The origin
The saxophone
Casa de las Bandas Conservatory, Quito. Where it all began.
Quito, Ecuador · Producer · Latin Grammy & GRAMMY voting member
About me
I'm Richard Orellana — RichART! — music producer, songwriter, arranger and saxophonist from Quito, Ecuador. Voting member of the Latin Grammys and the GRAMMYs, and founder of Colorful House Studio.
I've produced, written and arranged music for artists like Cholo, WAKA, María Katherina and Daniel Velez, moving between Latin funk, jazz, salsa and Andean fusion. My job: making your song sound the way you imagined it. Or better.
From Quito to all of Latin America
The story
As a producer I've walked alongside artists of the Latin scene — Cholo, WAKA, María Katherina, Daniel Velez, Legario, among others — through the full journey of their songs: writing, lyrics, arrangements, recording, mixing and mastering. My signature: fusing the groove of funk and jazz with the identity of Latin American music, from bolero to cumbia, from salsa to the Andean sound.
My story with music began on the saxophone. I trained at the Casa de las Bandas Conservatory in Quito and earned a degree in Contemporary Music at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, part of the Berklee College of Music global program. Later I specialized in mixing and mastering at Graba Estudio.
As a session and live saxophonist I've recorded and shared stages with Daniel Betancourt, Pichirilo Radioactivo, Rocola Bacalao, La Vieja Calle, The Liners and Caucaravan, and performed at Ecuador Jazz, the Quito Arts Festival and Cuenca's Fiesta de la Música.
In 2020 I founded Colorful House Studio, designed by acoustic engineer David Tornay, with one goal: giving independent Latin American artists access to an international-standard sound without leaving the middle of the world.
The journey
01 / 08
The training
Berklee global
B.A. in Contemporary Music, USFQ. Saxophone as principal instrument.
The technique
The craft of sound
Specialization in mixing and mastering, Graba Estudio.
The streets
The stages
Session and live saxophonist: Rocola Bacalao, Caucaravan, Ecuador Jazz, Quito Arts Festival.
2020
Colorful House
Founds his studio in Quito, with acoustics by David Tornay.
2024
Latin Grammy
The Latin Recording Academy welcomes him as a voting member. His vote helps decide the Latin Grammys.
See the moment on Instagram →Class of 2025
GRAMMYs
A year later, the Recording Academy — the home of the GRAMMYs — welcomes him into its Class of 2025. #IAmTheAcademy
See the announcement on Instagram →Your turn
Today
Producing for artists across Latin America. The next project could be yours.
How I work
Creativity
Behind every hit there are huge teams. You get a compact but disruptive one: a creative, paradigm-breaking approach that gives your work the edge few others have.
Passion
"How you do anything is how you do everything." Every step — even the smallest — is done with full intention.
Professionalism
On-time deliveries, clear and transparent agreements. Creativity works best when trust is taken care of.