My new album, "The American West...and more." 11 tracks of what I would call "alternative Classical", as in  mostly Orchestral, but not like the music of old "Classical".     Ever since  my wife, Sharon, and I began taking vacations in the West (starting in 2012) we have become captivated by the endless discoveries of mystical, mysterious places that await around every turn in the road or down each trail.
We are astounded by indescribable  beauty and astonished by the creations of wind and rain in red rocks so vibrant at sunset or sunrise it must truly be alive. 
   From the Sequoias and Redwoods of California, to the Grand Canyon, and the Cottonwoods and Aspens of the deserts and mountains of the Four Corners region: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, to the volcanoes and temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, it truly is like being on another planet after living in Kentucky for my entire life.  In response to this unfolding vision of nature's wonders I have written this suite celebrating and honoring the West , and those who were here when the Europeans arrived.

RIP America -w- Vocal

RIP America - No Vocal

Puerto Rico

Torrent Falls

Under The Arch

The American West - Part IV - The Beauty Remains

The American West - Part III - Paradise Lost Native Lament

The American West - Part II - Gold Rush - Cowboys And Indians

The American West - Part I - Pioneers And Pairie Schooners

The American West Suite

Music is the Soul speaking its own language.- TTW

Welborn Brothers is a loose brotherhood of like-minded Spirits in the material world.  Music is the medium by which we seek to understand and share the innermost meaning and purpose of what it means to be human. In this aspiration and endeavor we strive to express the beautiful and the tragic, the serene and the horrific, the simple Truths and the complexity of being/becoming- by means of the magic of melody, rhythm, and the lyrical intonations of human voices.  The mystery of the power of Music (and the Arts in general) must be found in the Soul, and when two (or more) souls are brought together in simpatico synchronistic singularity by a passage of music or lyric the resulting sharing of the experience and emotion and meaning is understood to be something deeper than mere 'rock & roll'.  We seek to share more than a 'good time'.  In its highest manifestation Music is a window into the Truths of our souls.  This is our quest and the reason Music is the bond and the motivation within "The Brotherhood".  As such, and as far as the Brothers are concerned all those who share our purpose, and are enthused by our Music, are our true Brothers (and Sisters).  If that describes yourself-- Welcome to the Brotherhood. For More on The Meaning of the above please go to: www.thomastheodorewelborn.com 

Influences on our music are primarily Classic and Progressive Rock, i.e., Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Genesis (early Progressive period), Kansas, Rush, The Police, The Beatles (yes, they were Progressive in their day and time), and of course, YES. 

I consider Progressive Rock to be the most important musical genre in history, which is a fusion or synthesis of the clarity and complexity of classical music, the freedom and innovation of jazz, with the soaring, powerful, and passionate voices of the electric guitar, the power and rhythmic driving force of drums, and the most moving, powerful  instrument of all, the human voice.

 These virtuoso composers/musicians/singers are truly the Mozarts and Beethovens of our day, taking music to new, higher, more meaningful places. Particularly, their words express the hopes and dreams of a higher existential awareness and awakened spirituality, which can create an enlightened social consciousness.  As a result the music of these ‘conscious' composers often conveys powerful messages as a force for change (for the better), fostering and bolstering feelings within the listener which inspire and motivate change within themselves and activism in the world - a world that desperately needs change of this sort---spiritual change, or as it has been called for millennia, ‘enlightenment'

Thomas Theodore Welborn