50 years. 160+ albums.
For over 50 years, Rupert Hine has been writing and producing music for a variety of bestselling artists.
"few producers have worked with as wide a stylistic range of gold and platinum-selling artists as Hine"
Songwriter, Composer, Musician & Director
As a songwriter, Rupert's talents have reached far beyond his own albums. Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Wilson-Phillips and Dusty Springfield are among the million-selling artists who have recorded his songs.As a composer and musician he has both scored movies and contributed songs in films that include Skolomovski's 'The Shout', cult classic 'Better Off Dead' and James Bond's 'Goldeneye.'
Rupert has also directed many videos for the artists he has produced.
One World, One Voice
A ground-breaking project in 1990 for the BBC with Kevin Godley, 'One World, One Voice', assembled 300 musicians worldwide to create the first global composition for mankind. In the form of a musical chain-letter, it travelled the world with Hine improvising its form on the fly. The grand spectacle was ultimately seen by more than 200,000,000 people in 26 countries on the same night!
In 2020, the project celebrates its 30th Anniversary - visit the dedicated site below.
Leader of Technology
As a leader rather than a follower when it comes to technology, Rupert pioneered electronic musical instrument interfaces with the fledgling MIDI. Invited by Apple in the 90s to help demonstrate the powers of their ground-breaking software engines to the music-world's creative thinkers, Rupert has consistently championed the incorporation of the digital environment into art and creativity.
In October 2011 tech writer, entrepreneur (and fan) Alan Graham contacted Rupert from California. After several months of exchanging news and views on planet earth, Alan announced that he would be moving to London, England, accompanying his wife’s change of location with Apple iTunes Marketing. This music-loving tech guy and this tech-loving music guy pretty soon hit it off with regard to new ideas for young artists (if not all artists) to cultivate their musical world via the online community. This notion became REBOOT and, after Rupert attended the World Creators' Summit in Washington in 2013, became the start of an initiative in 2013 called One-Click Licence.
"I've always felt that if you learn by what you hear, rather than by what you're told or what you read, it's the best way of finding out what you really want to say"
"I've always felt that if you learn by what you hear, rather than by what you're told or what you read, it's the best way of finding out what you really want to say"
Public Speaker
Rupert's unique musical and artistic diversity has made him an authority on creative communication and one of the most engaging and inspirational speakers of the moment.
A small handful of Rupert's speaking engagements
