What He Used To Be

Music and Lyrics by Thomas G. Robinson

I wrote this song in June of 2013. It's an autobiographical song about me, poor choices made, my kids and how those choices affected them and how I want to change all that. 
I sent a copy to my friend Rudy Salas (leader of the legendary Latino group, Tierra) and he wrote me back immediately, saying he wanted to record this in his studio with me singing. I was so floored, thrilled, honored and asked him when and where! 

We recorded it this year, March 2014, and completed the final mix in late May 2014. 
 
Rudy Salas is featured so brilliantly playing the lead guitar on it. 

My brother, David J Robinson (of the very popular SLO County band, The Jammies) is incredibly jammin' bass guitar. 

My friend and collaborator since high school, David C Hesse, II, is beautifully playing keyboard and acoustic guitar. 

My friend Brad Champlin (of the group BCB) is masterfully playing the drums.

Thomas G Robinson ("Tomás") is singing lead vocals and all background vocals.

(Picture L -R) Andres Sanchez-Robinson, Tomas, Rudy Salas, David J Robinson and David C Hesse, II
Cover Photo for "What I've Learned" Single by Carol Mehochko
Taken in Studio 2425 in Monterey Park, California
 
Produced by Rudy Salas and Thomas G Robinson
Recorded at Studio 2425 in Monterey Park, CA
(c) 2014 tgrJams Productions

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / USED BY PERMISSION

Dedications: 

For my mother, Carmen Elisarraras, who has always believed in me, no matter what. 

For my kids, Melissa, Andres and Alex, whom I love very much.

For my dear friend, Jennie Babcock, whose little house I wrote this song in - and who has helped me more than I deserved. Thank You!

For my dear friend, Carol Mehochko, who has been the catalyst in my newfound desire to create more music by helping me to get to, and live in, Los Angeles. Thank You!

For my friend, Brad Champlin, who made the beat on the drums in this song, and who I know will beat this cancer so we can play again and create more jams. 

For everyone who has screwed up, tried to make it work just to screw up again. 

There is no perfect life - you get what you make.

 It is because of what I've learned that I'm here still today. 

I love you all - Tomás 

Tomás (featuring Rudy Salas) - What I've Learned

It was early in the morning. I didn't get much sleep the night before, but felt like I had a song in me before I crashed. 
I made this techno beat and added some synthesized keys to the mix. It felt very 'club', very 'techno'. 
The vocals were all ad-libbed - I just started chanting the chorus and the rest just fell into place. 
I don't know - It's like something I used to be a part of in the 90's. 
But, you don't know what I'm talking about, yet you always have something to say. Maybe you should just shut the fuck up. 
Yeah ... that's pretty much it. 
Enjoy!
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U Don't No (STFU)
Music/Lyrics by Tomás

Can We Talk now? Huh?
Can we talk now? Okay
What?
CAN WE TALK NOW, 
Ok.

U Don't No What I am Talking About
U Don't No What I am Talking About
U Don't No What I am Talking About
And yet you always have something to say 
Maybe you should just shut the fuck up (repeat 3xs)

You don't know
You don't know 
You don't know
You don't you don't 
Okay, Okay

U Don't No What I am Talking About
U Don't No What I am Talking About
U Don't No What I am Talking About
And yet you always  have something to say 

U Don't No What I am Talking About
U Don't No What I am Talking About
U Don't No What I am Talking About
And yet you always have something to say 

you don't know
you don't know woe
you don't know uh oh
have something to say
u don't know,
you just you just don't know
you just you just don't know
maybe u should just stfu

You don't know woe
you don't know woe
you just don't know
maybe you should just stfu

u don't know 
you just don't know, why don't you stfu
well I, well I, stfu 
should I, should I, stfu

because you don't know
because you don't know
because you don't know
because you don't know
because you don't know
because you don't know stfu 

because you don't know
because you don't know
because you don't know stfu 

because you don't know 
because you never did
because you don't know stfu

because you never did
because you never did
you just don't listen stfu

you never listen
you never listen  stfu 

stfu
you never listen , stfu 
you never listen 
you  never knew
you never listen  stfu 
you never listen 
stfu stfu stfu 

Music/Lyrics by Tomás
Written, Produced, Arranged, Programmed & Performed by Tomás
(c) July 2014 tgrJamsProductions

Recorded at Eye5 Studios in Downey, CA
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Tomás - U Don't No (STFU)

This is an instrumental song I wrote about a month ago. l.

