Ray Anthony & PowerSlyde: The Smooth Jazz Ride

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New EP "Bread & Butter" drop June 20th Download the sonic art. It's bootylicious & Groovalicious Baby ! Get yours at: https://rmrayanthonypowerslyde.com/music ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// February 2025 * Fleshing out new music at Sonic Werks Studio diggs. Gotta new EP dropping this summer 2025. Two tracks from the EP have been submitted to the 2025 New Mexico Music Awards for Best Jazz song single and best song Mastering categories. We are also crossing our fingers & toes in hope of being selected to perform at this year's Jacksonville Jazz Festival in May. Stay Frosty my friends and keep that powder dry ! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Ferbruary 2024 * Stay Frosty friends & family and keep that powder dry. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// January 2024 * "U GOT Dis" On Billboard Smooth Jazz charts this week at #143 , Smooth Jazz Network at #135 Smooth Jazz Radio & New World 'n' Jazz Thank you for your suppoprt. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// October 2023 * "U Got Dis" GFA (Going For Adds) to radio October16th. Request the title track "U Got Dis" to play on your favorite Smooth Jazz Internet radio station. Thank you for your support. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// June 2023 * Week Ending 5/29/2023 week 6 Radio Activity For Ray Anthony & PowerSlyde Single : Hit'n The Road Big Ups to Neal at New World 'N' Jazz and Kim at Independent Artist Services for working my single giving me the opportunity to share my music with fans , friends , family and the world. Big love to all the contemporary smooth jazz Internet radio stations and the regional radio stations across the country for increasing the spins for week 6. U Guys Rawk ! Yesterday is history , tomorrow is a mystery , today is a gift from God , which is why we call it the present. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// June 2023 * The music business is very competitive in all genres with the competition being more burtal than others. There is no shortage of talent in the world. Competition is tough and inspires one to work harder. As an independent artist bringing my horn front and center in contemporary smooth jazz I have completely fallen in love with the genre where every artist and their dog plays lead with trumpet or sax which by the way is very cool. There is some low end coolness just a click away. I suggest fans of the genre to do a dance and check out bone players past and present who are rawk'n & funk'n on the horn. It is always exciting and rewarding when finding and listening to new music. Big Ups to all bone players in the genre play'n that low end coolness power horn as the lead. Rawk On ! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// April 2023 * Two songs from my new EP are Finalists for the 2023 New Mexico Music Awards. "Diamond Hands" for Best Original Arrangement Composition. "Burque Kool" for best Instrumental Performance. The dinner & show is May 7th at Sandia Resort & Casino. Tickets are now on sale. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// March 2023 * The new EP and the band will be featured in the May issue of Albuquerque Magazine. The interview will be with journalist Mel Minter who has been covering the city's jazz music seen for the last ten years. Andy Rogulich owner and mastering engineer of Hi M Fi studio made it happen. Looking forward to the interview and Mel's review of the EP. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// December 2023 * " U GOT DIS" EP drop date January 20th 2023. Having an amazing amount of fun bringing my trombone front & center on my new EP. Very excited with the music being ready for your ear buds and the over all vibe of the EP. Wait For It Baby ! ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// October 2022 * "Where Talent Meets Technolgy" is owner mastering engineer Andy Rogulich's operand. A world class music studio (Mix Magazine 2017) right here in Albuquerque NM ! Now that's Burque Kool baby. Andy completed mastering the new EP this week. Topping off the week with an invite to his studio for a listen of my EP at his world class studio full of incredibly awesome audio gear. Sonic Luxury rules the flow on this EP. Wait For It ... //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// October 2022 * My new EP featuring an awesome line up of today's contemporary jazz musicians. Sharing their energy , talent and mojo on these original werks of music. Check these cats out on social media and get this awesome music on your play lists. Nils a guitar extraodinaire plays on all tracks and nailed it in the producer's chair. Johnny Britt plays trumpet & flugle horn on four of the tracks and Rhodes electric piano on one track. Leon Bisquera plays a bravissimo electric piano solo & B3 on one track. Darryl Williams plays bass on four tracks. Oliver Brown plays percussion on all tracks. Gordon Campbell plays drums on four tracks and Eric Valetine plays drums on one track. This project started in August of 2020. We all have experienced lots of challenges during the last two years. For me this EP represents what is possible by living in faith not by sight and the sacrament of reconciliation. Q1 2023 is the forecast for this EP to drop. Capturing this slice of life and the precious commodity of time that I would like to share with you. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// December 2021 * Excited today as the music continues to reveal itself for the new EP. I have been working on a track called "diamond hands" now for a grip of weeks. Finally got the track ready for Nils to take a listen. Now Nils is producing my EP who is a guitar virtuoso and has been one of most successful forces in the Contemporary Smooth Jazz genre with a grip of # 1 hits on the Billboard Smooth Jazz charts including the song of the decade 2001 - 2010 "Pacific Coast Highway" This cat gots da sauce. I get a call from my bruh telling me that this track "has it" he goes on to say Ray I'll put it to you this way. "If you don't wnat this track I do" Wow ! Get'n this phone call from this cat , well for me that's GOAT baby ! We have this track to finish up and then one more after that to complete the music for the EP. I am excited to get all these original tracks from this project over the finish line and in your ear buds. With some hard work and some moxie this coming summer 2023 gonna rawk your soul and funk up your world with my band play'n that sonic luxury Live & In Living Color. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// January 2022 * Got the keyboard refereance track back from Nils today for the track "Diamond Hands" This track is Hot ! and its not even done yet. With Nils on guitar Gorden Campbell on drums and Leon Bisquera on keyboards lay'n down some awesome tracks is amazing and Kool. U guys got some ear candy come'n In ya ear buds baby ! //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// February 2022 * Test positive for faith Keep distance from doubt Isolate from fear U Got This ! //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// July 2022 * I can see the new EP crossing the finish line. Music production is so close to completion. Can't wait to get these tracks into your ear buds. Funk'n hard here at Sonic Werks Studio. Wait for it baby ! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// September 2022 * Finally got all the tracks on the new EP mixed rawk'n and funk'n with quality and character. On deck is to get the ISRC codes for the tracks then off to the mastering engineer's studio make'n em shine just for you. This original music will segue into your ear buds Q1 2023. Wait For It Baby and Stay CCC

