Ryan the Artkitect is a Jamaican-American music producer and recording artist from New Jersey. Despite rural upbringings, the rhythms of the Caribbean run deep in his blood; from eagerly awaiting his Father’s Friday night radio show, to summer block parties in Crown Heights with his mother's side of the family. Ryan began his instrumental music journey at age 7, playing the violin in his local elementary school orchestra after his older brother had started studying the saxophone. At 8, the trumpet became his musical vessel, followed by the drums at age 9. His sincere respect for the rhythm, blues, funk, and soul of music has rooted him firmly on stages across the United States and abroad at venues such as New York City Center, Nimbus Arts Center, The Joyce Theater, Brooklyn Steel, World Café Live, The Majestic Cutler Theater, The Phoenix Theatre, Umbria Jazz Festival, and ABC's “The View”, as a musician and/or musical director with world-renowned artists, singers, and dancers alike.