Ryland is a student, guitarist, hip hop dancer and volleyball player. He is known primarily for his work in the classical and acoustic pop genres. Ryland also dabbles in electric rock and uke. While Ryland learned the guitar at the age of 4 and started song writing at the age of 12, his passion for music was something his family noticed at a very young age.

During car rides, listening to the radio, Ryland often blurted out the different instruments he heard in each song as early as 12 months old. He asked for his first guitar at 18 months old and the rest is history. Ryland names Jack Johnson as his favorite musician and looks up to his philanthropic ways he is helping the environment.