Birmingham-based touring and studio guitarist with a portfolio of work for major labels, independent artists and theatre productions.

Credits include Becky Hill (Parlophone Records), Beth Ditto (Columbia Records), Oti Mabuse (Strictly Come Dancing), First Time Flyers (Wasserman Music), Emma Blackery (Bucks Music Group), The Wandering Hearts (Decca Records), The Adamski Kid (Lo Recordings), Reme...
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Birmingham-based touring and studio guitarist with a portfolio of work for major labels, independent artists and theatre productions.

Credits include Becky Hill (Parlophone Records), Beth Ditto (Columbia Records), Oti Mabuse (Strictly Come Dancing), First Time Flyers (Wasserman Music), Emma Blackery (Bucks Music Group), The Wandering Hearts (Decca Records), The Adamski Kid (Lo Recordings), Remember Monday (The Voice UK), Jon Moses (ITV’s ‘Superstar’), Megan Bird (Man In The Moon Records), Erika Footman (MIKA), DROWND (Armalyte Industries) and Tim Prottey-Jones.

Television and streamed performances include Later… with Jools Holland, MTV Brand New, MTV Push Helsinki, Patreon, TuneCore, Under The Apple Tree with Whispering Bob Harris, The Xtra Factor and Friday Download. Touring encompasses major UK, European and East Asian venues including Hong Kong Stadium.

Music for films and library music includes work for fashion designer Anna Scholz, Sky Blue Films, iNFiNiTi // SM MUSIC, Evolution Media Music and JPM Music Library.

Recent projects include Black Sky Research (previously featuring Mikey Chapman of Mallory Knox and Jason Bowld of Bullet For My Valentine), DROWND, First Time Flyers and Oti Mabuse’s (Strictly Come Dancing) I Am Here UK Tour.

Senior Lecturer at BIMM Birmingham and guitar content creator on YouTube and Patreon.

Proudly endorsed by Rockett Pedals in Nashville, Reverend Guitars in Ohio and RedSeven Amplification in Italy and has produced product demos for Vertex, Spaceman Effects, Xact Tone Solutions, Rockett Pedals, Jext Telez, Express Music and GuitarBox.

Testimonials:

“He is one of the best guitar players I’ve ever worked with” - Matt Terry, Vada Studios (The Enemy, Ocean Colour Scene, Counterfeit)

“I can unequivocally say that he is the most talented and creative guitarist that I have ever collaborated with. He creates memorable guitar parts for every song, and his sense of melody is inspiring. He creates memorable guitar parts for every song, and his sense of melody is inspiring. I think the element that sets Rich apart from other session guitar players is the amount of soul that he puts into every performance." - Matthew Alexa

“Every time I have worked with Rich has been an effortless pleasure. He always delivers the goods and is meticulous in his execution, always open to suggestions and gives plenty of creative options to play with. A great guitarist!” - The Adamski Kid (Lo Recordings)

"What a great and unique player” Chris Van Tassel, J. Rockett Audio Designs

“Awesome ‘gun for hire’ and a great, great guy with THE best attitude to doing his thing or your thing. Whatever you need.” - James Maiden - BIMM (Head of Education)
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