Blues Mandolin & Beyond: Website of Jim Richter
A Tonal Butcher of Stringed Wood
In my ongoing struggle (and I mean struggle) to put myself through a PhD program in counseling psychology, I again beseech mandolin lovers everywhere to consider the purchase of either or both of my recently released albums: Mandopoly and Blues,…
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Due to last minute cancellations, two spots have opened for this July’s Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us. Please contact Jim Richter at jim@jimrichter.com to reserve your spot. More information on the camp at this website’s camp page.
I discovered yesterday that Amazon made a mistake in one of my tracks from the Mandopoly album. Only 39 seconds of the tune El Gallo Supremo was available for download in the Amazon Store (all was fine at iTunes). I’ve…
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Jim Richter’s In-Tuition: Blues is now in the top 100 lists for both Blues and Folk MP3 albums at Amazon. It is currently #61 among Blues albums and #91 among Folk albums. Thanks so much for pushing this album into…
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Now available on iTunes: Ringtone for El Gallo Supremo! Available only for iPhone through iTunes. El Gallo Supremo is the Dawg/Gypsy Jazz cut from Jim Richter’s In-Tuition: Mandopoly. Give your phone a high degree of hipness and mando-goodness. To download…
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Thanks to everyone who has kept Mandopoly in the top 100 downloaded MP3 albums on Amazon! 7 days in the top 100! This album, and it’s sister “In-Tuition: Blues,” are currently my lifeline to doctoral funding. Thanks again for being…
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Amazon indicates that Jim Richter’s album In-Tuition: Mandopoly has spent almost a week (6 days) in the top 100 Blues MP3 Albums. A collection of mostly original mandolin pieces, Mandopoly genre-jumps between Dawg, old-time, bluegrass, rock, Latin, and (naturally) blues. Help…
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