"Just Breathe"

(Verse 1)
I'm taking my time
I've got no plans in mind
Sit with me for awhile
The sun shines as bright as your smile

(Chorus 1)
Just Breathe
Just Breathe
  Let me breathe in your sweetness
  And take you all in
  Get back to the innocence 
  Like when we were kids
Just Breathe
Just Breathe
Just Breathe
Just Breathe

(Bridge)

(Verse 2)
All that I have I will share
And all who I am I will bear
I've got no place to be
Spend your day wasting with me

(Chorus 1)

(Chorus 2)
Just Breathe
Just Breathe
  Let me live in the light
  Of your love & your grace
  A feeling of peace
  By the smile on your face
Just Breathe
Just Breathe

Special thanks to Mandy Walker-Miller and her beautiful voice  https://soundcloud.com/user-52050564

Just Breathe

9/23 - Today's My Birthday.  This song has become a white whale.  The music has been compete for at least 1 1/2 months.  Everyday I'm tinkering.  Tinker.  Tinker. Tinker.   So I'm releasing and I'll let the reactions I get be my guide for the final mix.  Thanks for listening>

"Opened"

Special Thanks to Tessila McLean from the GB Users FB group for her contribution to this song.

(Verse 1)
Can you feel the discontentment
Surrounding like a wave
If ashes in the home fire
The memory slowly fades

What u dream yesterday
Who you were as a child
We are all locked in a cage
At least for a little while

((Chorus))
When were you opened?
Open your eyes - to see
The thing that you fear
Is being free (to speak, to think & to Dream)

(Verse 2)
So on & on its goes
For each a part to play
Until the curtains close
and we melt away

Are you feeling disenchanted
With the thoughts in your mind?
Step on through to this side
And leave it all behind

(CHORUS)
(BRIDGE)
(CHORUS)
(CHORUS)

Opened

"Siren's Song"

(Verse 1)
Once I met a woman with a flower in her hair
Running barefoot through the tall grass
She moved like an angel - I felt it in my soul
Acting like a child but a woman grown
     Look at you baby 
     With your big blue eyes
     She gonna tell me how it is 
     And won't apologize

(Verse 2)
Moved in closer - a fragrance so sweet
Behind her eyes lived a tragedy
Is she Deliah from the stories told
Just a touch will I lose control
     Oh baby, baby 
     How can this be
     Everything you are 
     Will be the death of me

(Chorus)
Will the walls come down
If I speak her name
It's the Siren's Song
Calling from her waters' grave

(Verse 3)
She stood before me - I couldn't even speak
Felt the loss of calm tranquility
Eyes cast upon me - smiling as to say
"I bet you'll love to watch me walk away"
     There goes my angel
      A woman of my dreams
      Beneath the surface
      Things ain't always as they seem
(Chorus) x2

*Special Thanks to my friends at the Songwriters Anonymous FB Group.
*Song Spark Songwriting & Composition Collective:
  June Prompt 2021 - Stream of Consciousness

Siren's Song

"The Hard Road"

(Verse 1)
Well, I don't know what'as happening here
But sopmething ain't feeling right
Knocked Down - Turned around
I'm fighting for my life

(PreChorus 1)
Setback - Stand my my ground
Keep on swining until the end of the round
Stand tall - Every fall
It's do or die with your back against the wall

(Chorus)
I'm gonna set my sight on the bright lights of the city
Life's the hard road; a trail of tears & misery

(Verse 2)
Ain't nothing really different
But everything has changed
I'm looking in a mirror
For someone I can blame

(Pre Chorus 2)
Be cruel - Play the fool
Whatever your predilection
Strap in - Cold gin
Find myself a new direction

(Chorus)

(Bridge - Guitar Solo)
I'm too young to die (x4)

(Chorus)

(Verse 3)
Well, I can't find a reason
I'm sure there is no rhyme
Why so many of us 
Are dropping outta line

(PreChorus 1)

(Chorus)

Hello.  Thanks for stopping by.  
Special thanks to my friends at SONGWRITERS/Anyonomouns :
Chris Costanzo, Gerry Marsh, Dan Terpstra & Joe Liberty for their helpful ideas & their ears.  Also to Chris Lane Sr. for playing me some Kick Ass Bass!

