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About Me

Hi. I'm Rich. Welcome to MySpace. Born in Brooklyn, NY, but live in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. I Trust God who knows my name and watches over me. I'm Happily married to Mary, the love of my life. Have three kids who I love very much: Kimmy, Richie and Derick. Have a grandson. We call him Yabi and love him with all our hearts. Also have a precious daughetr in law, Vanessa, she's like a daughter to us. Then there's Axely, Derick's sweetheart. My friends can see photos of my family in my pics. You can also find most of them in my friends.
Love music: brazilian, funk, jazz, Puertorican folk, chamber, world/ethnic, anything tasteful and musical. Love playing string instruments: the guitar, tiple, cuatro, bass, cavaquinho. Always learning to play new instruments(these days the timple, charango, mandolin, banjo, others). Like to learn about the history and construction of string instruments. Study instrument construction with a local luthier and have built 2 (a cuatro and a tiple), and restored several. In the process of building a tiple which should be done shortly. I also collect string instruments. You can see a large part of my collection in an album in my pics and some of them in a slide show under the "General Interest" section. The collection includes string instruments from several countries, vintage instruments from Puerto Rico and the US, instruments that are/were part of the Puertorican or American pop culture, and instruments which are innovative, unique, or represent a creative use of materials.
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Remember that Jesus gave his life for you, make sure you have a personal relationship with him. He's a true friend who you can trust, he'll never let you down. If you have a need and would like someone to pray with you or for you, let me know, and we'll gladly do so. If you would would like to pray on your own, or would like to have a personal relationship with Jesus, but don't know where to start, say the prayer below. God has been blessing you since before you even took your very first breath!



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My Interests

Spending time with my family, internal tourism, traveling in PR and abroad; playing, learning and/or listening to good music, learning to play new string instruments, researching the history and evolution of string instruments throughout the world, building or learning to build string instruments, reading a good book, watching a good movie. I also enjoy bowling with the family, and snorkeling with my kids (don't do either as often as I'd like to).

I'd like to meet:

All kinds of people who are interested in sharing MySpace.




Below I have added a few of my favorite YouTube Videos for your enjoyment. The first is "Trio Colombita". You can findout more about them by visiting their webpage http://www.colombita.com/.The second video is Christian Nieves, one of Puerto Rico's youngest and most outsanding Cuatro Players.The third is Hamilton de Hollanda, in my book, one of the world's most outstanding musicians, and mandolinist extraordinaire.Below is Batman, my Virtual Pet Panda. I named him after a Toy Panda I had as a child.
adopt your own virtual pet!"Meet The Band"
Below, laying down the funky rhythm guitar, is Batman's buddy Swing Cat, Next is Shelly on banjo doublebass, and Billyjobobjohn on banjo, followed by the monster lead guitarist Mr. Groove Monkey, on electric bass and scat singing, Funky Smiley, and last but not least, burning on his guitar is Baby Yabi!
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What a Killer Band!

Music:

Brazilian: Samba,Bossa Nova,Choros; Jazz, Puertorican Folk, Funk, Blues, Old Salsa, Cuban Son, Instrumental World/Ethnic Music, Progressive Rock, anything tasteful which swings or touches you and doesn't dishonor God...

Movies:

Star Wars, Lord of The Rings, Sixth Sense, James Bond(several), The Man With The Red Shoe, The Falcon and Snowman, Three Days of the Condor, Spy Games, Ice Age.Sci Fi, Thrillers, Adveture and Fantasy, Spy Movies, Comedy, Certain Dramas, Animated/Cartoons, Any well written/produced with good family values.

Television:

Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Hand Made Music (DIY), Sopranos (Did not like last season, and Finale!). Recently got so hooked on "Lost" that I saw the entire first 3 seasons in less than a month! Can't wait for season 4. I also enjoy watching Heroes and the 4400.

Books:

The Purpose Driven Life, The 1 Minute Manager, Visioneering: God's Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Personal Vision

Heroes:

Jesus: He's The Man! My Beautiful Wife Mary, Mami Milly, and My Mom. Also my cousin Luis, who stuck to his calling from the Lord and left his successful legal career to become a missionary. He's back from the missionary work, now a Pastor and also an extraordinarily talented musician.


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