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Contents. Early life Born in into a musical family, Swift started performing and singing in churches at an early age.
Richard Swift sure sounds like a bedroom auteur. He penned all the songwriterly songs and wrote all the whimsical interludes on his first two mini-albums, The Novelist and Walking Without Effort, and handled engineering and artwork duties, and played most of the instruments.
In his youth, his family moved frequently, spending time in rural locations in, and. As a teenager, he worked at a farm near, Minnesota.
Career Solo In 2001, Swift moved to to pursue his solo recording career. That same year, he recorded Walking Without Effort, an initially unreleased album with drummer and producer. He recorded much of his early music on a four-track cassette recorder. From 2002 to 2005, he released four small pressings of 'properly manufactured' singles via. Swift also released The Novelist in 2003 and Walking Without Effort (recorded in 2001) in 2005 and combined the two albums to create the double-disc The Richard Swift Collection Vol. 1 released by Leftwing Recordings in August 2004. He signed to indie label, who then re-released the Collection in 2005.
In 2007, Secretly Canadian and issued Swift's proper follow-up album, Dressed Up For the Letdown. Later in the year Swift met frontman during a taping of the program. Tweedy asked Swift to support Wilco on their US tour. During the tour Tweedy invited Swift to record at their Loft studios in. In October 2007, Swift started his fourth album at the Wilco Loft studios.
In April 2008, Secretly Canadian released a double EP named Richard Swift As Onasis. In August 2008, Swift released an EP entitled Ground Trouble Jaw as a free digital download. In April 2009, Secretly Canadian released The Atlantic Ocean.
Co-produced by, the album featured special guests such as, Casey Foubert , and. In 2011, he released another solo EP entitled Walt Wolfman. Producer and back-up artist In addition to the music recorded under his own name and producing work, he was also briefly a keyboardist in the band in 2002 and 2003, playing live shows and contributing to their 2003 album. He also fronted his own side-project, Instruments of Science and Technology. Swift performing with in December 2012 In a 2007 interview, Swift commented on his techniques as a producer and engineer, stating 'Most of my recording techniques come from looking at photos on the inside of or LPs, or from watching and thinking, 'Oh! That's where they put the mic!'
' Swift is known to often provide hefty contributions as a multi-instrumentalist to the albums he produces. In 2009, he began spending more time working with other artists as producer and band member. May 2010 saw the release of fellow recording artist 's record. In 2010, Swift also produced ' and co-produced 's album. He joined in 2011 and began touring with as their bassist in 2014. In 2015, he produced the for.
Personal life and death Swift lived in, Oregon, where he met his wife, Shealynn. They had three children. On June 19, 2018, reported that Swift had been hospitalized in, recovering from an undisclosed 'life-threatening condition' and that a had been set up to help cover his medical expenses. He died on July 3, 2018 in Tacoma.
Six days later, Swift's family released a statement confirming that he had suffered from alcohol addiction throughout his life, and that his death was ultimately caused by related 'complications from hepatitis, as well as liver and kidney distress.' Discography As a solo artist Albums.
The Novelist – US (2003). Walking Without Effort' – US (recorded in 2001, released 2005). Dressed Up for the Letdown – US & UK ( and, 2007). Music From the Films of R/Swift – Released under the name Instruments of Science & Technology – US (Secretly Canadian2008). Richard Swift As Onasis – US (Secretly Canadian, 2008).
The Atlantic Ocean (Secretly Canadian, 2009). Library Catalog Music Series, Vol. 7: Music for Paradise Armor – Released under the name Instruments of Science & Technology (, 2010) EPs and singles. 'Kisses for the Misses' (single, 2007). 'The Songs of National Freedom' (single, 2007). Ground Trouble Jaw (2008).
'Lady Luck' (single, 2009). Walt Wolfman (2011). Kensington (2014) Box-sets. The Richard Swift Collection, Volume 1: The Novelist / Walking Without Effort – US (2005) As producer. – (2010). – (2013). – (2015), (2018).
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