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Joel Ryan studied with Jose Barroso (Mexican film composer and guitarist),
Ravi and
Lakshmi Shankar,
Robert Ashley,
David Behrman, and was influenced by the live concerts of
John Coltrane. He collaborated with composers and artists, including George E. Lewis,
Malcolm Goldstein,
Evan Parker, Steina, Woody Vasulka, and
"Blue" Gene Tyranny.
Ryan has been creating digital sound processing instruments for live electronic music since 1979 and is the director of research at S.T.E.I.M. in Amsterdam, and docent at the Institute of Sonology of the Royal Conservatory in the Hague.