Ryan became a lover of music at a very young age. At age 5, he got his first keyboard from his grandfather who had won it in a golf outing. He began teaching himself songs from various kids' movies. In 2004, Ryan began to go out and watch his uncle's band, with whom he would set in on a regular basis and soon began to desire being in a band of his own. In early 2007, he heard that Scoot Magoo was looking for a keyboard player so he quickly jumped at the chance and the rest is history. Ryan has owned and played many keyboards throughout his years. His current live rig consists of a Yamaha Motif ES6 synthesizer stacked on top of a full size 88 key Yamaha S90ES.