Itâs a fusion of 60âs pop mixed with a versatility of songwriting against a backdrop of urban Americana.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (35:12) !
Related styles: ROCK: Americana, ROCK: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

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When I embarked on this album I had nothing more than a head filled of ideas and an earnest pipedream that I had concoctedâ¦I donât think thatâs much different from anyone else in Los Angelesâ¦â¦â¦.I guess itâs no longer a highfalutin reverie
but rather a completed sound recording â¦â¦â¦ I owe tremendous gratitude to Peter Caseâ¦â¦â¦It was his guidance and production techniques that turned this into a magical experience. I could go on and on embellishing on the production but I sincerely hope it will speak for itself.

Do you really want to know more about me? I donât think so. My accomplishments in the music business would barely fill a page so who cares.

I tend to use the past for experience not marvel in what I didâ¦â¦â¦I try to stay focused on today, my observations of the landscape I behold and let it seep
in my subconsciousâ¦â¦â¦It is there that I stir the cauldron of emotion, memories, craft, and melody lines for that three minute somethingâ¦â¦â¦Something that wonât stay in the same bag, something that might color your ears, something to twinkle out a tear, or even that undefinable something that just lingers like a haloâ¦â¦â¦..

I love to paint pictures in my mindâ¦It sort of juxtaposes me into a schizophrenic personalityâ¦.. One is always raking the leaves for songs while the other sits emotionless to the daily humdrums of life. All the characters parade across the boulevard with stories of glamour, moaning where God has placed them, and their blood vessels ready to explode. Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. Tell me more kidâ¦

I decided that the title of this album would be 10 SONGS OF AMERICA TODAYâ¦It wasnât hard to figure outâ¦My landscapes and backgrounds were Los Angeles and every other metropolis in Americaâ¦â¦.

I love all kinds of songsâ¦From Big Bill Broonzyâs ALL BY MYSELF to Burt Bacharach MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF to The Doors L.A. WOMAN, to the Beatles A DAY IN THE LIFE, to the Clash LONDON CALLING, to David Bowie ALL THE YOUNG DUDES, to Johnny Cash RING OF FIREâ¦â¦â¦
Peter took me to a place where we stayed contemporary, and created sounds that Iâve been chasing for a lifetimeâ¦â¦â¦â¦..

Iâd like to give you some tidbits on each song of the albumâ¦.A little meaning to where they stemmed from, side notes, etc.

TRACK #1 â¦â¦..SO OUT OF PLACE
When initially looking for a producer I had considered old friend TOM ROTHROCKâ¦..I played him some songs and he suggested I write something close to homeâ¦.To be specific geographically close. Like my neighborhood of Highland Parkâ¦.I took the assignmentâ¦â¦.It was my first attempt at blending my awkward
Spanenglish with a surrealocumentary of the streets around meâ¦â¦.This is based on actual experiences and some of the local charactersâ¦..It dawned on me that though
I was a minority here and most of the language spoken Spanish, I indeed found a âhome sweet homeâ and those that had crossed borders and distant lands shared somewhat similar values , seeking opportunity to further themselves.
Duane Jarvisâs twango blistering licks mixed with Amy Farrisâs gypsy violin and Phil Parlapianoâs accordion francais was just the crème de la crème I was hoping forâ¦â¦â¦â¦.

TRACK #2â¦â¦WARMTH OF MY TEARS
I met a very beautiful woman whom I was enamored withâ¦..We were both at
a grand opening soiree in Venice Beachâ¦..We joked and danced and then she
spoke of her present situationâ¦â¦..She was a widow and her husband of many years
had been killed a few months earlier in a car accident â¦â¦.I wrote this in the very early morning after I came home and stayed up till the sun peeked thru the windowâ¦â¦â¦.
Peter Caseâs crunch fuzz box effect on guitar and DJ Bonebrakeâs marching military drums with fine back âup harmonies by Amyâ¦â¦â¦.

TRACK # 3 PAYASOS BORRACHOS Y LOCOS
This was my second attempt at Spanenglishâ¦..There are a group
of Mexican painters and handymen who always get together after work each day
and in the twilight bust open beer bottles and drink till sloshed â¦Theyâre happy drunks, we struggle to communicate with their
little English and my distorted Spanishâ¦But somehow we reach that median place
and I wrote this thereâ¦.I knew it was something special when they would
howl to the chorus like coyotesâ¦â¦.Pete gave it a mariachi poppy point of view
and even utilized Duane Jarvis on electric sitarâ¦â¦.Amy added Jalisco violin while Phil went for Norteno spiced accordionâ¦â¦â¦.

