Rick Chavez

In his two decades in the music business, Rick Chavez has pretty much done it all as a kind of "Rick-of-all-trades."From his rock, blues and jazz beginnings to his years as a Vegas cover song artist and studio musician, Rick is now relishing his newfound role as an original recording artist with a pair of upcoming 2008 cd releases. You Are Here is Rick's original jazz/fusion release -- his second release is a cd recorded in Vegas' Tequila Bar at Bally's called Live On The Strip.With so many past and present projects on his resume and a six-day-a-week job as the ‘house’ musician at Bally’s Tequila Bar, you'd think Rick would be ready to hang up his guitars and call it quits. No way, he says."There's a mysterious source of motivation, musically, for me," Rick says. "I feel a strong spiritual force pushing me to create. Making a living is one thing, but the desire to make the music comes from something special."On Rick's official MySpace page at www.myspace.com/rickchavez, he offers up a range of 16 original songs for download from his catalog. The songs run the gamut from ethereal, melodic jazz on songs like "You Are Here," to the gentle Latin percussion of "Rebecca," and the mellow, angelic "Winter Morning." Fans of fusion, jazz, Latin, New Age, soft rock, pop and classical and probably a dozen other music genres will certainly love the songs almost as much as Rick loved writing and recording them.The anticipation for Rick's upcoming release of You Are Here -- feeds into Rick's passion for "affecting people in a positive way with my music," he says."If someone can listen to my music, and feel a sense of calm when they need it, or if it can inspire someone or help somebody through a rough time, then that's just amazing. Music is a real healing power for me... and a friend for life. It's a conduit that's helped me and everyone around me, and I hope I can touch people's lives and hearts with my words and music.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)