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" CG is totally digging the catchy, danceable and super fun Alive, I&amp;#039;m Dreaming \u2014the debut album from the Ready Set. Wanna know a secret? The Ready Set is actually a solo act. The man behind the music is Jordan Witzigreuter because, well, remembering the Ready Set is just slightly easier than Witzigreuter! Jordan writes, sings and plays all his own music so it&amp;#039;s no surprise that Fall Out Boy&amp;#039;s Pete Wentz took one listen and decided that the Ready Set needed to be the first signing to his label Decaydance Records. Let&amp;#039;s get to know Jordan a little better, shall we? Age: 20 Hometown: Ft. Wayne, Indiana Influences: &amp;quot;My first concert was the Warped Tour in 2003. But the monumental band I listened to growing up was Copeland. Not many people have heard of them but they&amp;#039;re pretty awesome.&amp;quot; Getting Started: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been playing the drums since I was 11 years old and I started writing songs when I was 16. I took drum lessons but learned the bass, keyboard and all the electronic stuff just by messing around. In high school, everyone knew I was into music but I wasn&amp;#039;t taking it that seriously. I graduated early and that&amp;#039;s when I started writing and getting really serious.&amp;quot; Getting Signed: &amp;quot;I did everything on own. I booked all my own shows all across the country to get out of the local scene and just relied on myself. I went around in an SUV and then got a van and kept at it. My manager set up a label showcase and Pete Wentz came and was really into my music, the songs I wrote and the way my voice went with the melody. It all just fell into place. I was a fan of Fall Out Boy before they blew up. Pete stays involved and it&amp;#039;s good to get the opinion of someone who&amp;#039;s been through every step I&amp;#039;m now going through.&amp;quot; Dealing with Fame: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m the sort of person who isn&amp;#039;t able to focus in the moment and thinks two steps ahead. I&amp;#039;m already thinking now about what&amp;#039;s going to happen in the winter. I like to see things progressing and growing. If I&amp;#039;m content, then I think I&amp;#039;m failing . . . but if I&amp;#039;m growing and changing, I feel like I&amp;#039;m succeeding.&amp;quot; Inspiration: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m inspired by the people I&amp;#039;m on tour with and the idea of being far away from home and friends and family inspires me too. There&amp;#039;s a romanticism that comes from being away and traveling.&amp;quot; Relationship Status: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been with my girlfriend for six years so I haven&amp;#039;t even really dealt with dating. She gets bummed when I leave for tours but she&amp;#039;s very supportive and has faith in what I do. I&amp;#039;m not very good at doing romantic things when we&amp;#039;re apart \u2014 I&amp;#039;m better at writing romantic songs.&amp;quot; First Thing He Does When Off Road: &amp;quot;Shower!&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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