This user is Scott Ritcher, born in 1969 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Operated the Slamdek Record Company from 1986 to 1995, and wrote the subsequent book Slamdek A to Z in 1996. Currently operates K Composite Media which publishes K Composite Magazine and the Louisville Historical Timeline site at Louisville.cc.
Independent candidate for Kentucky State Senate in 2008 and Reform Party nominee for Mayor of Louisville in 1998.
Songwriter in the bands and Sunspring, Best Actress, Department of Energy, Metroschifter and as a solo artist.
Wrote songs that have been recorded by The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, Refused, Joan of Arc, Elliott, Omaha, The Enkindels, Cooler, Ink & Dagger, Burning Airlines, Music Group, MT Rhoades & His Lonesome Woods Band, Kyle Crabtree & Jason Noble of Shipping News, and Rye Coalition.
Graphic designer for over 140 compact disc and album packages, including titles by Ink & Dagger, Face to Face, The Get Up Kids, Koufax, Favez, Husking Bee, Endpoint, Guilt, Metroschifter, Sunspring, Kinghorse, Spot, Elliott, Falling Forward, The Enkindels, Omaha, Tramlaw, The Pat McClimans Group, Automatic, Automatic 7, Crain, Eleven Eleven (Louisville), The Leftovers, Juliana Theory, Coach, Dawson High, and Saves the Day.
Designer of catalogs, advertisements, and/or packaging for Doghouse Records, Initial Records, Big Wheel Recreation, Vagrant Records, and CityScoot.
Former designer and photo editor for Hasbro.
Past contributor to Louisville Magazine, Louisville Eccentric Observer, CMJ New Music Monthly, and Public Radio International's This American Life.