Band Page with Free MP3 Downloads Rick Gross-Tenstring.com,inc. (Free Christian Rock CD's & DVD's)
Rick Gross
VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, DRUMS, BASS, KEYBOARDS/SYNTHESIZERS, BLUES HARP/HARMONICA
Composition, Production, and Performance of all lyrics and music for the album "JOY" by Rick Gross, tenstring.com, inc. All Rights Reserved
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
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.
Song Info
Track Files
Story behind the song
Lyrics
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Song Likes
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Comments
15
newwine
Aug 07, 2009
peace 10st,cchav u been remstrng : - ) always snding tops. some excellent work lies within your days & the mix is right on. just finished 92 & 144, actually got a chance to read em again & chkd out some music...always trust the leading. keep up the good & blessings back at u. thnx always. bBlsd bWl peaceRrock
Kurt Lewis Neufer
Apr 04, 2009
Fabulous song..!!!
Zeph Daniel
Feb 02, 2009
oh man that flute or whatever is so haunting.... great production, great everything... incredible melody line too. Very powerful! Masterful mix and totally original in every way...fresh. Peace brother, great job!
murphy l henderson jr
Feb 01, 2009
WOW AN AWESOME SONG RICK!:)
BLESSINGS MY FRIEND!
Brendan Jewell
Jan 30, 2009
Great sounding guitar intro on this one.
Flutes and Wah guitar excellent.
Love the wah sound my friend.
Vocals and mix giving an excellent tribute song to your friend.
Let's hear some more of this style Rick!
Big stars alll round.
DEADWATER MONK
Jan 29, 2009
Very very nice tune,love all the flute and vocal work alot
Great lyrics..........excellent production and killer delivery!!!
Top Notch all the way!!!
Spiritwind pop
Jan 20, 2009
Great song for your friend Chet!!!
I began listening as the flutes and sounds of music took me quickly.
The song owned me :-)
great job 5 stars!
Spiritwind pop
Hayley Oliver
Nov 09, 2008
Rick,
This is a lovely tribute to your friend Chet, a powerful message and superb musical arangement and vocal, beautiful!
Love
Hayley
soulofbass
Oct 29, 2008
very nice song, a bit out of sync here and there, but that can be forgiven, ima check out the rest of your music very soon
Jiri Hajek - composer
Oct 26, 2008
Beautiful song, Rick! Has a great mood!! Jiri
Electric Shadow
Oct 25, 2008
Excellent lyrics and vocals,the song bed is rich with wonderful sounds. love the flute and guitars and superb beat. It's a 10 in our book!
Peace through music
~ES~
Tammy Swindell
Oct 11, 2008
Nice tribute to your friend, Rick..strong lyrics..emotional melody and delivery. It has an epic sound that is beautiful...VERY NICE JOB. :)
Mike and the girls of VMP and me have a new collab up on my site of a song I wrote some years ago, called Don't Give Up. Mike and the girls built the track, and the girls sang with me on it. :)
Whenever you've got time. :)
Johnny Proctor
Sep 12, 2008
Interesting musical textures and lyrical theme. Great job with the samples and the creative mix. The hot guitars were a nice contemporary touch. Is that you?
I have a new one up called "Pray".
Johnny
VMP (USA)
Sep 11, 2008
Love it! Right from the get-go the guitars, deep bass and beautiful woodwind sound grabs the listener. Very cool chord changes, killer tone, excellent lyrics, the last 4 lines, epic statement, SO TRUE! This rocks.
Really fine lyrics in this song! Interesting guitar work as well. Good song Rick.