This is a song I wrote for the people of Newtown, CT back in 2012 on the day of the horrific shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  We'll never forget.

Standing With You - A Song For Newtown

Part of the 2020 EP "It All Begins" by John Ciambriello

It All Begins

Fly With The Angels

Chrysler

Ordinary

The Stains Are OK

Lyrics:
 
Making our way to the ocean
Tired of all of the forward motion today
Chasing the sun until evening
The windows are down and the road is singing a song
and it makes us sing along

Life moves so fast let’s slow it down to make it last
But don’t you say it’s the end cause now is when it all begins, it all begins, it all begins now

Crossing the valley together
Stopping to look at the beauty whenever we can
Here we go over the mountains
I wouldn’t have done it without you so open to life
As the road it fades to night

Life moves so fast let’s slow it down to make it last
But don’t you say it’s the end cause now is when it all begins, it all begins, it all begins now

Making the most of the moments
We’re gonna be telling our story someday to them
We won’t wish it could have been

Life moves so fast let’s slow it down to make it last
But don’t you say it’s the end cause now is when it all begins, it all begins, it all begins now

Credits:
Written, performed, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by John Ciambriello

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4/24/2020

It All Begins - John Ciambriello - Single

John’s musical beginnings started in 5th grade when he was asked if he wanted to be in the new school band. John picked the drums just like every other boy wanted to do. He stuck with it until sometime in high school, John had a chance to take a guitar class.  The rest is history.

 

In late 2004, John began recording an acoustic six song EP entitled “When Time Stands Still”, which was a collection of songs from his early writings that he was really passionate about. The EP was released in August of 2005 which also was the month and year he was married to his wife Roo (of www.semiproper.com)

 

In June of 2009, John gathered a couple of musicians and started a Pop/Rock band called After Autumn. The band started to play all over Connecticut at festivals, churches, coffeehouses, clubs, etc.

 

In August of 2011, After Autumn released a self-titled, six-song EP.

 

In 2012, after a tragic shooting in Newtown, CT., John wrote a song called “Standing With You” which carried a message of hope and community. The song was picked up by multiple media sources and John was asked on to TV shows and radio to play the song. CNN.com posted the song on their main page for a day, which created thousands of plays on the video.

 

In November of 2013, After Autumn released their second album entitled “Wake The Day.”

After the 2nd After Autumn CD was released,  John felt like he was moving in a different direction from the band musically and decided on moving towards another season of musical searching in a solo format.  After Autumn played a “Series Finale Show” on Oct. 11th, 2014.

 

Today John plays acoustic sets at restaurants, coffeehouses and festivals.  He starting a wedding singing business in 2013 in which more info could be found at www.connecticutweddingsinger.com.  To see John live, you can go to www.ciambriello.com/shows