Rich Wyman
Rich Wyman (* in Allentown , Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter .
Wyman, who had classical piano lessons since childhood, attended the High School of Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, studied for a year at New York University, and then moved to the Manhattan School of Music . He then worked as a bicycle messenger and performed with his own band in New York.
During the summer holidays he traveled to music festivals and the like. a. to Park City / Utah. In 1990 he recorded his first album Just Might Made It in New York , which sold more than six thousand times at the 1991 Park City Summer Festival. It was here that guitarist Eddie Van Halen became aware of him. He recorded Wyman's second album Fatherless Child in 1993 .
With this album Wyman became known in Europe, especially in the Netherlands, where he mainly lived for the next six years and produced his third album ( Where We Stand ). He went on numerous tours, made appearances on radio and television and played in front of 300,000 listeners at Park Pop in The Hague.
At the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics , Wyman and his band supported Alanis Morissette and Goo Goo Dolls . In 2004 he founded his own record label Auspicious Records . He has received six ASCAP awards.
Discography
- Just Might Made It with Lisa Needham , 1990
- Fatherless Child with Lisa Needham, Kevin Hupp , Jim Stout , David Santos , Andy Johns , Mark Chaney , Michael Dowdle , John Golden , Edward Van Halen, 1993–1996
- Where We Stand with Marcel Singor , René Creemers , Charles Nagtzaam , Michel Mulder , Jacko Kreukniet , Karl Adams , Martin Verdonk , Roland Bakker , Luca Genta , Frank van Essen , 1998–1999
- Live From The Heart , solo album, 2002
- Factory with Jeff Alleman , Rob Honey , Kevin Hupp, Kevin Jenkins , Jacko Kreukniet, Dany Lademacher , Mary Beth Maziarz , Lisa Needham, Jack Petruzzelli , Craig Poole , Ramon Rambeaux , Ivo Severijns , Marcel Singor
- Embrace (CD / DVD), 2000-2007
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SURNAME | Wyman, Rich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer-songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Allentown, Pennsylvania , USA |