Ricardo Muller, stage name LaRicMusic - born on December 10, 1983 - is a self-taught, full-time, freelance musician as well as a part-time music teacher and full-time composer and producer. Being a keyboardist and pianist since the age of 9, he’s been involved with several community choirs, youth groups and bands.

     Working full-time as a keyboardist, since the age of 25 up until today, he toured around the Western and Eastern Cape with local bands and did a few other freelance works as a session musician for fundraisers, benefit concert etc. He has a wide range of music styles which includes Jazz, RnB, Pop, Gospel and Soft Rock as his main genres that he incorporates into his music as a composer and producer. He started his solo career in 2020 with a single called Inevitable.

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Individual Artists he’s worked with:

 

• Andrew Young – International Instrumentalist

• Michael Lindt – South African Afrikaans Artist

• Petronella Baard – South African Cabaret Artist

• Cecily Pepler – South African Jazz Artist

• Terra Cox, Bevin Samuels & Keagan Martins – From Idols

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Events He Played at:

 

• MossJazz Festival – G-Minor & Andrew Young

• Jazz On The Rocks Festival – G-Minor

• Anglo American Annual Gala Evening – BottomLine

• Eden Fm Annual Ball – BottomLine & G-Minor

• South African Police Dept. Annual Gathering – BottomLine

• Transport Sector Ministerial Indaba – Session Musician

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Groups he’s worked with:

 

• G-Minor – Local Band

• BottomLine – Leader of Local Band

• Sugar & Spice – Local Band

 

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Events He Played at:

 

• MossJazz Festival – G-Minor & Andrew Young

• Jazz On The Rocks Festival – G-Minor

• Anglo American Annual Gala Evening – BottomLine

• Eden Fm Annual Ball – BottomLine & G-Minor

• South African Police Dept. Annual Gathering – BottomLine

• Transport Sector Ministerial Indaba – Session Musician

 

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Venues He performed at:

 

• Augusta Grill & Patisserie – Resident Pianist

• Bravo Lounge – Resident Band (BottomLine)

• Benguela Lakeside Lodge and Spa – Resident Band (Sugar & Spice)

• Santos Express  Train Lodge – Resident Band (G-Minor)

• Fancourt Hotel – Session Musician (Solo Pianist)

• Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa – Boutique Launch Event

• Table Bay Hotel , V&A Waterfront – Anglo American Gala Evening

• Bygracealone – Eden FM Women’s Day Event (BottomLine)

• River Church (East London) – Live TBN Broadcast (Session Musician)

• The Crypt (Cape Town) – Cape Town Tour (Sugar & Spice)

 

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Teaching History:

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• George High School – Piano Tutoring

• Community Based – Piano Lesson Classes

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Music Skills: (Basic, Intermediate & Advanced)

 

• Piano and Keyboard Accompaniment – Advanced

• Music Theory – Basic

• Play by Ear and Improvise – Advanced

• Basic Studio Production – Intermediate

• Music Software Knowledge – Intermediate

• Virtual Studio Programming – Advanced

• Live Entertainment Performance – Advanced

• Music Director - Intermediate

 

Soft Skills: (Good, Very Good & Excellent)

 

• Language (Afrikaans & English) – Excellent

• Communication – Excellent

• Motivation and Determination – Excellent

• Dedication – Excellent

• Passionate – Excellent

• Flexibility and Dependence – Excellent

• Collaborative – Very Good

• Integrity – Excellent

• Punctuality – Very Good

• Positive – Excellent

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Inevitable, a single, jazz composition released on SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play Music, Tidal, Napster etc