Keith Richie
President | indieOpolis
http://www.indieopolis.net | krichie@indieopolis.net
During the day, Keith Richie is just a mild mannered software developer, and support engineer. At night, he morphs into loving husband and father and juggles family and work to find time to squeeze in a few moments to pursue his passion with music and cinema arts.Keith first became obsessed with electronic music in the early 80’s by being exposed to the fascinating music of John Carpenter, and latter Tangerine Dream which are two of his biggest influences. Additional major influences include Enya,Deep
Forest, Kraftwerk, Vangelis, and Christopher Franke. Most of his work reflects those major influences. Keith is also the president of indieOpolis, his publishing entity formed to produce his music and video projects. “I believe that anything can be accomplished as long as you put your mind to it. You just have to remember that Patience, Endurance, Faith and Prayer are the keys. Never give up, stay persistent and your dreams will come true” –
Keith Richie Keith is currently working on the additional releases for his Sidetracks series of music, as well as his next Original “N”otion Picture ™ soundtrack. The Sidetracks series is a collection of music originally created by
Keith Richie for other major projects. As those projects were being developed, the songs were not included in the final track list of the release. These songs are then bundled together in the form of a Sidetracks release. His Original “N”otion Picture ™ soundtracks are musical paintings which represent mental images, ideas and conceptions for future short film work. Along with his solo work,
Keith Richie also collaborates with other industry professionals via music composition, video editing and audio enhancing. Keith is currently working with multi-platinum soundtrack recording artist Mark Akin (http://www.mark-akin.com) to produce “Sidetracks – Volume 5 – The Espresso Roast Blends”.
Keith Richie and Mark Akin worked together to produce Mark Akin’s first solo release, AlienCarChase, under the indieOpolis entity.
Mark Akin
Guitarist – Bassist – Synthesist – Anime Soundtrack Artist
www.mark-akin.com | mark@mark-akin.com
Mark is a Multi-platinum soundtrack recording artist for the insanely popular Anime series Dragonball Z with syndication on Cartoon Network. He’s also shared musical credits with Dream Theater, Bootsy Collins, Buckethead, Sum 41, and Saliva to name a few. His style is diverse, ranging from hard rock to electronic soundtrack vibes, to all out metal mayhem. Brought to you by indieOpolis and MegawattMusic, Mark released his electronic CD AlienCarChase in February 2006. AlienCarchase was sparked by the influence of the insanely popular Anime series Dragonball Z, on which Mark appears. AlienCarChase is a collection of his Mark Akin’s works in the Electronica realm.
The AlienCarChase CD is available through CdBaby, iTunes and may other popular digital download; music on demand distributors
This CD is dedicated all DBZ and Anime lovers worldwide..
“Music feeds our souls” – Mark Akin
Mark is currently working on the debut CD from ‘ The Shadow Syndicate ‘ with long time friend Clint Barker ( bassist ) and drum maniac Rikard Stjernquist from the band Jag Panzer. He is also working with soundtrack artist Keith Richie on a remix collaboration. Mark was recently interviewed by David McLean for his ‘ Guitar Gods ‘ column, sharing company with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and other amazing musicians, www.skinnydevil.com/guitargods.html .
