Last evening while I was getting into my car to head to the gym, I very nearly broke the middle finger on my left hand. I can’t really explain how it happened, other than to say it would have been a ugly ugly break had it occurred. Needless to say, a broken finger on my [...]

Just when I think things couldn’t get any more awesomely crazy, new stuff pops up. First came all that new-shows fantasticality that I wrote about in my last post, but now it gets even better — we’re going to make a live record! But wait … there’s more! We’re not talking about just ONE live [...]

This is quickly turning into the super-mega-ultra summer of Ryan. Check out the calendar to the right. I’m playing with my old band Satin Jones @ the Small Planet on July 11, then I’ve got two solo acoustic shows: July 17 for the East Lansing Summer Concert Series and July 23 for the East Lansing [...]

I’ve just been invited to play the East Lansing Moonlight Film Festival for the third year in a row. I love this event and I’m so excited to be asked again. Don’t know the date yet, but I’ll keep everyone posted. In other news, the Satin Jones rehearsal over the weekend went very well — certainly [...]

There are rumblings that a Satin Jones warm-up show may be in the works for early June. Details are still sketchy, but I’ll keep you posted. Share and Enjoy:

Had a great time @ Gone Wired Cafe with Bonnie and Bill from www.lansingonlinenews.com. In addtion to playing for the fine folks at the cafe and those watching at home, I got the chance to meet nationally syndicated cartoonist Jeff Mallet, author of the Frazz daily comic strip. Very cool event and so nice that [...]