This project was the first I did after my studio was destroyed in 2012 by a flood.  It started life as poppy joyful EDM-esque music -- but soon took a darker turn when I broke my right hand and couldn't play for many months.  Then in 2019 the pandemic hit, and things really got interesting.  Then, not to be outdone, in 2020 my left hand decided to get itself broken too.  To go along with it, I sank to a psychological rock bottom -- like so many of us did.  So I guess this is some kind of testament to resilience in the face of it all.  We all do the best we can...

Thanks to Meghan Marx for her inspiring "Dreamerina" cover art.

GloryUs (2020)

"I wait forever, but your call never comes..."  For this declaration of personal independence, I went back to my first love -- big city blues.  

Teles, Les Paul, Nord Drum 3P, Roland TR-8S, Precision bass.

Studio:  MEDIA SIX, NYC.

Please! Let Me Go 231230

Fun jammy groove.  When you listen to too much Grateful Dead as a youth, this kind of thing can happen.

Studio:  MEDIA SIX, NYC.

Please Pay Cashier 231230

My Halloween anthem.

Cover art copyright Meghan Marx.  Studio:  MEDIA SIX, NYC.

When Witches Dance 240722

This one's about emotional vertigo.  Vertigo is when you feel falling-down drunk all the time.  Sound fun, right?  Not so much, when it's day after day, month after month.... But it is fascinating -- so I tried to capture it in song.

Studio:  MEDIA SIX, NYC.

