To book Sitarick (Rick de Yampert) or to comment, e-mail:
sitarick@rickdeyampert.com
or
u2rdey@cfl.rr.com
Or call: 386-852-9162.
Sitarick (also known as Rick de Yampert), is a sitar and Native American flute player residing in the Daytona Beach, Florida, area. He performs Asian chill, world fusion, trance, raga, Buddha lounge, Beatles and down-tempo chill-out music, and also some funky fusion and up-tempo, belly dancing soundscapes.
Sitarick performs at:
* Satsangs, kirtans, Pagan gatherings, Unitarian churches and various spiritual happenings.
* Yoga sessions -- Yoga instructors, enliven your sessions with the mellow, ancient, trance-inducing sounds of live sitar and Native American flute music . . . a perfect soundtrack for mind-body-spirit work.
* Art festivals, receptions, weddings and other events -- Looking for something unique to add to the musical palette of your next festival? Go beyond pop, rock, blues, jazz and singer-guitarists.
* Live music venues -- Coffeehouses, cafes, wine shop tastings and more.
* Recording sessions.
Sitarick has performed at satsang led by Shri Vibhuji Maharaj of India, a sacred fire ceremony led by Mayan elder Tata Apolinario Chile Pixtun, the Florida Pagan Gathering and other spiritual events.
Sitarick has played at numerous yoga sessions in the Daytona Beach area, including Aradhika's Yoga in Palm Coast, and with area instructors Kim Latford and Jodi Ascherman, among others. He also performed during Yoga on the Beach, an Earth Day 2010 event.
Sitarick also has performed as the entertainment at cafes in the Central Florida area, including Angell & Phelps Cafe in Daytona Beach, and as part of Perego's Art Army events at Caffeine and Julian's Restaurant, both in Ormond Beach.
Sitarick has been among the performers at festivals and art shows in East-Central Florida, including SOL Fest, Medium, the Enlightened Spirits Expo and the DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts. He also has performed concerts at the Bandshell in Daytona Beach.
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Sacred Music: From the Big Bang to "Stairway to Heaven"
* To have Rick present his "Sacred Music" lecture/demonstration/concert at your church, organization, school or gathering, e-mail or call him at the contacts provided above.
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Past Performances
* Opening reception for "Bulow Creek and Beyond," an art exhibit by Foxfire, an Ormond Beach artists group, Feb. 4, 2011, The Casements, Ormond Beach, Florida. Sitarick (Rick de Yampert) on sitar and Native American flutes with guest artist, Jacksonville sitarist and guitarist Arvid Smith.
* Images: A Festival of the Arts, Jan. 30, 2011, Riverside Park, downtown New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Acclaimed as one of the top art festivals in the Southeast, Images featured 220 painters, sculptors and artisans exhibiting their works, along with continuous live entertainment. Sitarick (also known as Rick de Yampert) performed a mini-concert of world fusion, Beatles and Buddha lounge music on sitar and Native American flutes.
* Sacred Music: From the Big Bang to “Stairway to Heaven” -- Jan. 20, 2011, Goddard Center on the campus of Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, Florida. A lecture/demonstration/concert exploring how and why cultures around the planet have used music to alter consciousness and open doors to the sacred, from shaman drummers to Pakistani Sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, from Native American chant to “Stairway to Heaven.” This program features Rick de Yampert, the entertainment writer at The Daytona Beach News-Journal, performing on djembe (African hand drum), sitar, Native American flute, Tibetan singing bowl and guitar. The lecture also includes recordings of Kenyan witchcraft ritual music, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Native American pow-wow music and other sacred sounds.
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