Written, Produced, Arranged + Performed by Tomás
© 2023 November tgrJams Productions™
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Stroke of Luck

Tomás - Higher, Higher

Tribute Cover 2 Prince in this 40th Year of Purple Rain.

Purple Rain (40YearAnnivrsryTribute)

Growing up in a lower-middle class home in Sherwood Acres in Paso Robles, you learn to be humble, to want, to survive and to appreciate. I loved our little home on 278 Via Ramona. 
This song is about that house. 
I wrote this song with my brother Marty, he actually began the lyric ,"There's a place I know where Momma made beautiful flowers grow" and I loved where he was going with it. 
I added our dad's self-built patio with the swinging chair and how we had all put our handprints in the cement of the patio before it dried ... I do wonder if we can still see it there ...
I couldn't stop .. and this song of reminiscing about lost things and lost hope while venturing out into the world was created. 
It's one of my favorites.
I love you Marty. I wish we talked more ...  
I love this song. 
I hope you enjoy it. 
This song is dedicated to my brother, Marty Rene Elisarraras.
2/26/2015

A PLACE CALLED HOME
Music & Lyrics by Thomas G Robinson & Marty Rene Elisarraras

VS I
There's a place I know where Momma made beautiful flowers grow
Daddy built a patio with a swingin' chair
You can still see our handprints there
On that patio that Daddy built so long ago
In a place called home

VS II
Daddy worked the school at night
Mom would cook and we would fight til he got home
We all left still in our teens
Looking for love and chasing dreams that were down the road
Far from our home on that old town road
In a place called home

CHORUS
I remember it like yesterday
As we got older and moved away
Mom and Dad just let it go
They went different ways but the house still stayed
On that old town road ... In a place called home

VS III
I drove by there yesterday
Oh, the more things change the more they seem to stay the same
There's other kids in our front yard
And I can't go in 'cause there's a different car in the driveway there
Oh, but I still care .... 'cause it's still my home
A place called home ...

CHORUS
Oh I remember it like yesterday as we got older and moved away
Mom and dad just let it go, they welnt different ways
But the house still stayed on that old town road
In a place called home 

Oh, in a place called home
Well, I remember it like yesterday
In a place called home
But it'll never be the same again
In a  place called home
Zedina, David, Jimmy & Marty ....
In a place called home
It'll never, never, never, never, never be the same again ...
In a place called home
It'll never be the same again
278 Via Ramona
278 Via Ramona
278 Via Ramona

Tomás - A Place Called Home

Silliness sometimes prevails when writing or producing a song ... this is one of those moments. SillyFunky.

If U Really Want 2 No
music/lyrics by Tomás

Here we are thinking about the things we are doing 
I'd like to know if it's real
We're just sitting here talking 'bout the future
I want to know what is the deal 
And so I gotta say ...

If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No


Other day I'm thinking about the same thing
possibly the same way
looking at the same deal
and now I got the same way 
and so I ask you 
and so I ask you 
you never answer 

If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No

\Thats why it's a stupid song
 I really think so
its about the things we think are really going down
and when I ask you and ewhend I ask you 
all you gotta do is stick around

If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
fguck you 

things that im talking about 
really really happen
really what to talk about 
will it really be there e
if I really really. want to know

If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No

you're so fucking stupid
oner or twist it might sit the same way 
id like to know
bive is nice are you really gonna stay
are you gonna stay
id ;like to know
idl like to no no
id lie to now
what did you do 

sometimes I just wonder if it's really gonna happen
sometimes I just wonder if it's really gonna be there, there 

If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No

If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No
If U Really, Really Want 2 No

your so fucking stupid
that 's what I'm asking you 
who is to say
you're so fucking stupid

Tomás - If U Really Want 2 No

Tender Eyes is a song written by David C Hesse, II, and Thomas G Robinson in 1981 and performed for the first time at the Senior Talent Show at their high school, Paso Robles High School (even though Thomas was only a Junior). 

