I’m thrilled to share our new release, “Gratitude”! This song is for anyone who’s been feeling blue or facing hardships — a reminder that even in the toughest times, there’s room for appreciation and resilience.

Huge thanks to Whitman Rinaldo and Pierre Denissen for bringing this song to life.
 
GRATITUDE
Copyright 2025 Rinaldo/O'Brien
Music by Whitman Rinaldo; Lyrics by Alex O'Brien
All Rights Reserved

Whitman Rinaldo: guitar, vocals, bass
Pierre Denissen: drums

LYRIC

Gotta feeling that I’m living a tragedy
Lord you know I’m flawed
My mind is reeling tell me where is the majesty
I’m beaten, battered, and raw

But I’m running with a powerful attitude
And so much appreciation
That’s my inspiration
My heart’s still filled with gratitude
I guess I’m praying for Grace
Praying for Grace

Yes despite the sorrow
I see a bright tomorrow
Despite the loss and the heartache
I feel such gratitude

Gotta a feeling that I’m living a tragedy
You know I’m down and I’m blue
The years are stealing my youth and vitality
I need love, forgiveness, and truth

But I feel such gratitude, yeah

Yes despite the sorrow
I see a bright tomorrow
Despite the loss and the heartache
I feel such gratitude

RELEASED ON SOUNDCLOUD: December 5, 2025


Gratitude

Thx for visiting and listening, I am an amateur guitarist, play a little keybord, bass and drums too. I love music.

To celebrate 2000, I took a year off to write songs, novels, plays, and stories - and I've been doing that since. At the end of my first year, I won first prize in the USA Songwriting Contest in the Lyric Category for 'Drum Machines and Beauty Queens.' This led to co-writing songs with many excellent musicians, including those represented in songs posted here. 

More recently, I was one of seven finalists in the Crisis Lyric Category of the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest for 'Lockdown Blues,' and one of nine nominees in the 2021 International Song Awards with 'Didn't the River Know' and 'Blue and Gold.'

For the past two years, I've been collaborating with many talented musicians on Kompoz. I release many of these songs here and compile the best into albums released under Captain Stormfield's Trip on Spotify and other platforms (see links below).

I enjoy producing upbeat tracks spanning a range of pop styles. I really hope you have fun listening to them. I write my tracks using GarageBand and hopefully I am improving my writing, arranging and production skills. I do not use AI in any of my compositions.

Gratitude

AlexEOB