Dan Richman
Seattle, WA |360.949.3234 |
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Drum Kit and Hand Drums
Veteran player and performer, with 25 years’ semi-pro experience playing rock-and-roll drum kit and Afro-Cuban tunes on congas, bongos, and timbales. Own a maple five-piece DW kit, vintage Valje congas, and LP timbales.
Performance History
Classical clarinetist, ages 10-18, Winnetka, Illinois. Played in marching band and concert band, New Trier High School East, 1968-71.
Principal drummer, Jan Hobson and Her Bad Review, Chicago, 1975-76. Played a vintage drum kit several tunes a week for this witty duo act that performed original numbers and hits from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Drummer, The Swing Sisters, Chicago, 1975-76. Played my own kit several times a week for this close-harmony female trio that performed covers of hits from the 1920s through the 1950s.
Percussionist (congas, bongos, timbales, shaker, bells) for Bahia, Whidbey Island, Wash., 1992-2000; and occasionally still sitting in. One of three percussionists making up this very popular six-piece Whidbey Island Latin jazz group, which performed frequently. Flute carried the melody and led the band, along with bass and keyboards. CD available.
Drummer and arranger. Force Majeure, Seattle, 2007. Helped lead the house band for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, which won a musical competition that year.
Study
Private lessons in classical clarinet, Jan Nordell, Evanston, Illinois, 1963-66
Voice lessons, Washington University in St. Louis, 1974.
Kit lessons with Aaron Hemmings, Tacoma, 1993.
Two-week music-study program in Havana and Matanzas, Cuba, with the late L.A.-based percussion instructor Chuck Silverman, Summer 2012.Studied and jammed with esteemed musicians, including folkloric giant Lali (Raul de la Caridad Gonzalez Brito) and timba great Piloto (Giraldo Piloto), of Klimax.Cited as having “most accurate clave in the class”by Piloto.
Non-music Activities
Analytical, detail-oriented, and articulate writer, editor, and reporter (with law degree) offering experience collaborating with writers and teams to produce award-winning content, enhancing publications and correcting errors. Possesses a valuable combination of editing and project-management skills. Thrives in fast-paced environments and consistently meets deadlines. Will benefit print and online publications by offering good writing speed, excellent accuracy, collegiality, great source-building, and a can-do attitude.
Employment
Freelance writer | Clients include Microsoft and Northwest Circle September 2017-current
Compliance assessor |Amazon.com June 2017–September 2017
Freelance Writer & Editor | Multiple Engagements February 2017 – June 2017
Reporter| GeekWire, Seattle, WA June 2016 - February 2017
Founder, editor and publisher | DoingBusinessInCuba.news, Seattle April-June 2017
Reporter | Whidbey News–Times, Coupeville, WA July 2015 -June 2016
Freelance Writer & Editor |Multiple Engagements September 2012 -July 2015
Senior Reporter |Smart Grid Today, Bethesda, MD November 2009 - September 2012
Correspondent |MSNBC, Redmond, WA March 2009 - November 2009
Reporter |The Seattle Post–Intelligencer, Seattle, WA February 1999 - March 2009
Education
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature |Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Certified English Teacher– Grades 7-12
Juris Doctor |DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, IL. Law Review – author of lead casenote
M.A., Clinical Social Work | University of Chicago