About Me
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Rick Gross
VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, DRUMS, BASS, KEYBOARDS/SYNTHESIZERS,
BLUES HARP/HARMONICA, SONAR AUDIO PRODUCTION, DIGITAL VIDEO EDITING, MULTIMEDIA
PRODUCTIONS, STREAMING MEDIA/NETWORKING PROTOCOLS, STUDIO HARDWARE
Composition, Production, and Performance of all lyrics and music for the album
"New Song" was done solely by Rick Gross, recorded alone in his own studio.
Education
Oregon State University:
Music Theory one year
(3 course sequence)
Introduction to Jazz
History of Rock and Roll
History of American Music
Music for the Listener
Introduction to Global Music
MBA
(Rick teaches for Portland State University)
Personal one-on one Vocal tutoring by Mark Bosnian of Body and Soul
Rick Gross was born on October 22, 1964 in upstate New York. He moved to Macon,
Georgia in 1972, to Park Ridge, Illinois in 1975, to Boise, Idaho in 1978, and
finally to Oregon in 1982 to establish residency and attend Oregon State
University two days after graduating from Boise High School, class of '82.
Musical Experience
Rick started music at an early age, playing clarinet at age 8 and taking
one-on-one lessons from a locally known composer named Roy Jonstano. As a kid,
he traveled all over the state of Georgia performing in a band in front of
schools for many years, and each time when the band came to Rick's school, he
would perform solo in front of the whole school as part of the performance. (It
was customary for whoever attended a school where the band was performing to do
a solo for their own school) Rick has been performing live music since 1984 when
he started out playing keyboards in Seeking Will. He soon became lead guitarist
and lead vocalist, and played at picnics, parties, restaurants, and talent
shows. The band later evolved into a more diverse, contemporary group named
Scorpio Bridge. Scorpio Bridge played at bars and parties. After Scorpio Bridge,
Rick auditioned as lead vocalist in Hall of Fame and was hired July, 1992. On
July 27, 1992, Hall of Fame performed at Elis in downtown Portland, OR and won
bookings through Pacific Talent into 1993. Hall of Fame performed part of the
local circuit that way at places like Elis, Cisco & Ponchos, Key Largo, and The
Moosehead. Later in the '90's, Rick played guitar and Keyboards along with lead
and backup vocals in Portland's Rock band "Hotfoot" playing clubs around the
area and along the coast.
Live Video of Rick Gross singing in "Hall of Fame" and "Hotfoot" has been
available on DVD since 2003. (http://tenstring.com/cd for streaming video)
Since 1998, Rick Gross has been CEO/President of tenstring.com, inc. and has
achieved the following certifications:
Microsoft Certified Trainer - 2006 Program Year
Microsoft Certified Trainer - 2005 Program Year
Microsoft Windows 2003 MCSE:Security - September 8, 2004
Microsoft Windows 2003 MCSA:Security - September 8, 2004
Comptia Security+ - August 25, 2004
Microsoft Certified Trainer - 2004 Program Year
Microsoft Windows 2000 MCSE:Messaging - October 13, 2003
Microsoft Windows 2003 MCSE - September 29, 2003
Microsoft Windows 2003 MCSE Early Achiever
Microsoft Windows 2003 MCSA September 24, 2003
Microsoft Windows 2003 MCSA Early Achiever
Microsoft Certified Trainer - 2003 Program Year
Microsoft Certified Trainer - 2002 Program Year
Microsoft Windows 2000 MCSE - September 9, 2000
Microsoft Windows 2000 MCSE Charter Member
Novell 5 CNE - August 11, 2000
COMPTIA Certified Technical Trainer - June 30, 2000
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - August 10, 1999
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet (MCSE + Internet) - September 4,
1998
COMPTIA A+ Certified - September 8, 1998
Microsoft Certified Professional - Internet Systems (MCP + Internet) - May 16,
1997
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) -
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) -
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) -
Novell Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE)
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Microsoft Certification Exams Completed Successfully
Exam ID Description Date Completed
000 CompTIA Security+ Sep 08, 2004
299 Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Network Aug 26, 2004
298 Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Aug 24, 2004
224 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server
Oct 13, 2003
225 Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft® Exchange
2000 Server Sep 29, 2003
296 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Environment for an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000 Sep 29, 2003
