Rasmus Birk

Associate Professor, Guitar, Ensemble Teaching

Associate Professor Rasmus Birk is a guitarist, composer, producer, and performing musician, teaching at The Royal Academy of Music (RAMA) – Aalborg. RB teaches in rhythmic guitar (pop/jazz), ensemble playing, music technology, music theory/composition, various flex-courses and he’s responsible for the the sound studio.

Education
Diploma-educated Rhythmic Music Teacher from Nordjysk Music Conservatory, Aalborg.

Study
Drummers Collective in New York
“The Rhythmic High School”, DK – the sound engineering line.

Musician
Broad experience with, for example: theater, tv, symphony orchestra, and many different genres through other musical tasks e.g: rock, pop, jazz, funk, fusion, etc.
“The Sum Of Me” (RB Records 2011), and an experienced bandleader in many different situations. Here’s an original composition from RB featuring world class fusion musician Michael Ruff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8mhFLTrpJA

Teacher
RB has taught guitar at all levels since the age of 18, and is now teaching at all levels at RAMA’s IM-educations: bachelor, masters and the soloist programme.
MGK Aalborg, guitar workshops at home and abroad, guest teacher at Aalborg University.

RB is endorsed by: www.lunastonepedals.com, Noatronic – onboard expression system (Footage from The NAMM Show 2020 & www.caveman-audio.com

RB is the featured artist in the review of the Caveman Audio AP-1 in the well renowned Sound On Sound Magazine 5/7-2022: www.soundonsound.com/news/caveman-audio-ap1, and a featured artist in the Danish YouTube show “Danske Guitarister” (Danish Guitarists): Rasmus Birk – Danske Guitarister

Research projects:

• Multiple Strings Attached
• Crossover Compositions
• Akkompagnement, Groove and Improvisation (in danish and english)