) that Ryans Music Video "American Roads" was chosen as one of the top 64 in the Nation and Ryan is entered into the "Music City Madness" contest. February 13, 2007 - This web site received over 18000 hits in single day and over 50,000 hits in the following five days.  This is the result of on line voting for Ryans video.  Forest Hills Central High School, Forest Hills Central Middle School, Forest Hills Eastern High School and Forest Hills Northern High School all played Ryans music videos to all of the classes in school simultaneously and encouraged all of the more than 10,000 students to get out and vote for Ryan.   Many of these students, family member, friends of family and others have e-mailed Ryans web site to everone in their address books to help spread the wordabout the CMT contest. February 14, 2007 - Ryans first TV interview.  CMT's press realease prompted WXMI Fox 17 to set up an interview with ryan at the Elks Highlands Country Club at 5:30pm.  After taping 2 complete songs, Rachel Calderon (Anchor/Reporter) and her crew interviewed Ryan for about 15 minutes.  Ryan handled the interview amazingly well.  Rachel Calderon could not beleive that Ryan had not been "Media" trained. February 14, 2007 - Ryan & Bethany Broekema perform at the Elks Highlands Country Club for a Special Valentine Day Dinner and a Show.  Once again the performance was almost magical with a variety of songs including a duet to "From This Moment", which almost brought tears to your eyes.  The crowd demanded encore songs three seperate times. February 17, 2007 - Ryan and brother Sean perform a duet a capella of the National Anthem for the Penn State vs. Davenport University Hockey Game.  Great performance with excellent harmonizing. February 28, 2007 - Ryan performs a powerful rendition of the Nation Anthen at the Griffs Icehouse for the Regional Hockey game between Forest Hills Central/Eastern and Forest Hills Northern March 5, 2007 - Ryan advances (Round 3) to the Top 16 Music Videos in the Nation with his American Roads Music Video produced by Geldersma Studios of Grand Rapids, MI.  This was developed for the Music City Madness Contest put on by CMT (Country Music Television Nashville).  Voting continues On-line and is 100% voter driven.  Click here to view the e-mail from CMT May 8th, 2007 - Ryan & Bethany Broekema Perform a 3 hour performance on the Main Stage at the annual Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan.  This is one of the Top Ten Festivals in the Country. May 12th, 2007 - Ryan & his band perform at Half Time of the Coaches vs. Cancer Soccer Classic 2007. June 2007 - Ryan Joins up with Paige Richie to create a dyanmic Duo Team "Countrys Next Generation".  You can View the amazing talents of Paige Richie by clicking this link http://paigerichie.com June 21st, 2007 - Ryan & Paige Richie were interviewed live on the air on Thunder 94.5 about the upcoming Show that they will be performing before Carrie Underwood and then before Gretchen Wilson.  While on the air, LeAnne Rimes called in and joined the interview for about 8 minutes.  Ryan and Paige had the opportunity to talk and ask questions of LeAnne Rimes, June 23rd, 2007 - Ryan and Paige Richie, with Ryan's band, perform at the Mountain Country Music Festival just before Carrie Underwood and also just before Gretchen Wilson.  The event was exciting and provoked a lot of response on this website.  The Sound Company Owner said that Ryan & Paige were the best show of the entire 4 day festival on "Stage Right".  This was quite a compliment since there were many Top Bands from all over Michigan that performed during this festival.