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About RICK: |
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Occupation: |
Songwriter & Musician |
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Instruments: |
Bass, Keyboards, Guitar, Voice |
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Musical Influences: |
Bass: Sting, John McVie, Peter Cetera
Guitar: Lindsey Buckingham
Keyboards: Christine McVie, Dennis DeYoung,
Steve George (Mr. Mister)
Drums: Stewart Copeland, Phil Collins, Mick Fleetwood |
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Favorite Albums: |
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours; Tango In The Night
Genesis: Genesis
The Doors: The Doors
Mr. Mister: Welcome To The Real World
Phil Collins: Hello, I Must Be Going
Lindsey Buckingham: Go Insane
Chicago: 17
The Police: Synchronicity
Nirvana: In Utero
Styx: Mr. Roboto |
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Favorite Foods: |
Ravioli, Milk & Cookie Crisp
Cereal |
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Disliked Foods: |
Lutefisk, Guacamole |
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Favorite Movies: |
The Day The Earth Stood Still (Robert
Wise)
Fahrenheit 911
Stargate
Terminator 2
Also see "Passionate About" |
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Passionate About: |
Star Trek
Star Wars
Alien Quadrilogy
Thunderbirds (Gerry Anderson)
H.G. Wells' War of The Worlds
Ladies Figure Skating |
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Latest Reads: |
I'll Be Right Back: Mike Douglas
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil (2nd time)
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff
Rolling Stone Magazine
Sound on Sound Magazine |
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Fascinating People: |
Jim Morrison, John F. Kennedy, Kurt
Cobain, Michelle Kwan |
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About Rick in
the Studio
A virtual "one-man-band,"
Rick has had a hand in all the parts of his songs, performing
bass, guitar, keyboards, drum programming and vocals. What follows
are the tools used to get the job done:
Guitars
Ephiphone Nighthawk
GRB Kokocaster
Torres TeletStrat Custom
Gretsch Synchromatic SparkleJet
Vintage Icon V100 (Les Paul)
Yamaha AEX-500N Acoustic/Electric Classical
Shechter Diamond Acoustic guitar
Gretsch Americana Acoustic
Basses
Ampeg Big Stud 4-string bass
Hohner B2A V Walnut 5-string bass
Squier Fretless Jazz Bass
Guitar & Bass Amps/Processors
Vox AD120VTH guitar amp head
Vox V412BN Cabinet
Johnson Amplification J-Station
Ampeg B-100R Rocket Bass Amp
DOD Grunge Pedal
Digitech Main Squeeze Pedal
Digitech Hot Head Pedal
Ibanez DS7 Distortion Pedal
Ibanez TS7 Distortion Pedal
Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger Pedal
Washurn Soloist Distortion Pedal
Digitech BP200 Bass Proc Pedal
Synthesizers
Roland XP-50 workstation
Yamaha W5 workstation
Roland U-220 rack synth
Roland MKS-70 rack synth
Yamaha TX802 rack synth
Roland DR-660 drum machine
Hard Disk Computing
AMD Phenom II Quad Core PC
Windows XP SP3
Digidesign Pro Tools 8.03
Cakewalk Sonar 8.5.3 Producer Edition
Digidesign MBox2 Pro
Tascam FW-1884 (Firewire control surface)
Cakewalk Project 5 v1.5
eMagic SoundDiver 3.04
Outboard Audio Processors
Golden Age Pre-73 Preamp (Neve)
ART Digital MPA II Preamp
Behringer T1953 Tube Preamp
Furman Dual 15-Band Graphic EQ
Alesis 3630 Compressor
Boss SE-50 Effects
ART Multiverb II
Behringer Virtualizer Pro
Yamaha REX50 Effects
Mackie CR1604 Mixer
Microphones
AKG C4000B Condenser
AKG C1000S Condenser
Audio Technica AT2020
Oktava MK-319 Condenser
Shure SM-57
EV RE18 |