Ray Lynch

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Ray Lynch
Born (1943-07-03) July 3, 1943 (age 80)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Genres Adult alternative, instrumental, classical, new-age (disavowed by artist) [1] [2]
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Guitar, lute, keyboards, piano
Years active1967–1974; 1980–2000
LabelsRay Lynch
Music West
Windham Hill
Website www.raylynch.com

Raymond "Ray" Lynch [3] (born July 3, 1943) is an American guitarist, lutenist, keyboardist, and composer. He began his musical career in 1967 by performing in The Renaissance Quartet in New York City before leaving in 1974 and giving up his musical career. During his hiatus, Lynch studied with his spiritual teacher, Adi Da, who would ultimately encourage him to return to music. Lynch released five albums during the 1980s and 1990s, including The Sky of Mind , Deep Breakfast , No Blue Thing , and Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening . Initially producing his music independently, Lynch eventually worked with Music West. After Lynch sued and left the company, Lynch joined Windham Hill in 1992 before retiring in 2000. Lynch has won three Billboard awards.

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Early life

Lynch was born on July 3, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [4] [5] As the second of four children, Lynch was raised in West Texas. [6] [7] Lynch's father was a lawyer; [8] Lynch's mother was a noted watercolorist and an amateur pianist who influenced him to create music as a child. Other early influences included hymns and soundtracks. [9] Lynch began studying the piano at the age of six. At age twelve, he was inspired by Andrés Segovia's classical recordings and decided to pursue a career in music. [6] [10] After attending High School in both St. Stephen's Episcopal School and Austin High School, [lower-alpha 1] Lynch went to the Austin campus of the University of Texas. After studying there for a year, he moved to Barcelona with his then wife Ginny and his child. [5] Over there, he was apprenticed to Eduardo Sainz de la Maza, a classical guitar teacher. Three years later Lynch returned to the university to study composition with various instruments including guitar, lute, and vihuela. [3] [10] [12] [13] While Lynch went on to become a musician, his siblings ended up becoming lawyers. [8]

Life and career

In 1967, while still in college, Lynch was invited to New York City to join The Renaissance Quartet, performing the lute alongside Robert White (tenor), Barbara Mueser (viol), and Morris Newman (recorder), [14] [15] [16] replacing Joseph Iadone. [17] Lynch also performed with other groups, such as "Festival Winds", [18] as well as collaborative [19] [20] and solo performances. [21] Lynch also taught the guitar, lute, and vihuela in the Mexican city of Taxco in the late 1960s. [13] During his career, Lynch purchased a 125-acre farm in Maine. [21] By 1974, Lynch experienced a "spiritual crisis" that led to his decision to move from Maine to California and give up his musical career. Although he became a carpenter and a purchasing agent in California, Lynch also continued to practice his compositional skills. [14] [22] [23] In an interview with The Arizona Republic , Lynch said that his return to music was prompted by a suggestion from his spiritual teacher, Adi Da, in California. [24]

To prepare for his return to music, Lynch bought an ARP Odyssey with "borrowed money" in 1980; the synthesizer helped him create music in the developing electronic genre. [25] Two years later, Lynch released his first album, Truth Is the Only Profound, which recites the teachings of Adi Da "set to the background of devotional music and songs". [11] [26] Lynch later followed up with an instrumental album, The Sky of Mind. [7] When Lynch released his third album, Deep Breakfast , in 1984 independently, he sold over 72,000 albums out of his small apartment. [27] [28] Lynch was featured on Musical Starstreams on June 1985. [29] Immediately after joining Music West in Winter 1985, [30] he released Deep Breakfast to a wider audience. [31] The album was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA. [32] In 1989, No Blue Thing became Lynch's first album to hit #1 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart. [33] No Blue Thing was also his only album to appear on Billboard's "Top 200 Albums", peaking at #197. [34] It won Billboard's "Top New Age Album" in 1990, [35] and Lynch also won Billboard's "Top New Age Artist" in both 1989 [36] and 1990. [35]

During his time with Music West, Lynch was featured on Good Morning America [37] [38] as well as the Spanish La 1 program "Música N.A.". [38] [39] In 1991, Lynch sued Music West for allegedly not paying him for his work. [40] [41] [42] He left Music West, taking the rights to his music with him, and signed up with Windham Hill Records. [43] [44] Under the new label, Lynch's albums The Sky of Mind and No Blue Thing (but not Deep Breakfast) were re-released on September 1992 with new album covers. [45]

Under the new record company, Lynch followed up with his final album, the classical Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening , in 1993. The album featured members of the San Francisco Symphony. [46] Like the preceding album, it hit #1 on the "Top New Age Albums" chart. [47] In 1998, Lynch released his first and only compilation album, Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One , which included two original tracks and a remix of "Celestial Soda Pop". [48] [49] Lynch left Windham Hill in 2000 and re-released his own catalog of music under his own record company. [11]

On September 2015, Lynch's house was destroyed by the Valley Fire, along with his studio, awards, and the master tapes of his music. As a result, his friend Grant Valdes Huling set up a GoFundMe page, which ultimately raised over $20,000. [50] [51]

Influences

Throughout his career, Lynch did not want his music to be classified as "New Age". [1] In an interview with CD Review in August 1989, Lynch said he didn't really mind being labeled as a "new age" artist, but says that he doesn't like "being grouped with music that I felt is, in general, pretty mediocre and boring". Lynch also said that "'classical' would be the best category for me." [52]

Lynch had been both a student and follower of Adi Da since 1974. [6] In regards to the spiritual nature of his music, Lynch believed that it "has to be judged subjectively by the listener, not the composer." [53] Lynch named several of his songs and albums after the themes found in Da's novel, The Mummery Book. [54] [55] However, in a 1989 Arizona Republic interview, Lynch clarified that he wasn't trying to promote Da's work through his music. [55] After the death of Adi Da, Lynch performed various songs for Da's tribute album, "May You Ever Dwell In Our Heart", in 2009. [56]

Discography

AlbumYearLabelChart PerformanceReference
US New Age US Billboard 200
WeeksPeakWeeksPeak
Truth Is the Only Profound1982Ray Lynch Productions–––– [26]
The Sky of Mind 1983Ray Lynch Productions
Music West
Windham Hill Records 		–––– [7]
Deep Breakfast 1984Ray Lynch Productions
Music West
Windham Hill Records 		1562–– [57]
No Blue Thing 1989 Music West
Windham Hill Records 		9912197 [57] [58]
Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening 1993 Windham Hill Records 411–– [57]
Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One 1998 Windham Hill Records 819–– [59] [60] [61]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In interviews, Lynch says he was raised in West Texas, [6] but he also says that his high schools were in Austin, which is in central Texas. [11]

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  55. 1 2 Means, Andrew (May 30, 1989). "Ray Lynch prefers studios to stages for his harmonics". The Arizona Republic . 100 (12): 18–19. Retrieved March 13, 2017. Many of the titles on Deep Breakfast and No Blue Thing come from The Mummery, Love-Ananda's unpublished novel. Lynch said the novel is about "the transcendence of the ego," and it may be published this year. [...] Despite the references to Love-Ananda's book, Lynch said he's not trying to promote a particular philosophy through the music.
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