Richard Karst

producer -- musician -- composer

a media history



discography || TV, radio & film || stage & theater || CD-ROM & multimedia

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Discography:

Call Within / Manose / Garuda Records (2015) recording, mixing & mastering engineer

Aloha Surfer / The Wave Tones (2015) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; guitar, lap steel, bass, drums, backup vocals

Live And Let Pray / The Mystic Truebudoors (2014) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; keyboards, guitar, bass, flutes, tenor sax, trumpet, backup vocals, percussion

Music Without Borders Vol. 2 / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, tablas

Music Without Borders / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, tablas, electric guitar, dilrubha

Avalon II / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, tablas, tenor sax

Pabah Starr / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flute, tenor sax

Sunrise / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) mixing & mastering engineer

Chakra Journeys Vol. 3 / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, tablas, tenor sax, electric guitar

Bob Seals and The Way High Patrol / Bob Seals (2013) remastering engineer

Hidden Peaks / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, tablas, dilrubha

Mother Nature's Children / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, keyboards, guitar, bass, backup vocals

Monarch Love / The Mystic Truebudoors (2013) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, keyboards, guitar, bass, backup vocals

Medicine Wheel / The Mystic Truebudoors (2012) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; flutes, keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, caxixi, backup vocals

Lotus Dream / The Mystic Truebudoors (2012) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; keyboards, flute, bass, backup vocals, percussion

Chakra Journeys II / The Mystic Truebudoors (2011) producer; recording, mixing & mastering engineer; keyboards, flutes, harmonium, tablas, vocals

13 Indigenous Grandmothers / 13 Indigenous Grandmothers with Tony Redhouse (2008) mixing & mastering engineer

Sacred Feminine Voices of Bhutan / Raphael & Kutira (2008) mixing & mastering engineer, flute, alto flute, piccolo

Never Give Up / Tenzin Sherab (2008) mixing & mastering engineer, guitar, bass, drums, vocals

Healing Music of the Amazon / Raphael & Kutira (2008) mixing & mastering engineer, vocals, djembe, percussion

Reader's Theater / Linda Arnold (2008) producer, mixing & mastering engineer, banjo, keyboards, bass, WX5 (bassoon, clarinet, tuba)

Dharma Protector / Smiles a Lot (2008) producer, mixing & mastering engineer, guitar, keyboards, bass, alto & tenor sax, clarinet

September 30th (Tibetan Pilgrims) / Chris Pumphrey (2007) producer, mixing & mastering engineer, drums, bass, trumpet, chanting

My Stupid Brother / My Stupid Brother / nimrod Records (2007) associate producer, digital editing

Forgiveness / Love Eternal (2006) mixing engineer, tenor sax & trombone

Land of Shapes / Mara Beckerman / Storysong Productions (2006) recording, mix, mastering engineer

Speak The Word / Smiles a Lot (2006) digital editing & mastering

El Caminho Do Amor / David Robinette (2004) co-producer, arranger, musician, engineer, mixing, digital editing

Divine Inspirations / Fantuzzi (2003) recording engineer

Immaculate Heart / Raphael & Kutira with Wendy Grace (2003) recording & mix engineer

Everything I Love / Smith Dobson & George Marsh with Dan Robbins (2000) recording, mix, mastering engineer, CD graphics

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan / live performance (October 15, 1999) recording & mix engineer

Goin' Wild / Banana Slug String Band (1999) co-producer, arranger, musician, engineer, digital editing
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"Goin' Wild" won the Indie Music Award for Best Children's Music Album (May 2000)

Zakir Hussain, Terry Riley, Ustad Sultan Khan / live performance (April 16, 1998) recording & mix engineer

The Pirate Song/Tea Party / Miss Kitty / KC Records (1998) co-producer, arranger, musician; album art & graphics

Busy On You / John Morris Band / KC Records (1997) digital editing, album graphics
- "Busy On You" was considered for a Grammy nomination in 1998 (Best Contemporary Blues Album).

English Bhajans & Suprabhatam / HeartVoice / Prema Music (1996) musician, composer, arranger, co-producer, engineer, album art & graphics
- "English Bhajans and Suprabhatam" was considered for a Grammy nomination in 1997 (Best New Age Album).

Bottom of the Breakfast Box / Jack & the Tall Guy / KC Records (1996) co-producer, engineer, album graphics

Penguin Parade / Banana Slug String Band / Music for Little People (April 1996) producer, arranger, musician, engineer, digital editing
- "Penguin Parade" won the Parent's Choice award in 1995, and was considered for a Grammy nomination in 1996 (Best Children's Music Album).

