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Star Monarchy Studio.mov phatgroovz 50 views To say THANKS to all the STAR MONARCHY fans I've created a little video preview of a track featuring myself, Rody Walker, Alex Rudinger & Francesco Artusato - CRANK IT UP!!...
Star_Monarchy-Monarchy1.m4v phatgroovz 1,288 views http://www.facebook.com/pages/Star-Monarchy/242527722445276 STAR MONARCHY, the NEW project by bassist RAY RIENDEAU (JAMES LABRIE / ROB HALFORD) FEATURING: Bjorn Strid (...
Ray Riendeau - ATMOSPHERES PREVIEW phatgroovz 3,242 views A snippet from my NEW soon to be released CD "ATMOSPHERES".
LIVING FOR THE CITY w/ Riendeau, Erskine, Marien & Diamond @ NAMM Bass Bash phatgroovz 2,688 views Stevie Wonders' "Living For The City" played by Ray Riendeau, Damian Erskine, Evan Marien & Martin Diamond @ 2010 NAMM Bass Bash
LOTUS SUTRA @ 2010 NAMM Bass Bash (Riendeau, Marien & Diamond) phatgroovz 1,414 views Ray Riendeau, Evan Marien & Martin Diamond playing LOTUS SUTRA by Riendeau @ NAMM Bass Bash 2010.
Ray Riendeau NEW CD Preview phatgroovz 2,102 views A FREE Preview of Bassist Ray Riendeau's NEW CD for 2010 release. The CD features: Guitars - Alex Machacek, Nat Janoff, Greg Koch Drums - David Haynes & Martin Diamond ...
The Rise Of The Samurai by Ray Riendeau phatgroovz 1,238 views Music by Bassist Ray Riendeau
A Search For Life Forms by Ray Riendeau phatgroovz 654 views A song written and performed by Ray Riendeau about toy robots coming to life and taking over the planet. Robots love bass solos!
Actual Proof (H. Hancock) performed by Ray Riendeau/Martin Diamond phatgroovz 6,029 views Improvising on Herbie Hancock's "ACTUAL PROOF" with Martin Diamond (drums) @ Mojo's Music Academy, Longmont, CO.
Liquid by Ray Riendeau LIVE phatgroovz 5,208 views Performance of LIQUID by Ray Riendeau with Martin Diamond (drums) @ Mojo's Music Academy, Longmont, CO.

About Ray Riendeau

Ray Riendeau - Bassist

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phatgroovz

Latest Activity

Jan 20, 2012

Date Joined

Jul 26, 2006

About this user

Ray Riendeau is a highly sought after bassist whose versatile style and dedication to the instrument has earned him world tours and many major CD recording projects. His musical expertise and knowledge of the instrument keeps him busy as a composer, teacher, clinician and a touring / recording artist.

Ray is endorsed by ZON Basses , Aguilar Amplification, Accugroove Cabinets, NAMBA gear, and MONO cases. He has been featured in many publications such as Bass Player, Bass Frontiers & Bassics to name a few. Ray is also a staff writer for Bass Musician Magazine and is a columnist for Talkbass.com's "ask a pro" section.

In recent years Ray has been concentrating on his endeavors as a soloist and with his various projects in Jazz, fusion, funk & electronica. Currently in the works are 2 new CD projects, an instructional/performance book/CD/DVD for Alfred Publishing and a growing roster of bass events, clinics & festivals.

As a clinician, Ray has performed and demonstrated his concepts to students throughout the United States & Europe at events such as Bass Day - LA, The 2009 Arizona Bass Players Festival with jazz great John Clayton, The National Guitar Summer Workshop, The San Francisco Bass Weekend, The School of Bass in AZ, 3 Mile High Bass Camps with (1) Chuck Rainey, (2) Damian Erskine and (3) with Doug Johns, Bass Day New York 2001 which also featured Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Matt Garrison, Mike Pope and Christian McBride. As a part of the ZON Ultimate Bass Concert in Berkley CA, Ray performed with Michael Manring, Todd Johnson and Damian Erskine.

Riendeau is also acknowledged for his contributions alongside highly-revered guitarists such as John 5, Derek Taylor, Greg Koch, Gary Hoey, Jeff Kollman, Scott Mishoe, Ron Jarzombek, Pat Lachman, Mike Chlasciak, Neil Zaza, Curtis Reid & Rob Popescu.

In past years Ray was known for his work with singer Rob Halford (Judas Priest). As a member of the band Halford, Ray recorded two studio cds, one double live CD, and toured around the world, most notably playing to a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden - NYC and Co-headlining Brazil's Rock in Rio festival with Iron Maiden playing to a crowd of over 250,000 (released as a DVD in 2008).

Ray was also a recording / touring artist for Machines of Loving Grace, a band who was featured on the movie soundtrack "The Crow" which sold over 1,000,000 copies. His credits with the band include "Gilt" and the soundtrack for the movie "Hackers."

Riendeau assisted in the research and development of Sunn bass amps and the Fender Bassman series combo amps for Fender Musical Instruments. Ray has also been a Fender clinician and authored an instructional DVD for Fender as well that is included in all bass packs sold all over the world.

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United States

Occupation

Bassist - Composer - Clinician - Teacher

Companies

ZON Basses
Accugroove Cabs
Aguilar Amps

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