Dave Ray's influences cover the full gamut of styles, from Matt Chamberlain to Max Roach and most things in between. Over all, Dave continues to expand his musical palette, whenever possible.
Dave is a native of New Jersey. At an early age, he began music by playing trumpet and piano, later picking up drums at age 14. Following high school, he attended university at Elon College in North Carolina, where he studied classical percussion under Jon Metzger. On graduating college, Dave moved to Rochester New York and played in several area bands. After four years in NY, he felt the need to venture on, and relocated to the Washington DC area, in search of new frontiers.
Melding with DC scenes, Dave has played with a number of different lineups, covering various genres.
Dave appeared with the XYRA band on WRNR FM in 2002. He recently recorded 'Saw the Fire' with Xyra & The Banished at Avalon Studios, for a Procol Harum tribute CD being released in the UK.
Currently, Dave works the US East coast and Mid-Atlantic region, occasionally drumming with Xyra, and sundry singer/songwriters in New York.
Dave wants to note that his present setup includes: Yamaha drums, Evans drumheads and Zildjian cymbals.
Dave's 'More About...' section is pending.
History
Beautiful Noise
Verborgen
Xyra & Verborgen
The LINE
The XYRA Band
_nix "The Banished"?
CD's for Sale
Discography
Venues
Media
Doing Battle
Marco Delmar
Robert Goldstein
Member Bios
Xyra
Andrew Cann
Norm Thorne
Donald Stapleson
Eric Ulreich
Larry Lawrence
Fred Lieder
Robert Fogelmann
Edwin Cleverdon
Cris Cillura
Bret Empie
Doug Empie
Jeff Spencer
Dave Ray
Vince Calcaterra
Marc Collier