Greetings! Thanks for dropping by and checking out my website, I am sure you will find something interesting here. I will be constantly updating this site, so please do come back again, from time to time. There will be new audio clips, new songwriters, session singers and lyricists contact lists, as well as new music companies links being added all the time.

This website was originally divided into 2 main sections (sites): Production Services Site and Projects Site. I have now merged the two together, making the new site much easier and faster to browse, for your convenience. Unfortunately I had to get rid of all the fancy Flash bits, but those made the downloading too time-consuming!

The main idea behind putting this website together was to give you an overall idea of the work I do, showing you samples of songs I have produced, as well as sharing with you other projects I have been involved in, so that you can check all these pages and see whether you feel I can help you and am suitable for your specific needs.

This website can also help point you out in the right direction, giving you useful information that you may use for yourself and your career. You will find here some interesting links of companies, groups and organisations, as well as contact addresses for songwriters, session singers and lyricists, which you are more than welcome to use for yourself, this way, helping spread their good work as well. Below is the breakdown of each site, detailing the contents of some of the main pages; you will also find a link connecting both sites, making this an easy and enjoyable experience.

The Website:

The first page is the one you are reading now, About The Website, which goes through the site, explaining it page by page. The second page you will find is Biography, detailing my musical background, some of my previous experiences and projects I have been involved in, as well as musical influences, instruments I play, and my approach to work.

The Services Provided section explains all the services I can provide you, going through different rates and options available to you, giving you a very good insight of what I am about and how I go about producing my clients' songs. A very important section to this site, I believe.

You also find in this section, my Equipment List, however, as I have estate elsewhere in these pages, I believe one should not place too much importance on equipment, because at the end of the day, is what you do with it that really counts, not the sheer size of it. But of course, as a producer, I am always endeavouring to have the best and latest gear I can afford and can get my hands on!

The Photos section shows some (very modest) pictures of my studio, nothing too fancy, for now anyway!

In the Audio Clips section, you will find samples of some the work I have done for my clients. Please note that these audio samples have been heavily edited, in order fit in as many clips as possible. The main aim of this section is to showcase my talents and skills as producer, programmer, arranger and musician, and not the songs, lyrics or the singer’s voice per se.

On the SongLink Audio section, you will find links to many of the songs I have had featured on several SongLink’s CDs, which are distributed to all major record companies, singers & songwriters throughout the world, as well as a link to the magazine’s own website.

The section Music Library Titles showcases the work I have done in this field for a great and very innovative Belgium Music Library company, called Stock Music International, owned by a great guy, Arjan Bosheck. I have put together an audio sample of some of the tracks I have written for Stock Music International for you to listen to. So far I have written 11 tracks; you should be able to obtain the rights to use any of my tracks, and indeed, any of the many titles available from his website. You can also download some short sample clips, and the company's full CD catalogue.

The CDs section will hopefully be expanded very soon, in the near future. At present, it deals with my CD, entitled Mysterious Spheres. The CD was being distributed by UFO Magazine (Quest Publication), but unfortunately, they closed down last year and the CD is now currently without a distributor.

This Mysterious Spheres CD received an award in September 2002 for Best music CD in a UFO related subject. I received the award from my friend, the great late Graham Birdsall, editor of UFO Magazine, an honour, and a very nice touch indeed. That was a very emotional and special occasion for me, having my hard work finally being recognised. In this section you can also read comments/reviews written about the CD, as well as listen to a short music compilation (medley) that I have done of songs from the CD.

Next up is the DVDs/Video Music section, which contains UFO DVDs/Video titles from UFO Magazine, featuring my music. You may still be able to obtain these tittles directly from UFO Magazine’s Russel Callagham (russelcallagham@hotmail.com).

The Links I (formerly called Songwriters, Session Singers and Lyricists) section is designed for you to obtain the contact details of the many songwriters' songs and singers featured on Audio Clips (where you will find a list of who's done and sung what). You should find their contact details and website addresses listed here.

On the Links II section you should find many useful website addresses of music companies, music institutions, music shops in the UK, etc. I hope to be adding new ones every now and again, so please check it out regularly.

A new section called Articles, featuring, sure enough, articles! I have written these for other websites, music publications etc. Hope there's something there for you too. The Songwriters Tips article, for instances, is an excellent article, meant to help singers & songwriters out there that do not quite know how to approach record producers, or what to expect from demos, how to go about dealing with that, and some tips on how to improve their songwriting skills, really interesting and useful stuff. Originally written for APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services), which I am member of, to be featured in one of their bulletins. My idea is to write about many topics I consider to be relevant to what I do, hopefully helping many people out there that would otherwise, not know where to find this very important information. I should be adding new ones every now and again.

Finally, you can contact me via the Contact page. Please give me as much information about yourself and what your requirements are as possible when contacting me. If, for instances, you need demos and/or master of your songs, you will find a table code on the Services Provided section, please see what services most suit your needs and budget and I shall get straight back to you with a quote.

Special thanks:

To Liam Welford (email: liam@fried-gold.co.uk), for all his great work and support, coming up with some great ideas in the process of putting my website together.

A big thank you to Steven Green (email: stevengreen@ntlworld.com), for dedicating his time to help me! Your support has been greatly appreciated!

Michael Buckley for putting together the DVDs/Video Music section, thank you so much for all the time and effort you have put into it!

Many thanks to my great friend, from the old days, back in Brazil, Hans Hansen (email: hhansen@ig.com.br), who's provided, at such short notice some great (logos) designs and has also been responsible for a number of great pictures and drawings featured throughout this website. Hans has also done all the precious artwork on the Mysterious Spheres CD, which can be seen here as well.

Liam Welford, Steven Green and Hans Hansen are all available, should you need their expertise and work.

And of course, many thanks to all my clients, past and present (and why not, future ones too?), whom have genuinely supported me, coming back to me time after time, your loyalty and appreciation for my work is a great boost and motivation for me to keep on going, no matter what, our time will come soon!

And last, but not least, to all my family, my beautiful wife Mena and my blessed baby boy, little angel Gabriel Henrique. Thanks for being there for me, even when I was not able to be, physically. Your hard work and patience has been greatly appreciated and instrumental in all I have achieved.

I know I am on a very important mission here, and music has been the chosen vehicle, this lifetime, for this magical journey - it will all come together soon!!

So, it is now time to experience these sites, I hope you will enjoy them and come back often. Have fun and many thanks once again for your time and love!!

Ricky Seraphico