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Ray Allen's Interests
General
MUSIC. . performing, listening to, writing, discovering!, love to dance all night downtown in Manhattan, fashion, theater, movies, working out (love to run all over this city in the summer and lose myself in music and my surroundings!), brunch, my pefectly beautiful and amazing sister, history, opera, I will never run out of interests! I also like to drink Tequila with John A...we are so good at it!
Music
Of course I love the Opera, Art Song, Operetta, and other Classical Music I studied throughout my life...to know where music has been is to appreciate its infinite possibilities and power!
HOWEVER>>>>Anyone who has met me knows I am a Pop and Pop Dance ADDICT!!!!!! I was raised on real NYC Disco (God bless Studio 54) I love Chic (Nile Rodgers is a GOD), Sister Sledge, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Sylvester, Gloria Gaynor, The Bee Gees, Disco is seriously glamorous, complex music euphoria!
I love pop dance music and all the insane people who make it...Madonna (my original crush), Michael Jackson in the day, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Fergie Ferg, Eve, GWEN, Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, P!nk, I love top 40...thats my drug...and of course I want Britney Spears to Gimme more....
I also love R&B- Stevie Wonder, Aretha, Etta James, Donnie Hathaway, Johnny Mathis, Marvin Gaye...swing and real old school jazz..Mildred Baily, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald...
I could never explain how all over the map my musical taste is....from 1900's Vaudevillians...Broadway...Stayin Alive...Mozart to the Pussycat Dolls...no rhyme or reason..just happiness in music!
Movies
I haven't been to the movies in a minute but tend to like to escape :-) when I do go...silly movies like Hairspray, Bring It On, Legally Blonde, others include Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Devil Wears Prada, 54, Dreamgirls, Cruel Intentions, Rebel Without A Cause, A Place In The Sun, Wings (Silent), old 40's Musicals (Betty Grable!!), Pillow Talk, Trick, Swing Kids, the movies are as random as everything else in my life! And of course "Step Up" because my bestie John is in it...truly the star when it is all over in my opinion!
Television
Gossip Girl, Workout, Sex and the City, Will & Grace, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, BRAVO reality TV,ANTM, 70's sitcoms (Three's Company, The Jeffersons, Good Times, CHiPs, etc)...thank god for TiVo!
Books
This Side of Paradise, Sons and Lovers, The Beautiful and the Damned, Zigzagger, Dorian Grey, The Poems of Lord Byron...I need to read more.
CLICK ON "BIGFAN" IN MY TOP FRIENDS SECTION TO HEAR SOME OF THE MUSIC I COLLABORATED ON WITH THE WINK WINKS!!!! HEAR ME SING!!!
I am an singer, actor, model living in New York...trying to make an impression and an indelible mark on everyone and everything I come in contact with....I want to rule the world! Been singing and acting since I was 7 years old, classically trained in Opera...I now sing only R & B Pop/Dance music (you all know how I feel about the pop! and disco!)and of course Musical Theater/Broadway. Started modeling recently and am really throwing myself into every oppurtunity that I can find (check out my pics...all portfolio!) I love New York...its my true soul mate...we never fight, I'm always glad to wake up to it...and it never lets me down! I am determined and focused and never step down when faced with a challenge.
What you see is what you get...I have no secrets! I love to keep people guessing...just when you think you know...oops...surprise!
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Who I'd like to meet: Anyone and Everyone....love to meet other actors, singers, dancers...songwriters, producers, artists, agents, people who are trying to make it happen...life is about the people you interact with and I am looking to network and make friends in every aspect of my life and career! If you are interested in collaborating, wanna shout out, have a comment, are a friend, want to be friends, hit me back!!
omg i know i soo wanna move there.. i miss it already.. i was soo sad when i left tuesday.. it was like i was leaving the real world lol! now i know how they feel when they leave lol!
but i do wanna move there but theres no way i can lol how ima pay my bills and get me a place lol! ill be homeless living there! all i know how to do is cheer and coach cheerleading lol
HEY! Get your ass down to RED STAR this Saturday May 24th to see me perform my quirky brand of electropop. If you haven't seen me live, it's about time your punk ass did. I'm just sayin'. Starting at 9:00pm with avant-garde cellist, Emily Hope Price and The Suns. Also, the Miller Beer girls will be there giving away FREE BEER from 10:30 - 1:30. Go to my page for more info. See you there!
So, for reals, are we gonna get together on Monday? Because I want us to have our shit together for this thing. Plus, I'm really getting sick of this whole "not being famous" thing. We need to get on that. ;)
Just wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be playing out at the very swanky Crash Mansion this Wednesday March 26th at 8:00pm with my band, followed by Clara Lofaro's CD release party for her third studio album Perfekt World. I'll also be performing the next day March 27th at 8:00pm at Spike Hill in Williamsburg. Check out my profile for more info. Come out to get your drink on and listen to some great live music!!!
Is it bad that I really actually WANT to do "Ain't No Other Man"? ;) (I keep hearing the beginning in my head: Heeeeeeeyyyyyyy...) Let me know what time's best for you this week. Just a reminder, I'm off Mon/Tues, Wed/Thurs nights, and Fri/Sat during the day. I'm really excited! HENNPIN!
Hey babes!!! 3 weeks and counting!! I am so fucking ready to be back. I dont want to see water ever again. I miss you guys. Starting April 5th its drinks all around. I need a giant Ariba margarita right now. Hope everythings going well. xoxo
If you can make it, I will be playing Arlenes Grocery on tuesday the 18th with System Noise at 10pm. Hope to see you there, if you need anything let me know.
-dave
ps I'm playing a show in A-town and I was wondering if I could get your advice on promotions in that area.
