Check out the awesome Next BigThing video from IPO!

Gary Pig Gold just sent me this incredible video of his band The Next Big Thing performing the Everly Brothers' classic Bye Bye Love at the International Pop Overthrow Festival, November 6, 2009. Thanks Gary!!! (I wish I had been there!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ik_5HxeMs0

And if you haven't heard their incredible debut NBT-4-CNP, send $5.00 pronto to Cut And Paste Records 2996Upham Dr Akron OH 44319. Make checks or money orders payable to Ray Carmen.

Happy Krimble!

New Christmas email single out next week

The December 2009 installment in the Cut And Paste Records Email Singles Club will be my version of Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) b/w Joy To The World. The mp3s will be emailed to club members next week. If you're not a member and want one just email me at cutandpasterecords@yahoo.com and let me know, and I'll send you one. And for those of you that signed up this year thanks for doing so (I hope you liked at least some of the mp3s I sent you! :)) and I hope everyone has a Happy Christmas!

Ray

I'll be playing The International Pop Overthrow festival in Cleveland this weekend...

I will be playing a half hour solo set as part of the International Pop Overthrow festival this year. This will be the first year the festival will be in Cleveland, and I will be opening the second evening which is being held at the Beachland Ballroom in Lakewood, OH. I will be playing from 8:00-8:30 pm, and I will be assisted by my friend Doug Wofsey on electric guitar.

For more information go to the IPO's web site: www.internationalpopoverthrow.com, and click on "Cleveland schedule".

Also appearing that night will be Paranoid Lovesick, the awesome Rainy Day Saints, and four other bands. A splendid time is guarenteed for all. Hope to see you there!

EP price reduction

All EPs in my catalog are now $3.00 each postage paid, instead of $5.00. Just doing my bit to help the economy... :)

Visit the Living Archive Of Underground Music

My friend Don Campau has published an amazing web page on the history of 1980s-1990s cassette culture underground music. This is a great place to find out what it was all about, how it started, who the key figures were, etc. The underground music scene is as big as ever and continues to thrive in the age of cd-rs, mp3s, wave files, etc. but this is where it all started. Check it out:

http://www.doncampau.com/livingarchive.htm

Thanks Don for your incredible hard work.

Ray

BIG MISTAKE out right now

Ray Carmen and R. Stevie Moore

Big Mistake

CAP-47

1. Ray Carmen Old School Old Fool version (5:14)

2. R. Stevie Moore Conscientious Objector version (5:11)

3. RC instrumental track (2:45)

4. RSM instrumental mix one (5:11)

5. RSM instrumental mix two (5:02)

6. RSM backwards guitars mix (5:07)

7. RSM extended mix (10:04)

Ray Carmen - vocals (high), acoustic guitars, shaker, whirltube

R. Stevie Moore - vocals (low), electric guitars, bass, drum machine, keys, loops

Rediscovered RSM session mixes from April 2004, combined with original RC instrumental track, and official RC and RSM released versions. For completists, really, but alot of fun to listen to RSM's different instrumental mixes, and how the song evolved.

$5.00 postage paid from Cut And Paste.

New ep SORRY I'M LATE is out now

RAY CARMEN

SORRY I'M LATE ep

Track listing:

1. The Porpoise Song (chamber music mix) (Gerry Goffin-Carole King) 2:59

2. Bach Is Dead (The Residents) 1:11

3. Christmastime Is Here Again (The Beatles) 0:47

4. Listen, The Snow Is Falling (Yoko Ono) 2:45

5. Fly (2009 version) (Nick Drake) 3:24

6. Suzy-Hang-Around (Bjorn Ulvaeus-Benny Andersson) 3:18

7. The Porpoise Song (Gerry Goffin-Carole King) 4:19

Instruments and off-key vocals by Ray.

Keys and orchestral arrangements on tracks 1, 5, 6 and 7 by Ken Clinger.

Now available for $5 ppd from Cut And Paste 2996 Upham Dr Akron OH 44319.

Ray Carmen videos now on You Tube

In the mid to late 1990s I made videos for Monster, You Ought To Be In Pictures, and Race Against Time, as well as several other songs. They were available as part of a now deleted video collection called Picture Start. Ken Clinger has posted them on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/sallymaehogsby. You can also view them in all their murky home-made glory at the official Ray Carmen YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/cutandpaste, and on MySpace at: www.myspace.com/raycarmen.

Out now - it's The Next Big Thing!!

I am very proud to be carrying the debut release by THE NEXT BIG THING.

The band is an acoustic trio featuring pop journalist/musician Gary Pig Gold, and musicians Shane Faubert and Jeremy Lee. NBT-4-CNP (Next Big Thing For Cut And Paste) is an incredibly tuneful, energetic recording, and is loads of fun to listen to! For a little more info on the band I thought I would include what they wrote for their press release:

Here’s the Story…..

SHANE FAUBERT pioneered New York City’s garage-pop explosion with The Cheepskates.
GARY PIG GOLD started up Canada’s very first music fanzine
“The Pig Paper.”
JEREMY LEE joined with The Cheepskates right after auditioning for
The New Monkees.