Before I say it..... I AM FINE.

This is a song about my personal battle with cancer.  It came out of nowhere an unterly shook my world to pieces.  It's not about the events  but more about my way of coping with it.  For any who have traveled this "Hard Road" I hope you can relate in your own way.  For those of you who haven't I hope that it is never anything  nothing more than a song about not giving up when throuws you a curve ball.  Peace to All & keep on Rockin!

The Hard Road

(Verse 1)
She's sitting at the shoreline
Alone with her despair
She'd like to chase the tide
And not come up for air
Thinking 'bout things
She dosen't understand
Watching grains of sand
Slip through her hands

(Verse 2)
He's living on the sidelines
Doen't know which way to turn
He wants to set it all on fire
And watch it slowly burn
Then hang his head
So you can feel his  shame
Start the damn thing
All over again

(Bridge)
Time is long for the lonely
Nights are cold alone in bed
Love is a fool's journey
Just need a place to lay our heads

(Verse 3)
The answer seems so easy
This need to be erased
If you had somebody
To fill up the empty space
Then you would not feel
Alone in the world
And wonder 'bout the truth
It does reveal

(Bridge)


7/14/21 - Original idea
7/17/21 - Sarah L. Idea - Rewrite lyrics
7/18/21 - Roger W. idea - Changed lyric perspective
               Begin recording
7/20-21 - Vocals
7/21-7/25 - work on arrangement
7/25-7/27 - mixing
7/27 - MASTERED BY MAZEND Music Lab

For the Lonely

I dedicated the month of July to writing all acoustic music.  This is song 2 of 4.   I'm currently working on a bigger production of this track but thought having a version that sounds like the way I wrote it would be intresting.  

"For the Lonley"

(V 1)
She's sitting at the shoreline
Alone with her despair
She'd like to chase the tide
And not come up for air
She's thinkin' 'bout things
She dosen't understand
Watching grains of sand
Slip through her hand

(V2)
He's living on the sideline
Don't know which way to turn
He wants to set it all on fire
And watch it slowly burn
Then hang his head
So you can feel his  shame
And start the damn thing
All over again

(Bridge)
Time is long for the lonely
Nights are cold alone in bed
Love's a fool's journey
Just need a place to lay our heads

(V3)
The answer seems so easy
This need to be erased
If you had somebody
To fill up the empty space
Then you would not be
Alone in the world
And think about the truth
It does reveal

(Bridge)

For The Lonley (Acoustic Demo)

A fantastic ballad written by Bob Seger & the Slver Bullet Band in 1978 & made famous by the 1983 duet by Kenney Rodgers & Sheena Easton.

We've Got Tonight (A Bob Seger Cover)

A song for the Songspark Songwrtitng FB Collective  - August 2021

I'm way out of my element on this one butI  tried my best.  I didn't get a song idea for this months prompt until a few days ago so I'm pleased that I have at least something to show.  I love mixing Rock guitars over Hip Hop beats.  I think my idea is great but the execution has lots of room for improvement.  I'm hoping someone stumbels across this with better than skills than me to help take it to the next level

Yonkers (Where Da Party At)

Just something to get into the "spooky" spirit.  This is a great song Written by Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs in 1966.  I hope i did it justice.  All credit should go to the creator

Lil Red Riding Hood (Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs)

Check out the Video Premiere on YouTube 4/2 @ 7pm EST:
https://youtu.be/TtX6N0h73gs

"Blue Love"
Word & Music by Dominic Torregrossa

(v1)
I think I want to
Get to know you
Until you see thru
Put me in a rearview
I want to hold you
Make you scold me
Until you see
The line that I sold you

(Ch)
Woa! Woa! Woa!
My love is blue
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Since you went away

(v2)
I stood beside you
Crawled inside you
You weren't blind
I didn't want to show you
I slipped inside you
You never saved me
All this time
I tried to make you hate me

(Ch)
Woa! Woa! Woa!
My love is blue
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Since you went away

(Bridge)
I'm on my knees in broken glass
Scarred by pieces of our shattered past

(Ch)
Woa! Woa! Woa!
My love is blue
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Since you went away

Blue Love

See the video:
https://youtu.be/5vEjz_e_xpY

***Mastered by Scapular Winging Records***

Yesterday 
When I opened my eyes
My heart was heavy
My thorat was dry
My head was spinning
And she is the reason why

Oh how I miss
Sweet Lil' señorita
Drowned my sorrow
In a 5th of Tequilla
Left her mark
But didn't leave a number
Sank her teeth
And walked right out the door

Got out of bed
And opened the blinds
I tried like hell
To get her out of my mind
Oh how I hope
That she comws with me one more time

Sweet Señorita

To get this song you (perhaps)need a brief history lesson.  On Frank Zappa's 1969 "Hot Rats" Lp there was a track called "Willie the Pimp".  This isn't a remake but a retelling.   

It has been in the works for (3) days and I thought it good enough to just post.  Perhaps I'll fine tune a bit more.  I'm sure I could do a much better guitar solo.  Or maybe I'll just move on.  Either way.... I hope you enjoy it.  Comments & suggestions are always welcome.  Thanks

"Blues for Willie"

<V1>
My Name is Willie
I've got something to sell ya
Meet me at the corner 
With a $20 bill.

<v2>
My name is Willie
I'm hngin' with my floozies
Standing in the Lobby
Of the Lido Hotel

<Ch>
A Pimp
Hot Rats
I'm a bad mother fucker
in a black cadillac, Oh Yeah

<V1>  <Ch>

Blues for Willie

Oh Come Ole Ye Faithful (Guitar Cover)

Project started on 1/14/2022
Guitar Tuning: DAEEAA

"Winter Willow"
(v1)
I'll be standing here
waiting to see you
Call me when it's time
You won’t be alone
like the winter willow
underneath a cold, gray sky
(ch)
I know that you a feeling
all hope is lost forever
A fire has burned for you
in my soul
Finally together
tomorrow & forever
to breathe new life
(v2)
I'll be  standing here
waiting to be near you
and hold you in my arms
You won't be alone
like then winter willow
buried under snow
(c)
(b)
I remember everything
the day we met & the ring
I told you I would never leave your side
And such is life
We laugh - We cry
We fought like hell to survie
It's OK to turn off the light
(c)

Winter Willow

Music from the "Songwriters Anonymous" FB Group...


This is a song I made with my good friend Jerneja Medved.  We've never met & most likely never will but that changes nothing.  She's good people & we make good music together.

She does her thing & I do mine.  We end up with something neither could do on their own.  It's colloboration at its finest! 

For more Great Music check out Just Neja (Jerneja Medved)  https://soundcloud.com/jerneja-medved
              "Where a Cactus Grows"  - A Dom & Neja Song

Somewhere in a desert 
Very far away
Little armadillo's crying 
Every single day
'Casue every time he meets a mammal 
He just feels so insecure
He looks like a bandit 
But his little heart is pure

Where a cactrus grows
Nobody knows
The drama shows 
Where a cactus grows

Sulking on the crossroad 
Of the rock, the dust and stone
Little armadillo's 
Always feeling so alone
Until the thunder comes and
Orange cloud covers the sky
He thinks his day has come
And he is all prepared to die

Where a cactrus grows N
Nobody knows
The drama shows 
Where a cactus grows

The noise gradually settles
And he can breathe again
His eyes still full of tears
But Hey! now he can see a friend
It's the most gorgeous female 
Armadillo's ever seen
Her armour is blue & silver 
God knows places she has seen

Where a cactrus grows
Nobody knows
The drama shows 
Where a cactus grows

He carefully approaches
He flirts like on a dare
Then he tries to kiss her
And she doesn't seem to care
Her lips are so much sweeter
Thank anything he tried before
Since she doesn't seem to mind
He Just keeps taking more

Where a cactrus grows
Nobody knows
The drama shows 
Where a cactus grows

His heart is racing like a bike
And he is out of breath
But his little mistress
Is all worth a painful death
He doesn't know what's going on
But he feels like a 
He'll never separate
From hisbeloved Redbull can

Where a cactrus grows
Nobody knows
The drama shows 
Where a cactus grows

Where a cactus grows (A Dom & Neja song)

Here's a cover of a fabulous song by Singer/Songwriter Andrew Combs.

Too Stoned To Cry (Andrew Combs Cover)

Without a doubt Neil Young is one of the greatest Signer/Songwriters with an acoustic ever.   All rights and credit go to Neil Young for the amazing music he continues to make.

My My,  Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)  A Neil Young Cover

Oblivion is meant to be played Load & Often.

Featuring Hetriani on Lead guitar: https://www.youtube.com/user/Hetriani

See the video Here:  
https://youtu.be/5HL9-t55bvw

(V1)
Lost her life
In the back of a limosine
Tripped the night
At a club down in New Orleans
Took a punch
from a junkie on the Soylent green
Lost her mind 
Swimming in the vasoline

(V2)
See the man with the plan
That you can't deny
Put to task
Don't ask him for an alibi
On your feet - down in front
Tell me what it is
Cosmic Sense
In need of a renaissance

(C)
Oblivion - And you can't get away
Oblivious how it happened that way

(V3)
Looking Glass
A junkie in a Sexy dress
Tried to run
From the things her Daddy said
A Shooting Star
Blazing cross the nighttime sky
Lost control
Never really knowing why

(V4)
See the man with the plan
For another taste
Get a fix
Watch it all go to waste
On your feet - down in front
Tell me what it is
Cosmic Sense
Dusted with some Heroine

(C)
Oblivion - And you can't get away
Oblivious how it happened that way

(V5)
Little girl
Sittin on her Daddy's Lap
Threw her down
She said she'd never give him that
Just because 
He hid a little sickly need
A life once lived
Ended by a tragedy 

(V6)
See the man with the plan
To forget your pain
In a blink
History repeats again
On your feet - down in front
Tell me what it is
Cosmic Sense
Screamin for the innocent

(C)
Oblivion - And you can't get away
Oblivious how it happened that way

Oblivian

Song #3 with my good freind Jerneja Medved

"Dancing with a Witch"

She knows what you are feeling
But she can´t say a word
Your lies would cut into her heart like a blade of an ice cold sword
She has nothing to show you but the sense inside her bones
You shouldn´t dance with a witch if your heart is made of stones.
She reads you like an open book
But just the secrets between the lines
While she´s listening to your words she´s receiving all the signs.

Prechorus:
She took another hit now it´s her fault that your little hand hurts
She´s asking the rain to wash the pain of your last words
She´s up for all kinds of games, but there´s a rule you shouldn´t ditch:
Your heart should be pure if you wanna be dancing with a witch.

She could take your peace away, but she will never cross that line
She´s sending you fairies and angels when she tells you that you´ll be fine.
You wanna eat from her garden, but you can´t resist the itch
Why do you spill the poison while you´re dancing with a witch?

Three times around the hollow tree
A hair from salamander´s knee
I now shall wipe your trouble clear
For as long as you´re sincere.

Dancing with a Witch (A Dom & Neja Song)

Here's a version I'm sure you never heard before.

Norwegian Wood  (A Beatles Cover?)

A fun little ditty that got lost on my hard drive

"Freak Flag"
Words & Music by Dom Torregrossa

Do what u wanna do
Say what u wanna say
Be who you wanna be
And do it everyday

If you got desire
Let your freak flag fly
Wave it higher & higher
Tell the world that you have arrived

Love who u wanna love
Think what u wanna think
Don't apologize
Not for anything

Freak Flag

Honorable Mentions:
Chris Lane Sr - Bass Guitar
Lauren Nolan - Title Suggestion

"What went wrong"

(Chorus)
Hey, Hey
What went wrong with the world tonight
I made not home alive - I'm so tired
Don't wanna fight

(Verse 1)
You win - I lose
We act like fools
Nothing changes 
From day to day
You Said you're right
I say goodnight
I get the feeling
We're seeing things differently

(Chorus)

(Verse 2)
Check In - Checked out
I'm inside out
All is quiet
On an endless stream of misery
Be one without
There is no doubt
My will is broken
But I ain't getting angry

(Bridge/Guitar Solo)

(Chorus)

What Went Wrong?

Good Intention is a song of self reflection.   It's a slow blues jam in D Major using Drop D Tuning.  The words & music developed in a spontaneous jam session late one evening when I could not fall asleep.  The words pretty much follow the ramblings in my head that night.  I've been fine tuning the production since then but really didn't want it to be too polished.  I hoped it would sound like something you may hear live one night at a blues club.   

Guitars used:   Rhythm guitar: Early 80's Ibanez AS-80 Artist Series.
                           Lead Guitar:  2002 Custom Shop Jackson Sweet-Tone
                           Bass Guitar - Jackson X Series Concert Bass

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered in GarageBand.
Video Shot in a secret basement studio somewhere in Yonkers, NY

"Good Intention"
Word & Music by Dom Torregrossa

Late a night when the world is sleeping
I feel so tired but the wheel just keeps on turning
All I have & all I have took for granted
In the end the remains of my good intention

I'm so tired of everyone sayin' it
I'm so tired of the games I've been playin with
I really, really hate explaining it
To you

Who I am & who I could have been
I won't pretend that they're both the same when my story ends
All I've have & all that I have let go
In the end the remains of my good intention

I'm so tired of everyone sayin' it
I'm so tired of the games I've been playin with
I really, really hate explaining it
To you

Thanks to my friends in Songwriters Anonymous for all their insight into this & every song I record.   Thanks to all the hosts who play our music:
Metal Head Hippie:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MetalHeadHippie
Thomas Christ:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXC58m_zfPHCOh4eoEDi0KA
Rockin Ron Ward:
https://www.youtube.com/c/RonWardHomeGrownIndieLive
Pete John's:
https://www.youtube.com/c/PeteJohnsMusic

And thanks most of all to you, my listeners and friends.

Peace!

Dom

Good Intention

Music By: Dom Torregrossa
Lyrics by: Dom Torregrossa & Chris Lane Sr.

"Dark Age"

Hey You! 
Livin' in the Dark Age
What did you do?
Who will save us?

The world out side
Is smashed & broken
One last breath
Truth unspoken

Hear the beast & close your eyes
Selling pretty, little lies
Antiquity burning on the midnight sky
The Dark Age is here & it's raining fire

Hey You!
Livin' in dark places
A pile of fools,
philosophers & sages

Beyond the wall
life uncertain
Can't see beyond
This dark curtain

Hear the beast & close your eyes
Selling pretty, little lies
Antiquity burning on the midnight sky
The Dark Age is here & it's raining fire

Audio Production by Dom Torregrossa
Mastered by Scapular Winging Records

Apocalypse is:
Dom Torregrossa: Rhythm guitar, lead guitar, Bass, Spoken Word 
Chris Lane Sr: Vocals
Hugh Caldwell: Lead Guitar

Dark Age  (from Apocalypse )

I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS FOR THIS SONG - THIS REMAKE ONLY INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES.

