I'm doing the bio myself so here goes:
My name is Rick Altizer and I've got a wife and 2 boys. That's the most important thing about me.
Some other facts are:
I used to be a staff writer for Warner/Chappell in Los Angeles. Then I was managed by Bob Dylan's and Neil Young's manager, Elliott Roberts. That didn't go so well so I moved to Nashville. I was a recording artist for KMG records where I sold dozens of CD's. I then wrote and produced a CD for Flicker Records called "Soul Lift." It had Johnny Cash, Russ Taff and a bunch of other folks on it, was nominated for a Dove award - but that sold dozens of records as well.
I got tired of selling dozens of records so I started my own record label and started doing kids worship music. Worship Jamz is the top selling Christian Children's brand and was in all the Targets and Wal-Marts and the commercials have been all over Nickelodeon. I now sell multiple gobs of records and I'm happy about that. So is my wife... she is especially happy about that. We even remodeled our kitchen, and let me tell you, if you ever want to make your wife happy - that's the ticket.
In order to not lose my mind doing kids music, I completed a Scripture Memory record for adults called "Scripture Memory - Pop Symphonies." Three years in the making, it was a labor of love for me.
Next, I co-produced a country CD with John Carter Cash - featuring Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, John Anderson - and 11 more artists. It's called "70's Rock-GONE COUNTRY", and will be on TV this summer through Time-Life.
I'm currently a staff writer for EMI and am learning how to write country songs. My goal is to get an actual country singer to actually record one of my songs.
