Richard Scheufler

Music beginnings and education

Richard showed talent for music already in his early childhood. He wasn't even three years old when he started to play harmonica, gradually he learned to play piano and percussion. He pursued his music ambitions by performing in the children's orchestra under the guidance of his uncle Jirka. After the break-up of the orchestra the thirteen-year-old Richard switched to the bass guitar which he plays until today.
At the beginning he studied music on his own, until he took private lessons from the professor Vladimir Hora (1987–1989) and in 1998 till 1999 he continued his music education under the supervision of Prof. Hora at the Conservatory of Jaroslav Jezek in Prague, where he in addition to playing the bass guitar took also singing lessons.

Music career

After performing with regional bands Richard gained in 1986 his first professional engagement in the band called Natural for approximately four years. After that he performed in the band Buran Prasil, later in 1990 it was the band of Dalibor Janda. The encounter with the musician and composer Milan Steigerwald meant another important move in Richard's professional career – for the coming twelve years he became the member of the band King Size. Although the band stopped performing, it still exists and Richard and his son Richard appear as guest artists with it. At the same time, he appeared as guest artist in the recordings of several pop artists, such as Karel Gott, Lucie Bila and Lenka Filipova. He participated on the recording of the pop album of the band Damiens Nechci zustat sam/ I don't want to be alone together with Lada Krizek. It is worth mentioning the Golden Disc Award (Zlata deska) he was given for his contribution to this album. He has also contributed to various jazz projects, such as the band Blue Birds of the saxophonist Ivan Myslikovjan, saxophonist Andrea Kolmanova (together with the son Richard he also participated on the recording of her CD Andrea) and many others.
For the time being, he is a member of the rock band Prazsky Vyber II/ Prague Selection II, led by a composer, singer and political activist Michael Kocab. During the year 2007 he went on the concert tour with PV II , performing at the festivals and participated on all activities that have to do with the rock band (studio work on other projects, radio performance, video clips...). In the same year, the album of PV II Vymlaceny rockovy palice/ Smashed Rock Heads was launched and the concert PRAZSKY VYBER II LIVE, held on 3 May 2007 in Teplice, Czech Republic has appeared on DVD in June 2008.

Career abroad

At the end of the year 2002 Richard's steps lead to Hastings, England. He worked in the music studio of Claire Hamill and performed with local artists, such as Tom Palmer, Steve Winchester, Donna Terenzi, Mama Josie and Papa George. He gave also solo performances and started a closer cooperation with Nana Tsiboe – the former percussionist of Robbie Williams Band – in his solo project called Bushfaya.
Richard worked also outside the borders of England; in 2001 he made a couple of video clips in Africa and participated at the Frankfurt Music Fair, presenting the musical instruments produced by George Dennis.

Solo albums

The debut solo album by Richard Scheufler called V rukou Tvych / In your hands, was launched in 2001 in Czech and English version. On this album, he established himself as a composer, solo singer, music arranger and producer. The second solo album Between us was produced between 2004 and 2008 and Richard launched it under the label Scheufler's Records in 2008. The album includes 16 tracks – instrumental and vocal compositions recorded in English with the contribution of a couple of other artists (the son Richard, Ted Whang, Peter Boska, Jiri Neuzil, Stepan Skoch, Andrea Kolmanova, Marketa Rohanova et al.).

Music teaching

Richard Scheufler is well-known to the music community for his teaching activities. He is the author of the audio school Slap & Funky (1994). In 2000, the video school of the same title was published as the first video school of its kind in Czech Republic. From 1997 till 2002 he was engaged as lecturer on regularly organized summer Rock courses in Dobra Voda, near Prachatice, Czech Republic. The students of the course gave the initial impetus for the recording of a CD called Jednou v roce/Once a Year. Besides that, he has carried out many workshops at various music fairs, each year in Prague since 1991 (Huvel, Muzika 2003), in Bratislava, Slovakia and in Frankfurt, Germany.

