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| Born | Richard John Beato April 24, 1962 Fairport, New York, U.S. | |||||||||
| Education | Ithaca College (B.A.) New England Conservatory of Music (M.A.) | |||||||||
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| Website | rickbeato | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2015–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Music | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.5 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 1 billion[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: October 1, 2024 | ||||||||||
Richard John Beato (/biˈɑːtoʊ/ bee-AH-toh; born April 24, 1962[2]) is an American YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and educator. Since the early 1980s, he has worked variously as a musician, songwriter, audio engineer, and record producer; he has also lectured on music at universities.
Beato owns and operates Black Dog Sound Studios in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He has produced for and worked in the studio with bands such as Needtobreathe, Parmalee, and Shinedown.[3] On his YouTube channel, he covers different aspects of rock, jazz, blues, electronic, rap, and pop, and he conducts interviews with musicians and producers.
- ^ a b "About Rick Beato". YouTube.
- ^ Turning 60...Rick's Birthday Bash!. Rick Beato, Youtube. April 25, 2022. Event occurs at 2:06. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ Oyer, Kalyn (September 4, 2013). "Rick Beato has helped produce some of Charleston's best bands". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved October 9, 2020.