| Raised near the central Minnesota town of Sartell, Bryan got his start in music early. With his father making a living performing his own music, his mother teaching elementary music and piano lessons, and his brother studying voice, viola and piano, music was as much a part of life as breathing in the Wood household. Bryan’s introduction to playing began in kindergarten with the cello. Soon afterward he studied piano, receiving lessons from his grandmother. He also played percussion in the school bands and jazz bands and was a member of the renowned St. John’s Boy’s Choir. Bryan stayed active in school choirs through high school and while at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He didn’t like playing and practicing early on and owes much to his parents for making him stick with music. “I didn’t think it was cool to be playing piano and cello when other boys my age were playing football or video games,” Bryan says.
But music began to grow on Bryan and he found himself starting to play for fun as he got older. He first picked up a guitar in high school, and joined a rock band his senior year. But Bryan didn‘t really begin playing much until his parents bought him his own guitar as a high school graduation present. From there, he began composing and writing songs, a process very intimidating to him at first. But Bryan kept at it and songwriting became less daunting the more he tried. He began playing his acoustic music at open mikes and pubs in Duluth during college, sometimes solo, other times with musicians from his CD.
With the release of his first full length CD “Melody of My Life,” and his poignant, global warming single "Is That What It Will Take" Bryan is following his passion for music, and is excited for the journey that lays ahead. Judging from his musical evolution up until this point, many more good things are yet to come from this talented young artist.
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