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Producer/Engineer/Vocal Director Ric Poulin
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A Native Bostonian, Ric received his music
education at The University of Massachusetts and through leading
private teachers in the New England area including voice teacher Eddie
Watson and Jazz pianist Charlie Banacos. At home with many styles of
music Ric, has performed in Rock, R&B and Jazz bands throughout the
1970s and 80s opening for many well known national acts. In 1987 his
own group Bijou was signed by Atlantic Records and enjoyed an overseas
Top 40 Dance hit with the song, 'Call The Doctor', co-written by Ric. He has coached vocalists for over 30 years and developed the Bristol Voice Method. He is the director of the Gospel/Pop influenced voice program at Bristol Voice Studios in Boston where hundreds of students study voice and performance. |
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As
a producer and engineer he has worked with many of today's major
producers and songwriters such as Sturken and Rogers (Rihanna,
Shontelle), JR
Rotem (Rihanna, Britney Spears), Red One (Lady Gaga), Wyclef Jean,
Swizz Beatz, Danja
(Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears), The Clutch (Usher,
Keri Hilson), BabyFace, and more.
Locally he has worked intensively with Jada (Universal Motown), The Drop Kick Murphys, Niia Bertino (Yclef Records), as well as major record labels such as Sony, Interscope, Mercury and Motown. Currently he focuses on artist career development and music production for major labels. |
Producer/Engineer Chris Billias
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Chris has been
the Senior Producer/Engineer here at Bristol Studios since 1993. Chris
started his training at the Longy School of Music Prep School and
further developed his talents and knowledge at the New England
Conservatory of Music. An Honors Graduate with a BM in Composition,
Chris has also studied music and composition privately with such greats
as Charlie Banacos, Viktor Rosembaum, Tom McKinnley, and George Russell.
In his 15 years at Bristol, Chris has created literally thousands of music productions for Bristol’s diverse clientele involving him in all aspects of the music and audio world. |
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His productions
span from
television and film to all forms of music projects, from “Wacked Out
TV” and “The Discovery Channel” to an array of clients from hip hop to
classical such as Big Pappi, New Kids On The Block, Benzino, Nancy
Kerrigan Jada and Yo Yo Ma.
Chris brings a extensive background of musical knowledge and experience to his sessions, both as a performer and studio musician. As a talented keyboardist featured in Keyboard Player Magazine, Chris has performed in a variety of original rock and blues bands, and still performs with many Boston based artists such as Joe Mack, James Montgomery, Barry Goudreau, Brian Maes, Charlie Farron, as well as classical conductors Colin Davis and Seija Ozawa. Combining all of this musical experience, Chris is a talented composer, arranger, vocal coach, engineer, and producer. Chris has recently worked in the Hip Hop world with producers Madd Scientist (Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston) and Novel (Joss Stone) as well as engineering and producing multi lingual CD-Roms for Macmillan Publishing and Translations.com. He has created music and background effects for Lake Compounce Amusement Park along with overseeing an ongoing documentary on Autism for the Nancy Lurie Marks Foundation. His Film credits include “The Art of War” featuring Wesley Snipes, "The Gentleman from Boston", "Dirt Boy", "The Rose and the Thorn” as well as an award winning techno soundtrack for "Enter The Zone". |
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