1545 Ric Neale 13/08/2022 EDIT PUBLIC PROFILE Your Profile Picture Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, Max. file size: 256 MB. Your name(Required) Your pronouns (optional) Your occupation(Required) Include me in the Members Directory Include me in the Members Directory (recommended) Employment typePlease selectSelf-employedEmployedVolunteerStudentTrainee (includes Apprentices)UnemployedOtherEmployment type other (please describe) Business typePlease selectFreelancer (sole trader)Limited CompanySocial EnterpriseCharityEducational InstitutionPublic Sector OrganisationCorporationOtherBusiness type other (please describe) Business sizePlease selectMicro (0-9 employees)Small (10-49 employees)Medium (50-249 employees)Large (more than 250 employees)Your email address Your website URL Your Twitter URL Your Instagram URL Your Facebook URL Your LinkedIn Profile URL Your Etsy Shop URL Tell us a bit more about yourselfWhat do you do?I am a songwriter and performer and songwriting mentor. I write and perform as myself (my last album has had 700k streams on Spotify since the turn of the year), and write and perform with others (I've just finished a national tour with Divina DeCampo (BBC's Drag Race) as MD and songwriter). I promote a monthly event in Wakefield called MONOCHROME which has run for 4 years and had some incredible guests. I'm also a senior lecturer in songwriting at Leeds Conservatoire.What steps did you take to get where you are now?I started plying the piano at age 14 and since then have worked in loads of different genres and played with loads of different people. I studied at Bretton Hall to get my degree and since then have collaborated with a diverse range of artists across lots of disciplines (other musicians, directors, visual artists, choreographers and spoken word performers) and have learned from all of them. My work in theatre has been really fun and as well as writing and performing in the musical Dancing Bear at Leeds Playhouse and the Playhouse, Manchester, I wrote and performed the one man show Lullabies For Parents based on my album of the same name all of which were really collaborative. I started teaching songwriting peripatetically then formalised this with a PGCE done while I ran the BTec in Music Performance at Wakefield College and have since become a senior lecturer in songwriting at Leeds Conservatoire while enjoying teaching sojourns in Seoul, South Korea and Rome, Italy.What type of creative opportunities are you looking for?I love to collaborate and am passionate about helping early career artists find their voice.Answer as many of the following questions as you like to enhance your profile pageMy dream creative collaboration would be...I've been lucky enough to have worked with some incredibly talented people (and continue to do so) and although I love to write and perform on my own there is a special magic to MDing a band behind a great performer - any chance I get to do that is a privilegeWhat does Wakefield mean to you?I've lived in Wakefield for over 20 years and we have fully committed our family to the city - we love it here. When I wasn't getting any musical opportunities here I set up MONOCHROME; a monthly event that started at The Jolly Tap and has moved to The PoMy proudest momentCreatively speaking I wrote the music and performed in the musical Dancing Bear about gender and faith which was performed at Leeds Playhouse and The Playhouse (Manchester); We sold out the Playhouse and garnered some amazing reviews. Similarly performing the whole of A Muppets Christmas Carol to a standing room only audience in Wakey last year was pretty special.An unexpected thing about meI toured with Jason Donovan a few years ago and we very nearly had a horrific motorway crash that would've finished us both off.Tick any that apply to youCreative Services Architecture & Planning Creative Education Creative Producing Design Services Graphic Design Marketing & Advertising Other Product Design Set Design Technical Production Creative Content Animation Digital Content Creation Games Design Other Photography Publishing Radio & Podcasts TV & Film Creative Original Apparel & Fashion Arts & Crafts Creative Writing Fine Art Other Sculpture Creative Experiences Dance Libraries Museums and Heritage Music Other Performing Arts Theatre Creative Digital App Development AR & VR Computer Networking Other Software Development Web Design Showcase your workYour video showreel Copy and paste the URL of your Vimeo or YouTube videoUpload up to 5 showcase imagesShowcase image 1 Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, Max. file size: 10 MB. 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