Ryan Egan is organizing an accident

8 years ago, I was born again. A fanatic, uncompromising.

And it was in that moment, sometime around the beginning of 2015, that I chose to let it happen. To let my ideas live.

My name is Ryan Egan, I’m an American singer, songwriter and music producer living in Paris, France.

Photo by Hugo Cohen Sprung

Some background: For the entirety of my teenage years and into my early twenties, I’d been consumed by a ravenous pursuit of Life in a Band, yet I somehow didn’t have a consistent grasp on what I considered the fundamental component of the whole affair: Song.

Over the last 8 years, I’ve set about remedying a once cautious impulse by writing a minimum of one song per week — no ifs/ands/etc — and found that I am indeed a religious man.

The worst weeks have seen me producing GarageBand phone demos in an airport or pulling my ailing body from bed to write against a 30-minute timer (I reserve the right to withhold such mediocrity). But the best weeks—oh, those treasured bouts of mania and epiphanic finesse—weeks of fragile sleep, ceaseless creative juice flow, and a daily outpouring of songs, have turned me into a believer. Alleluia.

I love writing songs. While I’ve only publicly released a fraction of them since 2015, my expanding back catalog consists of hundreds, and so it’s due time that I air it out a bit. The creative process often feels like organizing an accident. Like trying to methodize chance. Both in the present tense, as we make sense of and explore new ideas in real time, and retrospectively, as periods of output begin to reveal their intentions or connectedness.

From acoustic voice memos to fleshed-out demos, my hard drive (and my heart) is full. This space will be dedicated to making sense of it all by sharing musical works in progress and much, much more…

So, here goes nothing.

Free subscribers can expect :

  • A new song every Wednesday + dispatches on music life in Paris

  • Essays, lyrics, poetry, and any new format I’m experimenting with

Why go paid?

If you have the means, I’d love for you to join me as a paid subscriber. Here’s why:

I believe that one of the most meaningful ways to support independent music is by becoming a patron. Your generous contributions allow me to keep the newsletter free as well as continue pursuing my various projects as an independent artist and songwriter.

So…all paid subscribers can expect :

  • Exclusive covers, live performance videos, and more

  • High quality audio download of my entire release catalog including my debut album ‘Soft Power’, EPs, + singles (~30 songs)

If you want a subscription but can’t afford one, please email me at thisryanegan@gmail.com and I’ll comp you, no questions asked.

Find me elsewhere:

Check out my debut LP Soft Power

Find my entire release catalog on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, and anywhere you listen to music.

Stalk me on all socials @thisryanegan

Let’s work together: thisryanegan@gmail.com

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American artist & songwriter living in Paris fuckin’ France.