[Originally sent to Ricky Jamaraz’s email list on February 18, 2026]
HI EVERYONE welcome back to my weekly little newsletter!
You might’ve gotten an email from me a few days ago saying “Welcome to the mailing list!” even if you’ve been here a while…
Sorry about that! I was messing around with some automations to welcome new people, but while testing, I accidentally sent it to 600 of you. Woops.
BTW – Last week I shared a link to a demo I made called (We’re Just) Digital Robots With Human Smiles, which you can listen to here if you missed it last week! :-)
[Note: Sorry, this demo isn’t publically available right now! Subscribe to my email list here to access everything I share]
My Latest (Laziest) Video – WATCH HERE >
This is the only proper thing I’ve put out in the last week, as I’ve spent most of my time working on more behind-the-scenes work-y RJ stuff rather than creating stuff.
This is just a chill video where I sit in my bed and talk about my latest song ‘Ruby’ and…. oh wait yeah I should’ve started with that hang on
My Latest Song Out Now – LISTEN HERE >
Yeah so I released the 2nd ever single for my project Glinter on Saturday, which is pretty cool!!!
Again, very 90s indie rock, if you enjoyed All Dressed Up then you’ll defo enjoy this.
ANYWAY
My latest video is basically me sitting in my bed cradling an 8-track cassette recorder and talking about how I wrote the song (prepare yourself for another embarrassing story), plus breaking down “3 awesome moments” from the song and seeing how those moments were made!!
That’s it really.
I’m Blonde Now + Valentine’s Day
Soooo yeah, you might’ve seen on my story that I bleached my hair…
It’s true. I was not hacked by someone who looks exactly like me but with blonde hair. It’s just me.
I’M SO HAPPY IT DIDN’T GO GINGER THIS TIME!!!!! Real ones know…
Actually, I didn’t bleach it, my girlfriend did. I was aware of her doing it though, it’s not like I woke up randomly and she was just lathering my hair with chemicals…
Sorry, I have absolutely no idea why I’m rambling like this, I’ve just got nothing else to talk about, because as I said earlier, I’ve haven’t had a very creative week, it’s been more computer-y. It’s always nice to have a break though.
Anyway so on Valentine’s Day we went bowling, and basically we were both terrible, then we got pizza together, and that was my valentine’s day. In case you wondered.
Ricky Jamaraz – Across My Universe
Now, here’s something actually worth talking about!!
I’m going to be hosting a week-long fundraiser for charity.
Kinda like a bake sale, but instead of baking a bunch of shitty cupcakes (I’d probably be the guy who just buys some), I’m putting out a compilation of songs from the JMU (stuff by my alter-egos like Sammy Phase, Ross Wonder, etc) on CD and Vinyl.
Exclusively. For. One. Week. Only.
When does it start? Saturday 21st Feb.
When does it end? Friday 27th Feb.
100% of all the profits will go to charity.
This is not an official announcement, but I’m close to having everything set up so I thought I’d let you know what’s to come in the near future!
You’ll get a proper announcement this Saturday when it starts, and I’ll discuss it all in more detail then, including which charities I’m supporting and why! :-)
So Yeah Really
That’s it. Sorry this week’s email has been a bit more ramble-y and hectic than usual, but I think that’s quite a good representation of how my week’s been!!!!
This Saturday I’m going into the studio to record some MORE demos for some new Sweat Glass Halo songs, so members of my Patreon can expect lots of new goodies next week ;-)
That’s all from me folks! As always, feel free to reply to this email and say hi if you fancy!
See you next time
RJ
No fun little red dividers today! I feel bad. Here you go.
