I know some of you have been seeing press releases online about this and, as much as I was dealing with it privately, I feel I should address it for those who wanted to know.

I was in Jamaica getting ready to celebrate my best friend’s wedding when I received the phone call. My friend and manager of many years had passed away. I, for the time being, do not have many words to say about it except that he will be missed on so many levels. He was a dear friend who believed in me becoming what I have dreamed about for as long as I can remember and was going to continue to do everything in his power to see that dream come true.
He will be missed, but what he stood for in life will live on and I am honored and proud to be one of those things.

You can read a well-versed blog about Stu Sobol and the ceremony here. Thank you for your warm wishes.

Don’t know who he is or where he is from, but music connects us and it is by far the best cover I have heard of mine. Thank you, stranger.

See his video on YouTube here.

Check out the “Cover Me” playlist at ryanstar.tv to see more.

SHOW: AUGUST 10TH at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre FOR THE 2nd Annual Koffeehouse Charity Music Festival at the Ford Amphitheatre.

RYAN HITS THE STAGE AT 7PM

VENUE: John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, CA 90068

**PRE-SALE $18 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS! Visit www.koffeehouse.com before 5:00pm PST on July 23rd!**

Koffeehouse Music Productions, LLC, in association with the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, presents its 2nd Annual “An Evening of Independence” Charity Music Festival at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood (across from the Hollywood Bowl), featuring live performances from Jon Foreman, Matt Scannell (of Vertical Horizon), A Fine Frenzy (Virgin),Tyrone Wells (Universal), Trevor Hall (White Balloon), Ryan Star (Atlantic), MoZella (Motown/Universal), Keaton Simons (CBS) and Kina Grannis (Interscope) are scheduled to perform. Proceeds will benefit The Guitar Center Music Foundation and MS Friends.

The pre-show and silent auction begin SHARPLY at 5:30pm with a live performance by Interscope recording artist Kina Grannis (who played in front of an audience of 97.5 million at the 2008 Superbowl).

The first 10 people to arrive (with pre-paid GA ticket) WIN A VIP UPGRADE ($100 value)! For more details and to purchase tickets, please visit www.koffeehouse.com!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW: $25 General Admission & $100 VIP (includes parking, VIP lounge with open bar, gift bag and the best seats in the house!

To purchase VIP tickets, call the Ford Box Office at (323) 461-3673.

In honor of “The Dark Knight” hitting theaters, please vote for your favorite Batman!

A great friend and fan heard I was feeling under the weather and sent me some virtual soup. I thought you would appreciate the modern art of a someone playing with their food.

I added a new youtube playlist called MOVIE MUSIC - it will be for fan generated videos that I approve. This one starts with someone who made an action flick and used an old song of my band, Stage. The song is called “Ego” and I wrote it when I was 18 while studying cultural anthropology at the University and wasn’t afraid to write about it.

Click for all rstar playlists here.

Click here for more on cultural anthropology - Can you imagine Paris Hilton entering womenhood as an Apache? Very far from “My Super Sweet 16.”

More on culture here.

For you old schoolers, that was the title of a ‘Stage’ track from when we were 16. It actually landed us the opening slot for a Bon Jovi show. Yeah, that’s right, Bon Jovi!

Today it was far from chaos. Just a beautiful day in Central Park. Could be a Gatorade ad, I know.

Enjoy the day!

R

A pure song that will not appear on the album. This song has no friends. It is a loner. It speaks its message and leaves. Does not hate anyone or love anyone. It just is itself from start to finish.

I am posting it for just a day or two on my MySpace profile to thank you all for being patient with me. I can’t wait to see you all. When I hear you request this one, I will have known you were with me since the beginning.

For those who celebrate, have an incredible and safe July 4th weekend. That goes double for those who have legalized fireworks in their states.

See you soon,

Love,
Ryan

It’s been brought to my attention that my stunt double is the new face of the US Air Guitar Championships in Brooklyn next week.