During the day, Keith Richie is just a mild mannered software developer. At night, he juggles family and work to find time to squeeze in a few moments to pursue his passion with music and cinema arts.
Keith first became obsessed with electronic music in the early 80's by being exposed to the fascinating music of John Carpenter, and latter Tangerine Dream which are two of his biggest influences. Additional major influences include Enya, Deep Forest, Kraftwerk, Vangelis, and Christopher Franke. Most of his work reflects those major influences.
Keith is also the president of indieOpolis, his publishing entity formed to produce his music and video projects.
“I believe that anything can be accomplished as long as you put your mind to it. You just have to remember that Patience, Endurance, Faith and Prayer are the keys. Never give up, stay persistent and your dreams will come true” – Keith Richie
Keith is currently working on the additional releases for his Sidetracks series of music, as well as his next Original “N”otion Picture ™ soundtrack.
The Sidetracks series is a collection of music originally created by Keith Richie for other major projects. As those projects were being developed, the songs were not included in the final track list of the release. These songs are then bundled together in the form of a Sidetracks release.
His Original “N”otion Picture ™ soundtracks are musical paintings which represent mental images, ideas and conceptions for future short film work.
Along with his solo work, Keith Richie also collaborates with other industry professionals via music composition, video editing and audio enhancing. Keith is currently working with multi-platinum soundtrack recording artist Mark Akin (http://www.mark-akin.com ) to produce "Sidetracks - Volume 5 - The Espresso Roast Blends".
Keith Richie and Mark Akin worked together to produce Mark Akin’s first solo release, AlienCarChase, under the indieOpolis entity.