Diario Expresiones profiles Richard Orellana

Diario Expresiones published a profile of Richard Orellana in January 2017, back when his career revolved around the saxophone and the stage.

The profile portrays a musician in full performing mode: training at the Conservatory of the Casa de las Bandas in Quito, a degree in Contemporary Music from USFQ — part of the Berklee College of Music global program — and a schedule split between session recordings and live shows with bands from the Ecuadorian scene.

Looking back, this profile captures the first chapter of a story that would later take a different shape. The saxophonist Expresiones portrayed in 2017 would go on to found Colorful House Studio three years later, specialize in mixing and mastering, and end up producing music for artists across Latin America. Everything he does today as a music producer — the ear for arrangements, the instinct for horns, the conservatory discipline — was forged in the years this article documents.

The fact that a national print outlet gave space to an independent saxophonist back then says a lot about the place Orellana already held in the scene. The Ecuadorian music of the past decade has its record in these pages.

The full profile is available on PressReader.