Ryan Patrick Imming (RPI) quit his “real job” in the fall of 2001 to pursue his career as a singer/songwriter. Since then he has logged over 100,000 miles on 2 vans, played over 500 shows in 7 states, and sold more than 5000 copies of his 3 independently released CD’s. In the process of all of this he has become a favorite on the midwest bar and college circuits, playing to capacity crowds in cities as big as Dallas, Chicago, and St. Louis, and towns as small as Macomb, IL., Maryville, MO., and Manhattan, KS.

Ryan wins over audiences large and small with his uncanny ability to relate to people through story and song. He uses live “phrase sampling” or “looping” to create a full band sound that is visually stimulating and sonically amazing. While effortlessly layering vocals, guitar,bass, harmonica and “creative percussion,” Ryan lets his songs take he and his audience to undiscovered territory on a nightly basis.

RPI is currently touring in support of his latest release, “live at the hi ho” (small pond records 2004) and will begin recording his next studio record in the summer of 2005 for a spring 2006 release.

In the past he has shared the stage with a wide range of national touring acts including:
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Sheryl Crow
Cowboy Mouth
Michelle Branch
Michael Glabicki (former lead singer of Rusted Root)
Dave Edmunds
Cary Pierce (formerly of JACKOPIERCE)
The Pat McGee Band
Better Than Ezra
The Samples

He has also shared the bill with several successful regional touring acts including:
Ari Hest (New York)
Shaking Tree (Kansas City)
Trippin Billies (Chicago)
GB Leighton (Minneapolis)
Pomeroy (Kansas City)
Umphrey’s McGee (Chicago)
Panoramic Blue (Minneapolis)
Dazy Head Mazy (Minneapolis)
Mission 19 (Colorado)
E Double (Kansas City)

Ryan's instinctive union with his audience is immediately evident during his mind blowing live shows and acts as a reminder to him of what is possible when musicians never lose sight of the fact that playing music and putting smiles on people’s faces is the most important thing.