Rick Ivanoff's greatest passion is songwriting. Born in Canada but growing up in California, he draws from his life experiences to create songs that touch the full range of emotions in the styles of Pop, Rock, Easy Listening, Country, Folk, and Rock. He has performed live on television in Toronto and across Canada. He is also a composer of instrumental tracks that are featured in several high-end music libraries. Since 1978, Rick has been involved in the music industry as a songwriter, performer, producer, jingle writer, and composer.
Rick’s songs have been recorded by different artists and used in television shows and film. His influences include such great harmony bands as The Byrds, The Eagles, Blue Rodeo, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Firefall, CSNY, Alison Krauss and Union Station.
Rick has worked and recorded with such great artists and musicians as Michael Fonfara (Foreigner, Lou Reed, Downchild Blues Band), Joe Mavety (Maryanne Faithful, Joe Cocker), Rick Gratton (Rough Trade, Ian Thomas), Joe Agnello (Cameo Blues Band, David Wilcox), Tony Lester (Boys Brigade, Arson) and many others.
Rick lives in Selwyn, Ontario with his wife Jeanette. He performs locally and also composes instrumental music tracks for film, TV, commercials and other media. His great love however is song writing, and he continues to write and record new songs. He is also recording and releasing previously written songs that have never been recorded; until now! His first album titled “A Collection” was released in 2009 and is available on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, etc. and he is currently recording original songs for a 2nd and 3rd album while releasing new songs regularly to all streaming/download sites.
A cool jazz track featuring a sexy and sultry saxophone lead. Drums provide a solid rhythm to the track. Jazz Quintet with electric piano, jazz rhythm guitar, bass, drums and saxophone lead. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Simple version of Blue Carolina Waltz. 2 acoustic guitars and acoustic bass. Think nature, fishing, trail walking etc. Instrumental, Country, Country Waltz
Laid back Bossa-flavored jazz track performed by a jazz quartet with piano as the lead instrument. Cool and relaxing! Instrumental, Jazz, Bossa Nova Jazz
Warm acoustic based track with a Gaelic/Irish feel. Features 2 acoustic guitars, bouzouki, acoustic bass, bodhran drum, accordion and fiddle. Instrumental, British & Irish, Ireland
This is a happy, upbeat track featuring laid back country harmonica and dobro guitar, good for travel, road trip music or other uses that evoke movement. Instrumental, Country, Alt Country
Upbeat, happy and cute instrumental track perfect for light travel scenes or for kid's programming. Two acoustic fingerpicking guitars accompany boom chick drums, bass guitar with mandolin accents. Instrumental, Themes, Theme Music (pending)
A unique Country Waltz with Rock overtones. It featuring pedal steel guitar as the lead instrument. A Banjo comes in and out, and the choruses are punctuated with heavy rock guitars. This is a VERY COOL TRACK! Instrumental, Country, Alt Country
A nice, easy Tex-Mex style track featuring accordion as the lead instrument with Mexican-style percussion. Perfect for southern travel scenes, commercial spots or any laid back music needs. Romantic fun uplifting, families & kids, party, street festival, celebrations. Sunny bright & romantic, Instrumental, Latin, Mariachi
Fast, feel-good bluegrass track great for TV programming about the outdoors, fishing, comedy, driving down a dirt road, etc. The full version features banjo, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass with mandolin and fiddle chops. As the track builds, you will hear a fast mandolin lead added followed by fiddl, Instrumental, Country, Bluegrass
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