Rick Bonadio
| Rick Bonadio | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ricardo Bonadio |
| Born |
June 21, 1969 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) |
|
| Instruments |
|
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | |
Ricardo "Rick" Bonadio (born June 21, 1969) is a Brazilian music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer, owner of Midas Studio and record companies Arsenal Music and Midas Music.
He began his career in the 80's as a musician, arranger and then opened a small Bonadio Produções studio. In 1989, he partnered with Nando, where they made a pair of RAP, Rick & Nando, released a vinyl record in 1989, it was considered one of the first rap albums in Brazil. In the 90's he began to excel at working with Christian rock musicians such as the band Katsbarnea and their lead singer, Brother Simion. In 1991, he worked as a keyboardist and sound engineer on the album Vida, Jesus & Rock'n'Roll, from the band Rescue. At this time, it was for the first time producer in the Brother disc, of Brother Simion, whose disc was considered, by several historians, musicians and journalists, like the 41º greater album of Brazilian Christian music, in a publication. It was the producer who discovered produced and hosted the phenomenon Mamonas Assassinas later, and since then has become one of the most requested musical producers in Brazil. With the band, Bonadio received the nickname of Creuzebek. The musician also, for several years, worked in partnership with producers Paulo Anhaia and Rodrigo Castanho.
Shortly thereafter he released and produced the band Charlie Brown Jr. and continued working in his studio and in Multinational of music in Brazil.
In addition to music producer and composer, he was also a juror for the Popstars program at SBT, which was shown in two seasons. In the first one, shown in 2002, the female pop band Rouge was formed. The band was extinguished at the end of 2005. The second season, released in 2003, revealed the male pop band Br'oZ. Still on television, he is a musical producer on Olha a Minha Banda, from Caldeirão do Huck, shown by Rede Globo, where beginner bands are helped by the painting to reach stardom. Between 1998 and 2002, Bonadio was general and artistic director of the Brazilian division of the record company Virgin Records, whose Brazilian operation was later absorbed by EMI Music. In 2001, shortly before leaving office, he created the record label and producer Arsenal Music, responsible for bands such as Fresno, NX Zero, Tihuana, CPM 22 and Hateen, among others. The label's catalog was distributed by Sony Music between 2001 and 2005, when the operation was taken over by Universal Music.
...
Wikipedia