Songs I recorded and mixed, and either produced or co-produced. All songs by Mike Maimone or Mutts were also written by me.

Records I Made

Tommy Dakota Theme

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Taste U

Mike Maimone - songwriting, production, mixing, piano, vocals, recording
Rob Gould - drums, recording
Ellen Angelico - acoustic, electric, and pedal steer guitars, recording
Patrick McIsaac - bass, recording
Nalani Rothrock - backing vocals, recording
Mastered by Justin Shturtz at Sterling Sound

There's Always Next Year

Mike Maimone - words & music, vocals, B3 organ, recording, mixing
Rob Gould - drums, recording
Patrick McIsaac - bass, recording
Ellen Angelico - guitars, recording
Nikki Morgan - backing vocals, recording
Justin Shturtz - Mastering
Ian Phillips - Cover Photo
Kimberly Goodnight - Styling

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Butterfly

With its message of resilience and emotional truth, “Forever Again” stands as a beacon for anyone who has lost a partner, whether due to separation or death. Maimone hopes the song offers solace, permission to heal, and courage to try again while still honoring the love that came before.

Forever Again

This is one of the songs I composed while living with my late husband Howard. He was known as the “Gay Guru” for his role as a publicist helping closeted celebrities come out under public scrutiny in the 1990s, 2000s and early 2010s. By improving visibility for our communities, he helped many LGBTQ+ people live their authentic lives.

Big Kiss is a tribute to being out and proud. Even now, as a proud gay man in 2025, there are still situations in which I hesitate to hold my partner's hand. While my straight friends and family don't think twice about being close to their partners, it still weighs on our subconscious whether we're keeping an acceptable distance. But I'm dedicated to making myself seen. With Howard, and now with my new companion - who is also a widower - I refuse to hold back, and I show my affection for him in public whenever I feel moved to do so!

Especially given policies by the current president, it is more important than ever for our communities to stand up and be seen. So I hope that Big Kiss will become an anthem for showing off our love loud and proud. 


Big Kiss

On My Way started as a voicemail for my long-distance love, Howard. He said I should turn it into a song, but I thought it was too cute. We were engaged and excited to move in together when Howard was diagnosed with cancer. We got married in his hospital bed, hoping to have a celebration with friends and family later. But he passed away the next night. Over the past two years I made an album in tribute to our love and the ways he continues to look after me. The original voicemail of this song was going to be an interlude, but I decided it was too pitchy and I re-recorded it. I started to like it more. So I added another verse and chorus. Then a bridge. Then I got my friends to sing the background parts. They said they loved the song. I started to love it, too. It felt like Howard kept nudging me, like, "this is good, keep going." I got my Nashville band to kick the ending up a notch. And when I played the whole album for my Patreon patrons, this by far stood out as the lead single. They said I had to introduce Howard's album to the world with this song. So here it is. From a voicemail to a lead single. Hope you enjoy it and that it becomes part of the soundtrack of your journey, your love, and your life.

On My Way

Never Know Now

Dirt

Better Believe It

Let's Go

InstaMe

I'll Be Around

Your Love

Dirty

Settle in, I’m gonna talk about my skin
These days it’s like the elephant in every room I’m in 
The feeling follows me like a second line in New Orleans
But when I turn to face it 
They say “Oh, I didn’t mean to offend”
Tell me how I sound again 

It’s all milk and honey 
When you gamble with house money
Cause you got nothing to lose
You’re so cute and edgy 
Til the conversations heavy  
Then you wanna be excused?
You didn’t mean to offend, tell me how I sound again

Ain’t shit romantic bout 
The antebellum south 
I say bite the hand that feeds you
When it slaps you in the mouth 
It’s the American fever dream 
Where I have to know what you mean 
My anger is a threat 
But you’re just blowing off steam 

Theres a weight so great we don’t call it by name 
There’s a lot more stops once you get off the train 
From the church to the barber shop we spin gold from our pain 
We been servin holy water
but we can’t have a taste 

You didn’t mean to offend 
So tell me how I sound again
 
Sometimes being brown 
Only gets me down 
When I watch too much tv
And forget about my crown

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Through the Changes

WORK

Averaged over 100 tour dates/year, since 2006 as a solo artist, with his band, his trio Mutts, and as keyboardist for Company of Thieves, Los Colognes, Nathan Graham, Phillip-Michael Scales, and more, including legendary venues such as the Fillmore in San Francisco, Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, the Troubador in LA, and the Bowery Ballroom in NYC
Played Lollapolooza, Riot Fest, Sasquatch!, Forecastle, Summer Camp, and other major festivals
Toured supporting Plain White T’s, Blues Traveler, OK Go, Murder By Death, opened for Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Blink 182, JD McPherson, and more
Performed on stage with Stevie Wonder
100,000+ followers across socials
56 independent releases since 2008, including 13 albums, which have sold out of several vinyl pressings
Catalog contains 200 published original songs, including film/TV placements