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Ray’s Music Exchange is back! With a DVD release party and amazing performance at the Southgate House

Cincinnati’s own jam/funk/jazz ambassadors, Ray’s Music Exchange, reunited with RME alumni along with many special guests on October 8th at the historic Southgate House for an epic night of music to celebrate the release of their first live concert DVD “A Live Rayunion”.

 

Cincinnati – Ray’s Music Exchange has become a Cincinnati Jazz/funk/groove institution whose legend, roster of past musicians, and influence spreads from coast to coast. After the success of last year’s inaugural Ray’s Reunion Show, the first live show from the band in 5 years, yielded both excited fans and reinvigorated band members as well as a forthcoming DVD of the show, they have decided to make the reunion an annual event. The reunion featured songs from the Ray’s Music Exchange catalog as well as musical tributes and covers of their musical heroes like Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder and more.
The band this year featured members from past Ray’s Music Exchange albums/lineups as well as some new faces and special guests. Complete with lighting and visual stimulation from Big Bang Productions. It was a show not to be missed.

Ray’s Music Exchange alumni on the stage included: Brad Myers, Nicholas Blasky, Joe McLean, Paul Hogan, Michael Mavridoglou, Matthew Hawkins,
Jason Smart, Eli Hludzik, Nicholas Mavridoglou and Steve Kortyka. In addition, there will be special guest musicians including: Cincinnati favorite Steve Schmidt, Brian Batchelor-Glader from Eclipse, Savoy Truffle – a tribute to Beatles’ album tracks and vocalist Jackie Chitwood.

 

• The full photo gallery of this year’s show is available here:
Ray’s Music Exchange Reunion 10/8/11 Southgate House– Newport, KY-The Noble Visions Photo Gallery

 

Visit our YouTube page to see a couple of clips from the show (taken with an iPhone, but still, not bad). While there 'Subscribe' to get updates of new posts.

Brill Creative develops new packaging for the Live DVD

Dan Brill of Brill Creative teamed up with Brad Myers of Ray's Music Exchange to develop the DVD Digipac art for the new Live DVD being put out by the band. Armed with photography provided by Noble Visions, copy and content from Brad and specs from DiscMakers, Dan dove into the project. "We produced a couple of initial concepts and quickly narrowed it down to the one we wanted to run with" says Brill. The process was pretty smooth and painless. It had to be, as there was little time to get the art ready and have the product produced in time for the scheduled event. The end product turned out very sharp.

 

The First Live Concert DVD Ever Available from RME Featuring Over 2 Hours of Live Footage
• Includes Three Unreleased Original Tunes: “Worthville Shuffle”, “Furley’s Comet”, “El Padrino” and Two Rockin’ Cover Songs:
“Long Distance Operator” (Bob Dylan) and “Magic Fingers” (Frank Zappa)
• Includes Audio MP3 files of each song. (Insert into DVD-ROM drive) • Includes Live Concert Photo Gallery

 

Check out any of the places listed below to get your copy:

• Everybody's Records — (866) 620-5749 / 6106 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213-1402

• Mole's — (513) 861-6291 / 111 Calhoun St., Cincinnati, OH 45219

• Shake It Records / (513) 591-0123 / 4156 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45223

... more to come

Official show print by Dan Brill of Brill Creative

• A limited number 4 color, 19x25" hand pulled art prints from the Oct. 8th, 2011 show are still available for purchase online - CLICK HERE

 

• The full photo gallery of last year’s show is available here:
Ray’s Music Exchange Reunion 7/9/10 Play By Play – Cincinnati, Ohio -The Noble Visions Photo Gallery