June 2018 * Mile High City Party ! Innervision FM radio with Mercury Cafe downtown Denver are throwing a party and hosting the band Thursday night August 2nd 8pm to 11pm. Tickets are available at www.innervisionrecords.org and at the door the night of the concert.

June 2018 * The band has been invited to perform for this years NOLA Downtown Music Festival & Cutting Edge Music Conference. The conference & Festival happens this August. 22nd thru the 25th. Bands will be performing at the U.S. Mint and venues in the lower French Quarter , Frenchmen and St Claude Streets Clubs Districts. The Cutting Edge Business Conference is an annual 4-day event that draws together established and aspiring music industry professionals from around the nation and the world.

http://www.cuttingedgenola.com

July 2018 * Check out some Local , Regional , & Global stats for the band.

www.reverbnation.com/rayanthonypowerslyde

August 2018 * Outbound Music Gravity radio has placed a grip of songs from our debut album "Have Fun" on high rotation. https://outboundmusic.com

August 30th 2018 * New Orleans "Jazz Blues Funk City" and their hospitality It off da hook ! Got to hang at some great spots with awesome musicians. Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club gig was as authentic as it gets. Nola's downtown Music festival was rawk'n the folks visiting the French Quarter. Thx Shaun for the awesome stage mix on Saturday. Thx to Cutting Edge and all the folks who put on the event. Thank you NOLA B dat Funk Vaccination !

March 1st 2019 * This year has started with lots of new music creation in the studio. Hit'n the bricks hustling up gigs is always interesting . Learned today that Music of the Sea a hybrid publishing and licensing company may be interested in my music. The band will find out this month if we have a spot on the line up for the Jacksonville Jazz Festival this summer. This month gonna be awesome !

May 20th 2019 * Our summer single "LOOK'N GOOD TONIGHT" from our Have Fun album going for adds May 27th & May 28th.

June 7th 2019 * The single "Look'n Good Tonight" off to a awesome start ! Most added everywhere from Billboard to Groove Jazz to Radio Wave. Looking forward to see how this week's spins play out.

