| Description | Price |
| SOLO ACT | 4 hours, Sound System For Two Locations, Microphones For Speeches, Master of Ceremonies, up to 5 Special Requested Songs, Stage Lights For Reception, Music Playlist Between Breaks In Reception | $2000 (USD) |
| DUO | 4 hours, Sound System For Two Locations, Microphones For Speeches, Master of Ceremonies, up to 5 Special Requested Songs, Stage Lights For Reception, Music Playlist Between Breaks in Reception | $3000 (USD) |
| FULL BAND | 6 hours, 7 piece band, Perform For Ceremony, Cocktail, Dinner, and Reception, Sound System and Audio Engineer, Microphones For Speeches, Master of Ceremonies, up to 8 Special Requested Songs, Stage Lights For Reception, | $7000 (USD) |
Created by The Voice and American Idol stand out, Ryan Argast. The frontman of the award winning and national touring rock band, Marina City, is bringing his story telling delivery and high energy to the event world with THE R.A.X. Customize your event with a solo act, duo, or full band. Armed with the band's eclectic and massive set list; wedding couples, corporate events, private parties, and festivals can give their guests a concert they will be telling stories about forever. Storied Events, Amplified.
= areas covered (up to 400 miles)
= free travel (up to 100 miles)
**NOTE THAT THE SONG LIST CONSTANTLY GROWS AND AN UPDATED ONE WILL BE SENT TO YOU WHEN INQUIRING***
BIG BAND/VOCAL JAZZ
Ain't That A Kick In The Head Dean Martin
Beyond The Sea Bobby Darin
Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra
For Once In My Life Frank Sinatra / Stevie Wonder
I Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis
In The Ghetto Elvis Presley
L-O-V-E Nat King Cole
My Way Frank Sinatra
Something's Gotta Give Frank Sinatra
Summer Wind Frank Sinatra
That's Amore Dean Martin
The Best Is Yet To Come Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
What Kind Of Fool Am I Sammy Davis
COUNTRY
10,000 Hours Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
A Bar Song (Tipsy) Shaboozy
A Woman Like You Lee Brice
Amazed Lonestar
Backseat Driver Kane Brown
Beer Never Broke My Heart Luke Combs
Before He Cheats Carrie Underwood
Bless The Broken Road Rascal Flatts
Can't Have Mine (Find You A Girl) Dylan Scott
Chasin You Morgan Wallen
Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band
Country Girl (Shake It For Me) Luke Bryan
Courtesy Of The Red White & Blue Toby Keith
Fast Cars and Freedom Rascal Flatts
Friends In Low Places Garth Brooks
God's Country Blake Shelton
I Had Some Help Morgan Wallen and Post Malone
I Love This Bar Toby Keith
Jolene Dolly Parton
Joy Of My Life Chris Stapleton
Life Is A highway Rascal Flatts
Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw
Love Like Crazy Lee Brice
Love Story Taylor Swift
Need A Favor Jelly Roll
Neon Moon Brooks & Dunn
Next Thing you Know Jordan Davis
Revival Zach Bryan
Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell
Rockstar Nickleback
Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) Big & Rich
Save Me Jelly Roll
Speechless Dan + Shay
Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver
Tennessee Whiskey Chris Stapleton
Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker
Whatever It Is Zac Brown Band
White Horse Chris Stapleton
FOLK
Cleopatra The Lumineers
Dial Drunk Noah Kahan
I Will Wait Mumford & Sons
Into The Mystic Van Morrison
Nice To Meet You Myles Smith
S.O.B Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Seats
Stargazing Myles Smith
HIP HOP
Gold Digger Kanye West
Hey Ya OutKast
Lose Yourself Eminem
No Diggity Blackstreet
Sunflower Post Malone & Swae Lee
POP
Abracadabra Lady Gaga
A Sky Full of Stars Coldplay
All of Me John Legend
Apologize One Republic
APT Bruno Mars & Rose
As It Was Harry Styles
Be Alright Dean Lewis
Beautiful Soul Jesse McCartney
Beautiful Things Benson Boone
Before You Go Lewis Capaldi
Believe Cher
Biblical Calum Scott
Blank Space Taylor Swift
Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
Breakaway Kelly Clarkson
Breakeven (Falling To Pieces) The Script
Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen
Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd
Can't Stop The Feeling Justin Timberlake
Careless Whisper George Michael
Castle On The Hill Ed Sheeran
Collide Howie Day
Come On Get Higher Matt Nathanson
Complicated Avril Lavigne
Crazy Gnarls Barkley
Daisies Justin Bieber
Dancing On My Own Calum Scott
Dancing Queen Abba
Die With A Smile Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
Don't Speak No Doubt
Don't Start Now Dua Lipa
Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
Dreams Fleetwood Mac
Drops Of Jupiter Train
End Of Beginning Djo
Faith George Michael
Fast Car Tracy Chapman
Feel Good Inc Gorillaz
Feel It Still Portugal, The Man
Finesse Bruno Mars
Fix You Coldplay
Flowers Miley Cyrus
Forget You Cee Lo Green
FourFiveSeconds Rhianna
Get Lucky Daft Punk
Gravity John Mayer
Grenade Bruno Mars
Have I Told You Lately Rod Stweart
Happy Pharrell
Here (In Your Arms) Hellogoodbye
Hey Jude The Beatles
Hey There Delilah Plain White Ts
How To Save A Life The Fray
