About Rybird

About Rybird

Rybird's Biography

Written by: Teva Teebrook

Paul Brown, better known as Rybird, is an extraordinary electronic music composer, born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He has currently produced three albums:

Grind and Polish (released December 2008)
Sonic Hooky (released March 2009)
Nativicity (released September 2009)

How did Paul Brown become Rybird? Well, simply put. . . the stage name came to him in a dream: He was Rybird, a blues singer in New Orleans flanked by two acoustic playin’ babes, one on each side. They toured New Orleans and played from the back of an ice cream truck! Collectively, the trio was called Rybird. That’s who he was. When he woke, the name stuck and it is who he has become, minus the two babes. . . but who knows. . . maybe the girls are out there waiting to collaborate with Rybird, making parts of his dream come true. He is not a blues singer, nor does he tour New Orleans from the back of an ice cream truck, but his techno tracks will make you hot enough to need an ice pop to cool down! His logo, a Cardinal, is an awesome bird to behold which he also enjoys watching and photographing in his spare time, and like the Cardinal, Rybird is always ready for flight.

This is how his destiny really begun thus far:

He was raised around electronics and music right from the start. Born into an environment where his father owned his own electronics motor shop, Rybird was tinkering with electrical components from a very early age. His father was also was a musician. Ry was fascinated by the music his father played on acoustic guitar and was taught to play the instrument by his father’s hand. These two facets produced a creative combination of what he knows best…electronics and music, although he wouldn’t have realized this was his true passion at first.

At age 10, he began three years of classical piano instruction, while also continuing acoustic guitar. His interest in music grew fairly eclectic along the way. Some of his early influences were Black Sabbath, the Beatles, Yes and Aerosmith, among other greats. Disco even found a soft spot in his compositions, although he’d rather keep that part a secret, the influences are somewhat evident in some of his music. He longed to own a synthesizer at a time when it was not that easy to find one or financially afford it. So at age 14, he built his own PAIA Gnome from a kit he acquired. He quickly became adept at creating cover songs with guitar, piano and synthesizer. The first time he played live was at a local church, where he performed a piece from Beethoven. Through the years, he connected musically with others from his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana and most notably formed a band called Obsession. Their first live rock performance was at his local High School talent show. Although they did not win, it served as a catapult to his popularity and he continued playing other small places around town, and joined several other garage type bands where he also learned to play the bass guitar.

He went on to study Advanced Electronics and Avionics while enlisted in the Marines, then continued with Mechanical Engineering in multiple Higher learning Institutions to include University. With the continual advances of technology, he has spent the past four years re-dedicating his creative stylings to the synthesizer once again. His home studio is top of the line. Members include: Korg, Mixcraft, Sony, Emu, Intel, Behringer, Wavestation, and Marantz/JBL/Polk surround sound, just to name a few.

He is a member of multiple online social networking and music sites where he creates and shares endless possibilities as the sky is the limit for Rybird. He has spread his wings and is taking flight. He is the hottest and newest creative electronic musician to hit the scene in quite some time. His skills are ingenious and is one to be watched and sought after for movie soundtracks, collaborative backing tracks, product distribution and much more. Yes! That is right…you can even buy Rybird memorabilia such as T-shirts, ties, coffee mugs, mouse pads, buttons, etc by going to www.zazzle.com/rybird+gifts.

Some of the places where you can find his music, enter contests, vote for favorites, comment and friend among many other options are:

Rybird Fiction

Written by: Anonymous

Rybird was abandoned on the steps of a church and the Cardinal of the church took him in and raised him as a child. He worked as the gardener’s helper always hoping for the priesthood.

There were redbirds in the courtyard that Rybird always fed and one would always go everywhere Rybird went. The bird is said to still be with him to this day. and is a symbol to Rybird of the father who raised him.

Although the cardinal priest never claimed to be Rybird father, Rybird always looked at the cardinal as his father and was crushed when he was not allowed into the priesthood. On the days the church was empty he would go into it and play the pipes.

He was caught one day playing drunk on rye and playing music on the pipes so inordinary that the cardinal was angered and banned Rybird from being a priest. This angered Rybird and he ran into the jungle to get lost and was taken up by a tribe.

The leader of the tribe would let Rybird play the shakers and the gonzoo but not the drums. He was accused of stealing war drums and playing them in the distance which was taboo by the tribe and was exiled.

The story is he stumbled across an experimental spacecraft that crashed in a canyon and disassembled the parts and stored them in a hidden underground cave. Reassembling the parts in various ways, he was able to create a laboratory complete with satellite internet access.

The government is still searching for him to this day and there is no image of him other than various pictures posted on web sites. His suspected of using the on-board computers of the downed craft to make the music that he posts on the websites. The Thunderous sounds that wreak fear in the surrounding village, fear so great they refuse to help outsiders, is thought to be the occasional firing of the crafts large engines.

The government finally felt that since Rybird is keeping the secrets of the craft itself obscure, it would be better to pretend he doesn't exist. In fact many people are saying some of his websites are duplicates or dummies, in an attempt to make Rybird look like an everyday artist. These so call dummy sites have actually helped Rybird to avoid public persecution and allowed him to work in secrecy.

All reverse dins look-ups have turned up black hole servers, reinforcing the belief by many that he is government funded. A private expedition team thought they had found him by hearing his music in the Jungle, but it turned out to be a satellite receiver broadcasting his music in a native village.

Most people agree it is not important where he is or how he does it, just that he keeps on making great music.

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