The Royal Foundry


The Royal Foundry is a Canadian alternative Pop quartet band whose core is made up of married couple, Jared Salte and Bethany Schumacher based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formed initially as a folk duo in 2013, Salte and Schumacher enjoyed some success with their folk tours and released an independent CD with their first taste of going viral with their single and music video "All We Have". In 2015, following their first single "Running Away", they began a significant revitalization and revision of their sound, incorporating elements of 1990's Brit-Pop lush production with power-pop stylings of groups like Arcade Fire and 1970's Progressive Rock elements inspired by groups like Yes and Supertramp
The band has been described as Alt Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop, and Synth Pop.

History

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 initially as a Folk band.
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
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 - Present: “Lost In Your Head”

On August 15, 2017 they released their debut album, “Lost in Your Head”. By 2018, the album reached 1 million streams on Spotify.
“Lost In Your Head” has gone on to win the Canadian Songwriting Competition Grand Prize, John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize. and was nominated for Western Canadian Music Awards as well as three nominations in the Edmonton Music Awards
Following the success of “Lost In Your Head”, The Royal Foundry has had several Film & TV music placements

Discography

Single Releases