Artist description Ricky Garcia is a solo guitarist, composer and producer!

Music Style Guitar instrumental

Musical Influences progressive rock, fusion, latin

Artist History Ricky was born in Cologne, Germany. He was in contact with music all his life. Ricky early got in contact with styles like Salsa, Merengue and Brazilian music and he also got a lot into Flamenco as well. After a while Ricky also discovered his passion for instrumental rock music in the style of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. He began playing in local bands mostly focusing on writing original music. His high school band -Living Spirit- gathered some local attention and recorded some tunes which you can find on the CDs. After finishing high school, he wasn’t directly into being a professional musician. He started studying computer programming for one semester, but then decided to focus only on his musical career. So he began studying music at the university of Cologne and worked as a producer, recording a lot of bands and started working on his own material. Because of all the different styles Ricky was involved in the years, he tried to cover a variety of them. He also gained a lot of experience being on tour with different project bands, playing concerts in restaurants or for all sorts of festivals booked by companys, banks or television stations, clothing companies like “Hugo Boss“ and all kinds of gala events. He also was hired as a tour manager for dance goups like “Bellini“ and “Lou Bega“, which brought him a brighter view in the business aspect of the music industry. After a while he wanted to perfect his guitar playing as much as possible. Because of this Ricky was planning to start studying in the USA. When looking for a good school, Berklee was always in his mind. So he went to one of their world scholarship auditions with the hope of being accepted. The result was Ricky gained admission to the school with a scholarship after he played one of his own tunes in front of various faculty members. Since then he has been expanding his knowledge everyday. Also he is getting classes with great teachers and recording artitsts like Joe Stump and Jon Finn. Since he is recording his own music, it is always his intention to sell it as good as possible. Ricky also has had some success on the internet, because all his songs are available on MP3.com for free download. Two of his songs (“Just a fine Day” and "Just a Fake") were actually number #1 hits in their official charts. For now he gets over 3500 plays a month just on this s

Instruments Guitar, Bass & Keyboards

Albums Ricky Garcia PROMO-CD

Press Reviews *** I'm listening to an mp3 of your song "Depeche" (I'm a Mode fan!!!)... You sound great! I love your tone... now I'm listening to "The Miracle"... nice Floydish intro then BOOM!!!! A lovely little homage to Aerosmith in the bridge... some funkys**t too!!! Very Cool... (Vernon Reid, Living Color)*** Ricky is a very talented musician. He has it together on all levels, phrasing, technique & songwriting. It is an emotional experience to see him play live. Ricky plays from the heart and it comes through loud and clear.(Rob Balducci) *** NICE tunes, COOL ass grooves, Ricky#s playing defenetly rocks!!! (Joe Stump, Berklee faculty, Leviathan recording artist) ***I think your musical instincts are very powerful. Great melodic guitar lines, your solos sound like melodies and conversely, your melodies are very soloistic. I really dig your sound, not to much effect(s). Your sequencing is very clean and "life-like". I was hard pressed to tell the difference between "real and sequence". (Thomas Scott deOgburn, Associate Professor, Ear Training Dep. Berklee)*** Ricky plays with a sensuous and raw courage. He takes chances and plays from the gut. Very intriguing. (Corinne Chase, Assistant Professor, Ear Training Dep. Berkl

Additional Info All Songs composed, arranged, recorded & produced by Ricky G. Garcia

Location Boston, MA - USA

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