Music Composer/ Producer/ Musician/ Tutor
Biography
Riley Daley is a Musician popularly associated with the group Sahotas Bass player, Born into a musical family, Riley plays multiple instruments from an early years and has gained most of his music abilities attended Classical Guitar music school at the tender age which began at the age of 9 years old. One of his first jobs when finishing school was Session Musician for Zip Theatre Music/ kuumba art movement Drama Company for 4 years and so the story begins.
Riley joined up with the Asian band, Sahotas brothers decided to pursue a career in music 1986, which made nine albums, coupled with tours around the world, and topped the Bhangra charts. The Sahotas achieved many accolades including ‘Best Band’, ‘Best Live Band’, Platinum and Gold discs for album sales.
Riley have worked and performed many Genres in creative productions and live shows in Reggae, Jazz, funk, Soul and Guitar Solo act that as made him resilient in truly knowing his craft. Over the 30 years experience working as a session musician, it became compulsive that he pursued his own vision and take up Music Production to deliver music in a way he felt had not been expressed in the music industry for a long time. Those years learning the musical art as now come ahead and feels it is time for him to branch out.
In 2012, Riley decided to set up his own Record Company, Maximusrecords limited, to allow him to have full control of his music works, and to provide a platform for established, new, and up-coming talent. Who am I? By Riley his first release under Maximusrecords limited, flexible range of guitar arrangements which has obvious flares on all tracks, Guitar instrumentals played in easy listening, an International groove like Flamenco, Latin American, Spanish to re-introduce some classics of Earl Klugh, George Benson, Stanley Clark the guitarist that as touched and awake his creativity to aspire him to become the man he can be. Legends he considered that could express emotions, feel love through their instruments, artist studied as a child were his idle, distinctive in the days now and will be tomorrow.
Under some indecisions where he had produced over 30 tracks but had to release 6 tracks, found it difficult in negotiating tracks that would represent him with the best result possible and so eventually decided with:-
1-Dawn Delights, 2-Magic Where are you, 3-Guitar Train, 4-Adored, 5-A touch of Paradise, 6 Soca8it.
Album out now on international release, “Who am I”? by Riley,
The album again featured various musical genres including, Spanish, Arabic, Bhangra, Latin to more emotional and momentous tracks, an opulence of a musical experience. The album will launch the video track, which has achieved a huge response worldwide.
