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 Ric Poulin

Producer/Engineer/Vocal Director

 

A Native Bostonian, Ric received his music education at The University of Massachusetts and through leading private teachers in the New England area including voice teacher Eddie Watson and Jazz pianist Charlie Banacos. At home with many styles of music Ric, has performed in Rock, R&B and Jazz bands throughout the 1970s and 80s opening for many well known national acts. In 1987 his own group Bijou enjoyed an overseas Top 40 Dance hit with the song, 'Call The Doctor', co-written by Ric.

 

He has coached vocalists for over 30 years and developed the Bristol Voice Method. He is the director of the Gospel/Pop influenced voice program at Bristol Voice Studios in Boston where hundreds of students study voice and performance.

 

As a producer and engineer he has worked with many of today's major producers and songwriters such as Sturken and Rogers (Rihanna, Shontelle), JR Rotem (Rihanna, Britney Spears), Red One (Lady Gaga), Wyclef Jean, Swizz Beatz, Danja (Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears), The Clutch (Usher, Keri Hilson), BabyFace, and more.

 

Locally he has worked intensively with Jada (Universal Motown), The Drop Kick Murphys, Niia Bertino (Alantic Records), as well as major record labels such as Sony, Interscope, Mercury and Motown.

 

Currently he focuses on artist career development and music production for major labels.

 

Chris Billias

Producer/Enegineer

 

Chris has been the Senior Producer/Engineer here at Bristol Studios since 1993. Chris started his training at the Longy School of Music Prep School and further developed his talents and knowledge at the New England Conservatory of Music. An Honors Graduate with a BM in Composition, Chris has also studied music and composition privately with such greats as Charlie Banacos, Viktor Rosembaum, Tom McKinnley, and George Russell.

 

In his 15 years at Bristol, Chris has created literally thousands of music productions for Bristol’s diverse clientele involving him in all aspects of the music and audio world.

 

His productions span from television and film to all forms of music projects, from “Wacked Out TV” and “The Discovery Channel” to an array of clients from hip hop to classical such as Big Pappi, New Kids On The Block, Benzino, Nancy Kerrigan Jada and Yo Yo Ma.

 

Chris brings a extensive background of musical knowledge and experience to his sessions, both as a performer and studio musician. As a talented keyboardist featured in Keyboard Player Magazine, Chris has performed in a variety of original rock and blues bands, and still performs with many Boston based artists such as Joe Mack, James Montgomery, Barry Goudreau, Brian Maes, Charlie Farron, as well as classical conductors Colin Davis and Seija Ozawa.

 

Combining all of this musical experience, Chris is a talented composer, arranger, vocal coach, engineer, and producer.

 

Chris has recently worked in the Hip Hop world with producers Madd Scientist (Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston) and Novel (Joss Stone) as well as engineering and producing multi lingual CD-Roms for Macmillan Publishing and Translations.com.