Guitarist / Producer / Audio Engineer
Written, Produced, Mixed & Mastered In-House
Available to artists for toplining, and to music supervisors and editors for sync to film, TV, and ads. Instrumental and TV mix versions available on request. Inquire →
In the room
Session and ensemble work for artists, composers, and film. Selected collaborators include Madison Cunningham, Aaron Sterling, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Jason Goldman.
Full production for artists and film — from pre-production through delivery. Selected clients include Sony Pictures and Southern California Edison.
Principal engineer and mixer for film scoring at USC’s John Williams Scoring Stage since 2013 — 100+ scores, from solo vocal at home to a 65-piece orchestra at Warner Bros. A treated project studio with two isolated rooms and a stereo mix space, built for tracking and full-production work.
Teaching
The curriculum starts from what moves the student. Everything builds from there.
Adjunct faculty in music at East Los Angeles College and Los Angeles Valley College — Jazz Ensemble, Pop Music Workshop, and Applied Guitar. Independent private instruction since 2013, in-person across the Bay Area and Los Angeles, and online worldwide.
Ryan here
Grounded in jazz, driven by a lifelong passion for solo guitar, sharpened by more than a decade of pop production.
The goal, in whatever role on whatever day, is to serve the music with sensitivity, precision, and style. Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Studio Guitar from USC’s Thornton School of Music.
Outside the studio, a life-long lover of sound, computers, and people. Always looking for new ones, and for new things.
— Ryan
Get in touch
Records, sessions, lessons.
Or just hello.