Honestly, I was never a Nirvana fan.   So when asked by a friend if I'd cover one of their songs for his Youtube Livestream..... I Said, "Sure, why not!"    I recreate as best I was able using the Live Foo Fighters version as my guide.  I hope you enjoy

Marigold (Nirvana Cover)

Featuring:
Hugh Caldwell - Lead Guitar
Mr. Smith - Drums

"Dirty Little Secret"
by Dom Torregrossa

Turn it up!

you Can run
But you can't hide
from all the shit you buried
hoping noone else would find

we ain't dumb,
deaf or blind
Rock On! Rock On! Rock On!
You lying mother f@ck$r

Watch it primetime
Dirty little secrets
Your sins on Line 
Dirty little secrets

Just keep lying
 to yourself
Baby, you ain't fooling 
No-one else

we ain't deaf,
dumb or blind
Rock On! Rock On! Rock On!
You cheatin' mother f@ck$r

Watch it primetime
Dirty little secrets
Your sins on Line 
Dirty little secrets

Turn that shit up!

Watch it primetime
Dirty little secrets
Your sins on Line 
Dirty little secrets

Dirty Little Secret

“ Universe (It’s a great, big Macrocosm) “

     Welcome to the universe my friends.  Earth’s a trendy spot for nightlife in space.    If you like you can pretend that truths are lies and winners sin.

     “Rank and file.  Two by two.  Shut up! And move along.  Everything you once believed” , he tells you “it is wrong.”  Take your orders from a general.  “It really blows my mind how you people wait in line to be slaughtered.”

     “Don’t freak out or runaway.  No need to be afraid.  Welcome to the universe.  The universe I made.”  Say hello to your general.  “And if I were appeased would you grovel on your knees and forgive me?”

     Welcome to the universe my friends.  Earth’s a trendy spot for nightlife in space.  If you have ever wondered why some will live while others die...  Big Bang!  Eternity as far as any eye can see in this system.

Now, you can say God backwards 
It’s D. O. G.  Dog
Doggies are mans best friend
When you wish upon a star
All you’ll get is radiated 
Ain’t that how a star should face the end
Like specimens in jars 
we must be collected
And put up on a shelf in a darkened room
I am seeing men from Mars
In every hidden corner 
They’re wondering what size jar to stuff me in,

It’s a great big macrocosm!

Universe (It's a Great, Big Macrocosm) (DEMO)

"Time"

We're not meant to understand
Time is an eagle flying in the rain
It hides but cannot hide the call
Our time is flying on the wings of change

Do you Ever wonder why
These walls divide us when we close our eyes
It feels like I'm falling from grace
Time is an ocean and we're living in the wake

We're no different when we fall
Like vines in gardens that wither in the cold
A second chapter will begin
Time is your picture hanging on my wall

Or are we all to blame
Ran to the future but could not heal our pain
I am starring at the sun
Time passed between us when I looked beyond

Time Passed (DEMO)

"Starship Funkatronic"

(Verse)
Throw your hands up in the air
And act like you don't care
That this world is blownin' up , Ya'll
Head down to the Hub
And find someone to love
Because we won't be here tomorrow
Take the time - Do it right
If only for tonight
'Cause Karma - She is a Bitch, Yeah
Maybe we will find
When we leave this world behind
We're off to something better

(Chorus)
Now is the time - And the time is right
Climb aboard for the ride of your life
Buckle up & have a safe flight
On Starship Funkatronic

(Verse)
It don't mean a thing
The millions that your bring
Into the Funk-Dimension
The forgotten & the poor
The weirdos & obscure
They be sittin' up in first class
It's the people who will choose
The leaders and rules
Not the one with all the money
So treat your neighbor right
Never start a fight
'Cause fighting it just ain't Funky

(Chorus)
(Chorus)

Starship Funkatronic

I'm a 53 year old "RockDad".   I’ve been playing guitar and playing in bands since 12 years old.  Pair that with an overactive imagination.  Another Singer/Songwriter is born.  Making music is a great way to blow off steam & a lot cheaper than therapy.   And lately bits the best way to meet like minded people & make new friends.  I have a private songwriting group on Facebook called Songwriters  Anonymous filled with some of the greatest musicians & songwriters to be found on the internet.  We’re all addicted as are you.  I look forward to hearing your stuff!   Peace

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