The Palm Springs, CA native started his musical career, which has spanned over twenty years, with piano lessons at age six. He gradually moved on to guitar lessons, playing lead guitar for many years with hard-rock and progressive bands. In his early 20's, he ultimately chose bass as his main instrument.

"I think that there is a certain maturity that is required to really do bass right, and it seemed like a natural progression for me since I was done being the center-stage show-off."

Strongly influenced by experimental, world music, progressive rock and jazz artists, he has appeared on several albums in Austin and Nashville, one of which achieved high acclaim in South Africa.

Ryan is also an experienced live-sound engineer as well as a long-time writer and publisher with BMI under his own publishing company, Infinite Reflection Music, Inc.