Music performance with the son Richard – Scheufler Project

The cooperation with the son Richard (born on 28 September 1988 in Partizanske, Slovakia), officially under the name Scheufler Project, enjoys a special status in his professional career. The history repeated itself and Richard junior has said yes to music in a very early age. Along with his father he performed with the King Size band, of which guest artists they are until now. At the age of twelve years, Richard junior participated on the recording of the pop album of the band Damiens Nechci zustat sam/ I don't want to be alone, which Richard also co-produced. He also took part on the Lenka Filipova Tour and contributed to the father's second solo album Between us (Scheufler's Records, 2008). Since 2004 they both have been performing as permanent guest artists in the rock opera Antigona.

Music equipment

Richard is currently an EDEN endorsing Bassist. He plays the Eden WP100, WT800 and D410XST and represents the brand openly.

In October 2004, Richard accepted the offer to cooperate with the company MusicData (distributor of the Hughes & Kettner Amplifiers) concerning the presentation of the instruments Quantum, at his solo concerts, workshops and music fairs. He also cooperates with the company Alexim presenting the analog effects and strings produced by the Swedish company EBS. In 2007, Richard started the cooperation with the company Roland and the Hungarian producer of handmade guitars Fibenare Guitars Co., which since 2006 has been developing the 6-string model Fibenare Standard RS MIDI for Richard – bass guitar using the analog and digital input. Richard's collection of music instruments includes, moreover, signed models by the company K&K, he has been cooperating with since 1997, as follows:

and Yamaha TRB 6P.

Studio and workshop equipment includes the Yamaha QY 700 sequencer, HDD Korg D16, Korg Pandora PX5D and Audix Microphone. When the cooperation with the MusicData and Hughes & Kettner at the end of the year 2007 was finished, Richard bought the AMPEG (Ampeg SVP-CL, Ampeg SVT PRO and Ampeg SVP-BSP) and Hafler instruments (power amp). He has been using the complete range of EBS and George Dennis Phaser for the analog effects and Roland V-Bass, Roland GR-20 and Roland GKP-4 for the digital effects.

Discography

1. King Size – Lovci Tel / The Body Hunters (1992)
2. Karel Gott – Vanocni Koncert / The Christmas Concert (1992)
3. King Size – Jezebel (1993)
4. King Size – Happy Sapiens (1993)
5. Ondrej Soukup – Nudity for Sale / Nahota na prodej (1993)
6. Lucie Bila – Zahrada Rajskych Poteseni (1994)
7. Audio school – Slap&Funky (1994)
8. Cesti Mistri Baskytary – Czech Masters of Bassguitar (1995)
9. King Size – Psychothriller (Prikry Les) (1993)
10. King Size – Romeo & Julie / Romeo & Juliet (1997)
11. Katryna – Yadid Nefesh (2000)
12. Video school – Slap&Funky (2000)
13. Damiens – Super Bila Mys / Super White Mouse (2001)
14. R. Scheufler – V Rukou Tvych / In Your Hands (2001)
15. D. Starek – Jedina / The Only One (2001)
16. L. Semelka – Muj Vek / My Age (2001)
17. Damiens – Nechci zustat sam / I don't want to be alone (2002)
18. CD launched by lecturers – Jednou v Roce / Once a Year (2002)
19. M. Jakubovie – Z Druhe Strany / From The Other Hand (2002)
20. Myslikovjan & Scheufler – The 4 Seasons (2002)
21. R. Scheufler & friends – Classical Music (2003)
22. The Scheuflers – My World (2003)
23. Nana Tsiboe – Bushfaya (2003)
24. Andrea Kolman – Andrea (2003)
25. King Size – King Size (2004)
26. Richard Scheufler – Between us (2004)
27. Kecup – Frontalni utok / The Frontal Attack (2005)
28. Antigona (promo version) – Rock opera (2006)
29. Prazsky Vyber II / Prague Selection II – Vymlaceny rockovy palice / Smashed Rock Heads (2007)
30. Jan Militky – Sberne suroviny / The Junk (2007)
31. FN 206 Fontana Music Library – Bass & Drums (2007)
32. FN 206 Fontana Music Library – Variant Moods For TV Production (2007)
33. Prazsky vyber II / Prague Selection II – DVD PRAZSKY VYBER II LIVE (2008)
34. Antigona double album – Rock opera (2008)