Ken Rich- Producer

Hello friends!
Here's a little information about myself and my career in music. I'm a producer/engineer/composer, bassist, and owner of Grand Street Recording in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. I produced Joseph Arthur’s critically acclaimed album “Our Shadows Will Remain”, I also co-produced Mr. Arthur’s “You’re so True” which appeared on the Grammy-nominated Shrek 2 Soundtrack. I produced, engineered, and or mixed on Tracy Bonham’s “Blink The Brightest” (Zoe Records), Ani DiFranco "Red Letter Year", Morley’s “Days Like These” (Universal France) which Time magazine said “embodies modern-day NY femininity in all its multicultural finesse”, and The Gutter Twins “Saturnalia” (Sub-Pop), which NME called “Proof the devil really does have all the best tunes.” Some other projects I've had a hand in; The Compulsions' numerous EPs, which earned them the title of “The Coolest Band in the World” (Classic Rock Magazine 2008); the “melancholy tunes on Lucinda Black Bear's new disc, 'Capo My Heart' and Other Bear Songs,” (Time Out New York); William Hart Strecker’s "Smoke and Clouds" & "All This Dreaming"; Julia Darling’s self titled release; Rene Lopez’s “One Man’s Year”; and The Key Party’s “Hit or Miss,” named CMJ album of the day (CMJ 2007) and the SF Chronicle’s Download of the Week in 2007.
I have written national TV spots for the NBA, HBO and VH1, to name a few. In 2008, both my score and sound design for Alex Lyras’s play “The Common Air” were nominated for 2008 Garland Awards and won the 2008 Ovation Award for Intimate Theater.
As a bassist, I have performed on David Byrne's "It Goes Back", "Offbeat - a Red Hot Soundtrip", Shabba Ranks' 1993 Grammy Award winning album "X-Tra Naked", and Laurie Anderson's "In Our Sleep" with Lou Reed. I was a member of Babatunde Olatunji’s NYC-based band from 1994 until Olatunji's death in 2004 and he continues to perform live shows in and around NYC with Hugh Pool, William Hart Strecker, Julia Darling, and Leah Siegel.
Please check out my blog at either www.grandstreetrecording.com or www.myspace.com/grandstreetrecording for more information on my current projects and happenings around the studio.