Process. . .

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Much of OHO's music during my tenure with the outfit during the past ten-plus years, has been created through a careful, slow, meticulous, and thoughtful process.  The tune 'Third-Hand Intelligence', which you can access below, is one such example. The original song was a 12/8 ballad, in the style of many pop hits from the 1950s and 60s. Jay took that raw material and completely revised the beat to more of a rock one and sped the tempo up a bit. He also added the middle-section, in an un-conventional time-signature to replace the original piano solo. Jay's impeccable vocals, harmonies (and much, much more music-stuff) added by Bill Pratt with the usual top-notch percussing by David transformed the piece into the booty-shaking version that appears on 2018's GAZEBO by the band. Quite an accomplishment, if I do say so myself.

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        Black & White Then Back

Archive . . .

 . . . in lo-fi

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Historical document

This well may be. 

It documents music

Which was made by me

Quite awhile ago

With fewer grey hairs

As you can well see.

The post says oh-eight

But in reality,

It was probably oh-four

When this came to be

In all of its glorious 

Low fidelity.

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            Ambience & Wine

Back . . .

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. . . in the day,

But not too long ago,

Things were so different,

But maybe not quite so. . . 

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            Another Shot

Unique . . .

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What do I know about happiness?

Do I possess some kind of key

To things that no one else can see?

Just as far back as my memory goes,

Sometimes it seemed I was alone

Only my point of view and me.

As I reflect,

Some disconnect 

Could be afflicting me.

Am I just one

Under the sun,

Or am I quite unique?

Others speak out very easily,

No fear about who may get hurt

By words so hastily dispensed.

For some reason I step back away.

I hesitate to be so bold as to 

Presume some insight gained.

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For The Ride

Help . . .

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Sean's reply is not the issue. This is not directed at him or his response to my query, nor is my complaint directly related to his particular issue. But I am dismayed nevertheless. . . CD Baby used to provide an email address to which problems could be addressed by a real person within a reasonable time period. CD Baby has now moved to the "Apple" model of customer service, meaning, there IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE. Both Apple and CD Baby are simply too smart to bother providing a real contact and both think that all their pre-packaged help tools can solve ANY and ALL problems. Maybe that's true, but I doubt it. My complaint is that I generally cannot find my issue within all the articles to which they refer me and in many cases the 'chat' features don't understand what I tell them. There should be a live person that can be contacted by email. I don't need instantaneous gratification, I can wait a few days. But I do not have the time, patience nor technical expertise to decipher the answer to my problem from a pile of articles presented to me under the guise of HELP. 

Help
- The Beatles

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                               Put A Finger On It

From Across . . .

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Jonny came from far across the sea

Looking for some opportunity.

In his land there's almost none.

He's only one of many millions.

No one told him streets were paved with gold

Like they used to in the days of old.

But he heard from some who knew

Of all the things to do,

He could accomplish

Searching for glorious freedom 

Here in America.

He can be anything

He wants to be.

With his wealth accumulating, 

And he's got every liberty,

Deep in his heart he knows he

Never will be free.

Jonny took a wife they had a child

A year or two before they came stateside.

And he had such big brown eyes,

Too young to realize what he was seeing.

On the surface one would never guess

That this family wasn't quite as blessed

As you might believe they were.

He isn't sure of her

Or where they're heading.

Someone from oh so long ago still remains

Firmly embedded in his soul.

She wasn't of the same persuasion as he.

His friends and family convinced him

That it couldn't be.

Broken hearts take time.

Broken hearts take time to heal.

When he finally felt the strength he'd need

To live the kind of life he'd like to lead.

As the heartache dulled with time,

Made up his mind,

Back when he married.

Realizing that he'd never find 

The true companion that he had in mind,

Like the one he almost had.

He placed a wanted ad

In the local paper.  

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                 Critic’s Choice

Pre-Save . . .

What is a pre-save? A pre-save is the streaming equivalent of a pre-order. Unlike CDs and vinyl, digital music doesn't need to be physically delivered. But music on streaming services does still have release dates. A pre-save lets fans place a “virtual order” on an upcoming release.

"Pre-Save" the album Grains
- forthcoming from Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano, June 7, 2022

Hear Grains on SOUNDCLOUD by clicking HERE 
     

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                   Chromatose