ABC News Radio Interview

More press for Breath4Jobs. Ryan just tweeted this interview he did with ABC news radio. Check it out below:

Ryan On NBC LX

Didn’t realize that NBC LX only aired in certain parts of the country, so I wasn’t able to update with any information yesterday. Thankfully, for the rest of us, the entire interview is up on their official website. Check it out below:

Also Ashton Kutcher just tweeted about Ryan and Breathe4Jobs.com. That will definitely bring a lot of attention to the video and the cause considering he has the most followers on twitter (or did the last time I checked). Awesome!

Ryan on NBC’s LX TV Today at 5pm EST

This is a bit late for those on the East Coast, but everyone on the West Coast can still catch it. From @AtlanticRecords earlier today:

Due to the success of @RyanStar’s #breathe4jobs Twitter campaign, he will be interviewed on LX TV today @ 5:00 PM EST on NBC.

I’ll try to post details after it airs here.

Ryan’s Interview On CNN.com Yesterday

If you’re like me and accidental missed Ryan’s CNN.com interview yesterday (the whole time I turned it on some guy was talking Iraq), don’t fret! Just watch it below:

Ryan Star: First Exclusive Interview with RyanStarFans.com

By Tiffany M. (RyanStarFans.com)

“Boom.” Pause. “Boom.” Pause. “Boom.”

From outside the venue the bass drum pounded through the unusually warm spring air. Moments later, guitar wails followed, along with the standard microphone check. Walking up the steps to the venue, the energy of hundreds waiting in line for the concert was excited, chatty, albeit a bit subdued. Walking through the maze of cream, red, and teal backstage corridors, I made my way up three flights of stairs to a very well lit dressing room, appropriately decorated in a barrage of yellow stars. Taking a seat among the mirrors and lights, I looked around the cinderblock room. Backpacks and various personal belongings were strewn about the floor and on countertops, as a steady flow of people entered and exited the dressing room, including the bass player, and drummer, who I would officially meet later. Readying my questions and recorder, I waited for the arrival of the person for whom I had come.

Moments later, Ryan Star entered the dressing room. He greeted me with a smile, and was very gracious. He took a seat across from me after snagging a bag of potato chips from the aforementioned countertop, and the very first exclusive interview began. After a brief introduction and preface about my questions, I dove in, with a very attentive artist sitting and taking in every word. We began with small talk about current music and one of our mutual loves, Leonard Cohen.

Tiffany (RyanStarFans.com): Something the people on the website want to know is- what are your inspirations for this album?

Ryan Star: ‘11:59’ is about my kind of version of living in the moment, you know? It’s my, my number for that. I feel like it’s about what’s heavy, and what’s happening, so all of the songs are very urgent. “Wake Up,” “Brand New Day,” even “Last Train Home,” “This Could be the Year,” “Right Now,” these are all songs that are like, screaming. So, the message is breathe in every moment, and the question I ask is, ‘What’s your 11:59?’ You know, for me, I know what it is, it’s being on stage and writing, for a football player it’s scoring a touchdown.

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Christmas Interview With Ryan

Hey everyone. I hope you all are enjoying ‘Last Train Home’ from the “P.S. I Love You” soundtrack. If you haven’t purchased it yet, it’s definitely worth it. I come bearing a gift this holiday season – another interview with Ryan, featuring your questions.

Question: I’ve been a fan of yours since Stage and haven’t stopped since then. You said a while ago when you started making this album that once it was finished you would come out on the road. Any sign of a release date for the album or chance that you will be on the road some time soon? If so, will the fans be able to rock out on tambourine again? – Doug

Ryan: Ha – the old tambourine days! I am currently starting to look around at musicians to see what kind of band I will be putting together. This new stuff is like nothing else I have ever done so I am thinking it through before I get out there but in the new year I will probably have a better idea of what’s going on.

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Questions Are In!

Just wanted to touch base with you guys on the status of the latest interview.  I know we took a tad bit longer than expected to get everything together, but Tiffany sent the questions in to Ryan at the end of last week.  So be sure to check back over the course of the next few weeks to see if your questions made the cut!

Interview With Ryan Redux

That’s right, we’re doing it again!

I know some of yo might have follow up questions after our last interview with Ryan, or perhaps you weren’t able to submit yours last time.  Well Tiff will be sending him about ten more questions, so if you have anything else on your mind send it to kimberwyn AT gmail DOT com.  Let’s make the deadline Oct. 31st (yup, Halloween!).

Exclusive Interview With Ryan

We here at RyanStarFans.com have had the chance to have an exclusive interview with Ryan, the man himself. Who asked the questions? You did! Ryan was awesome and took time to answer your questions about his past music, his life right now, and everything we have to look forward to, and that’s a lot!

Question: If you hadn’t pursued music, what profession do you think you’d have today (that isn’t music-related)? (From Miel)

Ryan: I used to believe that it was the only thing to live for and in some respects I still do but every time I pass a school or see one of those inspiring movies where a teacher makes a difference I feel like I could do that. I just worry about teaching high school girls. Especially these days. I saw that nude photo online of the girl from ‘High School Musical’ and remembered why I sing and don’t teach.

Question: Which of your life-changing moments stands out the most? (From Miel)

Ryan: There are a few like in everyone’s vault. The first day I heard Pearl Jam, the night I finished the book “Many Lives, Many Masters,” but in recent history I would say when I decided to swallow my indie cred pride and go on an international television show of cover songs to get my voice and name out there. I was so confused I almost went to a psychic the night before because I truly had no idea what was the right thing to do. I closed my eyes and dove in as you know and since then life has been different.

Question: What are your thoughts about your fans checking out and being fans of your older music, from the Stage album and earlier? (From Jackie)

Ryan: Hi Jackie! I was just out with Justin from Stage last night in my quick visit home in NYC. I told him I just watched the Stage DVD a few days ago and it fired me up to not only get out there in huge ways for r. star but for Stage as well. We were kids and had the dream and it faded with time. Nothing would make me happier than for all of that music to be heard by millions so that when I go touring I can play those songs of my childhood. The guys deserve it too so that we can say it all was for something.

Question: Of the songs going to be on the new album, which songs were the easiest to write, which were the most difficult? How did you decide which songs would be on the album? (From Jackie)

Ryan: This process was hardly easy this time around. I think between searching for my new statement and being my first proper solo album it was always a challenge. Writing a song called “11:59″ (for now) was memorable because it was the first new song to be written which ultimately opened the flood gates for the rest to follow. As far as what will be on the album I still don’t even know. I wrote a new song called ‘Orphans’ which I just recorded last week. The book isn’t closed yet.

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