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A native Washingtonian talent renowned for his God given musicianship, Terrence Richburg has , from an early age, amazed audiences with his adaptable, authenticated style, and his “smooth” delivery. He has performed throughout the country and is characterized by his peers as “The Quincy Jones of gospel,” “a musician’s musician,” and “a producer’s producer.” Although he’s played with such artists as Richard Smallwood & Vision, Maurette Brown Clark, Vanessa R. Williams, Marcus Johnson, Alyson Williams, Cee Cee Michaela, Yolanda Adams, Aretha Franklin, The Winans, Jennifer Holliday, Tramaine Hawkins, Walter Hawkins, Isaiah Thomas, James Cleveland, Shirley Caesar, and many others, he proclaims accepting Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior is his most significant life accomplishment.
After starting to play professionally, he received his formal musical training from McKinley Technical High School and Catholic University in Washington, DC where he majored in Music Composition. He’s grateful for the education he received, but he admits that his greatest teachers have been his parents, family, and countless performances with artists of a wide spectrum of musical styles, ranging from sacred choral to rock, from BeBop to “Funk” and R & B. Strong strains of jazz are apparent in his music and he credits a relative for that influence. “When it came to jazz, it was my aunt, popular jazz singer Ronnie Wells, who introduced me to jazz,” says Richburg. “I started playing on demos for her. From that whole experience, it really pushed me into what I knew I really wanted to do.”
Richburg is a prolific composer, lyricist, writer, poet, vocalist, arranger, orchestrator, producer, director, pianist, keyboardist, electric and acoustic guitarist, percussionist, 4/5/6/7-string bassist, recording engineer, and the list goes on. He’s also been called on as a Musician/Musical Director for theater and musical productions such as the Washington Performing Arts, music award shows, AIDS and Cancer fundraisers, benefits for “Katrina” and “Tsunami” victims, and many other prestigious events. Recently he opened for Grammy Award winner CeCe Winans.
R&R, fans will be able to catch Richburg as piano soloist and 7-string bassist on the double-CD entitled “My All” planned for release on the RichEscape Music label in 2009. Inspirational duo R&R, consisting of Terrence and musical partner Howard Riley, Jr., are planning their sophomore CD release entitled “Completion” also in 2009 as well. A new R&R Christmas CD is planned to hit store shelves in late fall of 2009. In addition, he serves as Minister/Director of Music and musician at the Bethesda Baptist Church of Washington, D.C.
Terrence Richburg uses Dean Markley’s SR2000
Bass guitar strings, LT gauge.
Terrence is enthusiastic about his Dean Markley strings:
As a musician and producer, I consider myself somewhat particular about some very specific tools I use for doing and creating what I was created to do. In many ways music is an essential, component of my life. So playing, expressing, and hearing it has to be at an optimum level so the significance of what is being produced and heard reflects the original God-given purpose and character intended.
I’ve found that for me Dean Markley SR 2000 Bass guitar strings are the best strings I’ve ever had the pleasure of using on bass. Markley’s SR 2000s do all that I need in terms of tone, power, frequency range, response, overall feel, control, articulation, resilience, and durability. I also decided to try out the SR 2000 LT gauge strings. After putting them on my bass, I couldn’t
believe the sound. Not only do they have a glass-like, high-end brilliance second
to none, but even as light gauge strings go, they carry a really strong punch
in the low-mid range, and a powerful low end that covers the frequency range
of my bass perfectly.
Be sure to visit the Terrence Richburg website at:
www.RichEscapeMusic.com.
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