Seeing With My Ears / Mara Beckerman (1995) arranger, musician, engineer

Sing-Along Stew / Linda Arnold / A&M (1995) character voice (Tyrone the dinosaur)

Love Songs To God / Christiane Both & Ladd Bogdonoff (1995) musician (flute, guitar)

Seeds of Love / HeartVoice / Prema Music (1994) musician, composer, producer, engineer

Electric Range / Electric Range / NeWest (1994) vocalist

Returning to Source / Wellspring / Source (1993) engineer

The Healing Voice: Toning the Chakras / Joy Gardner-Gordon / Vibrational Healing Productions (1993) engineer, musician

Awakening of the Heart / Carl Littlefield Haycock / Fourth Dimension (1992) engineer, musician (steel drum, percussion)

Our Comfortable Lie / Dr. Helen Caldicott / Informed Democracy (1992) post audio editor

The Rainbow Palace / Linda Arnold / A&M (1991) character voice (Tyrone the dinosaur)

Disposable World / Harold Porter / NovaCaine (1991) co-producer, engineer, musician

Once Upon A Butterfly / Carol Ann Eberle / Heart to Heart (1990) character voice (the Skunk)

Peppermint Wings / Linda Arnold / A&M (1990) overdub engineer

Journey to the Isles / Stephen Edmundson (1990) overdub engineer, musician

Happiness Cake / Linda Arnold / A&M (1989) overdub engineer

Sai Pushpanjali / Lakshmi C. Saxena (1987) co-producer, musician, engineer


T.V., Radio & Film:

Register! / 30 and 60 second TV spots urging people to register to vote, and vote for Dennis Kucinich, produced for California regional market TV by Don Starnes (2004) produced, composed, arranged, performed, recorded, mixed and edited music soundtrack

Children's TV show pilot / produced for KNET-PBS New York by Banta Productions (1997) main character voice, music co-producer, co-composer, musician

Linda Arnold's World of Make-Believe / Linda Arnold (video release, 1993) actor (Tyrone the dinosaur)
- "Linda Arnold's World of Make-Believe" won the Film Institute Award of Excellence

Diet For A New America / John Robbins / KCET-PBS Los Angeles (broadcast TV & video release, 1993) voice-over engineer

Pickleberry Pie / P. J. Swift / National Public Radio (weekly radio series, 1991-1994) associate producer, editor, composer, engineer, foley artist
- "Pickleberry Pie" won the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award in 1991.

Peppermint Place / with Linda Arnold / Peppermint Place (TV, 1990) actor (Tyrone the dinosaur)

Kaleidoscope: Linda Arnold / Disney / Disney Channel (cable TV, 1990) studio musician


Stage & Theater:

Cinder-Idol / Little People's Repertory Theatre (2005) Musical Director; keyboards, guitar, tenor sax, trumpet

Linda Arnold (1989-1995) actor (Tyrone the dinosaur); musician (bass, vocal, flute, guitar, piano, trumpet); audio

Ramayana! (May 1993) musician (flute, trumpet, trombone, guitar, tabla, doumbec), arranger

Ramayana! (Dec. 1992) musician (trumpet, trombone, guitar, oud, tabla), arranger

The Flying Karamazov Brothers (Jan. 1984 - Mar. 1985) trumpet & keyboard, audio, occasional stage patter and heckling

My Country Right Or Left (1981) musical director & conductor


CD-ROM & multimedia & other publishing:

Music in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions (college level music texbook) / Prof. John M. Schechter / Schirmer Publishing (1999) post production, voice over & digital editing engineer for accompanying audio CD with musical examples

Howdy! / AltaVista Technologies, Inc., KC Audio Design (1996) created audio files for multimedia authoring software

Adventures on a Rug / Rug Bugs / Nautilus CD Vols. 5-8 (Aug. 1994) composer (theme, various songs), character voice (Sebastian), audio editor & engineer


instruments played professionally:

vocal; trumpet, flügelhorn, flutes (western, bamboo, shakuhachi, qena, etc.), guitar (acoustic, electric & 12 string), bass guitar, piano, organ, harmonium, synthesizer & other keyboards, saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor & baritone), trombone, french horn, mandolin, banjo, pedal steel guitar, oud, saz, sitar, santoor, tamboura, tablas, drums, steel drum, percussion


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