"Come Out & Play"

For a guy just bursting on the scene, Jimmy Demar has sure done a lot. The Star Search Male Vocalist had his debut single "You Don't Love Me Anymore" hit the top 10 in parts of the country and was acclaimed by Billboard and Music Row magazines; the song's video became a Nashville Network "Pick Hit." His television series credits include CBS's "America" and Fox TV's "The Outsiders"; he's also done commercials for Levis and Toyota.

So, with all this under his belt, how can Demar be considered a newcomer? Perhaps "new" is wrong. Jimmy Demar is clearly not new to show business. Let's just say he's back. After years of major steps, which poised Demar on the brink of hitting it really big, several personal losses -- including his father's illness and death from cancer - forced him to make the difficult decision to put his musical career on hold.

It's not a decision he regrets in the least. "I suppose my career would be further along," he says. "There were lots of great things happening for me before I took time off. But life isn't just what you plan. It's what happens. And sometimes you only have one chance to get it right. As hard as it was, I wouldn't have missed that time with my dad for anything. You just can't replace or get back those moments with someone. When they're gone, they're gone. I'm glad I listened with my heart."

Now, after negotiating the hurdles and detours that marked the past years, Demar is back. His music today not only builds on his earlier career successes, but it reflects the kind of wit, wisdom and optimism that come from making the kind of choices he has. The title track for his upcoming album ("It's About Time") is not just a song title for Demar; it's a belief. "This is what I want to do," he says matter of factly. "It's what I need to do. And now is the time."

These needs to write and perform are in Demar's blood. Raised on a ranch in a small southern Oregon town, he recalls singing, performing and writing songs for as long as he can remember. "It's how we spent our time. It was part of the culture." His father, a National Champion Rodeo Cowboy, encouraged Demar. "It all went together," Demar recalls, "the horses, the music, the whole lifestyle. Really, can you imagine rodeo without country music, or the other way around? It's just what we did, who we were." Demar's music, while drawing on a range of musical styles, often reflects these country roots. "Don't Try to Find Me," which will also appear on his upcoming album has got the whole ball of wax -- the beat, the guitars, the Dallas freeway. It even has the singer "headin' down the line." You know exactly how Demar spent his childhood when you listen to this one.

Two other songs show his other sides. "Thank God I Kissed You," celebrates the strange and random events that often land us in love ("I could have turned left. I could have turned right. I could have stayed at home that night"). For Demar, whose career has taken unexpected turns and detours, it is an especially fitting subject. "Man of My Word" has a refrain that really grabs you. It lets you know that this Demar guy has done some living and thinking since the days he was listening to country music in southern Oregon. This is a guy who has been in love.

Today, though, Jimmy Demar is mostly in love with the possibilities that are opening up for him. "I've come to this incredible point in my life," he says, "where I can really focus on what I love best and what I feel I have to do. I've worked hard and I've had some great things happen for me in my career. Taking time off was something I had to do. Now, in a similar way, I have to write and perform. I've got songs in me that I need to get out and share. The rest is up to fate. ..J.D.

Hello, and welcome to another creative outlet I love, written original music. I've been playing music for over a decade and it has served me as an outlet for my creative self. I try my best to translate what I head in my headspace into the physical interpretation that you get to hear. Please take the time to listen to my work, and enjoy! Take care

All of these tracks were made without editing. They were performed live without a mixer or crossfader and recorded into a smart phone from a tape cassette turn dial. Save productions of beats and rearrange sequences and make loops and scratch using your samples that you record so you don't have to use vinyl or computers to jam. It saves a lot of money and can be used with instruments and be used for live performing. Sake's it is a great instrument, safe bet, it will play to reel machines that big production companies use to make techno and drum and bass and allow people to perform live arrangements. Rage with  the ability to feel the track and know where it is. Using the dial produces a drum like characteristic feel. Using your fingers to tap it along with the speed control knob it allows the pitch to change making it able to fast forward causing loops to change sound and return back to regular play and rearrange parts live. If you would like to know how to build one message me. I don't sell it I want to give people the opportunity to make one and not have to pay a lot of mark-up profit, also so you know how it functions and it doesn't break. Later...

Pacar saya bunuh diri 3 tahun lalu. Dia dan saya bersama selama hampir 7 tahun. Dia tidak pernah berbicara denganku tanpa memberitahuku bahwa dia mencintaiku lebih dari apapun. Setiap kali kami bertengkar, dia akan memeluk saya sampai saya tenang. Kami sering berkendara di akhir pekan ke tempat-tempat kosong, kami akan memarkir mobil dan berbaring di kap mobil serta menatap bintang-bintang. Seringkali kami melakukan percakapan panjang yang mendalam selama berjam-jam hingga kami tertidur sambil berpegangan tangan dengan erat. Kami berdua selalu tahu kami tidak akan pernah selingkuh, tidak pernah pergi. Itu tidak akan pernah sepadan, dan kami selalu melihat orang yang luar biasa berdiri di depan kami. Ketika saya tidak tahan melihat bayangan saya sendiri, dia memuji saya tentang betapa banyak orang yang lebih suka menjadi saya daripada diri mereka sendiri. Dia memberi tahu saya rahasia terdalam dan tergelapnya, dan tidak pernah takut untuk mengatakan yang sebenarnya, tidak peduli betapa menyakitkan hal itu. Kami berkencan dari sekolah menengah dan sekolah menengah atas, dan bahkan perguruan tinggi. Kami menghabiskan waktu bertahun-tahun, di bus, mendengarkan musik, saling memandang. Hampir setiap hari kami naik bus pulang ke rumah, dan menghabiskan sepanjang hari bermain permainan kartu. permainan papan, dan menonton film. Kami lebih dari sekedar kekasih, kami adalah sahabat, kami adalah keluarga. Saya bertemu dengannya di rumah sakit jiwa setelah kami berdua mencoba bunuh diri. Dia telah mengajariku begitu banyak. Dan meskipun dia tidak ada di sini hari ini, saya tahu bahwa dia ingin saya tetap hidup, terus mendorong batas saya, terlepas dari apa yang dipikirkan orang lain. Saya berharap saya bisa menyelamatkannya. Berada di sana untuknya lebih banyak. Setiap kali saya mendengarkan lagu ini, saya teringat padanya, dan kebaikannya yang abadi, dan hatinya yang baik, tidak peduli apa yang dia rasakan. Dia benar-benar tidak mementingkan diri sendiri. Jadi saya katakan kepada Anda, menelusuri komentar, TETAP AMAN, TETAP SEHAT, DAN TETAP HIDUP. ANDA DICINTAI.

Acoustic, electric, mellow, metal...

All music and lyrics written and recorded by Paul Todd.

...Thought it was time to get something up and running for this little solo-musical-bedroom-hobby of mine. 

I've recorded a bunch of tunes over the past few years - mostly with layered guitars, sometimes a bit of bass, drum loops, and usually lyrics that I'm still not confident to set upon the public domain. So for now, I'll post instrumental versions of my original tracks here and at www.facebook.com/futureprojectpt. 

Hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed writing, playing and recording them. PT.

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