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richie

trumpet players are irritable, attention seeking and prone to robust psycho-social outbursts.

About Me

I am a 47 yr old trumpet player, that ought to know better and get a proper job...I am a lucky guy though and have had the privilage and luck to meet and perform with many superb musicians and bands such as Amampondo, Heavy Quartet, Michaels Breakfast, Claude Deppa, King Django, Dr Ring Ding, Chris Murray, Regatta 69, Trio Grande,Fire Down Below, and many more. I currently play with Wonderbrass, The Cosmics and occasional session work. Always open to suggestions... :)

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My Interests


I'd like to meet:

Buddy Bolden, shame he is dead.

Music:

well if it has horn lines then i tend to be happier, jazz (not that bebop thing tho..) African,funk, latin, ska,reggae, ahh all kindsa of stuff really. has to groove tidy though.

Movies:

the devil in miss jones, the blues brothers, the jungle book.

Heroes:

Amampondo - Seng' Inkomo

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My Blog

one week in...

am sat in the bus in Prague, we play early tonight, there is a 10pm curfew, so we start at 7 and keep the show short, it lasted 3.5 hrs last night.. thats a long show, my lip is getting strong though,...
Posted by richie on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:03:00 PST

ships leaving...

well we pirates are due to leave for somewhere or other at 7am tomorrow, we didnt finish at the orwohaus until 4.30am this morning and i have had about 4hrs kip, woken by a tortoise, again. i smell mu...
Posted by richie on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:28:00 PST

mein gott..

well, 2 weeks in, rehearsing an average of 8 hrs a day at the moment, did 14 yesterday tho and have been here 10 hrs so far today... madness. played my first gig with regatta on sat, was as nervous as...
Posted by richie on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:27:00 PST

one week in.....

hi all, Berlin is an amazing city and sooooo cheap thankfully..we are working so hard preparing for the tour rehearsing 8 or 9 hours a day, i have so much material to learn i cant believe that i am ke...
Posted by richie on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:02:00 PST

ich bin ein berliner.

well here i am trying to suss out where the letters are on a german keyboard, they moved the y. am at the Orwohaus musikfabrik which is an amazing music facility, where i suspect we shall be spending ...
Posted by richie on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:40:00 PST

not long now....

well this time next week I shall be in Berlin, having rehearsed for about 6hrs on the day we are to arrive..I am starting to get a tad nervous, dont really know what to expect apart from copious quant...
Posted by richie on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:06:00 PST

Hmm maybe things are on the up... ?

ok, so a quick message from Nick B and it looks like the flights to berlin are booked April 9th until May 31st touring with Regatta 69..can things really be that simple?? I sure hope so......
Posted by richie on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:35:00 PST