The Ready Set

The Ready Set
The Ready Set in 2009
The Ready Set in 2009
Background information
Birth nameJordan Mark Witzigreuter
Born (1989-11-14) November 14, 1989 (age 35)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • drums
Years active
  • 2008–19, 2022–present (as the Ready Set)
  • 2019–2022 (as Onlychild)
Labels
WebsiteOfficial website

Jordan Mark Witzigreuter (born November 14, 1989), known professionally as The Ready Set, is an American singer-songwriter from Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. He is the lead vocalist and sole member of the act, using a backup band while on tour.[4] He has released six studio albums, Syntax and Bright Lights, Tantrum Castle, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming, The Bad & the Better, I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love and Cherryland, nine extended plays and nineteen singles. He is best known for the commercially successful single "Love Like Woe" from his major label debut, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming.

From 2019 to 2022, Witzigreuter briefly released music under the name Onlychild. He has released twelve singles and a four-track EP, Solstice under this name.[5]

Witzigreuter is also a part of the synthpop band Nekokat, alongside Cameron Walker, and Jess Bowen of the Summer Set.[6]

In 2021, in collaboration with Walker, Witzigreuter created the music label Swim Team Records.[7] The company has featured a multitude of artists such as Future Coyote, TALKBAK, and Casey Abrams.[8] The label's music has been featured in promotion for things such as the PGA Tour.[9]

  1. ^ Shandana Mufti (February 5, 2016). ""I want it to feel like it comes out of nowhere" – The Ready Set sign to Hopeless, release new track". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Lani Conway (May 19, 2014). "The Ready Set on His New Album and Hitting the Road for the 2014 Vans Warped Tour". Zimbio. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Sky Fisher (August 27, 2014). "Album Review: The Ready Set – "The Bad & The Better"". New Noise Magazine. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "The Ready Set - Biography". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  5. ^ Maria Serra (March 30, 2020). "How well do you remember Love Like Woe by the Ready Set?". Alternative Press. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  6. ^ Nick Williams (June 2, 2015). "New Supergroup Nekokat's 'Gimme A Break': Exclusive Single Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  7. ^ "Swim Team Records YouTube". YouTube.
  8. ^ "Swim Team Records Instagram".
  9. ^ ""Get To Work" PGA Tour". Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.