Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Closing . . .

. . . or 'coming in for the kill' 

(from https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/ways-to-end-your-sales-presentation-with-a-bang)
1. Go back to your opening anecdote or idea
2. End with a challenge
3. Invite your audience on a metaphorical mission
4. Use repetition for a dramatic close
5. Offer inspiration
6. Surface their objections
7. Tell a story
8. Ask an unusual question
9. End with a quote

(from me)
1. Hope you'll buy my music at apple music ray jozwiak 
or https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0015LMUMY/ray-jozwiak
or other online retailer
2. If you'll buy my music at apple music ray jozwiak 
or https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0015LMUMY/ray-jozwiak
or other online retailer - I will be SOOO grateful
3. Let's say you bought my music at apple music ray jozwiak 
or https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0015LMUMY/ray-jozwiak
or other online retailer, you would now being enjoying the music
4. See all above - DA!  DAHHH!!!!
5. Buying my music at apple music ray jozwiak 
or https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0015LMUMY/ray-jozwiak
or other online retailer could make you a better person and you could help your fellow man
6. If you feel it's too much trouble to buy my music at apple music ray jozwiak 
or https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0015LMUMY/ray-jozwiak
or other online retailer, it really NOT.  It's easy.
7. Once upon a time, I began selling my music at apple music ray jozwiak 
or https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0015LMUMY/ray-jozwiak
or other online retailer. I hope you'll buy some and tell all your friends and
that you all live happily ever after.
8. Why is a mouse when it spins?
9. “Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST.” 
― Frank Zappa


Moment
- ©2021 Raymond M. Jozwiak 
from the forthcoming (June 2022) album 'Grains'



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Monday, December 27, 2021

More Radio . . .


The acoustic, baby grand piano is my tool of choice for constructing my original jazz melodies and improvisational piano music. But I also incorporate electronics, midi, synths, samples, etc into my recordings. When I'm not at the piano, I revel in the opportunity to make music with my long-time friends Jay (Graboski) and David (Reeve) as OHO, in the sacred tradition of that formidable, Baltimore-area musical collective. . . . I would love to hear from you. Please share your comments, suggestions, thoughts, etc., by sending an email. You can also sign-up to receive all the latest Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano news and updates. 


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Sunday, December 26, 2021

Progress . . .

 f

(from Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow)
". . . In treating yellow fever, (Dr. Benjamin) Rush adopted an approach that now sounds barbaric: he bled and purged the victim, a process frightful to behold. He emptied the patient's bowels four or five times using a gruesome mixture of potions and enemas, before draining off ten to twelve ounces of blood to lower the pulse. For good measure, he induced mild vomiting. This regimen was repeated two or three times daily. Rush was a man of exemplary courage, but it is questionable whether he saved lives or only hastened deaths by weakening the body's natural defenses. . . Hamilton's boyhood friend from St. Croix, Edward Stevens, had turned up in Philadelphia and now attended the couple (Eliza and Alexander Hamilton-both afflicted with yellow fever) . . . Having treated yellow fever victims in the islands, Stevens dissented from the American dogma of bloodletting and bowel pages, which he thought only debilitated patients. He argued for remedies that were "cordial, stimulating, and tonic." To strengthen patients, Stevens administered stiff doses of quinine called "Peruvian bark" as well as aged Madeira. He also submerged them in cold baths before giving them glasses of brandy topped with burned cinnamon. He sedated patient nightly with a tincture of opium (laudanum). To stop vomiting, patients quaffed an aromatic blend of camomile flowers, oil of peppermint, and lavender spirits. . . Stevens achieved spectacular results with Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton, curing them within five days. . . "


Progress

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Saturday, December 25, 2021

Tis . . .

 


the OHO season!!
. . . if you have the correct perspective!


Well I'll Be
- OHO



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Friday, December 24, 2021

Think Not? . . .

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It won’t happen.
Turmoil’s not round the bend for us.
All controls are in place;
Neat in their space

See the keeper’s
Keeping vigilant watch
Through a window obscured.
This I assure.

It just can’t
Happen here.

No one saw it 
Sneaking up round the corner. Was
Like a thief in the night
Without a fight.

Quite the artist.
Candy-coating what he’s saying
For his own selfish means. 
That’s how he leans.

Advocate progressive-sounding ideas.
Tell the people what they want to hear.

There’s no hiding
Dissatisfaction you feel. 
Keeps on burning inside.
Still you abide. 


 Can't
- from the forthcoming album 'Grains' 
by Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano
 



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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Homegrown . . .


In case you missed it, OHO (Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak) appeared on WTMD-FM 89.7, Towson, MD radio in October on Kelly Bell's 'Homegrown Headliner' segment.  Listen to the segment by clicking the link below to hear about the band and listen to the Ocean City Ditty (from OHO's GAZEBO album). Also check out the website https://ohomusic.com.


Kelly Bell's Homegrown Headliner, WTMD-FM89.7 Oct 6, 2021
Hear the segment and OHO's Ocean City Ditty



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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Epilog . . .

 


. . . was actually the mid-section of Third-Hand Intelligence in its original, instrumental form, pre-OHO's Gazebo version came to be. I wanted some space on which to improvise on piano, without making the instrumental tune too long, therefore I separated it and made it a separate song (track).  This is it, in all its glorious imperfection. It served as an Epilogue to the Critic's Choice album in 2005. 




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