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Ryan Sette is a guitarist who hails from Green Bay, WI, and can usually be found playing the music of jazz, although he has been moved by classical, blues, rock, funk, and acoustic/ fingerstyle music. All of these influences can be heard distinctly through his solo playing, which is mostly a mix of classical style fingerpicking through jazz standards. Currently, he teaches private lessons at the Guitar Cellar, and is involved in a variety of musical efforts. He has been working on music for a possible solo, is a member of a new, original rock group called Quarterlife Crisis, and has recently joined up with Mark Mertens to play jazz guitar duos. Ryan is available for private parties, weddings, special events, etc. for a reasonable fee. Hiring an accomplished solo artist can give you a lot of bang for your buck. Ryan plays a huge variety of music on solo guitar, and can easily tailor his set list to fit any situation. Over the past eleven years, Ryan has led a fairly eclectic musical life. He's played with local jazz master John Salerno, sat in with the cover band Charisma, spent a year behind-the-scenes with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, led his own jazz combo, opened for the Beaver Dam Community Orchestra, sang Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Oshkosh Symphony, and has filled in on banjo playing Dixieland and Polka with the Packer Band. He has even performed in a big band with jazz greats Chuck Loeb and Bobby Militello. During high school, Ryan received the high ratings for a classical guitar performance at a solo competition, and personally organized and directed his school's jazz ensemble. Since then, he has graduated at the top of his class with a degree in Jazz from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay.