PROGTRONIC

Rick Richards, professionally known as Progtronic, is an American composer and producer of instrumental, progressive, electronic, rock and metal music... Primarily a keyboardist and sound designer, but generally favoring heavier styles of rock music, Richards gravitated toward complicated, hard rock styles. As an early pioneer in the design and simulation of distorted electric guitars, he programmed custom synth and sampler patches, that were then routed through various distortion effects, pedals and devices... In 1989 he released his first progressive rock CD (Subliminal Self) through Inertia Records / Mistimarr Music - BMI (a family-owned indie label and publishing company), under the project name Sim Itar. The album earned a favorable review from Keyboard Magazine, who noted the use of simulated sequenced "guitar" throughout the album. A few of the tracks were some of the first compressed music files ever to be offered digitally online, through IUMA (Internet Underground Music..

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