Rich Krehnovi - Keyboards/Background Vocals

Years playing keyboards - Rich began his career in music when his parents found out he could make toy accordions sound wonderful even as a toddler! Always involved in music, he received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Composition at OSU, emphasizing electronic and interactive computer music. He has received the OSU Excellence in The Arts Award, and is a member of the National Music Honor Society. With extensive audio background combined with a minor in video production, Rich worked on TV commercials and radio ads at SOS Productions before joining WOSU-TV (PBS) as a full-time audio engineer. Leaving TV to return to school, he toured for 3 years a sound engineer and keyboardist with bands across a 19 state area, sharing the stage with artists like The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Vogues, Travis Tritt, Trace Adkins, Rascal Flatts, Sh-Boom & The Marquees.

Between gigs, Rich has continued to grow in the industry, selling songs written with a lyricist, and touring with choirs across the British Isles, Italy, and in 2005, Germany. Rich's interest has always been in film music and works hard to master the many styles that can make up a good soundtrack: classical, jazz, Hollywood strings, pop & dance, and animated 'sound-effect' music. His orchestra piece was recorded in October 2004 with players from the Detroit Symphony and Motown greats, and in 2006 his soundtrack accompanied a Cleveland film to 2nd place in the Sci-fi Indy Film Festival (www.littlebeth.com, look for The Lords of Praxton). He currently works out of Columbus, Ohio as a freelance musician, composer, audio technician and music director.

Musical influences - "I love the oldies from the 50s and 60s and am really into the sounds of Motown. My favorite artists? Frank "Blue Eyes" Sinatra, Jim Brickman (the guy who wrote the Cherrios theme song), Herbie Hancock, Geoff Downes (Buggles/Yes/Asia), & any rocker withOUT tatoos."

Other current bands - The Legends (oldies/comedy stage show), The Challengers (country originals and covers).

Personal comments - "I love playing with Mach Five; these guys create a sound that at times I don't know what I'm hearing. No, really, it's cool to play with a close-knit of personalities where the sound is beginning to gel into something new."

E-mail Rich at rich@machfive.us.

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