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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Comments
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newwine
Feb 16, 2009
peace Rick,
sounds like u are joyfully flyin in, with the jericho brass, 2 see the walls come a tumbling down : - ) i guess the "wine again My melody", refers 2 the newwine .... great work.
bBlsd bWl peaceRrock
Jiri Hajek - composer
Feb 11, 2009
Wow, Rick, this is really great, you are a fantastical musician!! Amazing record, my friend!!! Jiri
Jim Fay
Dec 07, 2008
Cool intro. I like the horns.
Robert Strom
Nov 25, 2008
Rick,
Really digging this one! Made my 7 year old niece get up and boogie woogie when it started playing. Enjoyed all the different instruments, and the vocals sound really good too. Great guitar work. Keep the hits coming.
Robert Strom
Electric Shadow
Nov 09, 2008
Kewl Jazz fushion track,very well performed love all the instruments ,they all click! The lyrics paint vivid imagery and the vocals are spot on!
Peace ~ES~
Kurt Lewis Neufer
Nov 08, 2008
Hello Rick,
This is Excellent.....
Have a Wonderful weekend, :)
Kurt
Tony DeLecce
Nov 03, 2008
Hi Rick,
Listening to some of your tunes. This one really grabbed me tonight. Great musicianship all around. You are quite gifted. Loved the jazz overtones and you have some great keys going. Guitar work is top notch. This is really a good song. I am very impressed.
Nice work!
Hayley Oliver
Oct 31, 2008
This sounds absolutely great Rick. very nice musical arangement and first class production.
Love
Hayley
kudoonk
Aug 30, 2008
im feelin ya...nice sounds
Brotha T
Aug 30, 2008
man I'm getn full...thank you for so much good stuff!
LOVE
Brendan Jewell
Jul 28, 2008
Like Funk should be played.
Would have liked more of that Guitar playing but Hey! It's a 6 star song anyway.
Bill Wright
May 13, 2008
Love the 60s rock vibe in this one, like a cross between CCR and David Bowie and Neil Young. Nice job, Rick.
I've got a new one you might like.
ACID RAIN (USA)
Mar 13, 2008
Cool 60s Vibe to this one...Reminds me a bit of early Traffic..
BTW where can I get one of those giant pencils LOL!!
LaughingSkull
Mar 13, 2008
Great instrumental arrangement. Very upbeat. Cool.
VMP (USA)
Jan 29, 2008
Wow, this one's got it all, a real blast, hip and fun! Great job Rick.
Morten Gjermundsen
Jan 25, 2008
This sounds really good Rick!
Great work!
procks
Jan 20, 2008
I agree with Michael about the volume of the vocals
but the instruments are sounding great and that`s a good excuse.Great work and playing.
Rocking thru America
Dec 07, 2007
Musically it is all over the place, but that makes an adventure. You have a lot of things happening all in this one song, but that really elevates it and makes it interesting.
Michael Duran
Dec 06, 2007
Great fusion track Rick!
Vocal mix could be a little stronger ..
But still a 5 star overall winner!
Great arrangement. Really well done !