Ryan Worsley

Ryan Worsley
Worsley tracking guitars at Echoplant
Background information
Birth name	Ryan James Worsley
Origin	Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Alternative, Rock, indie rock
Occupation(s)	Producer, recording engineer, mixer, musician
Instruments	Guitar, bass, drums
Years active	1998–present
Associated acts	Dear Rouge, Paper Moon, Said the Whale, Dawntreader, The Pale Pacific, Maplewood Lane

Ryan Worsley is an award-winning Canadian recording engineer and record producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He has worked with such artists as Dear Rouge,^[1] Said the Whale,^[2] Basia Bulat, Emilie & Ogden,^[3] Paper Moon,^[4] Derrival,^[5] Dawntreader,^[6] Van Damsel,^[7] and Maplewood Lane.^[8]

Honours & Awards

• Western Canadian Music Awards Nominee - Audio Engineering Award 2017 - Said The Whale, Courage My Love, Derrival, Dear Rouge^[9]
• Western Canadian Music Awards Nominee - Recording of the Year 2017 - Black to Gold - Dear Rouge^[9]
• Western Canadian Music Awards Nominee - Audio Engineering Award 2016 - P'aris, Dear Rouge, The Tourist Company, Bed Of Stars, Emilie and Ogden, Basia Bulat^[10]
• Western Canadian Music Awards Winner - Recording Engineer of the Year 2015 - Presented by the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology - Dear Rouge, Van Damsel, Greg Drummond, Little India, Derrival, Red Vienna, Windmills^[11]
• Western Canadian Music Awards Nominee - Producer of the Year 2015 - presented by Yigeda Lighting and ABT Innovations - Dear Rouge, Van Damsel, Greg Drummond, Little India, Derrival, Red Vienna, Windmills^[12]

Projects at the JUNOS

• 2016 Breakthrough Group of the Year- Dear Rouge - Producer/Engineer (Juno Winner)

Selected Discography

Career

At the age of 20, after playing shows for a few years in and around the west coast of British Columbia, Worsley was introduced to members of the band Maplewood Lane, who resided in Gibsons, British Columbia, and became the band's lead guitar player.^[8] Upon arriving at a local studio to record Autumn on the Radio, band members realized the studio did not employ an in-house engineer. With no experience, Worsley confidently took on the recording duties and instantly fell in love with it.^[33] He then went on to play with the Seattle, Washington based band The Pale Pacific and Vancouver band Dawntreader. After a brief stint in Paper Moon, Worsley produced, recorded and mixed their 2009 release "Only During Thunderstorms".

Ryan Worsley has gone on to produce some of Canada’s top acts including Juno winners Dear Rouge. He produced, recorded, and mixed all of their Canadian alternative rock chart Top 20 singles, “I Heard I Had”, “Best Look Lately”,^[34] and Black To Gold, as well as the album Black To Gold. I Heard I Had reached #3 on the Canadian alternative rock chart^[35] for seven consecutive weeks and was the third most played song on Canadian Rock Alternative radio in 2014. Best Look Lately peaked at #13 on Canadian Rock Alternative Charts. Dear Rouge released "Black to Gold", their debut LP, on March 31, 2015 on Universal Music Canada.^[36]

In addition to recording and producing a number of finalists in the Peak Performance Project, Ryan has also recorded and produced multiple winners of the Fox Seeds Contest and Shore 104's Best of BC Contest. Other rising and notable Vancouver-area artists that have worked with Ryan include Bed of Stars, Greg Drummond, the Written Years, Alexandria Maillot, Tough Lovers, P'aris, and Little India.^[37] He primarily works out of his own studio, Echoplant Sound in Coquitlam, British Columbia, but also works out of such studios as the Warehouse, Monarch Studio, Mushroom, the Hive and the Farm.^[22]

References

Tracking at Monarch Studio in Vancouver

External links

• Echoplant Sound official website