292 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an
MCSA Certified on Windows 2000 Sep 24, 2003
219 Designing a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure Sep
13, 2000
240 Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Accelerated Exam for MCPs Certified on Microsoft®
Windows NT® 4.0 Sep 09, 2000
221 Designing a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Network Infrastructure Aug 14, 2000
209 Updating Administration and Support Skills from Microsoft Exchange Server
5.x to Microsoft Exchange 2000 Beta 3 Jun 03, 2000
201 Designing a Microsoft® Windows 2000 Networking Services Infrastructure Jan
06, 2000
081 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Exchange Server 5.5 Jan 06, 2000
028 Administering Microsoft® SQL Server 7.0 Oct 09, 1999
202 Designing a Microsoft® Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure Oct
02, 1999
203 Updating Support Skills from Microsoft® Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Oct
02, 1999
098 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Windows® 98 Nov 05, 1998
088 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Proxy Server 2.0 Sep 03, 1998
079 Implementing & Supporting the Microsoft® Internet Explorer Admin Kit for
Microsoft® IE 4.0 Sep 03, 1998
087 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Internet Information Server 4.0 May
16, 1998
076 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Exchange Server 5.0 Mar 12, 1998
059 Internetworking with Microsoft® TCP/IP on Microsoft® Windows NT 4.0 May 16,
1997
073 Implementing and Supporting NT 4.0 Workstation Apr 04, 1997
077 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Internet Information Server 3.0 and
Index Server 1.1 Feb 13, 1997
068 Implementing and Supporting NT Server 4.0 in the Enterprise Nov 26, 1996
067 Implementing and Supporting NT Server 4.0 Nov 26, 1996
043 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Windows NT Server 3.51 Oct 31, 1996
075 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Exchange Server 4.0 Oct 31, 1996
063 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Windows®95 Aug 16, 1996
053 Microsoft® TCP/IP for Microsoft® Windows NT Exam Nov 01, 1995
045 Microsoft® Windows for Workgroups 3.10 Exam Mar 03, 1995
037 Microsoft® Mail for PC Networks 3.2 - Enterprise Exam Mar 01, 1995
030 Microsoft® Windows 3.1 Exam Jan 27, 1995
040 Microsoft® Windows NT 3.1 Exam Jan 20, 1995
000 Networking requirement waived Dec 07, 1994
047 Networking with Microsoft® Windows 3.1 Exam Dec 07, 1994
041 Microsoft® Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 Exam Dec 05, 1994
Streaming Video tour of Tenstring Studios is available at http://tenstring.net
Why this name?
Gross=144
http://av1611.com/kjbp/kjv-dictionary/gross.html
GROSS, n. The main body; the chief part; the bulk; the mass; as the gross of the people. We now use bulk.
1. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as a gross of bottles. It
never has the plural form. We say, five gross or ten gross.
In the gross, in gross, in the bulk, or the whole undivided; all parts taken
together.
By the gross, in a like sense.
Do you play live?
Another Thing Comin' - Key Largo (low speed- 56K)
http://tenstring.com/cd/anotherthingcomin56.wmv
Another Thing Comin' - Key Largo (high speed-128K) http://tenstring.com/cd/anotherthingcomin128.wmv
Everything About You - Eli's (low speed- 56K)
http://tenstring.com/cd/hate56.wmv
Everything About You- Eli's (high speed- 128K)
http://tenstring.com/cd/hate128.wmv
Rock N Roll - Moosehead (low speed- 56K)
http://tenstring.com/rock56.wmv
Rock N Roll - Moosehead (high speed- 128K)
http://tenstring.com/rock128.wmv
Ice Cream Man - Eli's (low speed- 56K)
http://tenstring.com/cd/icecream56.wmv
Ice Cream Man - Eli's (high speed- 128K)
http://tenstring.com/cd/icecream128.wmv
Jonny Be Goode - B&I's (low speed-56K)
http://gross.org/video/jonny56.wmv
Jonny Be Goode - B&I's (high speed- 256K)
http://gross.org/video/jonny256.wmv
http://tenstring.com/cd for Streaming Video.
Favorite spot?
Jerusalem's old city
Equipment used:
Guitars-Gibson Les Paul, Roland-ready Fender Stratocastor, Ovation Legend,
Takamine acoustic, Yamaha APX-5A electric Acoustic, Ibanez Professional
Drums - Roland, Zildjian, Pearl, Yamaha, Remo
Basses - Washburn, 4-string Ibanez, Top neck of doubleneck/tenstring Ibanez
Professional
Keyboard/synths-Roland, Korg, Yamaha
Echo Audio Layla, Alesis, Lexicon, Roland
Peavey, JBL, Shure, Samson, Nady, Traynor, Marshall, Alesis, Lexicon,
Richenbacher, EV, Infocus Projectors
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