The Ready Set
The Ready Set is the solo project of 33 year old Jordan Witzigreuter, start… Read Full Bio ↴The Ready Set is the solo project of 33 year old Jordan Witzigreuter, started November 17th, 2007.
Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, his interest in music formed when he began playing drums at the age of 10. He says that he came home one day and his mom told him that she had signed him up for drum lessons. He states that those lessons are the main reasons he is where he is in music today. By the age of 14 he was playing in bands, playing drums while getting more familiar with other instruments, and by the age of 16 he was touring in them. He later found a different outlet for his creativity through writing lyrics and music in an acoustic duo, which eventually led to the formation of The Ready Set. He was a member of a ska band, "Take Sides", an acoustic band, "brideandgroom" and a hardcore band, "Saints Never Surrender" before creating The Ready Set in the fall of 2007.
During the summer of ‘07, Jordan wrote a few songs and kept them to himself, as his main focus was the acoustic duo he was a part of. When the other member left to pursue a different career, Jordan decided to take the songs he had started, finish them up, and put together a Myspace page just for fun. In January of 2008, he released his first EP “Syntax and Bright Lights”, which was completely written and recorded in his basement. He soon after began writing for his second release, a full-length titled “Tantrum Castle”, also recorded in his basement.
Shortly after his high school graduation, he began touring in other bands, which made it clear to him where his heart was: The Ready Set. In July of 2008 he released “Tantrum Castle” and began touring full-time as The Ready Set. His live performances have evolved greatly since his early days, changing from a two-man show with keys, vocals, and a computer, to a complete full-band show with bass, drums, and lights. Witzigreuter says that his first performance for The Ready Set was at a coffee shop (The Mocha Lounge) where he worked in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since then, The Ready Set has toured with numerous bands, including a supporting slot on a full US tour with Boys Like Girls, both The Bamboozle and Bamboozle Left, the Bamboozle Roadshow, the MTV VMA Tour, as well as many smaller tours.
The Ready Set has also made performances on MTV on multiple occasions, including an appearance on MTV's TJ Search Live Finale and being the "One to Watch" on MTV's 10 on Top. Witzigreuter has also been featured twice on MTV's Buzzworthy: once on December 11, 2009 as an up and coming artist, and again the following year on September 7, 2010, complete with an interview video and a live performance video.
Throughout multiple self-booked tours, The Ready Set has continued to prove itself as a show worth seeing as well as hearing with it’s abundant energy and emphasis on showmanship. In November 2009, Witzigreuter signed with Decaydance Records and Sire Records, both subsidiary labels of Warner Bros. Records. He released his first full–length studio album, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming, on June 15, 2010.
The lead single, "Love Like Woe" has reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100, #15 on the Billboard pop chart, and #15 on the Mediabase Top 40 Radio chart.
Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, his interest in music formed when he began playing drums at the age of 10. He says that he came home one day and his mom told him that she had signed him up for drum lessons. He states that those lessons are the main reasons he is where he is in music today. By the age of 14 he was playing in bands, playing drums while getting more familiar with other instruments, and by the age of 16 he was touring in them. He later found a different outlet for his creativity through writing lyrics and music in an acoustic duo, which eventually led to the formation of The Ready Set. He was a member of a ska band, "Take Sides", an acoustic band, "brideandgroom" and a hardcore band, "Saints Never Surrender" before creating The Ready Set in the fall of 2007.
During the summer of ‘07, Jordan wrote a few songs and kept them to himself, as his main focus was the acoustic duo he was a part of. When the other member left to pursue a different career, Jordan decided to take the songs he had started, finish them up, and put together a Myspace page just for fun. In January of 2008, he released his first EP “Syntax and Bright Lights”, which was completely written and recorded in his basement. He soon after began writing for his second release, a full-length titled “Tantrum Castle”, also recorded in his basement.
Shortly after his high school graduation, he began touring in other bands, which made it clear to him where his heart was: The Ready Set. In July of 2008 he released “Tantrum Castle” and began touring full-time as The Ready Set. His live performances have evolved greatly since his early days, changing from a two-man show with keys, vocals, and a computer, to a complete full-band show with bass, drums, and lights. Witzigreuter says that his first performance for The Ready Set was at a coffee shop (The Mocha Lounge) where he worked in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since then, The Ready Set has toured with numerous bands, including a supporting slot on a full US tour with Boys Like Girls, both The Bamboozle and Bamboozle Left, the Bamboozle Roadshow, the MTV VMA Tour, as well as many smaller tours.
