From Music Publishing to Music Management, Ryan has experience in almost every sector of the music industry. Vaughn has worked as a studio drummer, a touring musician, a tour manager, an event coordinator, an industry consultant, a producer, and now as an independent artist manager. In 2013, Ryan was the bandleader of the house band for Katie Couric’s daytime talk show, Katie. In 2016, Ryan worked on the development for Fox 20th Century’s hit movie, The Greatest Showman, for which he received a credit on the multi-award-winning original motion picture soundtrack. Vaughn has also worked on numerous other shows, including The Masked Singer, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart.In addition to performing and recording, Ryan has always had a knack for the business of music. In 2014, Ryan took a position as head of A&R for the new music company, Fieldhouse Music (BMG). In 2016, Vaughn was hired as the Business Development Manager at Marshall Arts U.S. (AEG). In 2017, Ryan founded his own artist management company called Backline Creative. Backline Creative specializes in independent artist management. Ryan currently manages artists such as FLAVIA, Cami Petyn, BELLSAINT, LACES, JPOLND, Chris Ayer, Amanda Brown, L'FREAQ, Anna Rose, Olivia Dear, et al. Additionally, with the help of his wife and business partner, Jessica Vaughn, Ryan also helped launch the custom music and digital distribution company, Head Bitch Music, in 2019. Below are some highlights from Ryan's music career...Select Performances Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGD5Utrj3df8ov4C9O8278UYPxW7Gzg40 Select Recordings Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1223646953/playlist/6qN0WWGhtcwbVIbmv7AMgE Select Artists that Ryan has performed with: Ian Axel (A Great Big World), Bay Ledges, Natasha Bedingfield, Aloe Blacc, Ryan Cabrera, Cassidy Catanzaro (Antigone Rising), John Forté, Jeffrey Gaines, Teddy Geiger (The Rocker, Love Monkey, Shawn Mendes), Tyler Hilton (One Tree Hill, Walk the Line), Hugh Jackman, Norah Jones, Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead), Sonya Kitchell, Toby Lightman, Lucius, Tony Lucca, Morgxn, Dave Monks (Tokyo Police Club), Anna Nalick, Pasek & Paul, Joshua Radin, Carly Simon, Ben Taylor, Rita Wilson, Elizabeth Ziman (Elizabeth & the Catapult).