The Royal Foundry
The Royal Foundry is a Canadian alternative Pop quartet band whose core is the Edmonton couple Jared Salte and Bethany Schumacher. They initially formed as a folk duo but, in 2015, began a significant revitalization and revision of their sound, incorporating elements of 1990's Brit-Pop with power-pop stylings of groups like Arcade Fire, and 1970's Progressive Rock elements inspired by groups like Yes and Supertramp Their music has been described as Alt Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop, and Synth Pop. Early life. Jared Salte was raised in a musical household. At age 5  Jared started playing the piano. By age 11, he was running the recording studio Salt Shaker Studios. By age 15, he had already won his first international songwriting competition and released his first album. At 19 he opened for The Newsboys in stadiums across North America with his band the Junkyard Poets. Jared has gone on to win 9 GMA Awards and has been nominated for over 30 awards including Producer of the Year, making him the youngest Producer to ever be nominated for the prestigious award Bethany Schumacher grew up in the church as a Pastor's daughter with  her mother as the pianist and choir director where often sang at church, fundraising and community events. In high school, Schumacher played the female lead in all of her high school musicals. 2013-2016: Formation & Early Work. In 2013, shortly after their wedding, The Royal Foundry was formed as a Folk band. In 2014, they independently released their first album, "Wherever We Go". In 2015 they won $75,000 as part of the Peak Performance Project for their song “Running Away” which peaked at #21 on Alt-Rock Stations in Canada. “Running Away” was featured on TSN as the opening  song for the CFL. and in two National Commercials ( ENMAX and the Government of Alberta Climate Change Campaign) In 2016 their single “Start This Fire” was featured in an International Ad Campaign for Purina Dog Chow. which led to the band signing with Peermusic for their first major publishing deal. In the fall of 2016 they released their single “Dreamers”, which was first exposed during their live concert for the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. Soon after the release, Disney licensed the song for their 2017 wedding dress fashion line and the song hit #35 on the "Alt Rock  charts in Canada 2017-2018: Lost In Your Head". On August 15, 2017, they released their second album, "Lost in Your Head". By 2018, the album had achieved 1 million streams on Spotify. The video for the single "All We Have" went viral. "Lost In Your Head" won the Canadian Songwriting Competition Grand Prize, the John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize, and garnered The Royal Foundry a Pop Artist of the Year nomination from the Western Canadian Music Awards, as well as three nominations from the Edmonton Music Awards Following the success of “Lost In Your Head”, The Royal Foundry  has had several Film & TV music placements (Catfish the Show., CFL on TSN, and Edmonton Tourism) 2019-Present: "Wake Up Wake Up". On September 27, 2019, they released their third album, "Wake Up Wake Up". By 2020, the album had achieved half a million streams on Spotify. The first single to be released "Hopefully" reached #27 on Alternative Rock Radio in Canada and the third single "okay?" reached #16 on Alternative Rock Radio in Canada. Prior to the release of "Wake Up Wake Up", The Royal Foundry performed a live performance of the album in Calgary, AB for the "Stampede  City Sessions". The concert aired on Shaw TV in Canada and PBS in the USA. Discography. Albums Singles