It Iz What It Iz Music

SAME NOW MORE OR LESS

Rain cries
Flower children paint umbrellas
Mindless and void of reason
Like lemmings lead to the water
So it's so easy to discover fascist lies
Under covers you commit your compromise

Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning i guess
But it's the same now more or less

Safe nights
Sheltered by the stars that became the thousand points of light
Hear the guns click off a the new order
It's so easy to preach to others ethics and moral fibers
Time to realize you've become your parents in disguise....

Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning
Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning i guess
But it's the same now more or less

You're terrified
I'm paranoid
Can't verify our destination
Self sacrifice
Internalized
Why oh why oh why?

Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning
Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning i guess
But it's the same now more or less

Credits:
JT : Vocals, One take drums, Bass, Piano, Acoustic / Electric guitar
Recorded and Mixed at Suburban Hermit Studios II, Stony Brook, NY 

Same Now More (JT Version)

JT : Vocal, Programming, Rhythm guitar on "Ride It"
Gian DiMauro : Programming on "Ride It"
Anthony Pomes : Electric guitar on "Ride It"
Recorded and Mixed at Sonic Underground Studios, Stony Brook, NY

Ride It!

YOU'RE GONNA DIE SOMEDAY

Scarepuck City Parade
Where the actions speak louder than words
And words that make the scene ignite like gasoline
To burn a quick friend on the side

And you question what does it mean?
As a dark machine steals for your seat
You’ll fight as those who watch will stare and twitch a lot
And take a few bets on the side

Hide?

The situation’s clear :
Convinced you have no reason,
Here you are and still your actions are the same
No matter where you go - what you do - or what you say
A little voice reminds you that you’re gonna die someday!

COLD AND EMPTY

Cold and empty
I wanna go back home
Home - remember when I felt assured?
When I felt secure

Cold and worthless
Hey, I just don’t belong
Alone - I travel in a circle-line
If I should die...

Maybe
Just maybe I’ll return again
And maybe
Just maybe, I’ll reach the spinal end to find I’ve always been...

Cold and empty
I wanna go back home
Home - I gaze up to see your glow
If you only knew
How I long for you
Home!
I wanna go back...

Home!
I said I wanna go back!
Ah, you know I gotta go back
I wanna taste those bright orange colored faces
I wanna hear the sight of your umbrellas

Home I gaze up to see your face
If you only knew
How I long for you

Credits:
JT : Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass
Recorded and mixed at Suburban Hermit Studios II, Stony Brook, NY 

You're Gonna Die / Cold & Empty

Based on a true story:

PHONE DEMOS AND STUDIO COMPLAINTS

Meryl’s blasting vocals on the phone
The 89 is cringing
The music stand supports the talking bone
Levels red and deadly through the console with the eq fighting
The G3 takes a beating but endures
Cat leaping upper floor - Furnace booms
One blender and a fridge swapping tunes
This dark booth is not too sound proof
There’s always a toilet flush! FLUSH!

Hi, come on in. Not doing anything but recording
and that’s not important, not important at all...

Upstairs phone rings:
No, this is not Mr. Noodleman’s house
Upstairs phone rings:
Must check my messages every 15 minutes
Upstairs phone rings:
Must leave an incredibly long fax about
cheap flights to your neighboring states...

Start again...

Dish washer lifting off - Water zooms
Loud beeping - Louder cough from next door
And what’s more, this booth smells like cork
“But that’s good for sound”, Rupert says.
I think he’s insane...

Credits:
JT : Vocals, Instruments
Recorded and Mixed at Sonic Underground Studios, Stony Brook, NY 

Phone Demos & Studio Complaints

FEEL LIKE LOVE TONIGHT

The moment I met you
I knew inside my heart it was forever
Tried so hard to get you
To hold you in my arms and feel you close to me
I need you in my life and girl you know it’s true
I know deep in my soul that you want me to want you

Hiiiiiiiii... Feel like love tonight
Hiiiiiiiii... Feel like love tonight

When we come together
all at once the passion starts to flow
Giving you pleasure
Watching as we both start to let go
It’s worth everything to see that look in your eye
Both of burning, now I can’t deny that....

Hiiiiiiiii... Feel like love tonight
Hiiiiiiiii... Feel like love tonight
Hiiiiiiiii... Feel like love tonight
Hiiiiiiiii... Feel like love tonight

Waking up together, our hearts beat as one
Can we keep this precious moment alive?
Then I hear you calling out my name
And I know I’m here for you again
Now I know that we were meant to last forever

Hiiiiiii feel like love tonight
Hiiiiiii feel like love tonight etc...

Credits:
ND : Lead vocal, Programming
Meryl Mathews : Keyboard
JT : Back up vocals, Programming
Recorded and Mixed at Sonic Underground Studios, Stony Brook, NY 

Feel Like Love Tonight

Railing from Kittery, Maine here are the Clammorettes:

COULD BE WORSE, COULD BE RAINING 

I guess it's gonna be one of those days
When anything that could go right goes wrong anyway
I guess I shouldn't even start to complain
Could be worse - could be raining

Situation is slightly ahead of the beat
Dancing on the rim of time on the souls of my feet
It's  my natural inclination
Neither sour or sweet
Woody and Diane  - lot's of wheat, lots of wheat

I guess it's gonna be one of those days
When anything that could go right goes wrong anyway
I guess I shouldn't even start to complain
Could be worse - could be raining

Snafu up snafu down it's part of the game
Making the right decisions for fortune and fame
It's  my natural inclination
To avoid and disdain
The razor edge splendor between pleasure and pain

I guess it's gonna be one of those days
When anything that could go right goes wrong anyway
I guess I shouldn't even start to complain
Could be worse - could be raining

Credits:
Diana Truan: Vocal
Doris Drain : Vocal
Snip Side Zanzibar Sandino: Guitars
Mollard Herringberg : Bass
Sandy Q. Nutron: Drums
John Tabacco: Keyboard

Could Be Worse, Could Be Raining

Jingle Bells feat.Miku Hatsune

John Tabacco is an American composer, singer songwriter, producer, recording engineer, multi instrumentalist and graphic artist. He has engineered /mixed and mastered music for hundreds of New York recording artists as well as projects released on BMG: The Kemelions, RCA: Faze, Rampage/Rhino: Rhett Forrester, Columbia: Rebbie Jackson, Rykodisc : Bob Marley, Columbia: Chris Jasper, Electra: Sonia Dada and Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid Of The Dark? He is the CEO of It Iz What It Iz Music Publishing which currently holds over 750 songs in its catalog. He has been an associate producer for IndiMusic TV and hosts a bi-weekly radio program (CLAM RADIO) on college radio WUSB.fm since 1999. He is currently the head of A&R at Modern Voices Digital Distribution.

His musical background consists of extensive study of orchestration with noted 20th century composer John Lessard, harmony with the late electronic music maverick Bulent Arel, and composition with Stony Brook University professor Peter Winkler. He received his BA in Music from Stony Brook University in 1983. 

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined. His style is a melding of pop - jazz -rock - avant garde / aleatory, classical and comedy.  He has been recording his music non stop since 1979.

Of note: In 1989 the satirical, absurd house song "Go House Yourself" co-written by Tabacco, Pati and DiMauro reached position 39 on Billboard's dance chart. 

In 2014 Tabacco signed a record deal with Texas, indie label, Muffin Records. They released his CD “Unfulfilled Shopping Carts Syndrome” internationally.

Same Now More (JT Version)

John Tabacco

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