Ray's Diner Music

I have had the priveledge of singing with different bands and individuals throughout the years. Some of the other band members are no longer alive today and some others are still in far-away countries throughout the world.

I know that my poor portrayal and presentation of the music could never fully do justice to either the music or the message or the messenger. Those that I have played with I truely miss. I want to put these songs down and into the hands of others before they are lost and gone and forgotten. I hope that in hearing these songs, something in your life is better because of it.

These songs are meant to be shared and performed! It has been the goal of "Ray's Music" and Arcon Studio to present the general idea of how the song fits together and could be done. Because the songs are meant to be shared via other performers they are kept simple, usually limited to 4 or 5 instruments (Drums, Guitar 1, Lead Guitar, Vocal, Keyboards and Bass tracks) so that the songs can sound the same live. If musicians want to perform the songs, they can be arranged and ramped up or entirely stripped and scaled down to a single guitar if necessary. If studio musicians want to re-arrange the song, it can be taken out of the rough and polished to perfection as they see it.

Ray's Music is the product of many years of singing in night spots, clubs, coffee houses etc. Over the years I'v sung all over the world with a lot of different musicians. We were writing songs and performing and the songs here come from that era. Some of the original musicians are still playing in far flung places. Ray's Music is a collection of music pieces acquired over the years as well as some new material.

As you can probably tell, the music is done "live" without loops, synths, sequencing, sampling or extensive multiple takes or extensive MIDI orchestration. By presenting the music in this way the songs can be recreated using live performances on stage . Also the songs can be scaled up with more instrumentation or down with less as needed by whoever. I've sung them several different ways throughout the years, depending on my audience, which includes using a single guitar at park benches.

Hopefully you will enjoy the wide variety of music. Let me know what you think by contacting me by email