Alex Ring Gray

I get asked why I use my middle name, and the answer is because tonight I performed at a gala dinner and they didn’t put my middle name on the seating arrangement. Staff and chef got excited thinking the painter Alex Grey was dining with them and then were a bit let down it was just, me

with the generous support of
The Tibet Fund
The Sea Stone Foundation
Orange Mountain Music
Yodon Thondon
and many friends and family

SPECIAL THANKS
Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Central Tibetan Administration
Tibetan Children’s Village School
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives

Piano recorded at The Honey Jar Studio by
Dan Langa

Mixed by
Alex Ring Gray

Mastered by
Taylor Deupree at 12k Mastering

Cover Artwork by
Tenzing Rigdol

Graphic Design by
Jamyang Tenzin

Produced by
Tenzin Choegyal, The Green Dragon Fund, and Alex Ring Gray

Piano
Alex Ring Gray

Strings
Scorchio Quartet:
Lorenza Ponce - violin
Frederika Krier - violin
Martha Mooke - viola
Leah Coloff - cello

Kids of Tibetan Children’s Village recorded by
Tenzin Tsewang

Strings recorded at Figure 8 Recording by
Michael Hammond

Music by
Tenzin Choegyal and Philip Glass

Film by
Tenzin Tsewang

Lyrics by
Tenzin Choegyal, with adaptations of traditional texts

Vocals by
Tenzin Choegyal and the Kids of Tibetan Children’s Village

YouTube video by Tenzin Choegyal Tenzin Choegyal & Philip Glass – "Snowy Mountains – GangRi" གངས་རི་རྭ་བས།

Out today is “Snowy Mountains - GangRi”, the first single from forthcoming record “Be the Sky” with Tenzin Choegyal and Philip Glass.

GangRi celebrates the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday this weekend.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=exod...

Damn! Rest in peace.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlQs...

(I know I could have infinite “alt takes” if I’d buy the Reflection app but… $30, which I already spent on the LP!)

For the nerds: I just noticed the Atmos version of Eno’s “Reflection” is an entirely different cut. If you toggle Atmos on/off on its totally different recordings, not just an upmix.

This is one of my favorite records so was a lovely surprise to discover an “alt take” hidden in plain sight.

Very excited to be joining Tenzin Choegyal at the Tibet House benefit concert again this year. Next Monday!

We’ve been working on hard on some new arrangements. You can hear another at National Sawdust on the 7th.

Todos Somos Ilegales: Presented by Outernational and CMNTX Records YouTube video by outernational

Tonight we are co-presenting a show at FirstLive (BK), hosted by Outernational as part of their "Todos somos illegales" concert series.

Featuring:
Alex Ring Gray & Vicki Leona Nguyen
Jesse Gelaznik
Harla
Zach Mezzo
Emanuel Ayvas
Doors 7 PM, Music 8 PM

Live stream:
youtube.com/live/YiqUStl...

Went to a record store today that was selling a ProTools CD in the “used” section lol

And now finding that a few time sensitive shipments I sent out 2 weeks ago are still “in transit to next facility” RIP

Last week I had 2 packages ship to me on the same day, one from one mile away via USPS and the other from the other side of the world. The former is currently being “sorted” 2300 miles away in Arizona, and the latter arrived 24 hours ago. Someone pls rescue the postal service

In the studio yesterday, recording piano for new @philipglass.bsky.social x Tenzin Choegyal project. BFF Dan Langa at the console

In LA for the weekend - if you’re at the LA Phil noon to midnight festivities today, come say hi!

Tomorrow I will be engineering for Sussan Deyhim at CAP UCLA (Nimoy) - excellent show with top notch guests lined up. Another chance to come say hi :~)