Ryan's own version of the song from the hit Broadway rock musical RENT, plus two house remixes (and one "a cappella") by different producers.

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ROCK: 90's Rock, ELECTRONIC: House



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Ryan Link was raised on pop radio and loud alternative rock, and suffered appropriate hearing loss at an early age playing drums in his parentsâ garage. Growing up in Seattle in the 1990s had a profound effect on his musical taste: seeing Nirvana perform an in-store just as Nevermind was released, partaking of Pearl Jamâs first all ages show (as Mookie Blaylock), moshing to Mudhoney at the Motorsports.

One of those artists who dislikes being pigeonholed (but will accept âsoulful power-pop rockâ as a classification), Ryan enjoys many flavors of music. While soaking up his hometown sound, he also worshipped the heavy blues-rock of Led Zeppelin and the tight, orchestrated aggression of Metallica. He sponged up dancehall style from Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and other Jamaican artists like Yellowman and Tiger, which later led him to devour Sublimeâs catalog. His youthful appreciation of hip-hop combined with his semi-rural suburban upbringing got him labeled ârappinâ farm boyâ by at least one of his prep school classmates.

Ryan sang and played drums in college, during the post-grunge aftermath, for popular funk-rockers Salamander, exploring lengthy improvisations and paying homage equally to East Coast jambands (Phish) and L.A. funkateers (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Continuity in that direction might have registered him somewhere on the scale between Incubus and Maroon 5 today, but he got a little sidetracked. Astrological analysts attribute this to his Gemini sun sign.

Driven to study singing more formally, Ryan left the Pacific Northwest for Boston, where he enrolled briefly at Berklee College of Music in 1999. There, he joined forces with Miss Fortune, a critically acclaimed power-pop band for which he served as frontman, manager and label head, putting his own songwriting aside for a bit. He didnât enjoy driving from the creative backseat for long; the band dissolved in 2001.

Relocating again to New Yorkâs East Village in December 2001, he decided again to change course and pursue acting as a career, and began auditioning relentlessly for indie films and off-off-Broadway plays. In September 2002, he scored his first paying theatre gig: the national tour of Elton John and Tim Riceâs Aida. He stood by for the lead role of Radames for the next year, flying back to New York periodically from all over the country for auditions.

Ryan landed back in NYC in September 2003 with a job on Broadway: the brooding role of âRoger Davisâ in RENT, Jonathan Larsonâs tale of urban bohemians struggling with love, money and HIV. Alas, 8 shows a week took a toll on his voice, and he was replaced by the producers during a medical leave of absence.

Which brings us to now: Holing up at Axis Sound in Hellâs Kitchen in the fall of 2005 to record some of his new songs with engineer Steve Rossiter, Ryan played all the basic tracks (drums, guitar, bass) himself. âOne Song Gloryâ was later remixed by producers Sidh Solanki (the Buffalo Bill Mix) and dutchkash (the Dutch Dirty Mix), in honor of the release of the RENT movie. A percentage of profits will be donated to the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.