Ive made 4 new albums since 2015. They are all available and free for you to download at Https://blackonwhite.bandcamp.com
carousel-madrigal -this is a suite made of the album release- a unique continuous piece in its true character and
the-last-carousel-madrigal - the-other-side-of-the-hedge - vision-of-oblivion
The Back story:
I have been making music for almost as long as I have been making visual art. My first formal music training was on the saxophone. My first electric rig was a Silvertone Amp and Stradalin Bass. I played in a few bands some were great and sadly nothing remains. In college -I started jamming and sometimes recording with people. By about 1980 I had gotten a few interesting instruments and started my first recordings with 2-cassette recorders. Next I bought my first 6-string electric guitar and finally a decent "recording setup" a 4-track tascam cassette recorder. I recorded hundreds of hours of tracks. Many of these original tracks worked very well as source material in the digital recording era. The Tascam eventually died. But not before I added a moog rogue which I got by incredible luck in New York in 1985. I continued to add assorted sampling keyboards and percussion machines, two Fender Strats and a Gibson Sonex which was tweaked with a Demarzio Screamer Pickup and yes I still have the Stradalin Bass. I record my music now -on a Windows 10 Computer and still use the final addition of Cool Edit Pro. Ive tried newer programs but keep going back. Since about 1990 I have recorded with several other people on some material-primarily David Wheatley and Tim Chambers. I continue to have an open policy of inviting interested players to join me for recording sessions. I've recorded over 800 songs and actually assembled 17 complete albums and hundreds of non-album songs. I've had considerable "internet chart success" on music web sites. & Incredibly some of my stuff is used as incidental music by the state television network of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. I do seem to have a small cult following in the former USSR region.
In 2013 I added a new room to my studio space for my recording desk. When my old pc died I switched to a new machine in the main room. Now the cubicle houses my keepboards. . This space is shown in the picture below on the left. I doubled up the keyboards . The rest of the room is an additional 20'x20' -so I have quite a wonderful spacious studio.
My music is available to free download at numerous music web sites.
My previous albums are:
blackONwhite 1988
The Rick Hoffman Set 1990
Perfect Tommy 1991
Frotage 1993
The Boom Boom 1995
Songs of Common Denial 1997
Dream Within A Dream 2000
Rejection, Humiliation & Betrayal 2002
Corduroy Hat 2004
Rag Devil 2006
The Secret Marine Band Sessions 2008
The Mote in Gods Eye 2009
These are only available by contacting me bkonwh@gmail.com
Click on any of the underlined links on the page to go to these sites
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/rick-hoffman-1
https://soundcloud.com/blackonwhite
https://soundcloud.com/blackonwhite-2
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Reverbnation:
my 2 Strats, Fender Sonex, and keyboards
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I had a show on Mediazoic Radio from 2009 to 2013. In June 2011 I was chosen as their "Creature of the Week". I also broadcast live 24/7 for 5 years on UStream TV.
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