LYRICS

i do this to myself these days
sometimes i swear it's like i know no other way
i love the life i live i confess
it’s all part of who i am i guess

sometimes i want this all to end
i should think of me, stop living for my friends
i do my best to serve the ones i love
that's well and good, but that could never be enough

i have so much that i can give to you now
all i ask is that you're there just to take it somehow
that’s all i need
that’s all i'll ever need...

everything's gonna be alright
everything's gonna be just fine
you could be the one that's gonna change my life
i swear it's all gonna be alright
alright...
alright...
everything's gonna be alright

everything's gonna be alright
everything's gonna be just fine
you could be the one that's gonna change my life
but i swear it's all be alright
alright...
alright...
come and change my life and i swear you everything's gonna be alright

here we go this same old song and dance
all i ask from you is just this one single chance
i'll give you all i've got, we'll take this all the way
i can tell you we've both been waiting for this day
oh alright

everything's gonna be alright...



Recorded by Mike Alexandrow - 2011
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo - March 2012
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Nick Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Dobro, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
JP Arpino - Bass Guitar
Adam Kuchta - Piano

Alright

LYRICS

one fateful night
we both found what's right
we danced to the music we made
we wandered and found our way
i'll love you and always be near
my friend, my only, my dear

then it came to be
"you and me" became "we"
we worked through the hard days
we said that we would always
i'll love you and always be near
my friend, my only, my dear

we'll have our troubles our doubts
and with time we'll figured them out
i'll love you and always be near
my friend, my only, my dear

come explore with me
we've still got so much to see
it won't be easy sometimes
i promise you i'll try
i'll love you and always be near
my friend, my only, my dear



Recorded by Mike Alexandrow - 2011
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo - March 2012
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
JP Arpino - Bass Guitar
Adam Kuchta - Piano

Always

LYRICS

packed my bags and set for the road
said "i can do this on my own"
any and nowhere to go
the city life, my path unknown

a highrise dream, my nameless face
a twisting path down through the rat race
bring me home i just can't take this place

bring me home back to virginia
bring me home to where i'm from
bring me home back to my darlin
where i grew, where i hurt where i lived, where i was when i learned to love
bring me home

packed my bags and set for the bay
to see the sights and just get away
i've been around and this place is great
but the hills back home still call my name

i know that i'm still 23
there's so much in this world to see
i will, but that ain't home to me

bring me home back to virginia
bring me home to where i'm from
bring me home back to my darlin
where i grew, where i hurt where i lived, where i was when i learned to love
bring me home

oh, late last night as i made my way around this town
the sound of bluegrass took me back
so i said "hey, maybe i'll stay a while 
and ask the band to play it one more time" 

bring me home back to virginia
bring me home to where i'm from
bring me home back to my darlin
where i grew, where i hurt where i lived, where i was when i learned to love
bring me home
bring me home
bring me home
bring me home



Recorded by Michael Alexandrow and Alan Gallagos
at Peabody Studios, Baltimore, MD - March 2007
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano, Organ
Ben Kramer - Upright Bass

Bring Me Home

Recorded by Keith Burrell at Cue Studios, Falls Church, VA - May 2004
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Mandolin
Nick Alexandrow - Percussion
Adam Kuchta - Accordion 
Ben Kramer - Upright Bass

Epilogue

LYRICS

i was young, hell still a boy, just sixteen when she locked her eyes on me
i stood and turned to go, glanced back, and she turned me to stone
i'd never seen desire 'till that summer night
'till she came over and i saw it in those eyes

one night to last forever, always, and i will never forget
the smell of sweet perfume, the night air, her taste on my lips
one night of heated passion like i will never know again
and soft lips breathing lust across my skin

oh, she probably had me doubled in years
but true love is blind
even if it only lasts one night

we drank and we danced, we fed the romance
tangoed and tangled all up that night
until the sun came up 
and quickly closed 
the best night of my life

one night to last forever, always, and i will never forget
the smell of sweet perfume, the night air, her taste on my lips
one night of heated passion like i will never know
and soft lips breathing lust across my soul

i'll show you mine, you show me yours
oh, come on let's play
i'll show you what this life is for

one night to last forever, always, and i will never forget
copper skin, raven hair, her touch was all i could bear
one night of heated passion like i will never know again
that diabla that first brought me into sin

one night to last forever
one night to last forever
one night to last forever
one night to last forever...



