Rick Hale is a Latin Grammy-nominated producer from New Mexico whose clients include Ralph's, Smith's, Kroger, King Super, and other big name corporations. He has won multiple awards, including New Mexico Music Awards for the "Best Native American Traditional" compositions and others in 2009, 2013, and 2015. Rick's TV and Film music spans many genres, including Rock, Jazz, Classical, and Electronic. He draws inspiration from bands such as Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Bonobo, Tycho, Bowie, Stones, Moby, and Coldplay.
Rick Hale was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2001 for producing the album "Cumbegue" by Micky Cruz. Additionally, he produced the late Jimmy Shendo's "Walking The Life Road," which received "The Native American Music Award" for "Best Rock Recording" in 2009 as well as NAMMY awards in 2009. Rick regularly collaborates with the talented drummer and producer Garry King on many of his projects.
Photograph is a mid tempo ethereal pop track about having a life centered around social media and selfies. Featuring male vocals with a vocal counter refrain. Arranged with real drums, keyboards, electric, ebow, and bass guitars all driving the rhythms. Male Vocals, Pop, Synthpop
Mysterious, apocalyptic, murky, light shimmering around, experimental, edgy, mid tempo pop rock track with male vocals, drums, electric guitars, and ethereal keyboards. Without the spirit, we are dead. Male Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
Slower tempo Euro pop/rock track about beauty and reverence. Arranged with ethereal keyboards, drum loops, real drums by Garry King, electric guitar, and male vocals. This song is suited for film or television scenes, or for advertisement. Building from the verses, the track lifts in the choruses. Male Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
A mid tempo hopeful track with a prog rock vibe featuring keyboards, male vocals, drums, and clean electric guitars, Beloved is about realizing what we have, love, cherishing, accomplishment, and reflection. Intimate time, shared memories together, deciding to love. Male Vocals, Rock, Progressive Rock
Better is a mid tempo male vocal pop-rock arrangement with keyboard strings, electric piano, electric bass, acoustic rhythm guitar, soaring harmonized thematic electric guitars, and loops and sampled rhythms. Male Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
An airy, sur-real, atmospheric mid tempo song about love and commitment. Arranged with male vocals, steel string acoustic guitar, rhythmic synthesizers, samplers, deep bass, this song would work well in film, sci-fi, drama, TV or games. Male Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
This is an art/ pop rock track with keyboard textures, acoustic and electric guitars, drums, and male vocals with female backing vocals. The song contrasts anxiety with hope both lyrically and musically. This song could be suitable for film, TV, and Advertisement. Mixed Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
Mid-tempo, beautifully flowing piano and symphonic instrumentation mixed with a flair of progressive rock. The mood is reflective and hopeful. Instrumental, Rock, Folk Rock
A dreamy, progressive, mid-tempo rock song with acoustic and electric guitars, drums, and male vocals. The song begins with folky flutes and drums mixed with acoustic guitar, and then builds into a denser more electric mix. Male Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
An epic progressive instrumental electronic rock song with driving electric guitar leads, keyboard leads, real drums by renowned drummer Garry King, and electric bass. The track begins with a simple theme and develops into an alternate theme that builds through the track. Instrumental, Rock, Electronic Rock
A progressive rock song starting off softly and then building up through the track with acoustic guitar, drums, piano and keyboards, bass, piano and male vocals about enduring hardships, and hanging onto hope. Male Vocals, Rock, 50s Rock
Classic, progressive, driving and earthy sounding like phish, grateful dead, allman brothers, genesis featuring acoustic and electric guitars, drums, and keyboards. The track would be terrific for a retro or nostalgic clip. Instrumental, Rock, Progressive Rock
Contemplative, changing events, decision time, opportunity, life progression. Prog. style rock with male vocals drums, electric guitars, organ, strings and pedal bass. The mid tempo modern track builds powerfully in each chorus from the verses. Weighing out the circumstances. Male Vocals, Rock, Modern Rock
A slower mid tempo pop rock track arranged with mixed voices, drums by Garry King, piano, double bass and acoustic guitar about life. Suitable for commercial advertising, film, or television, the song could be used for a theme song or a background track, in inspirational or drama scenes. Mixed Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
Eclectic, smooth simple and catchy, yet a liitle experimental, music to shop to, or to place into a drama or production with experimental or dreamlike qualities featuring male vocals, drums, electric bass and guitar, many layers of vocals and keyboards, the track builds with each chorus, Male Vocals, Rock, Modern Rock
This is a mid tempo'd light pop rock track with male lead vocals and mixed b/u vocals about waiting. There are many layers of harmony through the bridges and choruses, as well as ethereal keyboards. The song would be well suited for film or TV love/ perseverance scenes. Mixed Vocals, Corporate, Corp. Pop Easy Listening
This is a rock/ progressive mid tempo track suitable for action scenes in film oror TV featuring real drums, driving electric guitar, synths, electric bass, and a lot of different layers of rhythm guitar and keyboards. The track is based on unpredictable chords, and arpeggiated patterns. Instrumental, Rock, Progressive Rock
A slower to mid tempo ballad suitable for scenes of endearment, passion, and epiphany. The song details realizing that you are the only one love. Sweeping pads, guitars, drums, and male alto and tenor vocals over a steady rhythm fill the atmospheric track out. Male Vocals, Pop, 90's Pop
America The Beautiful. A beloved country whose freedoms are disappearing as well as common sense. We are lost and hurt for freedom! A medium tempo track arranged with layers of clean electric guitars, keyboards, piano, ac. guitar, layers of male vocals, electric bass, and real drums. Instrumental, Rock, Pop Rock
America The Beautiful. A beloved country whose freedoms are disappearing as well as common sense. We are lost and hurt for freedom! A medium tempo track arranged with layers of clean electric guitars, keyboards, piano, ac. guitar, layers of male vocals, electric bass, and real drums. Instrumental, Rock, Pop Rock
Mid tempo pop rock song about disorder verses order. Male vocals with electric guitars, acoustic twelve string, keyboards, drums and bass. Sounds like David Bowie meets David Gilmore, a little bit experimental, and would be suitable for radio, TV, or film. Male Vocals, Rock, Pop Rock
Pushy cold callers, annoying phone calls, interruptions, invasion of privacy, telephone solicitors, scammers, an unwanted sales pitch. The mid tempo song features male vocals, electric guitars, drums, synthesizers, and sampled phone sounds, put to an edgy hip hop bass line with blistering guitars. Male Vocals, Rock, Electronic Rock
