1989 Billboard award: Instrumental Artist of the Year 1990 Billboard award: Instrumental Artist of the Year 1990 Billboard award: Instrumental Album of the Year (NO BLUE THING)

Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. Gold Record Certification, DEEP BREAKFAST April, 1989	Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. Platinum Record Certification, DEEP BREAKFAST May, 1993

In Ray's old studio

Career, albums, and awards. Ray set up a studio in Northern California, and began composing the music for his first album, THE SKY OF MIND, which was released in 1983. Distributed and promoted by word of mouth alone, this album was an underground success, and was actively promoted by such alternative musical channels as the long-running nationally syndicated radio program "Music from the Hearts of Space".

circa 1988

The success of Ray's first album set the stage for the 1984 release of DEEP BREAKFAST, which went first "gold" (selling 500,000 copies) in April, 1989 and then "platinum" (1 million copies) in May, 1993.

In 1989, Ray released NO BLUE THING. The album jumped onto the Billboard chart, stayed there for 122 weeks, and won Billboard's award for Instrumental Album of the Year (in 1990). In both 1989 and 1990, Ray was honored as Billboard's Instrumental Artist of the Year.

Composing NO BLUE THING in his studio (1989)

Ray and Al Bergamo, Ray's longtime friend and consultant, at a signing party at Ray's house for the release of NO BLUE THING (1992)

Ray with Segovia (1997)

Ray today. Today, members of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra regularly join Ray in his recording studio to perform on the numerous acoustic instruments called for in his richly textured scores -- flute, violin, viola, piano, cello, oboe, French horn, English horn, and clarinet, among others. Basing his compositions on traditional harmony and counterpoint and using a wide range of acoustic and electronic instruments, Ray has created a unique lyrical style which has reached and moved millions of music lovers.

Who is Segovia? Segovia is a Maine "coon" cat. He resembles a raccoon, is quite large, and extremely relational. He'll greet you when you enter the house (if he likes you) by sitting in front of you and stretching out his right front paw waiting to be petted. He loves to eat, and he likes to participate in whatever you are doing at the time. As you can see, Ray was having some new photographs taken in his home, and Segovia jumped up on his lap to be a part of it. He is an esteemed member of Ray's household and has been with him for twenty years.

At this time Ray does not perform. (But you never can tell!) But Ray has every intention of continuing the musical flow -- he recently released his Ray Lynch Best Of album. And his music keeps popping up in intriguing places . . . to the surprise of everyone, The Oh of Pleasure is included in the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack, along with artists such as Aphex Twin's SAWII, Jean Michel Jarre, and Tangerine Dream.