Recorded by Paul Brier at Virginia Arts Studios, Charlottesville, VA - April 2005
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Violin, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano
Ben Kramer - Upright Bass

La Diabla

LYRICS

walkin', thinkin' "how has this come to be?
who am i to be with you?"
as we walk now, your hand in mine i think
"oh, right now to never end..."

here in the moonlight with you i dream
and there's no place that i'd rather be
while i know that but a dance could mean the end
let's just see where love may lead

longin', lovin'. how has this happened to me?
what luck has brought me to you?
this feeling deep inside, my body tingles and oh...
whoa, this midnight air...

but here in the moonlight with you i dream
and there's no place that i'd rather be
and while i know that but a dance could mean the end
well let's just see where love may lead

this feeling so right
let's make this our night
and as midnight rolls on
let's run with this until it's gone

i think i'm falling in love with you



Recorded by Mark Alan Thomson at Bayou Studios, Nashville, TN - January 2005
Mixed by George Clinton and Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano

Midnight

LYRICS

dear i remember all our nights together
back when i thought that it would be you and me forever
and as the nights wore on we'd sit alone outside
not sure we'd make it, but we were damn sure gonna try

off you went, off i go 
but i will never wipe you off my soul
i'm better now, i hope you're better too
now off you go, our time through
baby goodbye
babe goodbye
our time is through goodbye

you needed someone who would make you feel brand new
fix you up, take you out gonna just straight love on you
i mended all your scars from the heartache and the pain
you broke my heart time after time, you left me in the rain

off you went off i go 
but i will never wipe you off my soul
i'm better now, i hope you're better too
now off you go, our time is through
baby goodbye
baby goodbye
our time is through goodbye

all those days, those nights
those hours alone
when you loved me, baby i loved you
you made me feel right at home
but i won't forget you get you now
my girl, my love, my life, my darling dear
you were my own, my first 
and i'll take the tears

off you went off i go 
but i will never wipe you off my soul
i'm better now, i hope you're better too
now off you go our time is through
off you went off i go
you drove off my heart in tow
i'm better now, i hope you're better too
now off you go, i still love you
off you go, i still love you
off you go, i still love you
baby goodbye
baby goodbye
i still love you, goodbye
goodbye
goodbye



Recorded by Michael Alexandrow and Alan Gallagos
at Peabody Studios, Baltimore, MD - March 2007
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Nick Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano
Ben Kramer - Upright Bass

LYRICS

dacey, a tiny town between yesterday and nowhere
farm town, its generations deep with blood and sweat and debt to spare
sometimes the cycle breaks, a girl and boy can shake the chains
mostly life in dacey stays the same

will and jenny met out in a field around a bonfire
will the son of money, jenny's daddy sold himself as help for hire
they fell in love that night, said "let's leave this place behind"
they set out for the city and new lives

yeah yeah yeah

grab your bag, kick on your shoes, slip out the door and don't look back
this dead-end life just won't do
you'll find your way, just get away
drop all you have, now start anew

high above the city streets they moved into a small room
lived the dream and talked of rings did the things that lovebirds tend to do
there on jenny's face, a smile-she'd finally found her place
she was out of dacey, the world was hers to take

yeah yeah yeah

grab your bag, kick on your shoes, slip out the door and don't look back
this dead-end life just won't do
you'll find your way, just get away
drop all you have, now start anew

a life so good was bound to change
will lost his job and pulled away
a lazy man, he never pulled his weight
and jenny, she never looked back when he hit the bottle
and then hit jenny too

no no no

grab your bag, kick on your shoes, slip out the door and don't look back
this dead-end life just won't do
you'll find your way just get away
drop all you have, start anew

jenny, she grabbed her bag, kicked on her shoes, slipped out the door and she hit the road
but didn't know which way to go
to head back to dacey or back to will would just be crazy
which way to go?
go back home?
the unknown?

jenny headed for the unkown

out of dacey, get back jenny, back jenny
movin' on...into the great unknown



Recorded by Mike Alexandrow - 2011
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo - March 2012
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Dobro, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
JP Arpino - Bass Guitar
Adam Kuchta - Piano, Organ