TRACK #4 LEAVE IT ALL IN THE HANDS OF THE LORD
I couldnât help myself from writing this song after hearing George W. Bush
open his mouth once againâ¦..As we all know when he gets into a bind he tells us
to leave it in the hands of the lord and everything will work out fineâ¦..As political as I am, which is quite anonymous, itâs just so hard to swallow his white house antics while
us and the rest of the world scratch our heads in disbelief. So much for nationalism, just stand on a podium and articulate the real concerns and
not be such an embarrassmentâ¦â¦.I thought about how a kid comes back from Iraq or Afghanistan missing a body part and George smiling and patting him on the back
and saying âIn no time weâll get you a new leg so you can get back there and finish off
the war, sonâ
This is the first song where we introduce trumpeter Mike Fortunatoâ¦..DJ Bonebrake
recommended this kid and I nicknamed him Don Ellis whose records I inhaled.
This really added more magic and a poppy grandeur which permeated the albumâ¦

TRACK #5 WHAT GOT INTO YOU
I came up with some dark eerie yet pretty arpeggios that just took over..
It turned into some exciting lyrical imagery for me like âA witch that burned her broomâ which is quite vivid and lovingly haunting. Have you ever been with a person
that you knew deeply and suddenly you donât know them anymore and theyâve tipped a little towards the deepest end? It has wonderful pre chorus harmonies with big Ahs by Pete and Amy.

TRACK #6 NO VEGANS HERE
I had a buddy over my house who hosted a vegan radio showâ¦â¦..After I did his show
I went and wrote this trackâ¦â¦.Iâve been a vegetarian and now a vegan for years Iâm not one to preach to anyone but I do practice this lifestyle
and felt it was time to cover this subject matter with a machine gun lyric attackâ¦.I hope it wakes people up!
I remember suggesting to Mike on trumpet and Jeff Turmes on Saxophone to just go
off like the Chicago Art Ensembleâ¦â¦.They sure came closeâ¦â¦â¦..

TRACK #7 SIX TATTOOS AND A TONGUE RING
I was walking on Hollywood boulevard and saw three punk kids pan handling. Thatâs all I needed and the rest followedâ¦â¦.
Pete came up with a great trumpet part that Mike executed, Amy doubled her violin to make it sound like a string section, and somehow this track just grewâ¦â¦â¦.It reminds me of an adult
âItâs A Small Worldâ


TRACK #8 RED
Pete suggested I write a song about my father. And I didâ¦â¦.
This is a tribute to himâ¦â¦â¦I dug deep in my memory as painful as it was and attempted to sketch out his life in a 4 minute melodyâ¦â¦..
Sheldon Gomberg bass and DJ Bonebrake drums came up with some tasty parts
and of course Mike with his US Marine taps-like Trumpetâ¦â¦â¦..

TRACK #9 DONâT WANT TO RIDE THAT TRAIN NO MORE
I was chord doodling and stumbled upon a pattern that seemed a bit different for meâ¦.It changed my attitude of phrasing to a monotone, talk-sing approachâ¦.Itâs a dark song and melody but ever so beautiful as if I somehow infused my interpretation of a morna or Portuguese fado . In the studio Pete went wildâ¦â¦DJ played Vibraphone like a Brazilian Milt Jackson and Sheldon on bassâ¦..And Mike on trumpetâ¦â¦â¦

TRACK #10 MARCHING DOWN THEM GOLDEN ROADS
This was another arpeggio of a D very high up in the neck which gave it a very open
not fully suspended sound. Duane and Sheldon nicknamed them Crosby chords because they were fragmented briefs of full chordsâ¦â¦.I just descended down the neck and then went into a bravado chorus and then images took over and I imagined myself Jean Jacques Rousseau leading a revolution and people were listening and the distant echo of the melody line âeverywhere are rogues marching down them golden roadsâ could be heardâ¦â¦.If ever there was a fitting way to end the album this anthem- like crescendo is itâ¦â¦..Kudos to Pete, DJ, Duane, Sheldon, Mike, Phil, Amy and everyone involvedâ¦â¦..

If I was to describe CROSBY TYLERâS 10 SONGS OF AMERICA TODAY I would say itâs a fusion of 60âs pop mixed with a versatility of songwriting against a backdrop of urban Americanaâ¦â¦â¦..Does that sound confusing?
Donât forget I was born and raised in Los Angelesâ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