I'm a remote session string player (violin, viola and cello) with 30 years album, TV, film and video game soundtrack experience, including work for award winning composers Richard G Mitchell (Royal Society of television), David Mitcham (Emmy) and Ian Livingstone (Ivor Novello), Justine Barker (Best Composer, Underwire Film Festival).
I provide remote, high quality recording of full strings including violin, viola and cello. I have my own purpose built recording studio and a variety of instruments that can be multitracked to provide a full section sound, recorded as solo instruments or in small ensemble.
If you have an existing string arrangement I can work from a score, midi or audio. I can also arrange strings for your piece.
As a soloist I have experience in a wide range of genres including classical, folk, roots, blues, country and rock. I am comfortable improvising or reading parts.
I have 12 years experience of remote sessions.
Live appearances include:
Wembley Arena
Montreux Jazz festival
V festival
Greenbelt festival
Ronnie Scotts
Mean Fiddler
Album credits include:
Bert Jansch
Steve Tilston
Maggie Boyle
Corner Shop
Angie Palmer
As well as session working alongside Albert Lee, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks and numerous others.
Film, TV, Game and Library music credits include Justine Barker for primetime BBC drama Casualty and work for award winning composers Richard G Mitchell (Royal Television Society award), David Mitcham (Emmy), Ian Livingstone (Ivor Novello award).
Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Credits
AllMusic verified credits for Richard Curran- Cornershop
- Cornershop
- Sabaton
- Sabaton
- Sabaton
- Jennifer Sawdon
- Jennifer Sawdon
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Angie Palmer
- Angie Palmer
- Angie Palmer
- Angie Palmer
- Angie Palmer
- Angie Palmer
- Bailey
- Bailey
- Angie Palmer
- Angie Palmer
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Cornershop
- Rick Guard
- Rick Guard
- Bert Jansch
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Bert Jansch
- Buchanan
- Buchanan
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Richard is the gold standard of string recording and performance. I have been fortunate enough to work with Richard on various projects ranging from folk music to pop and he hits the nail on the head every time.
You honestly couldn't get a better and more professional person on a job. Clean multi tracked recordings promptly delivered and fantastic communication. I can't wait to get Richard on the next set of songs I am working on. - check_circleVerified
Richard is a true pro with excellent intonation and musical intuition, very tasteful player.
Excellent work ethic always gets the project done in a timely manner - check_circleVerified
RICHARD is quickly becoming an important part of My productions.
His creativity and instincts of what to play are amazing. His nation is superb, and his work ethic is spot on. He delivers top quality parts in a reasonable amount of time.
I look forward to doing more work with Richard in the future - check_circleVerified
Richard was absolutely incredible. Fully realised my vision and everything was played and recorded to a superb quality. Exceptional!!!
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2nd song with Richard. Beautiful tracks that fit right into the song with minimal EQ or processing. Super easy to work with and willing to go the extra mile to get you exactly what you're looking for. Thanks again, Richard!
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Richard does great work! Very good communications and his playing was wonderful! I highly recommend him!!
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Richard was an absolutely phenomenal musician to work with! His skills are top level and his performance added the exact magic I was looking for in my song. I couldn't be happier with how the string cello and viola parts turned out, he's an absolutely incredibly talented musician and he's extremely professional and kind. Thank you so much Richard, I'm looking forward to working together again on future projects!
Marina
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Richard is the man! his ideas are perfect. his playing is spot on!
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Richard is a great musician. He recorded strings on 3 tracks. He's a top-notch player and his instruments sound beautiful. His professionalism throughout the process and attention to detail are also remarkable.
He began by carefully listening to my mockups, clarifying every detail before starting the recording process. Richard listened to my feedback and adjusted the parts accordingly. His communication is crystal clear, and I knew what to expect and when. I truly enjoyed our collaboration!
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Amazing as always! :) This review might be short, but I've done more than 10 songs with Richard, so this fact alone tells you how great he his!
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Fantastic job as always! Delivery quicker than expected as well. Richard remains one of my go-to session players for any string work I have!
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The best string arranger around. What else can you say? Hire Richard because your song will thank you.
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Richard consistently proves to be my go-to guy for anything string tracking! Excellent work and great attention to detail.
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Top notch musician.
He knew the perfect parts to play.
Exceeding my expectations. - check_circleVerified
Always a pleasure to work with Richard. Simply the best! :)
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Thanks again for amazing solos for my songs! Nice working with you)
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Richard is amazing to work with. Talented, great communication, professional, delivers very quickly and is clearly a really lovely guy. It’s been a lovely experience to work with him and I hope to work with him again soon.
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Amazing player, great recording quality and very fast!
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A very professional attitude, high production quality and just a nice person to talk with! Thanks a lot for the perfect string session for my song, hope to have a chance to work with you again!
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Once again, incredible work, communication, and turnaround from Richard. Has really helped level up these productions. Can't wait to collaborate again soon
I was the String player in this production
- String SectionAverage price - $200 per song
- ViolinAverage price - $100 per song
- CelloAverage price - $100 per song
- ViolaAverage price - $100 per song
- String ArrangerAverage price - $125 per song
- Neumann U87
- AKG C414
- Rode NT1a
- Avalon Vt737sp preamp
- Protools
- German violin c1850
- French violin c1890
- German cello c1880
- modern cello
- modern viola