Used to do local venues years ago. Now, music is a hobby while I work and go to school. My music background is 10 years of classical piano; guitar is self-taught.

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09-01-2008
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The time has come where I need to leave music behind for a while to pursue my career goals (graduate school). If all goes well, i hope to return at the end of '09. By then, we'll have a new president; TV will be all digital and we'll all be a year older. Who knows if Youtube will even be here then? Thanks very much for taking the time out to listen. I appreciate all the comments - both good and bad - and apologize for not being able to respond to most of you. When I started this as a lark a couple years ago, I thought I would only be doing a few videos here and there. I had no idea it would escalate to where it is now and am truly humbled by the number of subscribers who find my performances half-way listenable. As to the question of original compositions - they exist - but i feel my songwriting skills are just too derivative of the vast amount of music i have been exposed to throughout my life. True artists are poets who put their words into music - a poet i'm definitely not. Therefore, I feel better doing covers of artists that inspire me. I do not and never have had the aim of getting a recording contract; i just like playing music as a hobby and am flattered some of you out there actually enjoy it. Signing off (for now),

Rick
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Instruments: Taylor 914ce(6-string), Taylor 955-ce(12-string), Taylor NS52-ce(classical nylon string), Gibson Dove, Fender Stratocaster, Fender jazz bass, Alesis QS8, Korg D1600 16-track digital recorder. Strings for acoustic: Dean Markley Bronze light guage. Electric: D'addario.

Video equipment: JVC Everio HDD camcorder