Rich grew up in San Jose, California and started playing guitar in middle school. As a teen he began writing and performing, and to date he has written over a 100 original songs and recorded over 30 of them. He played in a popular local band in college and after college he moved to LA. While living in LA for four years Rich wrote two albums, and became proficient at recording and producing. He has an incredible talent of songwriting, singing, and playing his music. After leaving LA and moving back to San Jose, he joined numerous well known local bands, while also being a solo artist.

Rich recently recorded some of his songs in LA with his friend and multi-platinum producer and songwriter Saverio "Sage" Principini. A number of top musicians played on the songs including Matt Laug (drums), Deron Johnson (keys), and Robbie Angelucci (guitars). Past musicians and engineers on other original music include Ed Roth (keys), Simone Sello (guitars), and Marco Sonzini. Matt recently played drums for AC/DC at Power Trip in Indio, CA, and Marco recently recorded and mixed for the Rolling Stones and Post Malone.   

Rich feels it’s an honor and exhilarating to work side by side with these artists. He continues to follow his long-life passion of creating lyrics, writing songs, recording, and performing his music. 

He plays at wineries, bars, breweries, restaurants, private parties, weddings, and corporate and other events, and looks forward to playing at yours! He likes to keep the audience entertained by playing popular music from all genres and eras, while also sneaking in some originals.