I Don't Want To Be Gavin DeGraw
I Want It That Way The Backstreet Boys
I Want You Back Jackson 5
I'll Be Edwin McCain
I'm A Believer The Monkees
I'm Like A Bird Nelly Furtado
If I Ain't Got You Alicia Keys
Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars
King Of Wishful Thinking Go West
Latch Sam Smith
Let It Go James Bay
Let Me In Dermot Kennedy
Levitating Dua Lipa
Locked Out Of Heaven Bruno Mars
Lose Control Teddy Swims
Love On The Brain Rhianna
Manchild Sabrina Carpenter
Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett
Million Reasons Lady Gaga
New Rules Dua Lipa
Oridnary Alex Warren
Outnumbered Dermot Kennedy
Peaches Justin Bieber
Perfect Ed Sheeran
Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan
Put Your Records On Corinne Bailey Rae
Rich Girl Hall & Oats
Rocketman Elton John
Rolling In The Deep Adele
Royals Lorde
Say You Won't Let Go James Arthur
Shallow Lady Gaga
She Will Be Loved Maroon 5
She's So High Tal Bachman
Simply The Best Tina Turner
Smooth Santana & Rob Thomas
Smoe Nights Fun
Someone You Loved Lewis Capaldi
Somewhere Only We Know Keane
Stay With Me Sam Smith
Tainted Love Soft Cell
Take Me To Church Hozier
Take On Me A Ha
That's So True Gracie Abrams
The Scientist Coldplay
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
Too Sweet Hozier
Torn Natalie Imbruglia
Toxic Britney Spears
Umbrella Rhianna
Unsteady X Ambassadors
Unwritten Natasha Bedingfield
Valerie Amy Winehouse
Waiting On The World To Change John Mayer
Wake Me Up Avicii
Watermelon Sugar Harry Styles
Waves Dean Lewis
What Dreams Are Made Of Lizzie McGuire
What Makes You Beautiful One Directiion
Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus
Yellow Coldplay
You And Me Lifehouse
You Are The Best Thing Ray LaMontagne
You Are The Reason Calum Scott
Your Body Is A Wonderland John Mayer
R&B/SOUL
Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers
At Last Etta James
Beat It Michael Jackson
Best Part Daniel Caeser
Billie Jean Michael Jackson
Black & White Michael Jackson
Build Me Up Butterup The Foundations
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You Lauryn Hill
Crazy In love Beyonce
Heard it Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye
Hold On, I'm Comin Sam & Dave
Hold On, We're Going Home Drake
I Just Might Bruno Mars
I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
Killing Me Softly Lauren Hill
Kiss Prince
Lovely Day Bill Withers
Man I Need Olivia Deen
My Girl The Temptations
No Scrubs TLC
Proud Mary Tina Turner
Purple Rain Prince
Respect Aretha Franklin
September Earth, Wind, and Fire
Sexyback Justin Timberlake
Signed Sealed Delivered Stevie Wonder
Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake
Stand By Me Ben E. King
Superstition Stevie Wonder
That's What I Like Bruno Mars
The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson
ROCK
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
Three AM Matchbox Twenty
Absolutely (Story of a Girl) Nine Days
Africa Toto
Again Lenny Kravitz
All Star Smash Mouth
All The Small Things Blink 182
American Girl Tom Petty
American Idiot Green Day
Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band
Back To Black AC/DC
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce
Basket Case Green Day
Bennie and the Jets Elton John
Black Dog Led Zepplin
Black Hole Sun Soundgarden
Boston Augustana
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) Looking Glass
Bring Me To Life Evanescence
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Closer Nine Inch Nails
Clsoing Time Semisonic
Come As You Are Nirvana
Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners
Come Together The Beatles
Crazy Train Ozzie Osbourne
Creep Radiohead
Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
Danicing In The Moonlight King Harvest
Days Like This Van Morrison
Dirty Little Secret The All American Rejects
Don't Look Back In Anger Oasis
Don't Stop Believin Journey
Don't Stop Me Now Queen
Drift Away Uncle Kracker & Dobie Gray
Drive Incubus
Drive The Cars
Enter Sandman Metallica
Even Flow Pearl Jam
Everlong Foo Fighters
Every Breath You Take The Police
Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison
Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears
Eye of the Tiger Survivor
Faithfully Journey
Fall For You Secondhand Serenade
Feel Like Makin Love Bad Company
Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger
Fly Away Lenny Kravitz
Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Fallin Tom Petty
Friday i'm In Love The Cure
Gimme Sheler The Rolling Stones
Glycerine Bush
Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette
Hard To Handle The Black Crowes
Hash Pipe Weezer
Have You Ever Seen The Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival
Here Without You 3 Doors Down
Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms
High and Dry Radiohead
Higher Creed
Highway To Hell AC/DC
Hold The Line Toto
Holiday Green Day
Hotel California The Eagles
How You Remind Me Nickleback
Hurt So Good John Mellencamp
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Aerosmith