Out Of Dacey

LYRICS

i didn't know, i didn't know, i didn't think
didn't think i'd never see the sun
i didn't know, i didn't know, i didn't know, i didn't know
only wanted to have some fun

locked up, put away, all alone, staring out these bars
it ain't the same as the porch back home when i look up at the stars
it's all so old doin' what i'm told and gettin' into fights
the days so hot i can't see straight and forever takes all night

i hear the free, the women and men as the wind blows in on new years eve
eatin' and drinkin' them laughin' fools, all they're doin' is mockin' me
now i feel i've got no choice, i gotta to get out and fly
if i can't make it out real soon ima just lay down and die

soap on a rope, spoon on chain and failures to communicate
lockdown, mealtime, night in the box, "now boy you best not be late"
can't take anymore of this stone floor, no bars across my door
so long can't count the days, i've just gotta get out of this place
i just gotta get out of this place

i feel so alive, feel so free, runnin' and hidin' away
made my break when the time was right, no plannin' for this day
i think i hear men, think i hear dogs, maybe it's just inside my mind
gotta keep movin on through the night, gotta get across state lines

locked up, put away, all alone, staring out these bars
no food, water, no place to rest, didn't make it very far
new set of irons, new set of chains makin' sure that i don't run
i've got the fear of God in me now from the barrel of a gun

i've got my soap i've got my spoon and now i can communicate
yes captain, yes boss, when do we eat? you know that i'm never late
i can do this now just got a year if i'm a good boy, nothin' to fear
countin' down the days, i'll serve my time get out of this place
gonna serve my time get out of this place
if i had only known



Recorded by Keith Burrell at Cue Studios, Falls Church, VA - May 2004
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Nick Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Violin, Mandolin, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano 
Ben Kramer - Upright Bass

Prison Song

LYRICS

it’s recess time out here tonight
and girl i swear you said you might
come to join me we'll have a really really really real good time
why stay inside...the next time you do i swear you're gonna make me cry
it’s recess time today
so come to play

why do you always stay inside
what do think that you've got to hide
come on girl, it’s a beautiful day
why don’t you come to play

i haven’t seen in you in oh so long
and baby darlin' you know that's wrong
i've only got one thing to say
you need to come out to play

'cause it’s recess time out here tonight
and girl i know that you said that you might
come to join me we'll have a really really really real good time
why stay inside...the next time you do i swear you're gonna make me cry
it’s recess time today
so come to play

i make my way to the bar
i turn my head and baby there you are
seein' you just made my day
'cause you came to play

well, look at me, look at me
come on girl just look at me
look at at what you've done to me
come be with me

it’s recess time out here tonight
and girl i know you said that you might
come to join me we'll have a really really really real good time
why stay inside...the next time you do i swear you're gonna make me cry
it’s recess time today
so come to play

come to play, i promise you
i’ll do everything that i can do
i'll make sure you're feelin' right
this might be a sign

it could be that you and me
maybe we were meant to be
come to play, it’s recess time
come to me and baby be mine



Recorded by Mike Alexandrow - 2011
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo - March 2012
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
JP Arpino - Bass Guitar
Adam Kuchta - Piano, Organ

Recess

Recorded by Mike Alexandrow at various locations - 2007
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Keyboards
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano, Keyboards 
Ben Kramer - Bass Guitar

Rool

LYRICS

show me some fire
show me desire
you just might find out
my love ain't hidin'

show me you're with me
show me and kiss me 
and you may find i just might

be your one and only
i'll be the one you've waited for

girl you know you tease me
show me you need me
just give me one sign
show me you'll be mine

just might be very
so necessary
for you to show me you care

and now as we stand here
your rapt attention, your blue eyes focused right on me

show me some fire
show me desire
you just might find out
this love ain't dyin'

show me you're with me
shut up and kiss me
and you may find i want you

i'll be your one and only
if you just show me how you feel
show me



Recorded by Michael Alexandrow and Alan Gallagos
at Peabody Studios, Baltimore, MD - March 2007
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Nick Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano, Keyboards
Ben Kramer - Bass Guitar

Show Me

Recorded by Mike Alexandrow - 2011
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo - March 2012
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano, Organ
Ben Kramer - Bass Guitar

Sound Check

LYRICS

you were so close, such best friends, and you were his girl
whispering back and forth, the only two people in the world
then too soon, too early, it all ended when he died
but you can still find some peace, 'cause you got to say goodbye

you thought you'd have a lifetime
but your trip just became a sunday drive
it's so much shorter than you'd want
now you know but still you had the time of your lives

now you'd do it all over, 'cause in the end it was worth the pain
and despite the way it ended, now you wouldn't change a thing
even though the end may have brought you so many tears
you still had your time together, and you'll always have those years

you thought you'd have a lifetime
but your trip just became a sunday drive
its so much shorter than you'd want
now you know but still you had the time of your lives

your trip was over way too early, you're alone with so much time
maybe with some time you'll head back out for another ride
death do us part you said, just not expecting it so soon
but he lives on in your heart and he'll always will be with you

you thought you'd have a lifetime
but your trip just became a sunday drive
its so much shorter than you'd want
now you know but still, you had the time of your lives

of your lives...



