Occupation(s) Musician Name Ronnie Day | Genres Rock music Albums The Album | |
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Birth name Ronald Guglielmone, Jr. Born January 18, 1988 (age 36)
Redwood City, California, U.S. ( 1988-01-18 ) Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Drums, Violin, French Horn Role Songwriter · ronnieday.com Record labels Epic Records, Unsigned artist Similar People Lukas Vesely, Daniel Glass, Southern Sons, All Sides, Making April Profiles | ||
Ronnie Day - Sweet Melodies (The Live Sessions)
Ronnie Day (born Ronald Guglielmone, Jr.) is an American songwriter from Redwood City, California.
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By the age of 16, Day had sold over 10,000 copies of his bedroom record, Nine Sleepless Nights. He tested for proficiency, graduated high school early, and drove coast to coast playing on street corners, in parks, backyards and living rooms. He rose to the top unsigned artist position on both Myspace and Purevolume's music charts, and sales of his album skyrocketed.
In 2006, on his 18th birthday, Day signed with Epic Records, ending an industry-wide bidding war. He has since shared the stage with acts such as The Goo Goo Dolls, Dashboard Confessional, The Plain White T's and Gym Class Heroes. He also played dates on The Warped Tour, The Bamboozle, and MTV's Campus Invasion Tour.
His song "Falling for You" has been heavily featured on various MTV shows, most notably The Real World and The Hills and his song, "My Only Friend" was featured on the Cartoon Network movie "Re-Animated".
mtvU produced The Ronnie Day Project, an episodic video series based on the music from his debut album. The series was directed by Joshua Caldwell, who won a MTV Movie Award for Best Film on Campus.
After being dropped from his label deal, Day set music aside. He spent several years backpacking abroad, and closed all of his websites down. Five years after his debut release, he has recently begun recording again and released a new EP, Night Owl, on November 1, 2011. He has called his self-producing label "Simplify Music".
Again in 2014, he set music aside and returned to school at Stanford University where he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering.