This track is from Kurtis Myson's album "Dream Big" which I had the pleasure of working on. Initially this was to be a full band piece and most of the rhythm had been tracked. After coming in and laying down a part for Kurtis and the producer, we thought we would just take a pass at doing a more piano balled try at it. Kurtis and ther producer both loved the first pass that we then just refined the performance and then I arranged and recorded the strings. 
The message of how we can see the sins of the father in our own lives and then in the lives of our children, is very poignant.
I hope you like the track. To learn more or get a copy of the album, go to http://kurtismyson.com

Dream Big

Just Like My Father

I've had the pleasure of working with the Koch brothers on several projects. This was from their Wishbone "Inside-Out" album. I got to play the Grand Piano sounds, organ, and all the synths. Pretty cool track.

Demos

Diggin' A Ditch

It was my honor to work with Grammy award-winning icon Jackie DeShannon as her Musical Director and keyboardist for her last studio album, "You Know Me". This was one of my favorite tracks. The first line just speaks to her genius: "We were painters and writers in the alleys and bars, juxtapositioned to the Harleys and cars". I wish I could write lyrics like that.

You Know Me

Song for Sandra Jeanne (Rites of Passage)

World Affairs was one of the original rock bands I had the pleasure of working with in my career. This was the title track from our debut EP "Who You Are". Some amazing guitar work from Scott Ramsay and powerhouse drumming from David Ramirez. The keyboard work? Well you judge for yourself.

Who You Are

Talisman was my first original rock band back in the '80s. It had the hair, the costumes, the choreography, but mostly it had some great musicians and some music that I think still holds up today. This was from the first demo we did. Notice the nod I give to Disney's Haunted Mansion in the breakdown. Good times!

Talisman

Struck By Lightning

Here is another cut from Talisman, the first original rock band I played with. This was a song I co-wrote with lead singer Erin Wilson for the EP "Defenders Of The Stone" release. A typical rock anthem but it is still fun to listen to. I got a lot of flack for my working in all the names of the big rock groups of the day into the lyrics of the second verse. See if you can get all six.

Metal Magic

Definitely winning the award for the strangest session was this song for jazz-drummer Nigel Morris. Morris who played with UK legend Icon recorded this album as an homage to one of his mentors, Tony Oxley. For this song, all done live and in one take, a nine-foot Yamaha grand had its top removed and six percussionists gathered around the soundboard and the tape started rolling. No charts, no instruction, just make something happen. I improvised what you hear and the percussionists added their magic with chains, ping-pong balls, brushes, paperclips, and anything else you can imagine to shape the string sounds and to use the body of the piano to make sound. It was a one-of-a-kind experience. You can see the video for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGDMjPmLqvI

Repercussion!

Viersen Nights

Another one of my favorite original rock projects, 10-4 was the collaborative effort of a couple of East Coasters and a Couple of West Coaster getting together to make some rocking music back in the '80s in LA. This was one of the cuts off our first demo.

Face The Fire

Another cut from one of my original bands, 10-4. This a song I co-wrote with Mark Van Holmes as our contribution to the "Dream Girl Fantasy" scenario. We recorded this at West Lake Audio at the same time Michael Jackson was recording his THriller album. Michael actually stepped into our studio at one point and listened for a minute or so and said, "really cool guys." And left. I will never forget that moment.

Girl From A Foreign Land

This is another track off of Kurtis Myson's "Dream Big" album. This reminded me of one of the songs you would hear as the protagonist got in their convertible on a summer drive to make the big cross-country drive on the way to find their dream. The artist and producer were really happy with the musical hook I came up with for the song. Again, another good time.

Tony TerBorg