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“Ode to Ol’ St. Pale” (video)

ryan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:08:34 +0000

Here is a new song that I wrote. Only acoustic for now.

Rain the Shining – Ode to Ol’ St. Pale (acoustic) from Rain the Shining on Vimeo.

Show Footage (video)

ryan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:53:39 +0000

Thanks to my buddy Tim’s trustee new sidekick, his iPhone 3Gs, we now have video footage from our Artscape set. Although it doesn’t capture the true live rock sound of RtS, it’s footage no less. Take a peep and tell us what you think. And, thanks again for all of those who came out to support us after a year on hiatus.

Sudden Burst of Red

Celebrate

Music video for our new jam

ryan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:55:24 +0000

No more than just two days after posting an acoustic version of our new song, The Good Mourning Sun, do I have a fantastic gem for ya’ll. Our Sunday practice proved to be more productive than most, and we have officially finished the full band version of this new tune. On top of that, we videotaped ourselves rehearsing the song, so I threw together a little music video. It’s very dramatic. My hope was to make it feel like a movie trailer since I think it sounds like it could be used as the closing credits of a movie. Enjoy.

New song: “The Good Mourning Sun” (Video)

ryan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:57:12 +0000

Here is the acoustic version of a new song called “The Good Mourning Sun.” We can not wait to finish the full band version of this. We’ve already begun to translate it into an official RtS song, and it’s already taken on a new form that is totally rad. Although this video has a very folk-y feel, the full band version is very dark and ominous…which in my mind equals great. Enjoy.

For those of you who read past the video and intro paragraph…I’ll fill you in on a secret. The overall mood and idea of the song was strangely inspired by Stephenie Meyer’s vampire Twilight saga. Yes, I am almost 29, and a man. But for whatever reason I found the dark themes of these books to be very compelling. Although the song isn’t necessarily about the books, I wrote this song while reading the first 3. That’s embarrassing. But true.

New Song (Video)

ryan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:55:46 +0000

There is a lot to discuss from the RtS camp. New song, new practice space and recording has officially begun. For the sake of this entry, let’s limit the talking points to the former. We have a new song to premiere. It’s called “One of Two.” A song which started as just an acoustic song, then piano ballad, has turned into a two organ, guitar, bass and drums opus. Though it’s not a video that we will likely see gracing the primetime slot of MTV, it will certainly give you a sense of what “One of Two” sounds like as a full band. We hope you enjoy.