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John Tabacco
Sans Lyrics Vol. 1

Album US 2016 on F of X Records label
Electronic, Rock and Classical (Modern Classical, Avant-garde, Classical, Prog Rock)

Lyrics? What lyrics? We don't need no stinkin' lyrics! Or so says those rare breed of music consumers who fetish instrumental music. Well, if you are one of them this might be the CD for you. Pretty much with the exception of me shouting "Madison Clips!" a few times, this CD is relatively free of words and singing in general. It’s a collection of works I created by rhythmically “plooking” on whatever new keyboard happened to be in the studio at the time and then adjusting the pitches, adding harmonies to those pitches, bending the occasional guitar string, juxtaposing the odd sample and thinking up what amounts to various cartoonish ideas for a boring rainy day. There is plenty here to keep your ears occupied. In fact, most of this music was written while waiting around for music clients to turn up at the studio for a session. As you can see - many of them kept me waiting around long enough to develop some interesting ideas. I enjoy writing in this genre and there is a bunch more of it sitting around waiting for me to find the proper budget to record them. Since I've had to operate on practically no budget it's been difficult getting "real" players to help me realize these pieces. More often than not if a piece requires the help of professional musicians it's going to be a song of some sort with singing on it or the audience for it will almost be non-existent. For now, it seems to me that this kind of instrumental music (it’s not jazz, not really classical, not really rock, not quite improvisation) is sleeping with the fishes. I don’t know how many people care about it. And you know what? I don’t care either. I enjoy making it and sharing it with you like minded music lovers. If you enjoy this volume you'll surely enjoy Sans Lyrics Volume 2, Sans Lyrics Volume 3 and probably the CD “Gateways”. Of note, the piece “Flit” got me a small article / showcase in the Discoveries section of Keyboard magazine in January of 1988. JT : Programming, Drums, Guitar, Engineer, Mixer etc... Teddy Kumpel : Trapeze guitar on Pomp For Irreguloso The Clown & His 47 Narcoleptic Puppies Donna Bach-Heitner : Backwards vocal on Retreating Rainbows Jac Mac & Rad Boy : Voices on The Stagebrush Fire-Wagon Show Comes To Berwick : Wesley Archer, Bill Kopp, Rob Bekuhrs Mysterious China Doll : Flute on Souzarian Section Meryl Mathews : Keyboards on Feels So Good This Time (3 Solos) Stan Delman : Soprano Sax on Feels So Good This Time (3 Solos) Gerry Palisi : Electric Guitar on Feels So Good This Time (3 Solos) Heather Rushforth : Backing vocals on Feels So Good This Time (3 Solos) Recorded at : Suburban Hermit Studios 1, St. James, NY (1984-86) Backdoor Studios, Huntington Station, NY (1987-89) Modern Voices Recording Studios, Centerport, NY (1990-92) Sonic Underground Studios, Stony Brook, NY (1993 -2004) Jupiter Moon Studios, Commack, NY (2005- 2006) SA3 (RISC) Mastering : Bob Ball and John Tabacco Sequencer programs used : Hybrid Arts for Atari™ Master Tracks Pro™ for Macintosh Studio Vision™ for Macintosh Logic Pro™ for Apple CD design : Farben Fosfeen Art Werks Black and white distorted JT photography : Gian DiMauro All music © 1985 - 2006 by John Tabacco Published by It It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) except: P.O.T. 90's (Variation 1) © 1990 by John Tabacco, Meryl Mathews, Donna Bach-Heitner Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) / Zackeroo Music (ASCAP) / Bachitome Music (ASCAP) G.D. Sneakingly Whore-Castrated Composer : G.F. Handel Feels So Good This Time (3 Solos) Words and Music © 1993 by John Tabacco and Meryl Mathews Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) Zackeroo Music (ASCAP)

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	John Tabacco key, voc, producer, engineer, instrumentation by, album by, keyboards, voice, keyboards, drum machine, keyboards, drum programming, strings, keyboards, electric guitar, drum programming, drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, keyboards, drum programming, sound designer, vocals, keyboards, sampler, keyboards, bass, drum programming, co-producer, backing vocals, concert grand piano, organ, keyboards
	Teddy Kumpel g, US electric guitar
	Scotto Savitt , voice
	Donna Bach-Heitner voc, vocals
	Bill Kopp , voice actor
	Rob Bekuhrs , voice actor
	Wesley Archer , voice actor
	Gian DiMauro , trumpet
	Mysterious China Doll , flute
	Gerry Palisi , electric guitar
	Meryl Mathews , keyboards, co-producer
	Stan Delman , soprano saxophone

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