The Ready Set has also made performances on MTV on multiple occasions, including an appearance on MTV's TJ Search Live Finale and being the "One to Watch" on MTV's 10 on Top. Witzigreuter has also been featured twice on MTV's Buzzworthy: once on December 11, 2009 as an up and coming artist, and again the following year on September 7, 2010, complete with an interview video and a live performance video.
Throughout multiple self-booked tours, The Ready Set has continued to prove itself as a show worth seeing as well as hearing with it’s abundant energy and emphasis on showmanship. In November 2009, Witzigreuter signed with Decaydance Records and Sire Records, both subsidiary labels of Warner Bros. Records. He released his first full–length studio album, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming, on June 15, 2010.
The lead single, "Love Like Woe" has reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100, #15 on the Billboard pop chart, and #15 on the Mediabase Top 40 Radio chart.
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The Ready Set Lyrics
A Little More (Gotta try to give a little more love) All eyes, always…
Aileron I wrote you songs a hundred times I wrote them so…
Airplanes Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are…
Amsterdam Everyone (x4) Dance-floors turning (x2) (?) So, our world…
Approach-Approach i will fall down, and make my move make my move,…
Are We Happy Now? The more I get, the less I want it. The best…
Atmosfears Break down the walls and let me see you the way…
Augustus and The Holiday Hypothetically you say that I don't go Would it open your…
Back to Back My mind has left the building And I shouldn't be speaking, B…
Balconies So if you just ask, you know that I'll stay…
Bitter and the Sweetness Troublemaker look on your face Followed by a smile and I…
Bleeding I'm just calling to say hello Play the friend, you should…
Blizzard of '89 We welcome winter's wind, the colors of our bones. Will you…
Blood Red Heavy eyes and empty hearts Do we really gotta get into…
Carry Me Home I feel on top of the world Across the bar saw…
Castaway I heard you say that you were writing a diary Of…
Don Remember you and I driving down the one-oh-one? Remember Sa…
Don't You Need Me Remember you and I driving down the one-oh-one? Remember San…
Drain Notes I wanna know how to feel Are you ready to love…
Fangz Fangs, fangs, fangs, fangs Ordinary life they thought we'…
For The Better I heard it on a saturday night You hopped on that…
Freakin Hey I'd like to stay a little longer, Though I…
Freakin' Me Out Hey I'd like to stay a little longer, Though I…
Giants (Alright) Just give a little twist, little turn Keep on …
Give Me Your Hand Dressed in your Friday best, And ready to impress whoa-oh I …
Hanami A static song humming in my head I saw myself in…
Higher This feeling can't be wrong Like it's so good it hurts I've…
Hollywood Dream She’s a Hollywood dream Straight from an A list movie scene …
I Don It's the night Before Christmas and I have you on my…
Killer Stuck in a limbo (here we go) Me and my sins…
Limits She's got my heart strapped down To the beat just like…
Logistics Every song is the same thing, The authors of text books…
Love Like Woe (J-J-J-J-JR) Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh…
Luxury No, I kinda really used to think I could solve everything…
Melody Assuming I know that people around are moving to downtown, T…
More Than Alive I don't want to slow, slow, slow, slow down, down Hey…
Notions (I've got the notion for emotion And baby I set my…
Operator I miss you when you're gone A heart without a home Just…
Roll Up I roll up I roll up I roll up Shawty I roll up I…
Sixty-eight And one day the world's gonna be alright And there will…
Soular Flares I've been thinking that the stars are all aligned, I'm youn…
Spacific Oceans Whoa oh oh oh oh my sunshine Whoa oh oh oh…
Spinnin You keep spinnin' around You keep spinnin' around You keep s…
Stays Four the Same I could've wrote down Every thought I've been thinking to my…
Stitch Locked up in my head On my own, swimming around an…
T.F.E.R.A. The way that I acted, so irrational You saw me lying…
Tending to Turn Out Pretty Great I console my self on waking up, This town will…
Terrible Things Far side Wishing on electric skies She wants to catch fire…
The Bandit You take one step out a big black cadillac, A bowler…
The Ghost of Los Angeles Whoah And I won't feel your breath on my neck It's like…
The Robbery Darling don't you mess around, Showing your face on my side…
The Scientist I'm just like your friends. I sit solid until the timing's…
The Witching Hour I wanna try to sleep all night for once Shadows of…
There Are Days And I'll catch you now Oh, oh, oh, Catch you now, Oh, oh,…
Upsets and Downfalls It's hard to write out an apology Am I the person…
Wishlist Snowbird Tying ribbons up in your hair Wishing that I coul…
Wonderful Christmastime The mood is right, the feeling's up We're here tonight and…
Young Forever We'll, we'll be young forever. We'll, we'll be young forever…