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Some new Ryan Laird

I haven't had anything about Ryan Laird for a while, but today I got an email with a couple of links to videos so I figured I better post them since the people have spoken. 

The first video is Ryan singing "That's Just Me."  The second video is Ryan's media tour vlog. 

Okay, about halfway through the second video Ryan visits CMT.  I'm fascinated by the fact that they airbrush him.  Not after a photoshoot but before his appearance.  They airbrush makeup?  Learn something new everyday I guess. 

Taylor talks about the billboard boy

I've had a couple of emails in the past asking if Taylor's ever talked about Ryan Laird, the singer who is trying to get her to produce his album (via a billboard). 

Well great news all you Ryan fans, Taylor actually talks about him in this video at about the 1:39 mark.  She's went on his MySpace even.  How great for him! 

Thanks to Ploughboy Mansion for having the link to this video. 

Ryan Laird visits Broadway

Remember back in the beginning of November when I told you about Ryan Laird?  He's the guy who bought some billboard space in Nashville trying to get Taylor to produce his album.  Well he's making the media rounds and joined Broadway in the Barnyard. 

He seems like such a nice kid and he's a very good singer, hope all this pays off for him.  Team Ryan! 

Taylor gets propositioned

Ryan Laird has a proposition for Taylor Swift but it's probably not what you think. 

The up-and-coming singer decided that Taylor's his ticket to something bigger and so he took some of his savings and bought himself a nice big billboard in Nashville asking Taylor to produce his album. 

Laird started out his career by video taping himself singing male-version covers of some of Taylor's songs and putting them on his YouTube channel. Now he's moved onto MySpace and seems to be getting quite the little following, many of who are Taylor fans who are following him now because of his covers of her music.  Now there's the billboard.  

Hey, whatever works. 

 "When Ryan came to me with this idea, I thought it was brilliant and way  outside the lines for Nashville. It is the kind of outside the paradigm  thinking our industry needs to start selling units. Unique stories of success are what makes the music industry so magical." Said Brandon Riester,  Laird's Manager

 "I love her music and I heard her talk on the radio about how she writes and  hears all the instruments and parts in the song before its produced. I  thought wow this could be a great collaboration, so I 
 because her album is called "Fearless" and this was a pretty bold move", explains Ryan Laird.

Well Taylor may be a little busy for producing duty, what with her little unknown album and all, but she should at least drop the kid an email, he's cute.