Ray Sharp

Ray Sharp (www.raysharp.com) began playing the piano at 12. By the age of 13 he had composed dozens of contemporary and classical piano solos. In high school he wrote and directed two wind symphony performances and began performing at restaurants throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. While in college Sharp supported himself by performing solo piano in churches, restaurants, hotels, and art museums. In 2000 Ray was discovered by the critically acclaimed improvisational comedy troupe Four Day Weekend while playing at a local restaurant and was asked to be a guest musician where, after 6 months, he became their musical director. He has also been commissioned to write the music for two comedy revues, national commercials, television theme songs, short film, and video games. In the spring of 2001 Sharp released his first full length solo piano album, Exaudio, followed up by an ambient/electronic album, Eros. Currently Sharp runs a music production company, Razor Sharp Trax, that works with young up and coming talented local artists (see below) writing and recording new material in styles ranging from trip hop to alternative rock to adult contemporary.

1995 Composed Almost to Eternity for wind symphony
1995 Hired as musical director for the Mesquite Cumberland Presbyterian Church
1996 Composed The Rapture for wind symphony
1997 Composed music for short film entitled To Kill a Mockingbird
1998 Commissioned to compose dance song for LD Bell High School color guard
2000 Joined Four Day Weekend as musical director
2002 Released full length solo piano album Exaudio
2004 Composed music for comedy revue Feet Prints Don’t Fail Me Now
2004 Composed theme song for The Weekend Report
2005 Composed music for comedy revue 3112
2005 Composed music for Colortyme national commercial
2005 Composed music for Eternal Lands video game
2006 Released full length ambient/electronic album Eros
2006 Composed music for CTX mortgage commercial
2006 Composed music for Four Day Weekend release Where Have All The Boy Bands Gone?
2006 Produced Josh Roberts’ full length album Paper Trail
2007 Composed Pier 1 training video music
2007 Orchestrated various tracks for the Davidson Brothers’ album Assurance
2008 Composed music for Four Day Weekend release The Pole Be Callin’
2008 Currently producing albums for Anthony Alfieri, Suzy Cloud, Josh Roberts and Layne Allene