User:Richard Perkins

Richard Perkins is a professional musician/guitarist. He has recorded with numerous bands and projects, as both producer and guitarist. These include R&B soul band Groove Movement. Grunge Rock band Five Mile Drive and The Jazz Duo. Richard has also written, recorded and produced many tracks for TV, ringtones and other artists.

Alongside his recording career he has also taught guitar for 8 years and currently runs the successful Bath Guitar School.

In 2002 he completed a BTEC in Popular Music at Oxford College of Further Education and is studying a Commercial Music Degree at Bath Spa University where he is due to graduate in July 2006.

Richard Perkins worked with the International Guitar Festival in 2005 and helped transcribe the Jamiroquai - Essential Bass Transcriptions book written by a good friend Simon Merrick. Richard was also a Brit Awards voting academy member in 2005.

Richard is also a part-time web designer and has designed websites for a number of projects including his own ringtone company RockinRingtones, Spiritual artist and medium Marc Lloyd and his own website www.richardperkins.me.uk