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Rick Charming

What the hell is wrong with this kid?

About Me

Born in the 1900's, Rick Charming grew up playing legit blues, jazz and rock on the saxophone . He spent the first 12 years of his life playing professionally around the globe with very famous musicians in front of ridiculously huge crowds . Once he found his way to a piano , however, he was finally able to open his big silly mouth and audiences started noticing that it wasn't traditional songs of love he was crooning.
Rick spent about 5 years writing original comedy music and stirring up emotions at coffee shop open mics around metro Detroit. He released three action-packed albums of music designed to make your jaw "hit the floor."
Dueling Pianos
At somepoint in 2007 , Rick was contacted by an agent and asked if he'd ever considered working in the dueling piano field. Rick had seen the dueling piano shows many time in the past but never really considered he'd be a good enough candidate to pull it off. After much internal confusion, Rick hung his saxophone up for awhile and began studying the art of Dueling Pianos and spent the entire of year of 2007 adding songs to his repetoire. Today he plays dueling piano bars around the country and his goal is to someday be a complete interactive human jukebox .
Rick's complete bio is available at:
www.rickcharming.com/bio.html
This bio is complete with baby pictures, really bad hair from his senior prom, and videos from around the world.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/26/2004
Band Website: rickcharming.com
Band Members: Whoever shows up
Influences: Lenny Bruce, Stephen Lynch, Andrew Dice Clay, Adam Sandler, Weird Al Yankovic, Red Peters, Madonna
Sounds Like: Avril Lavigne
Record Label: Charming Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Big Changes ’Round Here

The Change Greetings everyone, Lots of things have been going on in my personal and career lives lately and I've decided to make a big change in my career and pursue piano entertainment for ...
Posted by Rick Charming on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:22:00 PST

My goals for the year

I, being a local pseudo celebrity in my own mind, have always been driven by goals in my music career. This year for the comedy project I have the following things I'd like to achieve: A new photo sho...
Posted by Rick Charming on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:18:00 PST

A serious rant about the music business

All of us musician types realize that being in the music business is a serious competition, but since when did the premiere way of getting noticed come from how many people you know voting for you? To...
Posted by Rick Charming on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:44:00 PST

Wonder Showzen?

I've been an AVID fan and supporter of Southpark for years.. but.. Is Wonder Showzen the funniest and most offensive TV show ever aired or am I mistaken?    
Posted by Rick Charming on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:24:00 PST

Destruction & Chaos

I hate you. All of you.
Posted by Rick Charming on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:13:00 PST

All hail the king!

One of my childhood idols, Mr. Red Peters, is now on Myspace.  Be sure to check him out.  He's in my Top 8. Red Peters is a seriously funny comedic musician.  The musical arrangements h...
Posted by Rick Charming on Mon, 22 May 2006 03:40:00 PST

Chicago Bound

Just like I hit Cleveland and Pittsburgh a week prior, it's time to take the Charming project west towards Chicago. If you know any places for me to play or have a floor you won't mind me crashing on,...
Posted by Rick Charming on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 03:39:00 PST

Road Trip/Tour!

Despite the fact that I have very little funds, I'm going to put my money on free lodging and CD sales as I head East for three days. Tuesday night:  ClevelandWednesday night:  Pittsbur...
Posted by Rick Charming on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:07:00 PST

Open Mic @ Luna--WOW

This is getting way, way out of hand.  WOWNESS. Let's keep it up. Next Monday, Luna Cafe!  8-12.
Posted by Rick Charming on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:23:00 PST

Rick Charming's Open Mic

Starting Monday, April 3, I will be once again hosting an open mic.  Much like the killer times at Cupacino, I plan on making this one absolutely off the hook.  It is at: The Luna Cafe23415 ...
Posted by Rick Charming on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:05:00 PST