A u d i o

All by myself...

The creation of music is a process of several steps, bringing together different pieces of the puzzle. From the spark of a notional idea wandering in your head (often triggered by the heart) to the audible opus that meets the ear (and -hopefully- triggers the heart in retour) it is a multi-tasky, multi-scientific and multi-technical challenge, and I've always been interested in every aspect. So, here's a selection of recordings that I'm not only been involved in the making (in terms of playing guitar/bass, singing, programming the drums/synths and recording/producing), but I also did the writing (with the exception of the classical poem of Hermann Hesse's "Gestutzte Eiche", wich I dared to accompany with music and an extra refrain with my own lyrics).

Enjoy!

Cover me...

I sometimes catch myself thinking "Hell yeah, that's an epic song, but I would have done it different!". Or I'm curious to find out if I could've done it at all! In either way, the word is up then and I'm enforced to deliver. So, the following pieces of music are different from the original, whether I was intending or pretending...

For some reason the audio-stream stops after 5min of playing. So, if you want to listen to my music all the way through, go here for the all by myself- section, and here for the cover- section.

Copyright issues:

Gestutzte Eiche poem written by Hermann Hesse
River deep, mountain high written by Phil Spector / Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich
Across the universe written by John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Frozen written by Madonna / Patrick Leonard
Time written by David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Richard Wright / Roger Waters
I turn to you written by Melanie Chisholm, Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg
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The Machine, Personal Bible, Chains & Ties, To You At Last written by Roland Milke
Gestutzte Eiche music and refrain's lyrics written by Roland Milke

Coming up - Richie live

05.09. 2025 - Rheine (Paniker)

06.09. 2025 - Chattahoochee HH (JBB)

20.09. 2025 - Zwickau (Paniker)

27.12. 2025 - Hamburg (Paniker)

Paniker: Der Udonaut und die Paniker
JBB: Johnny B. Bad
WKDK: Wer kommt der kommt

Sammy: Sammys Saloon

What's up, Ridge?

Meeting (and rehearsing with) Udo Lindenberg

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Dreams come true. Sometimes. Happened to me in May '22. No kidding', seriously!

In April '22 I got a call from Andy, a guy who turned out to be a member of the „inner circle“ of Udo Lindenberg’s tour production team. In essence: „The artist wants to meet you, Richie! And bring your guitar...“.

Wait... WHAT?!?

Fou...

So, this happened on May 1st 2022:

I drove to Timmendorfer Strand, where UL and the Panikorchester were rehearsing for the tour ’22, and met all these icons I knew from concerts and articles and the telly. I met the man himself and we rehearsed his music all day long. Mark well: Not a tribute band, I was part of the real deal!

I met a totally friendly, overwhelmingly nice guy, professionally well informed about this Richie Jones he was making music with. A man who’s absolutely reflected and aware about his attribute being a national treasure, totally committed to making everybody in the room feel comfortable and easy, including himself.

Maybe the purpose of having me at a rehearsal was to check out some plan B on guitar players against the background of the pandemic.

Since the tour took place without any virus incident (hence me not playing on this tour), you might ask: „Okay, now what’s next?!?“ Frankly, I dunno, though I keep dreaming of being part of Germany’s greatest Rock’n Roll circus. But whatever may come, hey, I’m already on the bright side of life. I played with Udo Lindenberg, he liked what he saw/heard, and nobody will ever take that away from me.

Surely, a dream came true…

Hamburg, May 2022