Inside the Music Industry: A Conversation with Ryan Press, BS '01

What’s it like to be a star-maker in the music industry?

In an exclusive program on Jefferson Giving Day, President of U.S. A&R at Warner Chappell Music Publishing, alumnus Ryan Press, BS ’01 Marketing, sits down for a virtual interview and conversation exploring the music industry with Thomas Jefferson University student Destinee Elliott ’23.

Ryan, who is the son of Temptations member Ron Tyson, provides an insider’s look at what it’s like to be a leader in the field, including the pivot to remote song creation and production in the COVID-19 pandemic, and his thoughts on the future of the industry.