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Ray Carmen

Homemade art-pop just like Mom used to make!

About Me

"God" and "Lighthouse" are both from my forthcoming instrumental release "Ultra Sound", which will (hopefully) see the light of day and begin blinking furiously sometime in 2008. "7-1-90 (instrumental mix)" and "Abducted" are from the "Hanger 18" reissue. "Brand New Boyfriend" and "Dopey Smiles" are from my new best-of "After Work And On Weekends". I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/28/2005
Band Website: raycarmen.com
Influences: ABBA, Art Bears, Badfinger, Bangles, Beatles, Peter Blegvad, Butthole Surfers, Cocteau Twins, Elvis Costello, The Cramps, Dead Kennedys, Nick Drake, Enya, Fairport Convention, Fred Frith, Genesis, Guided By Voices, Dagmar Krause, Manhattan Transfer, Monkees, R. Stevie Moore, My Dad Is Dead, Martin Newell, Sam Phillips, Queen, Residents, Snakefinger, Tobin Sprout, Richard Thompson, Robert Wyatt, XTC, Yello...many many others...
Sounds Like: Bubble gum-art pop
Record Label: Cut And Paste Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Chick Wowser Show, Podcast 9 and The Cut And Paste Singles Club

I will be a guest on the Chick Wowser Show this Sunday August 10th from 10-11 PM on WAPS-FM 91.3 in Akron, Ohio. This was taped a couple of weeks ago (Chick's on vacation this week, the lucky bastard)...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:52:00 PST

New instrumental track, "God" now online

I've just posted a new instrumental track called God, featuring three guitar tracks smothered in various layers of delays and effects, and one bass guitar track.  It kinda sounds like a cross bet...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:42:00 PST

New Graveyard Rockers tunes uploaded!

Hi Kids! Check out the brand spankin new tunes from The Graveyard Rockers!  Goo-Goo Muck is our version of a 1950s tune infamously covered by our heroes The Cramps, while Werewolf Wiggle is a coo...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:14:00 PST

New track "Lighthouse" posted

Another track from the forthcoming ULTRA SOUND cdr has been posted.  Lighthouse is a six minute-plus ambient track featuring me playing an old Wurlitzer upright piano, electric guitar, bass, and ...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:01:00 PST

"Grace" receives airplay on Europes Radio Marabu

Hey folks,My instrumental tune Grace recently receivedairplay on Europe's Radio Marabu, courtesy of myfriend (and musical collaborator), DJ Don Campau. Healso played a track we wrote together called T...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST

"Music For Inside Piano And Mixing Bowl"

A new ULTRA SOUND track, "Music For Inside Piano And Mixing Bowl", has just been uploaded. Don Campau played the inside of a piano (run through various effects) and I played, uh...the mixing bowl. Not...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:56:00 PST

"Traces 4" now online

A new track called Traces 4 is now online.  It takes the music from Unexpected Thrill (actually, the original complete backing track, which was a tune Ken Clinger and I had written seve...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:19:00 PST

New track "The Unexpected Thrill" uploaded

Hi folks, I have a new track from my forthcoming experimental release ULTRA SOUND called The Unexpected Thrill Of Sweat. The music is by Ken Clinger and myself, with a wonderful spoken ...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:34:00 PST

New track "Driving" now online

Hi, it's, er...me, again... I have just added a new track (from my forthcoming ambient thingy, which I hope to finish sometime next year...) called Driving. Ken Clinger provided the keyboard drone, an...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:11:00 PST

New track uploaded

Hey kids,I have just uploaded a new track called Grace (rough mix), which will be included on my forthcoming all-instrumental/ambient/experimental release, to be called ULTRA SOUND.  Hopefully, t...
Posted by Ray Carmen on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:39:00 PST