August 19th 2019 * Negotiations going down with a label out of London Ontario Canada

October 23th 2019 * The title track "Have fun" from my debut album is going for adds Monday 10 /28/2019 Just in time for the holidays. Rawk'n steady & play'n loud.

February 19th 2020 * Well nogatiations with the label out out of Canada appartently has gone south. The music biz can be rough. However you slice it you gotta roll the dice.

It's all good , I am blessed to have God as my manager and producer giving me discernment not being deceived by the ways of the world.

March 16th 2020 * Today starts contributions to local and International Charity Organizations who give assistance to Arts , Humanities , Education , Environment , Health , Human Services , Public & Social Benift.

A portion of digital album & single track sales from our album Ray Anthony & PowerSlyde "Have Fun" are donated to local and International Charity Organizations. If you have a suggestion for a Charity Organization please post the Charity or Organization on this blog for consideration.

March 17th 2020 * Work in the studio continues on the new EP. Got two tracks closer to final mix down. Working with my new faderport production controller sure does makes the flow smoother. I like using real faders and not the mouse all the time. Plus the faderport expedites tasks with lots of kool short cuts. Considering giving a sneak preview of some tracks once they start sounding decent.

March 28th 2020 * The coronavirus economic outlook that has effected the U.S. hinges on two things. How long does the U.S. have to stay in the coronavirus shutdown mode ? And how pervasive are the restrictions across the U.S. ? In the best case , recovery starts in May. In the worst case , a nationwide coronavirus shutdown extends through June. All perdictions about the coronavirus's economic impact come with a huge margin of error. Economists can't assume that the virus fades away with heat and humidity. Super effective viral meds could be a game changer. If enough people contract the virus and develop immunity , transmission could become harder.

Be the best you can be. Every day counts.

March 30th 2020 * There is a sweet deal going on for these two plug Ins. Waves Q10 Equalizer and Waves MV2 Compressor. Iam tempted to pull the tigger on these two. Just what I need more plug Ins ?

April 3rd 2020 * Got some new gear that will help out the audio when video recording with the android. This month is jazz appreciation month. Born in America enjoyed world wide. Love each other , care about each other and be charitable.

Things that are visible are brief and fleeting , while things that are invisible are everlasting.

April 5th 2020 * Nils an awesome producer , composer and guitarists with a number of great albums to his credit is releasing his latest album April 17th 2020. "Caught In The Groove" Nils is based in Los Angeles CA and will be releasing his offical video on youtube April 18th. The video features the album's single with friends and fans groove'n to the music. Nils asked me to share some video and gave me the opportunity to be part of his album's single

"Caught In The Groove"

https://youtu.be/bB1m7LjiobM?

April 12th 2020 * This year , Easter will be quiet , intimate communion with Jesus... and thats ok. May it change the way we look at Easter May it change the way we worship May it change the way we live our lives forever.

Happy Easter Friends and Family.

April 15th 2020 * Individual commitment to a group effort

that is what makes a team work , a company work , a society work , a civilization work.

April 16th 2020 * The band's gig at Tractor Brewing Four Hills tap room this Friday night is canceled raised in censure with NM state public health restrictions due to to COVID - 19

We continue to support local business , local musicans and local front line essential workers.

April 18th 2020 My Man Nils Premired his new record's video today. The single and the name of his album

"Caught In The Groove" Check it out It's groovalicious !

https://youtu.be/bB1m7LjiobM

April 20th 2020 * DO NOT BE AFRAID for I am with you. Hear me saying "Peace be still," to your restless heart. No matter what happens I will never leave you or forsake you. Let the assurance soak into into your mind and heart until you overflow with joy. Though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea , you need not fear !

The media relentlessly proclaim bad news : for breakfast , lunch , and dinner. A steady diet of their fare will sicken you. Instead of focusing on fickle , ever - changing news broadcasts tune in to the living word - The One who is always the same.

Let scripture saturate your mind and heart , and you will walk steadily along the path of life. Even though you don't know what will happen tomorrow , you can be absolutely sure of your ultimate destinatiion. I hold you by your right hand , and afterward I will take you into Glory.

May 3rd 2020 * Nationwide small business and our local small business has suffered. This also includes local music creators & writers who have had to cancel tours performances lost recording sessions and other sources.

