Ryan Lehrman

Hometown:

Hopkins, MN

Education/Experience:

UW-Madison

Artist I’ve Worked With:

Zelooperz, Femdot, Kaicrewsade, Eddie Burns, Miranda Mayo, Brandon Woody, Neal Francis, J.Y.N., HyNoah, Menace4hire, Omoidé, Ari Burns, Mansa, Chris Robbin, Casper Merci, Caam, Bone Dxddy, Marcelous, Sam Thousand, Jackson Jay Kidder, Dassit, Justin Canavan, JC Brooks, Tomara, and more

Bio:

Producer-Engineer and Multi-Instrumentalist Ryan Lehrman grew up surrounded by music. He played in bands with his brother, from junior high through college. While going to school for the lucrative degree of English Lit, Ryan took music classes on the side. As in, side side. He got kicked out of jazz performance class taught by Richard Davis (Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Bruce Springsteen) two semesters in a row, only to come back to compose for and lead the class. It was then he joined a hiphop collective that linked him with some of the top musicians in the Midwest.

During the pandemic, Ryan and his band were looking for an engineer to mix and master their debut project. After several engineers didn’t quite deliver their vision, he decided to mix it himself (first time mixing). He lied to the band, telling them a coveted engineer mixed it. That project--which Ryan produced, mixed, and mastered--got placed on HBO Max’s Southside and received radio play over the country. He’s now the co-host of the Producer Series at Classick Studios, and co-writes, produces, and engineers for a diverse array of artists in Chicago and beyond.