Glory US

Feel Like I'm Falling  231122

Dear friends, old and new, I'm grateful for the gift of music in my blood - and for the opportunity to share some of it with you.  Each song is a postcard to my future self, documenting emotions, events, and people along my long and fascinating trek through life. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I do. MY SOUND:  I'm genre-fluid, fusing 20th century song forms with modern instrumentation and production.  I'm off-grid and organic - Buddy Holly with an 808 meets Chuck Berry with an MPC - seasoned with a double shot of Beatles '65.  I believe the song (= narrative + music + beat) is the most powerful powerful form of expression under the sun - and good medicine for the soul. YOU THRILLED ME:  Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Brian Wilson, John Lennon, Gene Clark, John Sebastian, Joni Mitchell, Ray Davies, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles,  Hank Williams, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, John Fahey, Jimmy Cliff, Robert Smith, Phil Spector, Martin Gore, Amy Winehouse, Andres Segovia, Chet Atkins, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Gabor Szabo, Bill Frisell, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jerry Garcia, Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Richard Manuel, Jim Morrison, Roy Orbison, Neil Young, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Willie Nelson, KT Tunstall, Sarah Jarosz, Sigmund Freud, William Blake, Socrates...to name but a few.  MY STORY:  Independent, free agent, DIY, direct-to-you songwriter and studio player (guitar, voice, bass, drum programming, touch of keys) based Greenwich Village, NYC. Aka T-DUB, DreamTiger.  Bitten hard by the music bug in the early '60s upon hearing Maybellene by Chuck Berry and Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers on WIBG Philadelphia.  Debuted at 17 with the Al Raymond Band fronting Johnny B. Goode. Broadcast deejay, WYBC-FM, 94.3 from New Haven, CT (1968-70).  Various bands in various genres in the late '60s and '70s in New Haven and in the '80s in NYC (guitar, bass, voice, writing, arrangements and repertoire).  Recorded early '80s on Warner Brothers and SOS Records with singer Bobby Stewart - co-authored, arranged, and guitared on Copyright on Love b/w Interception 12" vinyl (Plan B Music, ASCAP), charted on Billboard Dance chart. I then vacated the music biz for a fascinating career as a management consultant.  During the Pandemic of 2020, I reconnected with music like a long-neglected lover.  She had not forgotten me - and these are some of our love children.  SUPREME THANKS to the best pal, mentor, and supporter a budding muso could have had - my Daddy Jim (RIP). Special thanks to Jack Adams (RIP). Thanks to my bands:  The Students (folk), The Rum Runners (folk-rock), The Vacant Lot (soul), Ice Nine (psychedelic), The High Street Rhythm Kings (roots), Red Beans and Rice (skiffle), and Tenderloin (blues-rock). Thanks to the great Charlie Hickox, Dave Pieri, Kevin McKean, Ezra Doner, Mat Kastner, John O'Leary (RIP), Norm Zamchek, Mercer Sullivan, Ben Slotznik, Ed Landler, and the other jamsters at the late, great Yale70 Cabaret -- you challenged, inspired, and tickled me!  Special thanks to my creative guardian angels and collaborators: Delia Marshall Turner, Dana Smith, Ashley Lieberman, Perry Meisel, Fletcher Buckley, Neil Shropshire, Hap Ellis, Chris Glenn, Bobby Stewart, Kevin McKean, Cara Sheehan, Steve Etzel, Bruce Lundvall (RIP), Meghan Marx, Les Joynes, and Dan Friedlander (RIP) -- my first and best co-writer. Extreme thanks to DSS for your generous studio time and gifted engineering that got me started in 1974; and to FB for helping me build my first home studio in 1996. Thanks to Chris, Fletcher, Twitch, and April for the Z-MO nights on Times Square. Intergalactic thanks to Jody Breslaw (RIP) for opening my ears, mind, and soul to so many flavors of music, culture, and life. Thanks for your support to Linda Frommer, Anne Bellegia, Bob Jampol, Malou Mallison, Karen Eisner, Barbara Damashek, Marty Freeman, Judy Dynia, Peter Menta, Barbara Miller, George 'Bunny' Doolittle, Patty Murray, Nick Moy, Rika Burnham, Grace Duffield, Renee Freedman, Traci Devine, Jay Dougherty,  Marcie Drexler (RIP), Manny Campbell, Monte Morris, Ira Lowenthal, Jon Tiven, Kevin Beers, Jim Sheehan, Bobo Lavorgna, Tim Cain (RIP), Gary Lucas, my beloved sons Mike and Dave, my revered parents Kay and Jim (RIP), my beloved sister Susie, and my cherished lifedance partner and best pal Ellen. Thanks to the Philadelphia Folk Festival for introducing me to titans like Mississippi John Hurt and Doc Watson. Thanks to my formal music teachers, Skip Davidson (guitar), Lucky Mosko (theory, Yale) and Henry Gaffney (songwriting, New School). Thanks to Kevin McKeown and Rich Sanders (WYBC) for teaching me the basics of audio engineering - and to Gordon Weingarth (RIP) for guiding me into radio.  Thanks to my choral directors Jean Houck (RIP, Nether Providence HS Meistersingers) and Patrick Gardner (Riverside Choral Society). Thanks to Swarthmore (PA) Music Center for hiring me at 16 to teach guitar.  Thanks to People's Tire Store, Media, PA for the records that inspired me.  Thanks to Tad Shaffer at Sweetwater, from whom most of my gear flows. Thanks to Matt Umanov for the conversations and gear over the years. Thanks to B&H for over four decades of great service. Thanks to the team who fixed my broken hands:  Dr. Steve Beldner, Dr. Nick Wessling, Dr. Jason Cooper and Nicole Pizzolato. Thanks to Leslie Hassler for the photos. Thanks to Tom Moore, Bob Siroka, and Iain McGilchrist for your words of wisdom. TOOLS I TRUST: Apple, Metric Halo, A Designs, Avalon, Neumann, Lauten, Royer, Sennheiser, Bayer, Waterloo, Fender, Gretsch, Gibson, Nord, Moog, Waldorf, Sequential, Melbourne, Roland, Isla, Akai, Celemony, Izotope, UAD, Tone Projects, FarPlay, cannabis.  All music, lyrics, arrangements, performances, and recordings Copyright © Tim Wood Powell for TW Powell Co. Inc. dba DreamTiger Media, all rights reserved.  No persons living or dead were harmed during the making of these songs. Enjoy irresponsibly at maximum volume on the best gear possible and (at least slightly) dazed and confused - dancing encouraged!  Please come again - I drop evolved mixes here, each dated in YYMMDD format. Thanks for your listens, likes, shares, follows, and comments. Real music for real people -- if you can hear it, please spread the word!  MADE WITH LOVE IN NYC, USA.