Rick Barrel

I've always loved music, ever since I was a kid. Pop has been My first love story with the music and I started composing my first unassuming songs when I was ten. About 18, I first approached metal music and then met the true great love of my musical passion. Progressive rock. I discovered a wonderful universe thanks to the music of groups such as Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, PFM, Pink Floyd, Rush, Camel and others. The encounter with the world of the symphonic suite was illuminating for me and gave me the inspiration to compose themed music, suites that could tell stories through music. The love for cinema led me to compose a suite centered on the parable of Charles Foster Kane, star of Citizen Kane by Orson Wells. In recent years, I have begun to compose songs with a more contained timing and I have deeply immersed myself in listening to classical music. In addition to my compositions as a solo artist, I carry on other musical projects with other bands of different musical inspiration (with Nemesis Valley I composed and recorded other unreleased songs, with Hashmarks we play covers and unreleased songs).