Aryn Michelle is a do-it-yourself indie pop songstress who has always refused to wait around for her next big break; she makes it happen. As a teenager Aryn taught herself piano and guitar, and soon after began writing her own music. While attending Southwestern University, Aryn began releasing homemade demos of her original music and began performing around Austin, TX. With a hunger to become a better songwriter and performer, she attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for a few years and also began to learn how to engineer and produce her own demos and crowd-fund her recording projects.
Aryn released her debut album, Lockless Heart, in 2009 as she was finishing her work at Berklee. While at Berklee she was honored with the Scott Benson Award for songwriting, and awarded the grand prize in the 2009 Berklee Substance Abuse Prevention Campaign for her song “Crave.” Since leaving Berklee, Aryn was selected as a regional finalist for the 2009 & 2011 Mountain Stage NewSong Festival, was invited to be one of eight artists to represent the TUNE campaign, was named the TexasCSA’s 2010 Songwriter of the Year, was the 2010 KLTY’s Chick-fil-a Celebrate Freedom jingle writing contest grand prize winner. She was a top ten finalist in the 2011 Folgers’ National Jingle Writing Contest and the grand prize winner of the 2011 Chevy Sonic Sounds Singer/Songwriter Contest. In 2012 she was named a winner of Song Revelation’s “Star Now” competition.
In March 2010 Aryn Michelle completed raising $50,000 through the crowd-funding website SellaBand.com to fund her next album. The album, The Last One Standing, was produced by Riley Friesen of Coda Record House and released October 4th, 2011. Aryn and her band are currently touring and promoting the album.
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Aryn Michelle Band:
Aryn Michelle: vocals, keys
Blake Atwood: drums
Cole Campbell: bass
Jennifer Davis: back vocals, tambourine, synth pad
PRESS:
Song Revelation Artist Interview
“Aryn Michelle effectively shapes intelligent songwriting with deep emotion to produce a heart-warming yet commercial sound.”
Junior’s Cave Online Mag Interview
“The artist has one of the most angelic voices that we have heard in a very long time. We love that Aryn’s voice mixes with a brilliant combination of alternative and pop.”
The Music Enthusiast (Concert Review)
“I was quite impressed by their show…Their music is great, and she has a fantastic voice with a very wide range to it.”
Changing the World One Song at a Time
“[Aryn] Michelle embraced both the creative and philosophical challenges of the contest.”
