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A driving force on the Vancouver Island music scene since 1990, Ric
formed the Nanaimo Songwriters Circle in 1991 which meets monthly at the
Mermaid's Mug(downtown Nanaimo) and Island Showcase 1998 - 2005 which
featured songwriters from Vancouver Island including Valdy, Colleen
Eccleston, Gary Fjellgaard, Shari Ulrich and many, many others.
In 2000, Ric released his debut cd 'the Wind Gone Mad' and married
songwriter Elly Parker.
In the summer of 2002, Ric created an online CD Store for Vancouver
Island Recording Artists called CdIsle.ca Today it boasts over 1500 cds
recorded by island artists in BC.
In 2002 Ric and Elly released a family album of Ric's tunes called
'Magic Garbage Can'. It sold out and was re-released in 2004 with an
additional live track of the Ric's popular 'Michael' song. An acoustic
version of the cd was released in 2007.
Ric's studio bLUE eCHO has also released his 3rd cd 'Ball of Flames' in
2005 and his 5th cd 'Long Road In Time' in 2007. |