Bryan Grant Artist Bio Bryan Grant composes, arranges and performs easy listening jazz instrumentals with a flair for dreamy melodies and a soothing, positive vibe. “I’m an anesthesiologist, I put people to sleep for a living. How apropos!” he jokes of his profession, quick to note that if the opportunity came along, he’d leave it all for a chance to pursue his musical passion all day. “Being creative is important to me. It’s a place where you can really be yourself, and what comes out, comes out.” Music was Grant’s passion as far back as when he was a child and taught himself to play the piano, while visiting his aunt’s house and studying his niece’s piano lessons secondhand. His family was given a piano as a gift when he was a teenager, and Grant promptly glued himself to the bench, learning all the pop songs on the charts and picking up on their arrangements. Never dreaming of music as a career path at first, he joined the military and lived around the world before deciding on a career in medicine. When he returned to civilian life to go to medical school he found himself the newest member of his brother’s band. He would play keyboards with the band and ironically, the man who is now known for his instrumentals, was also it’s lead singer. Playing with other live musicians would prove to be a turning point for him as a musician. “I learned chording and arranging patterns from that experience, and then started coming up with my own songs and arrangements.” As his professional career advanced, music remained a focus and Grant continued writing new material with thoughts of someday recording a CD. “I just sit down and start playing. Something catches me when I’m playing it and I’ll lay down the track. Sometimes I have to come back and work on it, and other times all the pieces come together at once.” In the beginning, Grant figured he might eventually come up with lyrics for his ever-growing stack of songs, but several years into the writing he decided that they should really just be left as they are. It would be more fitting with his goal as an artist, which is to create music that makes people feel good, and can take their mind wherever they want to go. Less than a year ago, Grant realized that with advances in technology and an ever-growing venue for independent music and artists became possible, that the time had come for him to put together a CD. He took his selected tracks to Liquide Sounds Studio in Chicago, where they were re-edited, engineered, mixed and mastered. The result is a rich, lush sounding production, but for Grant, it’s a start, and his dream is to someday play his compositions live amidst a full orchestra. Whether his future includes a record deal, soundtrack scoring, or simply recording more self-released CDs for appreciative fans, Grant will continue to create music from his heart, with hopes of sharing it with others. “I would like to offer inspiring music that doesn’t tell the listener what to think - it lets you go ahead and reflect on your own. I’d like to provide that conduit to help you relax; to touch your soul.” Audio sample and contact information are available at www.bryangrant.net