Meet Jordan and Rickae!

Meet the newest members of the Salamanders! We are so excited to have Jordan and Rickae Robbins on board! We have had some amazing events and the feedback on the band has been fantastic. Concerts, Corporate Events, Weddings, Festivals... they've all been a blast! Stay tuned for an updated schedule!

Christmas in Deer Valley

Beautiful Christmas trees lining the path to our gig in December for a
corporate party! Beautiful night!

New Personal Email

I'm no longer able to access my salamandermusic@comcast.net account. 

If you need to reach me, please use salamandermusic@gmail.com

Thanks!    Hope you are well!

 

Mike

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** please note new address**

Michael Rytting
Salamander Music
4322 Scenic Acres Drive
Riverton, UT 84096
801-979-7377 cell
www.salamandermusic.com

"Salamander Music" Facebook Page!

We now can be found on Facebook! Be sure to "like" us when you visit! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salamander-Music/208883435829206

Concert and Fireworks

Be sure to come and see us at Cottonwood Heights Monday, July 25th, 8:00-9:30 PM. Free outdoor concert and fireworks to celebrate the 24th! 2700 E Bengal Blvd (7800 S). See you there!

Salamanders Headed to Indianapolis

We're headed to work 5 sessions over two days for a convention in Indianapolis. Should be fun, great group headed out. Mindy is flying in from Kansas City, MO to join us!


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Wedding of the Year 2010 at Sleepy Ridge Reception Center, Orem

Here's a video of the band at the "Wedding of the Year" event with BrideAccess and Alysse's Bridal. Held at the Sleepy Ridge Reception Center in Orem. What a night! Beautiful bride and groom, and it ended with fireworks above the golf course! Click here to watch the video.

Here's the link to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbu1R-JoEw

Beautiful Night at the Grand America

We were asked to join a law firm for their Christmas party again last night. We had a blast, wonderful food and a great client. We had Tommy Hopkins and Jenny Frogley join us and they rocked the house! The Grand looked stunning for Christmas!

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In the studio

The band had been asked to arrange a medley of songs for USANA's convention in Hong Kong. Here we are laying down the vocal tracks after we had recorded all the instruments earlier in the session. This was done in Aaron Merrill's beautiful (and high tech) studio in Highland. Thanks for making us sound great Aaron!!

We played this same medley live later in the year at USANA's international convention in Salt Lake City, performing with the CEO, the founder and the president of USANA.  Had an absolute blast!

5/04/2010

Cottonwood Country Club Gig

It's "lights on" at the CCClub with Kevin Flynn! The all boy band returned after a great reception from our first gig at the Cottonwood Country Club in May 2010. We'll play tonight with the guys, tomorrow night we'll have Todd Sorensen, Kendra Lowe and Joan Ottley join us, filling in for Dave and Joel.





The entrance to the CCClub was festive and beautiful.



Inside they had "decked the halls"!



We met many new friends.  Several of them said that they planned to come down to the Little America "New Year's Eve" celebration.  It will be our fourth year in a row there.  Great food, great venue, and great music of course!

Salamanders in Zion's!

We had a wonderful opportunity Monday to play in Springdale just outside Zion's National Park for a corporate event. The experience of playing in that beautiful environment was indescribable!  Kelly Bellerose was belting it out on vocals and the band really sounded fantastic in that outdoor environment.  Thanks to Webb AV and Modern Display for creating an unforgettable event!

The BOY BAND at Cottonwood Country Club

Salamanders got a call from Mike Rytting's good friend Kevin Flynn to play at the Cottonwood Country Club for their season opening party.  Mindy was in Hawaii so we went on...just the boys.  We had a blast playing songs that we haven't done for a few years.  Kevin was fantastic on sax and flute.  Thanks to the crew at Cottonwood Country Club for treating us so well and to the members for having us!  They certainly know how to party!

"Rock With You" with KJZZ

We were invited to jam with the anchors for KJZZ News at Nine last Friday. The results were fantastic! Check out the video by clicking here. Ron Bird is way too sexy...!

Email for a free CD!

Hoping to find just the right music for your wedding or corporate event? If you'd like to receive a FREE CD of the Salamanders performing, please email us at salamandermusic@comcast.net. We'd be happy to send you one and hope to see you at your next event!

$50,000 Wedding Giveaway March 20th!

Getting married this year?  You've got to enter the "Alysse's Bridal $50,000 Wedding Giveaway"!  Can you imagine having everything provided for you?  It's a dream that comes true for one lucky couple every year and we have been involved in the giveaway for three years in a row.  In addition to having the wedding vendors provide their services for free, you'll be featured on the TV show "BrideAccess.com" which airs Sundays on channel 4. 

 

All you have to do to enter is go in to an Alysse's Bridal .  They'll get you signed up.  Then just be on site at the University Mall at Alysse's Bridal for the giveaway on Saturday, March 20th 12 noon-2 PM.  Good luck and we'll see you there!

Michael Rytting
Salamander Music
1179 West 3420 North
Pleasant Grove, UT 84062
801-979-7377 cell
801-768-2092 fax
www.salamandermusic.com

Salamanders "Rock With You"

We've been busy with a project called "Rock With You". Started about 9 years ago, we were involved with USANA in an event that allowed attendees at a convention in Palm Springs to sing on stage with a live band. I'm sure it was sparked with the popularity of "American Idol" which was a huge hit at the time. We were prepared with about 300 songs that anyone could choose from. They'd put on cosumes appropriate to the song and joined us on stage in front of camera crews and under the big lights! What a blast! Since then we've taken the concept to Orlando, Toronto, Long Beach and many other locations and every time it's been a big hit. So give us a call if you'd like more info. We'd be happy to send you a DVD of what an event like this looks like. 801-979-7377
There's also a video link at www.rockwithyouband.com. Check it out!

Come see us Saturday, July 3rd, Sandy City!

We've been asked to play for the concert prior to the Sandy City 4th of July celebration on Saturday, July 3rd! We have played for this event twice before and we always have a blast! It's a great time for the family to have a great time with a parade, food, vendor's booths and live music right up to the fireworks display. It's especially fun for the Salamanders because it's a public event that our family and friends can attend. Hope to see you all there!

Michael Johns from American Idol 2008

We were excited when Michael Johns joined us on stage for a couple of songs "off the cuff". We were performing at B98.7's "Erin's Slumber Party". He has a killer voice and is a wonderfully nice guy to hang with. Check out this video from YouTube of the moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5EjJT-1-s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19gypmGFRWk&feature=related

Mobile Salamanders

You're going to see me post more and more from my blackberry. This looks like it could be pretty slick...!

2009 Has Been A Great Year

I've fallen behind in my posts, but am committed to updating this more frequently. We've had some great gigs this year and ended up with some great photos and videos. Stay tuned and I'll get them up in the next couple of weeks.