ASCAP has launched Music Unites Us , a COVID - 19 resource center that is being updated regulary with info on how to stay healthy , creative and financially stable.

www.ascap.com/musicunitesus

May 4th 2020 * Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is receiving more and more attention now that policy makers are pursuing extraodinary econmic policy measures to deal with the false flag COVID - 19. According to these professor's observations.

MMT is not a sound or proven money system for this blue collar deplorable.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/modern-monetary-theory-is-not-helicopter-money-by-yeva-nersisyan-and-l-randall-wray-2020-04

May 5th 2020 * Thank you friends and family for your contributions and taking time out of your life to listen to my music. March 16th 2020 started our donations to local and international charity organizations. A portion of digital sales continue to be donated by your support through streaming purchases of album and single tracks at all digital stores , streaming services and internet radio stations.

Thank you

www.rayanthonypowerslyde.com

May 11th 2020 * Taken the view that getting a PH.D. in economics is a major handicap when it comes to understanding the economy. They teach you a lot of nonsense ( the Phillips curve, "wealth effect," efficient markets, comparative advantage ) and then require you to create closed - formed equations with advanced calculus that bear no relationship to the real world. If you want to understand the economy, talk to your neighbors and get out of your bubble. The economy is nothing more than the sum total of all of the complex interactions of the people who make up the economy. Common sense, anecdotal information and direct observation are better than phony models every time. So what are everyday Americans actually saying ? According to this article

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nearly-9-in-10-fear-economy-will-collapse-during-coronavirus-shutdowns

89% of Americans expect the Wuhan virus pandemic could cause a collapse of the U.S. economy. This view is shared by Republicans and Democrats alike. Ph.D. economists dislike anecdotal information because it's hard to quantify and does not fit into their neat and tidy (but wrong) equations. Here's a clue. There's something called the "self-fulfilling prophesy."

It means that enough people belive something, it becomes true (even if it was not true to begin with) because people behave according to the expectation and cause it to happen. The technical name for this is a recursive function ( also known as a "feedback loop"). Whatever you call it, it's happening now. Based on that view (and a lot of evidence), the forecast that the depression will get much worse from here despite the initial severity is high. The Ph.D. crowd will be the last to know.

May 13th 2020 * The band's gig this Saturday night at Marble Heights Tap Room is postponed raised in censure with NM state health restrictions due to Covid - 19. The band continues to move forward supporting local business , local musicans and our friends and family.

May 28th 2020 * In a world of unrelenting changes , I am the One who never changes, I am the Alpha and Omega ,the first and the last , the beginning and the end. Find in Me the stability for which you have yearned.

May 31st 2020 * Make sure that you test positive for faith. Keep distance from doubt , and isolate from fear.

In God We Trust

June 1st 2020 * I am involved in each moment of your life. I have carefully mapped out every inch of your journey through life this day , even though much of it may feel haphazard. Because the world is in a fallen condition , things always seem to be un raveling around the edges. Expect to find trouble in this day. At the same time , trust that my way is perfect , even in the midst of such messy imperfection. Stay conscious of Me as you go through this day , remembering that I never leave your side. Let the Holy Spirit guide you step by step , protecting you from unnecessary trails and equiping you to get through whatever must be endured. As you trudge through the sluge of this fallen world , keep your mind on heavenly places with Me. Thus the light of my presence shines on you , giving you Peace and Joy that circumstances cannot touch.

June 4th 2020 * The way to walk through demanding days is to grip my hand tightly and stay in close communication with Me. Let your thoughts and spoken words be richly flavored with trust and thankfulness. Regardless of the days problems , I can keep you in perfect Peace as you stay close to Me.

June 7th 2020 * " When the people fear the goverment there is tyranny. When the goverment fears the people there is liberty."

-Thomas Jefferson-

June 8th 2020 * On Sunday , The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Bob Woodson who argued that hostility towards the police has hurt black people. It's more class than it is race... and now race is being used to deflect attention away from the failures of people and those institutions , "he added. " The question is why are black kids failing in school systems run by their own people ? " When Eric Holder was U.S. Attorney in Washington , D.C. , a lot of young people were shot by the police , but they were black police shooting black kids and not one was prosecuted. But there was no public outcry because as long as illegality or evil wears a black face , then it escapes detection and that's what's wrong with looking life through the prism of race. "In the past 50 years , $22 trillion has been spent on proverty programs. Seventy percent goes not to the poor but to those who serve poor people , "he said. " So many of those people taking office use this money to create a class of people who are running the inner cities , and now after 50 years of liberal Democrats running the inner cities , where we have all of these inequities that we have , race is being used as a ruse , as a means of deflecting attention away from critical questions such as why are poor blacks failing in systems run by their own people ?