I Miss You Blink 182
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2
I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick
I Won't Back Down Tom Petty
I Write Sins Not Tragedies Panic! At The Disco
I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance
If You Could Only See Tonic
In The End Linkin Park
Inside Out Eve 6
Iris Goo Goo Dolls
Ironic Alanis Morissette
Jack & Diane John Mellencamp
Jump Van Halen
Jumper Journey
Kryptonite 3 Doors Down
Landslide Fleetwood Mac
Learn To Fly Foo Fighters
Linger The Cranberries
Livin On A Prayer Bon Jovi
Misery Business Paramore
Mr.Brightside The Killers
My Own Worst Enemy Lit
My Sacrifice Creed
Night Moves Bob Seger
Nothin But A Good Time Poison
Old Time Rock And Roll Bob Seger
One Last Breath Creed
Only The Good Die Young Billy Joel
Personal Jesus Depeche Mode
Piano Man Billy Joel
Pink Houses John Mellencamp
Pour Some Sugar on me Def Leppard
Push Matchbox Twenty
Roll With The Changes REO Speedwagon
Running Down A Dream Tom Petty
Santeria Sublime
Say It Ain't So Weezer
Scarlet Begonias Grateful Dead
Semi Charmed Life Third Eye Blind
Separate Ways Journey
Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
Sex On Fire Kings of Leon
She Talks To Angels The Black Crowes
Shut Up And Dance Walk The Moon
Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd
Since U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson
Slide Goo Goo Dolls
Small Town Small Town
Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
Stacy's Mom Fountains of Wayne
Sugar We're Goin Down Fall Out Boy
Summer of 69 Bryan Adams
Surrender Cheap Trick
Sweet Child O Mine Guns N Roses
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
T.N.T AC/DC
Take It Easy The Eagles
Take Me Home Tonight Eddie Money
Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus
The Boys Of Summer Don Henley
The Joker Steve Miller Band
The Middle Jimmy Eat World
Tiny Dancer Elton John
Today Smashing Pumpkins
Under The Bridge The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Unwell Matchbox Twenty
Use Somebody Kings of Leon
Vienna Billy Joel
Wanted Dead or Alive Bon Jovi
What I Got Sublime
What I Like About You The Romantics
What's Up? 4 Non Blondes
You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi
You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette
You Shook me All Night Long AC/DC
Zombie The Cranberries
We need power outlets. Size of the room will determine what act you would like to book.
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. Parking situation, if there are vendor meals, and where we can stash any equipment cases. We’d also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue.
We can provide sound and basic lighting equipment
We can provide a music playlist before, after, and in between sets.
We love playing at all sorts of events but any time we can bring someone's vision to life we take a special pride in that show.
I started Marina City in college. It is a national touring and award winning original rock band that has massed fans all across the world with radio play, spotify playlisting, and notable festival performances. I started The R.A.X and playing cover gigs to bring that same excitement to the wedding and corporate world.
SOLO: Set up at least a half hour before the performance. First set is a full hour then 40 minute sets of singing with 20 mins of DJ music playing.
DUO: Set up at least an hour before the performance. First set is a full hour then 40 minute sets of singing with 20 mins of DJ music playing.
FULL BAND: Set up at least 2 hours before the performance. 3 full hours with out breaks. Anything over 3 hours will require a previously agreed break time.
We’re happy to play outside but we ask for a cover over the stage, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area. If there are chances of rain we will need a previously agreed plan.
Clients are welcome to tell us the vibe they are looking for, choose "must plays" and "no plays" in our song list. Depending on the package clients choose they will have 5-8 special requested songs not already on our song list.
An immersive and explosive performance with a focus on nuanced details of the event's vibe making all guests feel a part of the party.
Ryan Argast has performed on and for
The Voice
American Idol
Riot Fest
Warped Tour
WGN
FOX news
PBS
ABC News
Daytime Chicago
Windy City Live
Q101
SXSW
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bears
Make a Wish
House of Blues
Salt Shed
Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (Tinley Park)
Wrigley Field
United Center
The Metro
Theatre on the Lake
Thalia Hall
Bottom Lounge
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Charity Event
Christmas Party
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Folk
Country
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
R&B
Soul
Rock
Classic Rock
Heavy Metal
Indie
Rock 'n' Roll
Alternative Rock
Lighting system included
Male & female vocalists
100% acoustic (no power)
Female vocalist
PA / sound system included
Male vocalist
Uses backing tracks