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Date

Saturday, November 30, 2024 8:00PM

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The Paramount Theatre presents

David Ramirez

With Jon Muq

The Paramount Theatre
Saturday, November 30, 2024

Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm

David Ramirez took a little time to get back to himself, and now he’s dead set on making music for himself for the sake of the music... and nothing else.

The Austin, TX based singer songwriter whose decades long career has seen six full length studio albums, three EPs, countless collaborations, and an illustrious supergroup project in Glorietta spent a season of rest away from his focus on writing songs. In the wake of the end of a long relationship, he wanted to prioritize processing his grief as a human, not as an artist bleeding on the page.

“The last thing I wanted was to write a heartbreak record. So I stopped writing altogether, and I just waited until I saw my heart start coming back to life. I wanted the next thing to be hopeful and sweet and beautiful— a testament to music and my love for it.”

David’s new record All the Not So Gentle Reminders, which comes out in the late fall, is exactly what he was waiting for. The 12-song album is an expansive succession of dreamlike songs that tell his stories, yes but more than anything lean into the possibilities of the trip that music can take us on.

All the Not So Gentle Reminders was recorded at Spectra Studios in Cedar Park, TX just outside of Austin, engineered by Charlie Kramsky at the helm. He tapped local staples as the house musicians for the sessions, including Barbara Frigiere, Jeff Olson, James Westley Essary, and Christopher Boosahda (who also helped to produce the album alongside Ramirez). And in the spirit of the exuberance and joy of the recording, he also called upon a handful of friends to contribute and sing background vocals throughout the album.

Throughout the album, David tackles memory and dreams, fleeting romance, the possibility of something better ahead, and his own deep appreciation for music and his place in making it. The fact that he considered giving it up altogether— a decision he thankfully didn’t follow through with. All the Not So Gentle Reminders only serves to be that much more impactful as a testament to music and its power.