#50 - Ray Salerno
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Ray Salerno is a transgender songwriter from northern New Jersey who performs under the name Jamie Fett. Ray works as a therapeutic musician while pursuing a master’s degree in Music Therapy at Montclair State University. His debut album, “Headed For Somewhere”, takes the listener along with him on his mental health journey up to 2024, when he reached his happiest and most healthy thus far after leaving his childhood home and an abusive living situation. Ray now lives in Essex County with Andrew Nieporent, who adopted him in September 2024. He is currently in pre-production for his next two records - “Headed for Somewhere: Reimagined” and a full-length album with all new original songs entitled “All The Time In The World”. Ray can be found performing at various venues in northern New Jersey, and weekly at his dad’s Sunday open mic nights at The Fine Grind in Little Falls.