Preparation . . .

. . . for a new music release . . .

. . . can be arduous . . .


It can also be fun, exciting, demanding, thought-provoking, doubtful, congratulatory, tedious, labor-intensive, fearful, anxiety-producing, rewarding, reflective, disparaging, encouraging . . . and more . . .

. . . but I just gotta do it!



The Hours
©2016 Raymond M. Jozwiak, from the forthcoming 'No Frills'




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The Ocean City Ditty Video is now on YouTube

My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music is now available at - Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

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Now . . .

. . . Playing

. . . and available at Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak


For his ninth release, Ray Jozwiak has decided to dispense with the hyperbole, intricate poetic descriptions, buzzwords and self-aggrandizing verbal excesses and simply issue a collection of Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak. So here it is.


Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak



Too Many Cowboys
from Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak
©2007 & 2014 Raymond M. Jozwiak
Available April 7, 2015

What do you think?

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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak.  Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com 


My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music is now available at - Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

(To Access all Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano music you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser:  http://http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak)

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http://www.rayjozwiak.com

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Q & A . . .

 . . . for OHO

Q -  I live in the southern part of Maryland, right on the border of DC and MD.  I write for local Okinawan interest articles for the Okinawa Times in Okinawa and ever since I found and bought your tin can set album of Okinawa, I have been wondering if you had some personal connection to the island.  Would you mind telling me your story?  Please excuse me if you were asked the question many times, but I have been unable to find anything, as a mysterious band you are.  Hope to hear from you.

A - The band were brainstorming for a title.  We wanted a title where the "OHO" vowel sound also sounded in the title.  The bassist's father was an American soldier who was stationed in Okinawa, and he had a black silk jacket with your island embroidered on it, which we hung in the studio for inspiration.  So, while not totally random, there is only this fabricated connection to the music.  Little Wing of Refugees, a German record label, apparently took its country's status as a Japanese ally more seriously; & so you have all the South Pacific war imagery in their version of the release.  

BTW OHO stands for the 1st initials of the last names of the band's 3 founding members; what does "OHO" mean in Japanese?

What do you think?

Tell me athttp://www.rayjozwiak.com/guestbook.html  or at
http://www.ohomusic.com 


OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak.  Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com 


My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music is available now at-Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

(To Access all Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano music you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser:  http://http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak)

Also, be sure to visit:
http://www.rayjozwiak.com

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So Is Spring . . .

Coming 

April 7, 2015

to http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak

On April 7,  my latest, digital-download only, solo, instrumental piano music release becomes available at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak which brings you . . . well . . . JUST MORE MUSIC by Ray Jozwiak.  Organic, still anything but mundane, original compositions and improvisation based in jazz but incorporating elements of everything from "A"dderley to "Z"appa. 

". . .equally at home playing Keith Jarrett-style jazz, Steely Dan-style rock and writing and performing classical compositions. . ."

". . .jazzes up the room most mightily. . ."

". . .channels Erroll Garner and sometimes Thelonious Monk, and plays himself into corners that you just don't think he’s going to get out of – but, wait – a quick wriggle and there he is gliding across the open floor. . ." 

JUST MORE MUSIC by Ray Jozwiak will be available through digital distribution only at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak

For a Promotional Copy, Please Contact:

Ray Jozwiak

Website:  http://www.rayjozwiak.com

Email:  pjozwiak@verizon.net

Phone:  410-369-8463

Snail:  1049 Winsford Road

Towson, MD 21204

USA

Butter
©2014 Raymond M. Jozwiak
from Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

What do you think?

Tell me at
http://www.rayjozwiak.com/guestbook.html  or at
http://www.ohomusic.com 


OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak.  Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com 


My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music will be released April 7, 2014  Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

(To Access all Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano music you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser:  http://http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak)

Also, be sure to visit:
http://www.rayjozwiak.com

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Refinement . . .

 . . . of music continues for a potential 2015 solo release.  Original lyrics from 'Until I Tried ' are here, just in case you want to sing along. . .


Words are all that I have to express
All the things I would like to be able to tell you but don't quite know how
Couldn't before and still can't do it now
During all of this time that's transpired little's changed
But a lot has occurred in my thoughts and my feelings for you
Countless superior intellects have searched for answers
I never gave it a whole lot of thought

Until I tried to let you know how much I feel inside
Until I tried to let you know how much I feel inside
For you

I have always believed that it's true
Very few things I'll ever encounter will be quite as precious as you
The magic between us so rare and so new
Though I'm not one of those that you find
Who has always the need to express to so many exactly what he has in mind
I find I have this burning that's deep down inside me
For words I never needed before

Until I tried to let you know how much I feel  inside
Until I tried to let you know how much I feel  inside
for you

I can't imagine ever having my life depend upon eloquence
And maybe it doesn't
But after all this time together it seems long overdue
And in the end it probably doesn't make a difference in how you feel
If I never say it

Now I'm daily rehearsing the way
To articulate every syllable nuance and stress when I say
How much I need to have you here today
And I won't give it up easily
I suspect that it's just as important to you as it is now to me
The words we use themselves have no meaning
So all the more must I make them just right

Now that I try to let you know how much I feel  inside
Until I tried to let you know how much I feel inside
for you


Until I Tried
©2007 Raymond M. Jozwiak
(work-in-progress by Ray Jozwiak for an upcoming digital download release)








What do you think?
Tell me at
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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD)

My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

(or you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser:  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rayjozwiak4)

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Twenty-five. . .

 . . . days

. . . til the release of '2014' .  .  . (pre-order at your iTunes store NOW)



Stick to your guns
Stick to your guns
Don't let nobody make you run
Just stick to your guns

I'm not talking 'bout weapons
Automatic and such
If you have some conviction
Principles mean so much
Principles mean so much

Stick to your guns
Stick to your guns
Don't let nobody make you run
Just stick to your guns
I just want to sing
Hear the many vibrations ring
Maybe my music's not your kind of thing
I've got to get the others listening
I've got to get the others listening

Stick to your guns
Stick to your guns
Don't let nobody make you run
Just stick to your guns

It's a human thing
We're easily led when there are two or three
Two is company and three is a crowd
A group of voices can be very loud
The other voices can be very loud

Stick to your guns
Stick to your guns
Don't let nobody make you run
Just stick to your guns


Stick To Your Guns
(instrumental) ©2013 Raymond M. Jozwiak
from '2014'
available April 8, 2014 at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak




What do you think?
Tell me at
http://www.rayjozwiak.com/guestbook.html 

OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD). 

My latest solo release, Black & White Then Back,
can be downloaded digitally at:

(or you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser:  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rayjozwiak3)

Also, be sure to visit:
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Ooh Bee Ahh Bop . . .

 . . . I take my inspiration from whence it comes, no questions asked . . .

Ooh Bee Ahh Bop is a track on my latest release AMBIENCE & WINE which incorporates digital sampling, in this case of male & female choruses, placed against a pedestrian rhythm or beat.  The melodies are completely improvised but with something very specific in the background which was influencing my ideas on the day of that recording.

“But the fact is, she [the muse] won't be summoned. She alights when it damn well pleases her. She falls in love with one artist, then deserts him for another. She's a real bitch!”
― Erica Jong, Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life

 
Ooh Bee Ahh Bop
(from AMBIENCE & WINE)
©2011 Raymond M. Jozwiak



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