Then Gary moved to New York upon releasing the “Valentino’s
Pirates” album on Russia’s Melodiya label.

Shane asked Gary to help produce two of his solo albums,
“San Blass” and then “Squirrelboy Blue.”

Meanwhile, Jeremy found a Cajon drum while shopping in his local
music store.

so Finally,

Tired of sitting around waiting for that Next Big Thing to appear,
Shane invited Gary, Jeremy, and the Cajon over to his house,
they took out some guitars, opened their mouths,
and out came the sounds Cut And Paste now bring to your house!

now,
If you’d like to see, hear, and know even more,
please visit
www.tomlou.com/nextbigthing.html

So, to add my personal note here...if there are any indie labels out there interested in actually releasing this album to a much wider audience, please visit the band's web site and get in touch with them! This is one of the best indie releases I've heard in a long long time, and it really deserves a huge audience.

In the meantime...it's available for $5 ppd. from Cut And Paste! Make checks or money orders payable to Ray Carmen (not Cut And Paste Records). Cash is accepted but please cover it well. Send all your hard-earned moolah to :

Cut And Paste Records 2996 Upham Dr Akron OH 44319 USA. Get it! Got it? Good!

NBT-4-CNP
track lisiting:

1. Get It (2:49)
2. Right Down The Middle (2:05)
3. A Shaky Start (0:24)
4. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hands (1:57)
5. Start Again (0:12)
6. Goodbye To Greatness (3:19)
7. Echo (3:02)
8. Float Me On The River (rehearsal excerpt) (0:32)
9. Make Believe In You (3:06)
10. Devoted To You (excerpt) (0:31)
11. Bye Bye Love (2:18)
12. Woman In Paradise (3:15)
13. Interlude (0:38)
14. The Next Big Theme (excerpt) (0:42)
15. Interluxe (0:48)
16. Love Is All Around (excerpt) (0:26)
17. Revolution (excerpt) (0:25)
18. Everything's Changed (Since 9/11) (2:39)
19. Can It Get Any Worse (2:20)
20. I Don't Want To Stay (2:05)
21. Any Way You Want It (2:43)
22. The Story Of Paul (2:14)
23. Float Me On The River (3:24)

The Next Big Thing is:
Shane Faubert - vocal, guitar, keyboard
Gary Pig Gold - vocal, guitar
Jeremy Lee - vocal, the box

Produced by Gary Pig Gold
Recorded at Dubway Studios, NYC (Al Houghton, engineer)
and at Shane's House (Jeremy Lee, engineer)
Cover art, photography and design by Shane Faubert
Cuisine by Alison Faubert

The Next Big Thing has been getting airplay on KKUP's No Pigeonholes show in Cupertino, CA, Pop Garden Radio on WMEL in Cocoa, FL, on the internet on the Power Pop Plus Radio show --Radio New York International, and on the This Is Rock And Roll Radio show on Westcott Radio in Syracue, NY.

Look for a review of The Next Big Thing in the June issue of The Lance Monthly at www.lancerecords.com, which will be posted the first week of June!

NOTE:

Check out this awesome video of The Next Big Thing's performance at the International Pop Overthrow Festival, November 6, 2009!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ik_5HxeMs0

Ray

The CAP Email Single Of The Month

So far this year, this is what I've sent out to folks who have signed up for the CAP Email Single Of The Month Club:

January - Bach Is Dead/Constantinole (Residents covers)
Febraury - Me And My Big Mouth (two different versions by me; and one by Kinski Spiral)
March - All Of It/Trial By Fire (by Don Campau and myself)
April - The Porposie Song/The Porpoise Song (chamber music mix) (Monkees cover)

Some songs have been previously released, and some songs are new. In addition to the mp3s I also send out a cover attatchment each month in case you choose to download the songs to a cdr. So...if you'd like to get two (and sometimes more) mp3s of music by moi every month this year, drop me a line at cutandpasterecords at yahoo dot com and I'll send them out to you. Thanks!

2009 email catalog now available

If you'd like an email version of the new 2009 catalog email me at cutandpasterecords at yahoo dot com and I will send you one!

ALL OF IT - 2009 expanded reissue out now

Originally released in 2004 as a six song ep, ALL OF IT features Don Campau and Ray Carmen taking turns providing backing tracks for the other to write lyrics and add vocals to. This new reissue features seven bonus tracks: two from Don Campau's PEN PALS 3 project, and one from Carmen's ULTRA SOUND release, and four songs which were re-recorded for Ray's OLD SCHOOL, OLD FOOL release. Ray's power-pop sensibilities and Don's incredible guitar playing and punky vocals make this a perfect match on songs like Alone On The Bus, Little Angel and the title track. True to the title, this release now gathers are all of Don and Ray's collaboations to date.