Recorded by Mark Alan Thomson at Bayou Studios, Nashville, TN - January 2005
Mixed by George Clinton and Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow and Adam Kuchta
Lyrics by Nick Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano

Sunday Drive

LYRICS

this warm november night
a crecent moon sits high upon the autumn sky
a dinner lit by candle-light
but duty calls and i'll be gone until daylight

you know we really have it all
i take this all for granted

how long, how long
did i neglect our love
baby i miss your touch
i need you but i never showed you how much
how long, how long

i woke to sheets like ice
your note left on the pillow, stinging to my eyes
well i guess you really had the right
to take the high road and leave it at goodbye

you know we really had it all
i took this all for granted

how long, how long
did i neglect our love
baby i missed your touch
i need you but i never showed you how much
how long, how long

you told me dear, that i was the one
and i said the same then i made you mine
but i put you out, and you're on your own
you left and you had every right

how long, how long
did i neglect our love?
baby, i miss your touch
i need you but i never showed you how much
how long, how long

how long
how long
how long
did i neglect our love



Recorded by Mike Alexandrow - 2011
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo - March 2012
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Dobro, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano
Ben Kramer - Bass Guitar

The High Road

LYRICS

"only a year to go" he says, until he graduates
seventeen years buried in books-over and done in may
starting over with nothing now he looks towards better times
climb that ladder and grab a raise, and that's when he'll be fine

so he's got money now but his job, it just can't make him whole
he needs a wife, he needs some kids to fill that yearning soul
but the kids start screamin' there's bills to pay, and no time with just the wife
when the kids are grown and on thier own, that's when they'll start their lives

waiting for the next step now, you wait for your next life
wait until you make a change, you wait 'till its just right
just enjoy the journey 'cause it's life that's in between
stand up and follow your dreams
you've lived your whole life now, you've played the waiting game
opportunity passes by, don't think it never came
don't think it never came

"where the hell did my life go?" he breathes it with a sigh
all those things he said he needs, but life was never right
gray-haired, wealthy, home, wife, kids, well now he can retire
he can live that life he's always dreamed, but now he's just too old and tired

so what's your deal? you sit and wait, for what tho? hey you're wasting time
the years tick by you miss your prime, you wallow deep inside your lies
life's too short be happy now, be more, the clock cannot be tamed
no souls emerge on top when you play the waiting game

you're waiting for the next step now, you wait for your next life
wait until you make a change, you wait 'till its just right
just enjoy the journey 'cause it's life that's in between
stand up and follow your dreams
you've lived your whole life now, you've played the waiting game
opportunity passed you by, don't think it never came
don't think it never came
don't think it never came
your whole life passed you by, you played the waiting game



Recorded by Keith Burrell at Cue Studios, Falls Church, VA - May 2004
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Nick Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano
Ben Kramer - Upright Bass

The Waiting Game

LYRICS

i stand grinning like a fool
so much higher now than i had known or than i ever
knew that one day i could wind up standing where i am
and i smile at my defeats, 'cause i'm doin the best i can

i watch the river flowing by
my hand cuts the water, i caress the passing tide
yesterday my troubles, tomorrow i could be gone
hey nothing left to do my friend, i'll just keep moving along

on top of the world lookin' up at the sky
i'm thinkin' bout my life
just wondering why i've never had the tests
never had to give too much to receive the very best
i guess it's luck so hard to find these days
divine my guide
this life these days, i can't complain
i can't complain
i can't complain

i stand still grinning like a fool
i look at where i've been, and where i'm headed
to the top or to the bottom, time will only tell
oh, time will only tell

on top of the world lookin' up at the sky
i'm thinkin' bout my life
just wondering why i've never had the tests
never had to give too much to receive the very best
i guess it's luck so hard to find these days
divine my guide
this life these days, i can't complain
i can't complain, i can't complain
top of the world and i'm lookin' up at the sky
just wondering why i've never had the tests
never had to give too much to receive the very best
i guess it's luck so hard to find these days
divine my guide
this life these days, i can't complain 
this life these days, i can't complain...



Recorded by Paul Brier at Virginia Arts Studios, Charlottesville, VA - September 2005
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow and Adam Kuchta
Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums, Percussion
Adam Kuchta - Piano
Ben Kramer - Bass Guitar

Top Of The World

LYRICS

do you remember when you gave me your name?
you wanted me to notice, you wanted me to feel the same
and then when i came to you i wasn't too surprised
you were so shy, you couldn't look me in the eye

what made me remember you?
and do you still remember me too?

and to this day, i have the words you wrote
i knew that it was you although you didn't sign the note
i could tell just lookin' at you something just felt right
but even knowing what I knew I still denied

i know that you're so far away
but i think of you now every day
and what never was
and what never was

after all this time i hope the pain has gone away
you are my one regret, my candle burns today
it's light can help to bridge the distance and the time
is your candle burning? tell me, is it burning as bright as mine?
is it burning as bright as mine?



