Rick River

Description:

Screen Name:

Rick River

Sex:

M

Age:

54

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Committed

Years Playing Music:

45

Gigs Played:

50 to 100

Tend to Practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to Gig:

2-3 time(s) per week

Most available:

Nights

Bass Guitar is my primary musical passion...LETS PLAY MUSIC! duane.melvin@gmail.com

Influences:

Bass influences include: Chris Squire, Stanley Clarke, Paul McCartney, Jaco Pastorious and others

MP3 samples on my Bandmix page "Stanley Stan" "Tick Tock", "Funk1", "Peace" and "Rock Shuffle" are bass solos I played live on my Rickenbacker electric bass accompanied by sampled drums also programmed by yours truly using "Drumsite". The tunes were mastered on my PC using Cool Edit Pro.

I consider these people as very great Guitarists: In no Particular order.

Hedges, Johnny A, Frampton, Beck, Bloomfield, Trower, Gallagher, Satriani, Holdsworth, Oldfield, Keaggy, Emmanuel, Carlton, Atkins, Andrés Torres Segovia.... too many good ones to mention

I am an excellent ear player and can play in any key. Chart me the chords and I will jump right in. Second time through I don't need to read anything.

Studied music formally for ten years (cello, trumpet). Know theory, chord progressions, modulations, keys, transposing, structure etc.

All the tunes on this page were composed and performed by me for bandmix demo purposes only.

I also do some keyboard work.
The Korg 01 music workstation with it's 16 track MIDI sequencer produced these four songs on the my MP3 song list:
1) Dreaming 2) Deception 3) T1 4) FRUNS

All sounds for these four originate entirely from the Korg and tracked on this workstation. This includes drums and strings and guitar sounds etc.

Equipment List:

1300W Bi-amplified system including:

High Bass:
Behringer BHL3000A

Low Bass:
Soundcraftsmen MA5002
1 KW available output
Class H amp bridged mono,

Subsonic Extension Cab

76 Rickenbacker 4001

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