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Amelia Ray`s New CD Release

Amelia Ray`s new CD, `Music for Autistic People` combines this gifted vocalist, composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist`s numerous abilities. This CD, her 3rd, will be released on August 26th, 2005 at the Argus Lounge.The CD release party will be held at The Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission Valencia, San Francisco. The event begins at 9:00 p.m. Ray will be joined by Spence Murray (bass) and Jeff Ardziejewski (drums) of the Austin Willacy Band. The band will play two sets, followed by a DJ. The cover charge is $5.

With creativity and wit, Ray redefines California rock & roll.
Featuring talented musicans such as drummers Dana Kelly and Jake Wood, saxaphonist Hermann Lara, Boz Scaggs and Steely Dan guitarist Jon Herington, this album certainly takes rock & roll to an entirely new level.
`I think the album`s strength comes from its solid songwriting and range of style, and the talent of the amazing musicians who helped interpret the music` says Ray.

This has already been a busy and successful year for Ray, both domestically and internationally: Stateside, she opened for Maia Sharp at NYC`s Cutting Room, and joined Meghan Hayes at The Performer`s Studio in Romney, WV.That same month, a segment of Radio Campus Lille (FR) was dedicated to a live interview with Ray, and she shared the stage with Alexandre Kinn, playing to a packed house at House of Live in Paris, France. In June, she toured Europe, performing to audiences in France, Madrid, Switzerland, and Berlin. A live version of the lead track from `Music for Autistic People` - `Full-blown Ascension` - will be used in the Filmacademy Baden-Wruttemberg Berlin-based documentary, `Haus Schwarzenberg`, and for the second year in a row, she has been nominated to perform in the Music Solo Category for the Pacific Art Collective Session in Las Vegas.

The album which was recorded, mixed and mastered at Quantum Onion Recording Studio is the product of three years` worth of songwriting and arranging. The tracks range from powerpop, country, and blues to jazz, rock, and R&B. The CD contains the controversial tracks `Silence is Ashlee`, `Full-blown Ascension` (the latter being a follow-up to `Who`s Yer Daddy?`) which appeared on Ray`s 2001 release, `Mr. Gibson Scores Again`.