Recorded by Keith Burrell at Cue Studios, Falls Church, VA - May 2004
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo at Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA - March 2008
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Nick Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
Adam Kuchta - Piano
Ben Kramer - Bass Guitar

What Never Was

LYRICS

I am who I am, not just a name, shape, or face
I was formed in a rough mold, but that's not how I was shaped
I was taught how to fall down, but still alight with grace
and how nothing much matters but love, trust, and faith

we don't always know the way through life's unending maze
but we try to pass on the love that made us this way

you are who you are, and the story's yours to write
but we'll pass on the lessons that led us here in life
we'll be there when you need us and do the best we can
and hold on to you always with a strong but open hand

we don't always know the way through life's unending maze
but we try to pass on the love that made us this way

you are who you are, each day builds upon the last
some days you'll be on top, at times you'll fail to pass
stay true to the real you (that's trite but sage advice)
and stay close to each other for the rest of your lives

we don't always know the way through life's unending maze
but we try to pass on the love that made us this way



Recorded by Mike Alexandrow, Oakton, VA - January 2024
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Mike Alexandrow
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Orchestral Arrangement

The Maze

LYRICS

close your eyes and breathe in
rise for your lashings, atone for your sins
time's up, our fates have been sealed
the walls tumble down, we'll soon be revealed

you cannot deny we're living a lie
in the shadows we live, love, and die

we're alone together in this life
and we bear it all while we hide
let go, we'll pay what we owe 
at least we'd never have to say goodbye

now breathe out, repent and confess 
the kiss that we shared was the sweet kiss of death

submit and move on, your freedoms are gone
our eyes have been shut all along

we're alone together in this life
and we bear it all while we hide
let go, we'll pay what we owe
at least we'd never have to say goodbye

we've lived in disguise, and we've crossed all the lines
are we past the time to reconcile our crimes?

we're alone together in this life
and we bear it all while we hide
let go, we'll pay what we owe
at least we'd never have to say goodbye
never have to say goodbye



Recorded by Mike Alexandrow, Oakton, VA - January 2024
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Mike Alexandrow
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Vocals, Orchestral and Percussion Arrangement

Alone Together (Bond)

(Instrumental)

Lyric version here: https://soundcloud.com/mike-alexandrow/the-maze

Recorded by Mike Alexandrow, Oakton, VA - January 2024
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Mike Alexandrow
Music by Mike Alexandrow
Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Orchestral Arrangement

The Maze (Instrumental)

Recorded by Mike Alexandrow - 2011
Mixed by Mike Alexandrow
Mastered by Devin Ocampo - March 2012
Music and Lyrics by Mike Alexandrow

Mike Alexandrow - Guitar
Nick Alexandrow - Drums
JP Arpino - Bass Guitar
Adam Kuchta - Piano

Always (Instrumental)

I'm a songwriter from Virginia, USA. I work a day job for the Government. I love my God, my family, and my country. I also love music. I love listening to it, I love playing it, and most of all I love writing it and have over 25 years of songwriting experience. 

Songwriting strengths include: 
- strong melodies
- lyrical breadth from deeply introspective to tongue-in-cheek to intellectual
- creative harmonic progressions
- diversity, adaptability, and variability of style while maintaining a common sound
- varied song structures
- flexibility in songwriting...I've adapted music to fit lyrics, lyrics to fit music, and written entire songs around a hummed melody
- musical score writing rooted in a degree in music and music theory

I write music I would want to listen to. When I do listen, I listen to Led Zeppelin. I listen to tons of classical. I listen to Muse. I listen to Dave Matthews Band. I listen to The Black Keys. I listen to Zero 7. I listen to Benny Goodman. I listen to Pink Floyd. I listen to Sonny Boy Williamson. I listen to I listen to a hell of a lot more than that. You get the idea. I don't write to emulate them, but their influence is written all over me. 

Much of the music here is recorded with my band from a few years ago, Parlance, and features my songwriting with acoustic pop-rock instrumentation, driven by acoustic guitar and piano. Many recordings are longer versions with drawn out instrumental sections because the band often would extend songs out to 10+ minutes when playing live, but most longer versions could be reduced to "single length".

Mike Alexandrow

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