Richard Karst

producer -- musician -- composer

a media history



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

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Discography:

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

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 spots 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)

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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