The Ready Set

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The Ready Set
File:The Ready Set - live 2009.jpg
The Ready Set in 2009
Background information
Birth name Jordan Mark Witzigreuter
Born (1989-11-14) November 14, 1989 (age 34)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Years active 2007–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website thereadyset.com

Jordan Mark Witzigreuter (born November 14, 1989), known by his stage name The Ready Set, is an American electropop singer-songwriter from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is the lead vocalist and sole member of the act, using a backup band while on tour. Witzigreuter created The Ready Set in the basement of his childhood home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has released three studio albums Tantrum Castle, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming and The Bad & The Better, four extended plays and seven singles. Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz signed The Ready Set to his label Decaydance Records, in 2009. He is currently with Razor and Tie Records.[4][5]

He is best known for the commercially successful single "Love Like Woe" from his major label debut I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming. Witzigreuter's most recent release, Feel Good Now, was released on October 11, 2011 on Sire Records.[6] He released an extended play, Sorry Sorry, as a preview of his new album in 2013. The rest of his third studio album, now titled The Bad & The Better, was released on May 27, 2014. His most recent single, "Trash Talking Love" with Kitty Pryde, was released in August 2014.[7][8] His last tour was Vans Warped Tour 2014, he has since announced a fall coheadling tour with Metro Station and The Downtown Fiction.

Band members

Touring

  • Mike Naran – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
  • Travis Rountree – drums, percussion
  • Katelyn Gentry - merch

Former touring members

  • Deryck Stanek - guitar, backing vocals
  • Cameron Walker - bass, backing vocals, guitar
  • Keegan Weckler - guitar
  • Andy Snyder - bass guitar
  • Jason Kuipers - merch

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top Heatseekers
2009 Tantrum Castle
  • Released: March 27, 2009
  • Label: Self-released
2010 I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming 3
2014 The Bad & The Better 75

Extended plays

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200
2009 Cascades
  • Released: April 29, 2009
  • Label: Self-released
2011 Feel Good Now
  • Released: October 8, 2011
  • Label: Sire
179
2013 I'll Be Waiting
  • Released: July 2013
  • Label: Self-released
2014 The Celebrity EP

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US
[9]
US
Adult

[10]
US
Pop

[11]
NZ
[12]
2010 "Love Like Woe" 27 35 15 I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming
"More Than Alive"
2011 "Young Forever" 39 Feel Good Now
"Hollywood Dream"
2012 "Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" 30 33 The Bad & The Better
2014 "Higher"
"Freakin' Me Out"
"Fangz"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Miscellaneous

  • Syntax and Bright Lights (2008)
  • regifted. (2010)
  • GMYH V.2 (2013)
  • Sorry, Sorry (2013)

References

  1. http://m.zimbio.com/Artist+Spotlight/articles/9r5hp7n6A8E/Ready+Set+New+Album+Hitting+Road+2014+Vans
  2. http://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-ready-set-the-bad-better/
  3. http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2014/06/the-ready-set/
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  8. http://idobi.com/news/2014/03/the-ready-set-announce-new-album-the-bad-the-better/
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http://www.razorandtie.com/the-ready-set-signs-to-razor-tie/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5eg9yvHV2M

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