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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;99% of all music groups that  decry religion do so through the use of eardrum shattering metal music  and brazen satanic imagery. Ryan Dawson (nom de plume Thirtysilver),  on the other hand, uses a more subdued method. He plays stripped-down,  acoustic jams laced with dark, thought-provoking lyrics, or as he describes  it, &amp;ldquo;alt-folk for brooding intellectuals.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;His artist name is a reference  to the New Testament story of Judas Iscariot&amp;rsquo;s betrayal of Jesus Christ.  Judas was paid thirty pieces of silver for information that lead to  the arrest of Christ. &amp;ldquo;I am an atheist and questioning Christianity  is a dominant theme in my lyrics,&amp;rdquo; he explains. &amp;ldquo;I suppose that  adopting the stage name Thirtysilver is my way tying myself to Judas,  who is portrayed as a villain but who was only doing what he thought  was right at the time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;Dawson&amp;rsquo;s original aspiration  was to be a concert pianist. He started playing piano at age six and  began composing songs with lyrics by age nine on a Casio keyboard. One  day, the former devout Christian popped in a copy of his brother&amp;rsquo;s  copy of the Smashing Pumpkins &lt;em&gt;Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness&lt;/em&gt;.  &amp;ldquo;The experience was thrilling not only because it felt like I was  breaking some holy rule but also because I LOVED THE RECORD!&amp;rdquo; he says.  &amp;ldquo;It was about this time that I had started sneaking into my dad's  room to try and play his guitar.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;The prolific musician has since  recorded over 30 albums worth of material. The majority of his early  work was recorded on a dual cassette deck. &amp;ldquo;Before I had any kind  of recording equipment, I used to use my two-deck stereo to record multiple  tracks,&amp;rdquo; he remembers, &amp;ldquo;recording one track and then bouncing it  over to another tape in the recording deck while I laid another track  over it.&amp;nbsp; I recorded more than 10 albums this way, filling both  sides of the 60 minute cassettes.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;He has toured throughout the  Midwest for a decade now, both solo and as a guitarist for two different  bands. He&amp;rsquo;s been interviewed for numerous radio stations and shared  the stage with such groups as Bleeding Through and Dragonforce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;To me, the integrity of  my lyrics is paramount,&amp;rdquo; he says of his style. &amp;ldquo;I hold myself to  rigorous standards of quality.&amp;nbsp; I like to read, and I am heavily  inspired by classical literature and epic poetry.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;Thirtysilver has just finished his latest full length album, &lt;em&gt;Swim to Live&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title><![CDATA[Newcomer - @thirtysilver]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Hello, all!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;I'm Thirtysilver. &lt;br /&gt;I have been writing music for 20 years.&amp;nbsp; I love music and writing lyrics.&amp;nbsp; My music is pretty laid-back and introspective, but the lyrics are often highly emotional.&amp;nbsp; I'm not signed at this point.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ryan&lt;br /&gt;Thirtysilver&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:21:43 -0500</pubDate>
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