Ricky Jamaraz

jamaraz unreleased #33: 'Buildings' OG DEMO

It's short, I know, but this is what the original version of Buildings was going to sound like! Pretty different right?

This version dates back to late July 2023 I believe, so it was one of the first songs I wrote for the album. The verses are super short, and I wrote extra bits obviously f...

RJ tutorial #28: 'Slow Days' guitar tabs PLUS drums sheet music

A little bit of a double bill this week! It's been around a year since I made this song, and it comes out on streaming officially tomorrow as part of RTZ Deluxe, so it makes sense to have it here today.

It's a really easy song!!! In the recording, there's just two guitars (playing basically...

POLL: February's cover song ideas (Love edition)

As it's February and valentine's day is just around the corner, I thought this month's monthly cover should be a love song!

I'll finish it off pretty soon and I'll share it on actual Valentine's day, instead of sharing it toward the end of the month like I usually do :-)

So yeah, have...

January's cover: 'Put Your Head On My Shoulder' by Paul Anka

Hey guys, here's this month's cover! As I said at the start of the month, I was going to cover a 50s song, and you guys voted for this one! I'm very happy you did, this was fun to make and I'm really pleased with the result :-)

I actually recorded it all (minus vocals) once, but I realised ...

jamaraz unreleased #32: 'FOMO' (live)

Something a little different this week, since this video is the only recording of this song! It's a song I wrote for a band I was in, but it never got further than this. Do you think it's worth recording this properly?

The band was called Apocalyptic Training Program (or ATP for short), but...

On my way to record Sammy Phase drums :D

It's half past 8 right now and I'm sitting on a train heading to Stoke to meet my mate Alfie. I'm just writing this to pass the time :-)

I'm not sure if I told you guys here but basically like last weekend Alfie and I got into this practice room/studio place and spent a few hours there pla...

RJ tutorial #27: 'Look At Him Now' guitar tabs

Look At Him Now is a song that a few of you might never have heard of - because I've never officially released it. If you've bought a CD of Worst Album Ever then you would've heard it, but you can also find it on Spotify and all other streaming services under the name Thomas Ison (which is my rea...

20250123 Xute (test)

Sat in the library in college with my laptop and made this, it's an idea i've had for a while, there's no words or anything yet, this is all i've got for now. it'll be on the album though.

I deliberately gave this one a very lofi sound - i was trying to go for the style of the song Xtal by ...

jamaraz unreleased #31: 'Saudade'

greetings everyone! today i've got a very old track (3+ years old!) that I made as part of an album I scrapped called 'Affordable Happiness'. I've shared a few other songs from that album on here, so if you wanna hear the others you can go to the main page of my patreon and on the search thing th...

RJ tutorial #26: 'Heartbreaker' guitar tabs

As I said last week, this one's super simple and I'd say it's perfect for someone who wants to start learning guitar!

It's not particularly popular as a song of mine, it's from 2022 and I released on the deluxe version of my EP 2am Jams, but since then it's gathered a small following, and I...

sky's on fyre

so i think i've mentioned before that when i release this upcoming electronic album, im actually gonna release it under a different name, other than ricky jamaraz, so it doesn't conflict with the vastly different genres that most of RJ stuff is.

tonight i was thinking and i think i've decid...

Torture (slowed + muffled + reverb)

can't sleep so I made this cos i was bored, enjoy

new e drums! (+ vinyls?)

btw!!! i recently got an electronic drum kit, and it arrived last weekend, so since then ive been having a play around with it and its super fun :)



yeah, it looks just like a real one! more imp...

jamaraz unreleased #30: 'One Jar' (Sammy Phase)

If you've been a member for the last month or so, you may have heard me talk about this little side project I'm slowly working on called Sammy Phase, where I put on an american accent and sing songs that the character Sammy (yes, that Sammy) wrote. Refer to 2025-01-13 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Sidewalk Sandwich (Sammy Phase)

new Sammy Phase song. later today I'll be sharing another SP song called 'One Jar' as part of Jamaraz Unreleased, but here's a bonus for all you dragon tier members. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Once I share One Jar, that'll be four I've shared in total, which as I've said before will make up Sammy's f...

