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I got into instrumental guitar around 12th grade. Three guitarists in partuclar inspired me: Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Michael Fath. Three particular albums inspired me: Satriani's "Flying In a Blue Dream", Johnson's "Ah Via Musicom" and Fath's "Shake". I started playing drums and guitar as a teenager. After my first year of college, I decided to make a instrumental guitar cassette. The result was Leave My Fish Alone , a four song cassette recorded with one microphone and no bass on a 4 track. Equipment upgrades and the addition of an actual bass (which I began playing around 1993) helped me release Virgin Freak in 1994 - my first full length cassette and the first release on my newly formed Love Muffin Records. 1997 saw the release of Flavor Savor , my third cassette. As technology moved along, I decided to make my next effort a CD. That resulted in 2002's Foundation, to be followed by my current CD, 2006's You Can't Escape Life

I have also played in some bands. From 1994 to 1997 I played bass in State Of Green while attending college. Upon graduation, I moved back to Cleveland and played bass in Tadpol from 1998 to 2001, and Girth from 2002 to 2006. Both those bands ended a year after I parted ways with them.

I switched back to guitar in late 2006 to start my own band. Dubbed The Adam Rich Band , it played the inagural Love Muffin Showcase and then disbanded.

In the Fall of 2007, an old high school buddy moved back home. Oliver Buck had released a solo CD earlier in the year and was looking for a rhythm section. I switched back to bass and introduced my drummer to him. We tried out, and made it. We recorded our debut CD in January 2008 and released it in May 2008.The band is called Oliver Buck & The New Madrids . I also play duo shows with Oliver.

While I love playing one instrument live in bands, I also enjoy making solo CD's with instrumental guitar songs and many guest singers. Love Muffin Records is in full swing now, and I will most likely put out another solo CD in 2010. You can check out Love Muffin at it's official website