The In's and Out's of Tour and Production management, especially during tough times. Ray gets Real. Ep.31

Dug and long time friend Ray Amico get Real On... The state of the touring industry during such crazy COVID-19 times. What the future holds and what's next. They then get a little into some philosophy on how to reimagine the industry and beyond!

Ray Amico is a multi-faceted musician/composer/producer/studio engineer for over 30 years, known as the guitar player in the legendary NY Bizarre-Core band, SIX AND VIOLENCE as well as a veteran Tour Manager, Production Manager, FOH Sound Engineer, and Tour Accountant. BIOGRAPHY Born in Brooklyn, N.Y in the late ’60s, Ray started out in the early 80's first as a musician, then as a producer and studio engineer. Ray worked for several years in various NYC studios, as an engineer for A&M Records, working on projects for artists such as Celine Dion, Taylor Dayne, Mariah Carey, Cheap Trick, Norman Bates & The Showerheads and many, many others. From the mid-’80s through the late 2000s, Ray was best known as the guitarist for the NY Bizarre-Core Band, SIX AND VIOLENCE, who were known on the scene for their radically strange music and stage shows, which drew notice from Ian Anderson of JETHRO TULL, who loved the band so much that he played flute on two songs for their 1989 debut album, “Lettuce Prey”; the same year that JETHRO TULL controversially won the Grammy for “Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Recording”. After several years in the studio, Ray found that several of the artists that he had been working with started asking him to go on the road with them, doing their FOH Live sound, as well as taking care of responsibilities as Tour Manager / Production Manager, with the skills that could cover all of the different types of things that happen on the road. Over the last 25+ years, Ray had been on the road almost constantly, working with artists internationally, at every possible level. Ray has toured with a wide diversity of artists over the years, in multiple positions, from Toni Braxton to John Fogerty, George Lopez, Dane Cook, Smash Mouth, Ke$ha, DEVO, Fiona Apple, Sublime With Rome, The Cult, Jane’s Addiction, 2 Skinnee J’s, Jimmy Cliff, Zucchero, Panic! At The Disco, Dream Theater, “Weird Al” Yankovic, System Of A Down, Nancy Sinatra, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Eric Johnson, Chic with Nile Rodgers, Beastie Boys, Sinead O’Connor, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Jim Gaffigan, as well as many, many others. As of March 2020, Ray was on a Central, South & North American tour with the Italian artist Eros Ramazzotti when the international Coronavirus Pandemic struck, ending that and seemingly every other tour and event, for the undetermined future. After moving to Rome, Italy in 2004 Ray released his first solo album as TYRANASSAURUS RAY, called “The Never-Ending Battle Of Fear”, a compilation of Ray’s demos and recordings from all over the world. While living in Rome, Ray was introduced by a mutual friend to Eddie Zengeni, who along with Ray has a deep love, knowledge, and fascination with Mob-related films such as “The Godfather” and “GoodFellas”, as well as a passion for all types of music. While working for years as Tour & Production Manager for the band DEVO, Ray met his future wife Michelle, who was DEVO’s secretary at their MUTATO MUZIKA STUDIOS in LA. After moving back to the states, Ray married his loving wife Michelle in 2009 and adopted both of her children, Michael and Matthew. In 2016 Eddie Zengeni approached Ray with a project: Eddie was writing, producing, and starring in his own independent street-gangster film set in Rome, Italy called “UNREDEEMED”, and asked Ray if he would write and record the entire soundtrack and score for the film. Ray asked one of his closest friends, keyboardist/producer Michael Klooster of the band SMASH MOUTH to be his co-musical director of the film and for the two of them to collaborate on the entire soundtrack and score of the film, consisting of a wide variety of styles, and accompanied by the talented Josh Mighell on drums/percussion. Along with contributions on various songs from a variety of friends, the talented singer Fiona Apple also supplied inspiration as an Associate Producer of the film. Ray has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from CUNY Queens College and is extremely passionate about the loves of his life: his wife Michelle, his NY Mets, his puppy dogs, and music.

Ray Amico contact info: misosuperay@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/ray-amico-811859

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