David wrote the first part of the song including the first verse and chorus, he handed the song to Thomas and asked if he could come up with something, and Thomas wrote the second half. 

This was their first collaboration. Hesse later stated that he wanted to share it with Thomas to get his foot in the door of working with him, but mostly, meeting and hoping to work with Thomas' older brother, David, who was making a name for himself in and around Paso Robles with his singing. 

Diamond Club is a group formed by lead singer Thomas G Robinson in 1986 when his boss at Diamond Video, Paul Bloch, decided to manage and promote the group after hearing a demo recording of this song (Tender Eyes) on a four song demo they put together. They recorded the songs in their high school music room when Mr. Burkle would let them in after hours. 
The song was on the demo simply called "Tom and Dave" which they had produced and recorded on their own. 
Paul, so taken by the demo, purchased the band's instruments for them and set them up to record in the studio, blocking out a week's time. It was awesome! Years later, he would take them all back after nothing major happened for the group and he needed the money. 

Tender Eyes
Lyrics: David C Hesse, II & Thomas G Robinson
Music: David C Hesse, II

Vs I
I'm alone in front of the fire
This house has never been so empty
It seems like my only friend is the cold, dark night
Alone, I know what's missing, it's your tender eyes

Chorus:
And you're tender eyes inspire me
They look at me and they make me see
Why I love you
No one loves you like I do
So stay with me and I'll give to you
What you give to me
That's love and your Tender Eyes

Vs II
I don't think I've told you how I really feel
I don't think I've told you what you mean to me
You're the first to make me ever feel this way
I look into your tender eyes and just have to say

Chorus:
And you're tender eyes inspire me
They look at me and they make me see
Why I love you
No one loves you like I do
So stay with me and I'll give to you
What you give to me
That's love and your Tender Eyes

Vs III
I don't think I've told you how I really feel
I don't think I've told you what you mean to me
You're the first to make me ever feel this way
I look into your tender eyes and just have to say

Chorus
And you're tender eyes inspire me
They look at me and they make me see
Why I love you
No one loves you like I do
So stay with me and I'll give to you
What you give to me
That's love and your Tender Eyes

(c) 1986 Diamond Style Music
(c) 2016 tgrJams Productions

Buy Diamond Club!

Diamond Club - Tender Eyes (BONUS TRACK - Not on original album)

Music & Lyrics: Thomas G Robinson
Music: David J. Robinson & David C. Hesse, II

For You

Vs I
Holding you so tenderly is how to start the day
And knowing that you love me so is incredibly the only way
Since you told me how you feel I tend to realize
That loving you is all I need, until the day I die

Bridge:
The lifetime that we share in days
Really has me quite amazed
I feel the breath of life you give
And the very reason why I live is you

Chorus:
Only you, just for you
I'm not lonely anymore with you
Only you, just for you

Vs II
It seems like it has been so long since the day we met
The melody remains the same, I'm not over yet
I'd sacrifice my life only for someone that's so dear
It seems you have that cornered girl, no one else is near

Bridge:
The lifetime that we share in days
Really has me quite amazed
I feel the breath of life you give
And the very reason why I live is you

Chorus:
Only you, just for you
I'm not lonely anymore with you
Only you, just for you
I'm not lonely anymore!

(instrumental with bass and keys)

Bridge:
The lifetime that we share in days
Really has me quite amazed
I feel the breath of life you give
And the very reason why I live is you

Chorus:
Only you, just for you
I'm not lonely anymore with you

(c) 1986 Diamond Style Music
(c) tgrJams Productions

All Rights Reserved

Diamond Club - For You

My Brady Bunch themed parody.
Also, the first song I ever created on GarageBand!  Ha ha! 

Tomás - Porkchops & Applesauce (Brady Bunch Rap Parody)

Merry Mary (Christmastime Is Here)

Willy: Achoo!