Civil rights veteran - Bob Woodson -

June 9th 2020 * The band has been asked to be part of the 28th Annual NOLA Cutting Edge 2020 Music shows. Due to the Covid - 19 pandemic the promoters have been forced to alter the original dates of the shows and plan virtual activities later in the fall. In 2018 the band played New Orlean's French Quarter at a well known jazz club called Sweet Lorraine's. We also played the NOLA Downtown jazz festival that year.

Thank you Cutting Edge for inviting the band back to your event this year.

June 18th 2020 * The band's show this Saturday has been postponed at Rio Bravo Brewing Co. Censured due to covid -19 and NM health restrictions. The band continues to support all local business. Ray Anthony & PowerSlyde's Power Funk is on at Gravity Radio and is streaming on your favorite music platform. Wishing you strength , health and creativity.

www.rayanthonypowerslyde.com

July 17th 2020 * I don't want to to give up on anyone , however if you belive your gonna die from fresh air sunlight , and hugs. I might have to move forward without you.

Test positive for faith , keep distance from doubt , and isolate from fear. Praying for strength , health and creativity for you and yours.

September 21/2020 * re - arrangement of studio equipment & insturments go'n down. Get'n everything touchable and mojoable for music production.

October 5th 2020 * Big Ups to Dan & Danni Mathis of Gentlemen bastards Film Works for the the band's very first Music video

"B WIT CHA" Thanks for the bro deal guys. Mean while back at the ranch got the studio wired up and ready to rawk. Back to work on the new EP !

October 7th 2020 * The band has been asked to be part of the NOLA Cutting Edge music festival this year. However due to circumstances that we all find ourselfs facing the event has gone virtual. The band is participating in the Cutting Edge 28 Virtual Song video Challenge. Voting has started and is open from Oct 5th through Oct 17th CST.

To vote go to https://woobox.com/vh745i/gallery

Jan 4th 2021 * Music flow'n In on the new EP. Bavarian bru Nils is in the producer's chair with his awesomeness in the studio. Get'n the " joie de virve " on my original music is groovealicous.

Jan 22nd 2021 * Got the first track"Sweet wit cha" done for the EP.

Very happy with the finnal track mix down and arragement. This track is ready to rawk for mastering. Production and arrangements starts this coming week on the next track titled "Hit'n The Road"

March 13th 2021 * In my musical journey I have yet to take an "official" music lesson , however I have experienced many musical lessons and life lessons working and performing as a musician. I continue to be blessed with this gift of music and this journey we call life. As for me I have forgotten about tradition a long time ago and when I play it is who I am. A great guitarist and composer once told me "you don't want your play'n to sound to schoolboy - ish " An't no schoolboy here ! This is a good read by Michael Lake an awesome altobone player and musician. Here is a portion of that read from his website titled - "IS JAZZ IN DANGER OF BECOMING A CARICATURE OF IT SELF ?"

Transcrption and modeling great improvisations is a wonderful tool for learning the jazz language. Using the tool as a means to feel in your head and hands the masters flow through the changes. Don't use that transcription as the substance of your solo and a lazy replacement for fresh spontaneous jazz composition. Are we overcome by the thrill of technical fluency beyond what we can organically project through our instrument ? And even if one is not chasing after fluency per se , there is that pervasive guilt of not playing up to "the standard" keeping up with the musical Joneses. Nothing wrong with striving for better / more fluent technical chops , but chops are the means to your musical expression , not the end. Perhaps the antidote , just for a moment , is to forget about how you "should " sound , and instead listen to how you DO sound and more importantly , how you want to sound. Where will you find that music within you ? Start by listening to the voice within your musical imagination. I know you've heard it but perhaps it is to often drowned out by the noise of obligatory imitation and blinded by the letters and the dots on the printed page.

- Michael Lake

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The Smooth Jazz Ride

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