Ryan Shephard

I have 15+ years of experience and have performed at hundreds of live events across the United States. I specialize in bringing live entertainment to a wide variety of private and public events such as weddings, corporate events, birthday & holiday parties, music venues, bars & restaurants, or anything else that needs the boost of live music either being the center of attention or background ambience. Background: Ryan Shephard is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Cincinnati, OH, (Now located in Chicago, IL) with a large repertoire of experience ranging in numerous different genres of music and musical accolades. He’s played in dozens of bands all over the United States, most notably Freak Mythology, with 600+ shows played in his fifteen-plus year career as a professional musician. Ryan's first original project, Freak Mythology, was started in 2012 as an original project and has won multiple national and international awards for their music. In 2018, Ryan began playing in numerous cover acoustic bands that toured hundreds of venues across fourteen states. Ryan now primarily plays in the greater Chicagoland area, as well as Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, Minnesota and Ohio at all sorts of different private and public events. Note from the artist: I absolutely love playing live music because of the connection we can create through it. Quality is my expertise! Let me give you a night to remember. I offer a standard one-man acoustic set for a starting price of $800, and potential availability for acoustic duo and trio sets! Not sure about booking just yet? Check out my socials to see when I'm playing in the Greater Chicago area and come say hello! Professional Accolades: - Thumbtack Top Pro '21, '22, & '23 - Past clients include Milwaukee Tool, Fresenius Kabi, Ventas Inc, St. Louis Post, and many more - 2 time Nominee for ‘Best Rock Act’ in the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. ('18 & '19) - 1st place in the Madison Theater Band Challenge 2018, the largest Battle of the Bands style competitions in the Midwest. - UK Rock Blog PRNAV's Album of the Year 2017. - 1st Place in Cincinnati’s Next Big Band Competition 2017. - Featured in numerous films, including the opening scene of award-winning film director Martin Neveu’s short film, “Feeling Station”. - Selected artist to play at Bunbury Music Festival, Jersey Shore Music Festival, OHMSTEAD Music Festival, Rhythm Brew Music & Arts Festival, and many more national and regional music festivals. - Local & national FM radio airplay. - Local, national, & international online radio airplay. - Fifty thousand combined streams on all major music platforms. - Thousands of copies of 'Freak Mythology' sold. Some Press: "Truly stunning varied selection - current and original yet so evocative of years gone by - a true pleasure to have heard it" — 'Donald Strachen on the Radio' - Donald Strachen “For me it is my 2017 Album of the Year and it will take a lot for any band to beat it." — Pete Divine - PRNAV (2017) “Discovering Freak Mythology, a four piece from Cincinnati, is a refreshing breath of Americana-embedded alternative rock and roll." — Charles Frank - The Jamwich Magazine