Record Producer -
Owner Shaolin Records

With the release of the vinyl record, TEMPTATION, by Richard O'Connor, in 1984, on my newly formed SHAOLIN RECORDS independent "indie" record label, I began a Hollywood career that included shooting MTV shows, producing music videos, graduating UCLA film school in 1987, and the "Coyote Graveyard" rock opera in 1988. Although I was born Richard Del Connor, I began using our older family name of O'Connor in 1980. Currently, February 21, 2009, I only use Richard Connor. The "O'" is a real hassle on the internet anyway. There are no apostrophes on the internet or on credit cards.

2009
My first Chinese World Music album was released on Buddha's birthday April 8, 2009. Although we've been selling cassettes of the original Utah recordings since 1995, this new album has more instruments added to it. Using the talent of American Zen, a pyschedelic folk rock group on Shaolin Records, we added a variety of instruments to the album.

2008
LEVEL 3 = I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME is released on September 11, 2008, two weeks ahead of schedule, as the album was uploaded for our online distributors, radio stations, and iTunes. We enjoyed our promotion of love on a day of mourning and war.

2007
With the release of LEVEL 2 = CHRIST KILLER, I am finishing my analog world involvement. The CHRIST KILLER cd was recorded first in analog, then completed in digital sound designer files in ProTools. Our upcoming records will all be recorded in digital and edited digital. The first Shaolin Records FULLY DIGITAL SONG to be released is, "Peace Of Mind #1" from the LEVEL 2 = CHRIST KILLER album. "Peace Of Mind" was cut this last year in digital after all the other songs had been recorded in Utah in analog.

2006
Coyote Radio .net is a few steps ahead of most all the other podcasts out there. I was a radio DJ at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1971, so my radio standards require some etiquette and professional recording standards. I'm also putting more HTML into our WebBlog page to create a better look and easier reading. Check it out: Coyote Radio .net

2005
American Zen's debut album, LEVEL 1 = PEACE OF MIND, established Shaolin Records as a new Independent "Indie" Record Label, with distribution in Europe, Asia, and growing market in Africa. Combined with iTunes sales and the shaolinCOM.com shopping cart I'm constructing, I'm discovering a new world of distribution over the internet for our books, videos and music.

1992 - 2004
After a badly advised move to Utah, I resorted to becoming a book publisher, and put Shaolin Records in the closet. Shaolin Communications published a half dozen Kung Fu and Tai Chi books for the students of Shaolin Chi Mantis and Tai Chi Youth. I also published my first novel, Sid's Place.

1984 - 1991
While a student in UCLA's Motion Picture Program, I worked in various capacities for many Hollywood film companies including Disney, Apogee, and Red Car. After graduating UCLA, I established a reputation as a lighting director for MTV and Japanese commercial production companies. Sometimes they hired me for setting up scaffolds, and sometimes I was the Key Grip, or Lighting DIrector, or Prop Master...

My photography talents were also utilized by several magazines and newspapers in Los Angeles where I shot concerts and special political events as a photojournalist of the L. A. Newspaper Guild #69.

The Future:
Reestablish the FOLK ROCK music genre. Establish style parameters and become famous as "The King Of Folk Rock."

I also want to have a very reliable secretary, to "hold down the fort," while I'm touring.

These are the main divisions and enterprises of Shaolin Communications.   (Listed alphabetically.)

United Brotherhood of Carpenters Apprenticeship Program
San Diego, California
    Four year apprenticeship training. Received Journeyman Certificate 1977. Foreman, superintendent, and Union Steward.

RIAA Recording Engineer Program
San Diego, California
    10 week training program at 16 Track Studio 1976 led to staff producer position at Bonita Studios 1976 - 78.

Prince of Wales Collegiate
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
    High School Certificate 1971

Recording Studios

Soundlabs
Los Angeles, California
    Redesigned and built studio monitors in control room.

Soundtrax Studios
San Diego, California
   Designed and built main console.

Bonita Recording Studios
Bonita, California
     Redesigned and remodeled control room.
 
Crimson Studios
Santa Monica, California
    Built additional producer's desk on Neve console.

Dave Foster Studio
Malibu, California
    Built custom control room monitor speakers.

MCA Whitney Studios
Burbank, California
    Remodeled echo chamber room, remodeled studio control room, remodeled control room monitors.

Capitol Records Studios
Hollywood, California
     Remodeled monitor speakers Studio A, Studio B.
     Built console for Studio C.
     Wall remodeling and finish surfaces for Studio C.
 
The Village Recorder
Santa Monica, California
    Staff carpenter from 1980 to 1982.

Future Disc Mastering Labs
Shaolin Chi Mantis / Tai Chi Youth
     Designer, engineer, architect, blueprint draftsman, superintendent for first mastering room 1982.
     Designer, engineer, architect, blueprint draftsman, superintendent for 2nd mastering room 1986.

Mick Fleetwood Home Rehearsal Room
Santa Monica, California
    Designer, architect, carpenter for Fleetwood Mac rehearsal room in Mick's garage.

Shaolin Records
North Hollywood, California
    President - Producer 1986-1991

Shaolin Records
Salt Lake City, Utah
     President - Producer 1992 -1999. Home studio at Transwest Apartments, on 5th South. (See song: "5th South")

Shaolin Records
Angeles Forest, California
     President - Producer 2000. Home studio in cabin basement with raccoons and a puma in the backyard.

Shaolin Records
Tujunga, California
     President - Producer 2001 - current. Highest studio in Los Angeles atop Verdugo Mountains above Pasadena, California.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Yang Style Taijjiquan
Northern Shaolin Gongfu
Book Signing Tour
Software Learning: Photoshop / ProTools / Quark XPress / Adobe Acrobat / Dreamweaver / FileMaker
Webmaster for the Shaolin Communications websites.
Producing records for the Buddhist rock group, American Zen.
President of Tai Chi Youth, nonprofit organization

For more information visit the following websites:
     www.shaolinchiMANTIS.com
     www.shaolinCOMMUNICATIONS.com
     www.taichiYOUTH.org