Richard has been as a mastering engineer for the past 10 years. He qualified as a fully trained sound engineer in 1991 & since then has been involved in the music industry as a musician, engineer, teacher, writer & producer.

Richard has worked with various artists including Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), Corinne Bailey Rae, Sisters of Mercy and Aswad.

Previous bands have included Mother Mary & Old Man Stone; releasing numerous albums with varying success as a drummer & song writer.

Richard is also a composer for Audionetwork a company providing music for television & film.

RiCHARD KiMMiNGS has worked as a writer in a 'band', 'team' & 'studio' environment since the '80s.

More recently, RiCHARD has entered into writing & performing music for film, television & the media in conjunction with Audio Network plc. (since 2001 to present) & Cavendish Music (Boosey & Hawkes) (since 2000 to present) - Adding to the already extensive collection of music from other composers & writers....

Composers for Audio Networks include - Stewart Copeland, Terry Devine-King, Tim Garland, Barrie Gledden, Ian Hughes, Evelyn Glennie, Chris Blackwell, Chris Norton to name but a few.

Audio Network & Cavendish Music offer many types of music to suit every style, genre & situation; An ideal 'library' for any production facility & recorded work is utilised by TV, Film & Radio companies for projects ranging from adverts to musical 'back-drops' & programme theme tunes.

Both libraries can be searched by genre, composer, mood, style... etc. Streaming media auditions are available on released titles before you decided to use them on your project or programme. Audio Network are also the first company of it's kind to offer tracks for sale & with various purchase rates depending on usage.

It doesn't end there but check both web sites for full details.

To buy actual audio tracks (starting from 79p for personal use) and for track & licensing details, go direct to 'RiCHARD KiMMiNGS - Composer' page on Audio Network..

A full list of Audio Network writers can be found on the 'Composers' page.

Titles are added almost daily so keep checking back.

Here's just some of the programs & films RiCHARD's music has been used on...

• Warner Brothers 'Big Tease' Film
• Channel 4's 'Scrapheap Challenge - Street Cleaner', 'Scrapheap Challenge - Scrappy Races'
• Channel 4's 'Location, Location, Location'
• Channel 4's 'Relocation, Relocation'
• Channel 4's 'The F Word'
• Channel 4's 'Bremner, Bird & Fortune'
• Channel 5's 'The Gadget Show'
• ITV's 'Fat Friends' Incidental Music
• Channel 5's 'Shaving Ryan's Privates'
• UK Horizons 'Sex In The High Street'
• ITV's 'Sky high'
• ITV's 'Less Of The Old'
• ITV's 'Fat Families'
• Channel 4's 'You Are What You Eat'
• Channel 4's 'You Are What You Eat: Gillian Moves In'
• Channel 5's 'Fifth Gear'
• Channel 4's 'Kirstie & Phil: Where Best To Invest'
• Channel 5's 'Heroes Of History'
• ITV's 'Splash Camp'
• Channel 5's 'House Doctor'
• Channel 5's 'Sex Com Story'
• Channel 5's 'Great Escapes'
• Cable & Satellite 'Ninety Nine Things To Do Before I Die'
• USA 'Republica Deportiva'
• Cable & Satellite 'Dream-girls Real Adventures'
• Cable & Satellite 'Euro Tour Golf'
• Channel 4's 'Snickers Game On'
• Channel 5's 'Plastic Surgery Story'
• Channel 4's 'Holiday Maker'
• Channel 5's 'Worlds 20 Best…'
• Channel 4's 'House Auction'
• Channel 5's 'Stars Behind Bars'
• Discovery Channel 'Wheeler Dealers'
• SOCAN Films 'Faking It'
• Channel 5's 'When M&S Lost It's Billions'
• Channel 5's 'Trisha Goddard'

...& various TV & Radio companies including Sky, Sky News, Discovery Channel, BBC2, Musician's Channel, UK Style, ITV1 & 2, Channel 4, Australasian TV, Japanese TV & Film, USA Cable, Canadian TV, German & European TV, TV & Radio Commercials, etc.

OMS From 1996 to present, RiCHARD has been part of the band OMS (Old Man Stone) alongside media music writing partner Barrie Gledden (Guitarist).

Work with the band has included major tours & MTV appearances, coupled with releases for Sony/Revolver & chart success in Japan.

Snippets and tracks of the bands material can be found here (http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/oldmanstone/) along with a brief biography.

Mother Mary A project running from early to mid 90's. Held a 'One off' reunion gig 02-02-02. http://www.myspace.com/mothermaryrocks

Pocket Dad 2002 to present - 'Local' band having fun & playing it 'for laughs'. http://www.pocketdad.co.uk

In 2005 I've become involved in the production of Ringtones for various companies including Orange, O2, Vodaphone & Classic Ringtones (www.classicringtones.com); providing tones from 'Crazy Frog' to 'Rock & Roll', 'Nature' tones & 'WrongTones'.