Mrs. Payne: Places, places 

Willy: Oh, i don't feel so well, I think I gotta code

Mrs. Payne: I need all the kids up on the stage to get in your places

Willy: Achoo! I think i have a code

Billy: Did anyone ask, did anyone ask Santa for the trampoline

Mrs. Payne: Places, places, places Everybody, C'mon, C'mon Children, get on stage, get in your positions 

Carlos: Shut up, Billy! you're going to ruin it for everyone

Billy: No, did anyone ask Santa for the trampoline
  
Willy: I gotta booger, I gotta booger in my nose

Carlos: Shut up Billy, you're going to screw it up for all of us

Billy: I just wanna know
 
Mrs. Payne: Billy, Billy get over here, Billy,we need you over there by the manger. Thank you
 
Billy: I wanna jump on the trampoline

Tommy: We gotta get ready to sing. The play's starting soon. `We better get in position, hurry up!

Mrs. Payne: Is this thing on? Class, gotta get ready for the stage production, Class, line up over here, c'mon. Billy, get over here. Class! Pay attention!  Pay attention! Okay here we go, la ti da laaa ... okay, here we go

(Tommy) 
First the choir sings
With a tambourine
And everything feels so wonderful

(Tommy/Carlos)
Then, the angel flies
And the inn is full
And the Baby Jesus born to Mary

(Tommy/Carlos/Billy)
It's our Christmas play
Put on every year
As we celebrate when Christ was born

(Tommy/Carlos/Billy/Willy/Suzie/Jenny)
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here, here

Mrs. Payne: Billy, Billy, get your finger out of your nose!

Billy: Oh, alright! ... Ow!

(Tommy/Carlos)
Now the children cry 
As the adults talk
Cuz, they want to open all their Christmas presents

(Tommy/Carlos/Billy)
Now we're jumping on 
Our new trampoline
That's the one we wanted most of all

Billy broke his arm (Billy cries: Owww!)
When he took a fall (Billy: That's not funny)
Now he says he hates the trampoline, that's wonderful
[Billy: I hate the trampoline, Carlos, shut up!!]

Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here ...
|(music interlude)
[Billy: My arm hurts when I sing
Tommy: No it doesn't 
Billy: Yes it does
Tommy: No it doesn't
Billy: What do you know
Mrs Payne: Class, listen up now. no arguing while you're on stage. Your parents are here, Behave! Billy, take your finger out of your nose 
Mrs. Payne: Ugh!]

(Tommy)
And we're back at home
With the lights aglow
And people walking around to see the decorations
And we've opened all of our presents, too
And we're jumping on 
Our brand new trampoline 

(Carlos)
And it's Christmastime
Our favorite time of year

(Tommy/Carlos/Suzie)
Cuz it makes us all feel so wonderful

(Tommy/Carlos/Billy/Willy/Suzie/Jenny)
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here
Merry, Merry Mary, Christmastime is here

(Willy)
it's here, it's here ...

Carlos: It's here, it's here ...Right Billy?
Billy: No
Carlos: Ugh

Concept, Music & Lyrics by Thomas G Robinson
All Characters Created & Voice Acted by Thomas G Robinson
Album cover concept and drawing by Thomas G Robinson 
Graphic design by Thomas G Robinson
All lead and background vocals and voices by Tomás 
Written, Produced, Arranged, Mixed & Performed by Tomás 
at All4Alex Studio in Glendale, CA for 
tgrJams Productions™
© November 27, 2020
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
USED BY PERMISSION

Merry Mary (Christmastime Is Here)

Tomás - Merry Mary (Christmastime Is Here)

On stage since I was 8 years old with my family, writing songs since I was 13 (We Must Let Go) and continuing to do so today. That's me (second from right) in the cover photo on my profile page. 
I have a lot of fantastic memories and have made a lot of lifelong friends because of music. I love the fact that I've been blessed with the ability to sing and write and now to be able to record it and showcase it here. 
I'm in Paso Robles , CA - and I am searching for a band to jam with and do some club dates. If you're interested or know of someone that's looking for a singer, hit me up. 
Almost all the songs on this site were written by me, me and my brother, or me and whoever is listed. The cover songs are clearly credited accordingly. 
I hope you enjoy my stuff.
Thanks for checking me out! 
Much Love,
Tomás  

—-

Prince Rogers Nelson
Jun 7 '58 / Apr 21 '16
  Rest In Peace O(+>

Tomás - Higher, Higher

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