RYAN CARRAHER
Genres: 21st Century Modern, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Classic Fusion • United States

Ryan Carraher is a 24-year old guitarist, composer and educator with a unique improvisational and compositional approach. He has a degree in guitar performance from the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He is also the recipient of the Berklee guitar department achievement award. He is currently pursing his masters in composition at Tufts University. Ryan started his musical journey at the age of eleven, and two years later began playing live in the northern New Jersey and New York scenes where he composed and performed jazz, fusion, rock, metal, classical and electronic music. His goal is to create honest, contemporary sounds that are illuminating, captivating and recreate the massive epiphany one experiences when hearing music for the first time. He has played with many notable artists including: Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Heath, Leslie West, Grand Funk Railroad, Pete Best, Joe Lynn Turner, read more...