About RICK:  
Occupation: Songwriter & Musician
   
Instruments: Bass, Keyboards, Guitar, Voice
   
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
   
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
   
 Favorite Foods: Ravioli, Milk & Cookie Crisp Cereal
   
 Disliked Foods: Lutefisk, Guacamole
   
 Favorite Movies: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise)
Fahrenheit 911
Stargate
Terminator 2
Also see "Passionate About"
   
Passionate About: Star Trek
Star Wars
Alien Quadrilogy
Thunderbirds (Gerry Anderson)
H.G. Wells' War of The Worlds
Ladies Figure Skating
   
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
   
Fascinating People: Jim Morrison, John F. Kennedy, Kurt Cobain, Michelle Kwan
 

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