Victor Rice was born on April 17,1967 and is an American bassist, composer and producer from Long Island, NY.
13 Facts About Victor Rice
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Victor Rice started his career producing records for the record label Moon Ska Records the following year.
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Victor Rice moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2002 and built his own studio, Studio Copan where he is the sole engineer.
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Victor Rice continues to perform with a live band The Victor Rice Septet and as a solo artist under the Strikkly Vikkly pseudonym, using an analog mixing desk and tape machine.
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From 2000 to 2008, Victor Rice worked as a post-production engineer and composer-for-hire in the television industry for channels such as HBO, Syfy, History Channel, etc.
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Victor Rice co-wrote with artists on both Moon Ska Records and Stubborn Records.
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Victor Rice was fascinated with recording as a child, and his passion for it only intensified when he became a session bassist at 15.
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Victor Rice learned the most from Bob Stander, Cliff Schwarz and Henry Hirsch.
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Victor Rice began playing the bass guitar at 13 years old, when he began taking lessons at his local music shop.
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Friend and fellow producer Victor Axelrod offered his Brooklyn studio to Rice to record his original music.
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The recordings began in 2001 and continued until Feb 2002 when Victor Rice moved to Brazil.
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Victor Rice brought the recordings as well as another handful of songs written in the interim to Studio El Rocha in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Victor Rice has expressed that the title and artwork are an attempt to convey his transitional period between New York and Sao Paulo.