Track list:

Original 2004 release:

1. All Of It (2:31)

2. Spinning In My Grave (2:53)

3. Use Of Force (4:11)

4. Little Angel (3:02)

5. Alone On The Bus (3:23)

6. Ideals (3:36)

2009 bonus tracks:

7. Duet For Inside Piano And Mixing Bowl (3:21) (from ULTRA SOUND)

8. Trial By Fire (3:02) (from PEN PALS 3)

9. Grown Man Cry (2:46) (from PEN PALS 3 and OLD SCHOOL, OLD FOOL)

10. Spinning In My Grave (3:00) (from OLD SCHOOL)

11. Ideals (3:54) (from OLD SCHOOL)

12. Little Angel (3:19) (from OLD SCHOOL)

13. Trial By Fire (3:18) (from OLD SCHOOL)

As always, the cdr comes with a lyric sheet, and is packaged in a plastic sleeve, and it's five bucks postage paid.

Ultra Sound makes best of list

My ULTRA SOUND disc from 2008 made Don Campau's Best Of 2008 list for his No Pigeonholes radio show in Cupertino, California. To see the complete list (featuring a lot of great underground artists) go to: http://www.doncampau.com/. Thanks, Don!

WOW! ep now available

WOW!, the debut ep from the Wowsermen is now available! It contains four songs recorded in rehearsal:

1. Just A Little Bit (1:56)

2. It's Gonna Be Alright (2:05)

3. Dontcha Just Know It (2:55)

4. The Wowsermen Stomp (3:02)

The band are: Chick Wowser - vocals and rhythm guitar, Junior Wowser - vocals and lead guitar, Bud Wowser (er, that's me) - vocals and drums. Our stand-in bass player, Wowie Wowser, handled the low end. If you like the sound of the Beatles circa The Star Club in Hamburg Germany 1961, mixed with the abandon of The Trashmen, and 60s Merseybeat, then you'll dig The Wowsermen. To hear a couple of tracks (before Wowie put down the bass parts...), go to our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/thewowsermen. To order a copy of WOW!, send $5 to Cut And Paste Records, POB 152, Green, OH 44232 USA. Pics and local gigs coming soon...we're excited!

The Wowsermen on MySpace

My new band (well, it's not my band, per se, but I'm in it) The Wowsermen are now on MySpace, with two tunes...and the above logo. Pics and an ep release will be forthcoming. A Teeny Weeny Bit, and Dontcha Just Know It were slammed out during practice a few weeks ago. Don't expect pristine sound quality, but the two featured songs are--in my opinion--a helluva lot of fun! Imagine The Beatles and The Trashmen sharing a bill at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany in 1961, and you'll get a pretty fair idea of what we sound like. Give us a listen at www.myspace.com/thewowsermen, and leave us a comment!

TOO OLD FOR ANGST reissue

My 1997 cassette TOO OLD FOR ANGST has been remixed and remastered, and with some bonus tracks added, for 2009. Listening back to it now after all these years, I'm embarassed by some of the lyrics (though I won't say which ones...). But I also think some of my best songs are on here (Monster, Changes, Obsession, Prize Possession, Leaving Well Enough Alone), so I guess it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. LOL

Track listing:

1. Ray’s Day Off (1:30)
2. Monster (4:35)
3. Obsession (4:09)
4. Ugly And Slouchy (2:58)
5. Walk Away (5:08)
6. Hello In There (2:34)
7. A New Beginning (3:45)
8. Amtrak To Pittsburgh (3:27)
9. Changes (5:29)
10. Prize Possession (3:23)
11. Too Old For Angst (2:36)
12. Say You’re Sorry (2:19)
13. My Own Company (2:50)
14. Not Just No, But Hell No (2:11)
15. Leaving Well Enough Alone (5:37)
16. Nothing More To Say (1:30 am) (3:29)
17. Monster (Accidental version) (4:22)
18. Too Old For Angst (early instr. take) 3:00)
19. Nothing More To Say (Accidental version) (3:20)
20. Ray’s Day Off (guitars only mix) (1:20)

Instruments and vocals by moi, with help from the following kind folks:

Ken Clinger - keys (5, 8), production (2); Blind Waldo - fiddle (4).

All songs written by me and published Radio Friendly BMI, except:

(4) unknown, (5) Carmen-Clinger, and (8) Clinger, which are copyright control.

Tracks 1 thru 5, 7 thru 11, and 16 were released on cassette in 1997.

Tracks 6 and 12 thru 15 were released on the NOVEMBER cassette in 1999.

Tracks 17 and 19 were released on the ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE

cassette in 1996. Tracks 18 and 20 were previously unreleased.

Total time: 68:11.

Anyway, it's five bucks postage paid from me at: Cut And Paste Records, POB 152,

Green, OH 44232 USA.

And thank you for listening, and for your support. It has meant alot to me all these years!

The Cut And Paste Records Email Single Club

The Cut And Paste Records Email Single Club has officially started. That means you get two (and sometimes more) mp3s of my music in your email box every month in 2009. They will be tracks from my cdr releases, alternate mixes, new songs, songs in progress, etc. If you are interested, just drop me an email at cutandpasterecords at yahoo dot com. Thanks!