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THE SOUND GUY
Richard 'Riko' Burrows sound engineer 22 years, engineering thousands of sessions and dealing with a very wide calibre of musicians and music.
A musician with years of gigs and recording experience, He greatly understands the role of bands/artists performing in studio and on stage, with an ability to communicate and collaborate very well with musicians and their material, also finishing a session to a specific deadline.
Riko is heavily into music, songwriting, recording, studio and live sound engineering, bass playing, guitar playing, drum and synth programming/ music computers, jamming and playing live gigs. Active in the music Biz since 1982.
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SERVICES
Studio Engineer at Regal House studio, AMS Music Studios, Peterbough
Bands, Groups, Singers, Karaoke, Dj's Production, Songwriting, Backing Music
Location Sound Recording
Vinyl & Tapes Converted To CD
Bass Guitar & 6 String Guitar Tuition
Guitar Set Ups.
Supplying professional, high quality drum and midi/wave music backing tracks.
Bass Guitarist/Backing Vocals with Rock covers band - Hair of The Dog.
Demo Video DVD
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CONTACT
riko@thesoundguy.fsnet.co.uk
Tel: 01945 588484
Mobile: 07733168765
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HALL OF FAME
PAST CLIENTS RIKO HAS WORKED/RECORDED WITHPlus Thousands of other talented people, some probably going or gone on to success.
Bass player & Singer - The Garden.
Bass Guitarist *The Beautiful South
Drummer *The Damned
*Coliseum 2.
*Lucifer's Friend
Live Guitarist for *English Dogs - *The Prodigy
Singer *Miss Black America
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RIKOS MUSICAL INFLUENCES
(In order of getting into)
The Beatles, The Sweet, Slade, Jean Michel Jarre, M, Omd, The Police, Squeeze, Ultrvox, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Queen, The Stranglers, The Damned, The Clash, UB-40, The Dead Kennedys, The Sex Pistols, The Cure, Joy Division, The Jam, Gang of Four, King Crimson, U2, The Psychedelic Furs, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Blondie, Hawkwind, Jimmy Hendrix, Sting, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Van Halen, Dave Lee Roth, Ozzy Ozbourne, It Bites, Faith No More, Thin Lizzy, Metalica, Megadeth, Aerosmith, Kings X, Led Zeppelin, Ozric Tentacles, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Manic Street Preachers, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Sound Garden, The-Prodigy, Air, Queens Of The Stone age, Audio Slave, Robert Plant,Plus thousands of subconsious ones.
top of pageRIKOS EARLY MEMORIES
The early memorys was probably hearing Hawkwinds "silver machine" Blasting out of the tranny radio at home on those blissfully hot summers in the late sixties early seventies, then we brought an old mono record player and started getting in to the glam of the Seventies such as The Sweet, Slade and Wizard. At this time I was already listening to individua instruments and listening to what they were doing within a song. I then acquired a pair of drum sticks and started playing along to songs on anything I could hit. The end of the seventies saw my first gig at school with a couple of friends banging out rhythms on desks with myself trying to be the centre of attention, singing strange punk lyrics to a classroom full of greatly amused fifth year kids. A year after I had left school, myself along with Joe and Robin, started a band called the "Ozterz", a sort of indie punk band. Robin had made his own drum kit out of junk and bits of plastic container drums and also made my so called bass guitar from other scrap material from joe's father's warehouse, joe being the only one to own a real guitar. we eventually done one gig on a Chrismas Eve party in a carrot topping shed in an isolated Fenland village supporting a hardcore punk band called the "Prisoners of War", but it was a start. After a big learning curve we disbanded as Robin left the band and joined the RAF, whereas joe decided to enter a more established punk group known as
"Section A". This left myself to join various local and national bands to gain valuable experience in gigging and song writing skills.
top of pageTHE SOUND MAN
sound guy is one who participates in the flavour of music and all good things, a noise freak, techno head, propeller head maybe. Sound engineer, sound man, sound technician, producer. Being a gigging and recording musician for over 20 years helps and many hours of messing with sounds and frequencies along with plenty of mistakes to larger victories. If sounds could be colours, the mixing desk becomes a kind of aural paint palette for the engineer. Designed for routing a sound or sounds to any designated place. to enhance and add magical excitement and spice to the sound. shutting the eyes when listening will make sounds becomes more vividly directional and alive. the brain only then relies on one sense. The finished product must in most cases sound comparatively acceptable on tiny radio speakers to a big P.A. rig..
The first rule is - there are no rules, but you could only say that after many years of experience.
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The Dan Williams Allstars. www.thedwa.com/dwa.htm This Machine................. http://members.lycos.co.uk/thismachine Bryony......................... www.bryony.biz Smoke Screen............... www.smokescreenweb.co.uk Macca......................... www.maccamusic.co.uk Martoc........................ www.martoc.demon.co.uk Tern........................... www.ternonline.com Rehearsal rooms............ www.studio-rooms.com Siskin.......................... www.siskinonline.com BASS AND GUITAR TUITION
OTHER LOCAL TUITION
I have been teaching the bass guitar since 1987 having taught many students, most have gone on to join successful gigging bands and teach themselves to other students. The styles that I play are mainly rock, funk, slap, heavy-metal, Grunge,pop, but students can bring in songs of most styles and I will be able to work out the bass lines for them to play. The pupils will be taught at Meadowside Recording Studio, using the facilitys computer software can aid time keeping, chord construction, song writing and recording techniques plus expert advice on personal bass sounds, using compression and tonal eq and effects. I also teach 6-string guitar. Beginner to expert, young or old, progress is assured. My rates are £14 per hour. £9 per half hour
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Drum Lessons... Sam Carter....07816 176413 Guitar Lessons.. Jazz Ball........01945 476850
Jazz Ball........07899 081464
SHOPS & SERVICES
Wisbech Music Centre for Musical Equipment-Pa systems 01945 461496
Guitar Crazy Kings Lynn Music Shop 01553 766771
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