RJ tutorial #25: 'Infatuated' guitar tabs

Greetings all music-players! I apologise for not posting an RJ tutorial last week... to be completely honest I just forgot, and I thought I had something scheduled for that day but turns out I didn't.

ANYWAY we're starting the year off strong with this one, it's a certified classic from my ...

17 on 204 (new Sammy Phase song)

Wrote this last night

Lyrics

You can be anything you want
But do you want it badly enough
We could have babies
And raise them in the sun
Show them off to everyone

"Kill yourself old man!"
Someone shouted at me today
I'm only 17 but feel 204<...

jamaraz unreleased #29: 'You Look Like You've Been Crying (Original Version)'

So I completely forgot this version of the song existed, but this is the original first version of the song that I made in early 2022 - about 3 years ago now! Well over a year before I even released Worst Album Ever (August 2023), which is where the song first appears officially in my discography...

20250103 Now (no vox demo)

made this last night cos i couldn't sleep

just an idea, might make something of it soon.

sample: now - bergen white

POLL: January's cover song ideas (50s edition)

Okay, so in november we had a cover of a song from the 60s, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys

We're going further back in time now, to the 1950s!

Which 50s song would you like to see covere...

Thyngs get beautyful

Here's the song I'm currently working on right now. I haven't worked on stuff for a few days what with new year and all that, and this morning I woke up feeling really ill and threw up which isn't great, but I thought I'd share this voice recording so u can get an idea of what's happening!!
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Operation 2025 is a go

Hey guys, I hope everyone's doing alright and had a good time celebrating the new year! I spent it together with my girlfriend and some of our mates, and we had a great time :-) We were up until 6am...

Now that I've successfully recovered from last night (or this morning should I say), I gu...

jamaraz unreleased #28: 'While I'm Down'

Happy almost-new year!! For this last J.U. track I wanted it to be a really good one, so I hope you enjoy this :-) I'd just like to take this opportunity now to say thanks so much to everyone here who's supported me here on Patreon in 2024!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!! Whether you've been a member since d...

RJ tutorial #24: 'Outcast' guitar + banjo tabs

This song features a guitar and a banjo playing the main chords, but I feel that the banjo especially gives the song its folky vibe, and it really pairs well with what the guitar is playing! I'm not sure how many people here play banjo but oh well... if you have a friend who can play then feel fr...

Dry Vinmé Crazé

latest song for the next release. just a rough mix for now. this is probably the most non-indie thing i've ever made, and I absolutely love it... but i know lots of my fans would think "what the fuck" if they heard this, which is fair. i'm actually leaning towards the idea of releasing this whole...

my hair's getting pretty long

was in the mood for taking some pics today. so i did.

gonna get a bit of a trim soon and also dye my hair red (probably). blondie jamaraz era will be coming to an end im afraid

jamaraz unreleased #27: 'Magic Hat'

This is quite an old one, I think it's from the Affordable Happiness era, which if you don't remember, was an album I planned to released in between my first (Tunes From Deep Within) and second (Dw I'm All Good) albums, in late 2021. I'd date this song to around November 2021, so I was 14 at the ...

RJ tutorial #23: 'In My Room' guitar tab

Full guitar tab for track no.2 off of worst album ever :-)

Although the song is in theory pretty simple, it is a bit complicated to remember all the different parts, since there are a few variations of the same sections, and the song switches between the keys of C and D throughout the song,...

Phates Kollide (full version)

so here's the finished recording of phates kollide. i might change a few things down the road, but for now i think this is as good as it gets, and it's time for me to move on from it for now and make some other stuff!!

let me know your thoughts :-)

the general vibe i'm trying to go fo...

Phates Kollide (the highest I've ever sung)

Working on the vocals for a song right now, and they are extremely high pitched (for me). What you're hearing right now is my best attempt at singing the verses without any extra processing, but I think for this one I'm going to have to whip out some autotune. It's not like I have some moral thin...