All future music and indieOpolis related blog postings will be created here , and you can Subscribe here ! I've ported a few key music related posts there to set the stage for the remainder of the "History of musical influences..." and "Tangerine Dream collection project" postings. Check it out...

A few folks have asked me this question over the past few months, primarily, because at the end of 2005 I released 3 CDs, and then I've released 3 more this year. First of all, most of this music already existed. I just hadn't polished it up, and was unsure of exactly the distribution method I wanted...

So I'm packing today for my trip, and preferrably I fly America Airlines if at all possible. I'm one of those guys who actually likes to read the America Way magazine and I usually stuff the complimentary copy of the magazine in my bag if I don't finish it before my flight completes. Well, anyways...

Bill Binkelman, founder and current webmaster of Wind and Wire , performed the following review of Sidetracks - Volume 3 - The Heikkinen Exclusive . With his permission, I'm including the review in it's entirety here, and have incorporated quick links to the samples of each track from the CD that...

The results are in! Following is the top 10 of my songs based on digital downloads and CD's for the month ending July 2006! Ranking Song CD 1 Keeping the dream alive Sidetracks - Volume 3 - The Heikkinen Exclusive 2 Ciarra Sidetracks - Volume...

This is so cool :) Wednesday Elektra of Space Junkies Magazine has created a song review of Rain in Central Park from my CD Réalité De Destination , and she described it exactly how I envisioned it! Because Space Junkies is only a monthly online magazine, every issue is removed after it's publication...

The Maestoso Interstellar Suite Well, it certainly helps calm my spirit while performing MOSS and WSS 3.0 testing :) You can play all the samples by clicking here , or to listen to individual samples, please visit The Maestoso Interstellar Suite Information page . This CD can be purchased here...

History of Musical Influences by that SharePoint Guy - Part 3 - 1980-1981 Before I start with 1980, let me note that I'm afraid the same thing that happened after I made my previous post in this series of becoming inspired to create a piece of work based on the artists in that time frame is going...

My wife is planning her 20 year High School reunion, so I've set her up a SharePoint site to utilize for coordination, etc, and so all her friends can meet at one place, discuss, plan, etc (Yes, there's Classmates.com, Reunion.com, etc, but those have limitations for what she wants to do). It's also...

SPSiteManager Postings Throughout this week, I hope to get some SPSiteManager postings complete matching the SPUserUtil series. For a recap of the SPUserUtil Series: SharePoint Account Management using SPUserUtil - Part 0 - Removing Accounts SharePoint Account Management using SPUserUtil...

First I want to thank those who placed comments on and the emails I received with comments on Part I of The Maestoso Interstellar Suite . I was quite surprised at the many positive comments. I was hoping "someone" would like it, but didn't realize it would generate so many kudos back. Over this past...

Today was the last day of my vacation before I head back to the office for more fun :). My family and I took a road trip to Orlando and spent a week at Disney World. During the road trip, I had plenty of time to listen to my collection of TD material and other electronic music. This allowed me to reflect...

History of Musical Influences by that SharePoint Guy - Part 2 - 1978-1979 1978 During this year, I discovered ELO , The Bee Gees (No, it wasn't the Disco releases like Stayin' Alive, etc that really caught my attention with them, but more on their mellower releases, like Spirits Having Flown :...

The Tangerine Dream Collection Project - Part 2 - The cost estimate and the wifes' reaction! The Wifes' Reaction So I told my wife about my little project, and to my complete utter amazement, she stated "Ok" After I got back up off the floor from falling out of my chair (I don't think she realizes...

History of Musical Influences by that SharePoint Guy - Part 1 - 1976-1977 I don't necessarily plan on detailing in chronological order the events that marked the musical influences on me, but I'll use it as the basic outline. Just note we may take a segue here and there as the synapses in my brain...

As I was preparing for my first post of " The History of Musical Influences by that SharePoint Guy ", I did something that caused a stirring in me that's been going awhile, and thus it turned into a tornadic experience :) and I've started up a new project called " The Tangerine Dream Collection Project...

I've been playing around with the beta of Windows Media Player 11 ( See my previous post on this and the release of URGE ) I realized I haven't imported my "Somewhat" collection of tunes on my home box (Of course I realized that I don't even have everything I have digitized yet, but that's on my list...

Download my music from URGE using Windows Media Player 11! Today we officially made available the beta for Windows Media Player 11 . URGE also launched today as well. URGE, from MTV Networks, is the featured digital music service for Windows Media Player 11. An immersive entertainment experience...

I just posted the latest version of my music newsletter for those of you that are interested. The email version will now be trimmed down to just the “ Inside This Issue ” section, giving you the freedom to choose which section you would specifically like to review. The What's' New section is now...

I get to actually flag multiple categories on this post :) Over the past few months, I've waited patiently for payments to arrive from the various digital download services that host my music. I knew that those sales, along with parsing my logs on my music site were going to help me getter a better...

Another big release for me this week :) This time, instead of release 2.5 of the SharePoint Utility Suite, it's Volume 4 in my Sidetracks series of music :) Check it out here!!!! - Keith

I went to a few popular search engines because I wanted to search and see how many of the digital download music providers had my music for download (There's quite a few in which it's been shipped, just waiting for them to have them online). So, I searched on "keith richie" and download, and all I...

I love companies that have not lost their sense of humor :) This is the disclamer for the Virgin Digital Player from http://virgindigital.com "Virgin Digital requires a computer running Windows 2000 or XP, Windows Media 9 and up, Internet Explorer 5.5 and up, an internet connection, a soundcard...

It's been a hectic two years for me :), and as I sit here and write this post, I'm listening to the pre-master version of my next CD Sidetracks - Volume 3 - Ambient Highways , and contemplating where I've been, what I've done, and where I'm going :). I started a 4 week Parental Care Leave from work...