Tom And Vinnie's Journal
Mar
11th, 2005
The
Beatlesque Music Show Number Four Is Here...And You
Won't Believe Who Is Hosting It!
We'll it certainly took long enough but the fourth
edition of the Beatlesque Music Show is
finally here. You would think that finding obscure
tracks from bands that kind of sound like the
Beatles would be the hard part but that's not the
case. I have been very disappointed with the process
and quality of taping the rap-arounds for each show.
Then I had a brainstorm. Since I was writing the
intros and outros, I decided to try out one of
those cool "text to speech" converters. I was
pleasantly surprised at how realistic it sounded,
Now thanks to makers of
TextAloud MP3, I can automate most
of the process. I had to learn a few trick along the
way since certain words and names don't translate as
easily as you would think. Check out the
liner notes to the new show which is the exact
text I used for the text to speech conversion. I
kind of like the voice but I'm on the look out for a
British sounding voice which might be better suited
for this show. I hope you all enjoy the show as much
as I did putting it together. You can download it to
your iPod or stream it from the
Beatlesque Jukebox. Keep checking
back because I will have a new edition of the
Beatles Cover Series later in the week.
Feb 15th, 2005
The Velmas
Record Their Version Of "Restless, Restless" On Their New CD "Recess"!
One of the best versions of
"Restless, Restless" makes it's official CD debut
on upstate
 New
York legends
The Velma's new
record
"Recess". Tom
and I fell in love with their version when we first
heard it as part of the Howard Stern
"Restless, Restless"
contest. The CD is available now. We highly recommend
you that you also check out their their debut record
"Another
Day At School".
These guys record great alternative pop with a nice
edge.
Jan 15th, 2005
Tom Gesimondo
gives two weeks notice at his high paying job working for New York's #1
radio station to focus on his
songwriting career!
We'll part of this story is true. While Tom
will still be spending all of his crucial free time writing more great
songs with me (Vinnie) he is embarking on a new career. Details are
still a bit sketchy but we'll be updating this fast breaking story as
news comes in. In the meantime, you can read all about it at the great
Howard Stern
web site. Congratulations to Tom for have the balls to do what most of
us just talk about doing. I'm getting all misty, maybe we'll right a
song about this.
Tom and
Vinnie re-launch Rip The Music to commemorate Tom's great news.
We just redesigned our web site thanks to a
great template from
My Arts Desire. Tom and I have been
pretty tied up for the holidays (we'll I've been tied up with the
holidays, Tom is off starting whole new businesses. Now that they're behind us, we'll be
able to finish some of the great demos we have stockpiled up. We just
expanded our Podcast library with a new installment of the
"Beatlesque Music Show" and the
debut of the epic
"Beatles Cover Series"
which by our conservative estimate should encompass at the minimum 100 hours.
It will span 41 years of Beatles cover versions [the good, the bad and
the ugly] and encompass just about every genre of music that's out
there. Keep checking back for three additional Podcast series;
"Classic Songwriting Teams", "The Best Of
Restless, Restless" and
"Tom & Vinnie Write The Songs".
Dec 20th, 2004
The Beatlesque Music Show #2 Is Now In The Jukebox And Available For
Download
The
second episode of the
Beatlesque Music Show is now in the Podcast jukebox and available for
download as well.
The Beatlesque Music Show [Episode 2]
-
Cheap Trick
-
"Had To Make You Mine"
-
The Choir -
"It's Cold Outside"
-
The
Raspberries - "Nobody Knows"
-
ELO -
"Can't Get It Out Of My Head"
-
The Dwight Twilley Band - "Three Persons"
-
The Flamin'
Groovies - "Yes It's True"
-
Jet - "Look
What You've Done"
-
Coldplay
- 'The Scientist"
-
The La's -
"There She Goes"
-
The Romantics
- "Tell It to Carrie"
-
Ronnie And The
Red Caps - "Smiling By Day"
-
Kiss - "See
You Tonight"
-
The Db's
- "We Were Happy There"
-
The Rubinoos - "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
-
The Wonders -
"That Thing You Do!"
Dec 19th, 2004
New Episode Of The Beatlesque Music Show Will Be Posted Sunday Night
A new episode of the
Beatlesque Music Show will be posted later this evening. We'll be playing
The Choir, Cheap Trick, The Rubinoos, The dBs and many many more Fab Four
influenced bands.
Dec 10th, 2004
Rip The Music Launches It's First Podcast Show!
Last month Tom & I announced that we were going to co-host a
Podcast show that was going
to be all about songwriting (including our own). We've been having some
difficulties putting the show together because we need to record it from our
respective homes and we're having trouble recording our host segments. I can
record my end but can't seem to patch him in. Since I've been on vacation
this week, I thought I'd use the time to record a Beatles related show I've
been wanting to do for the longest time. The show is called
"Beatlesque" and has lot's of great Beatles inspired music. I have
huge playlist of Beatles related music to record many many
shows. Here's the first one for your IPod listening pleasure.
The
Beatlesque Music Show [Episode 1]
-
The
Knickerbockers -
"Lies"
-
The
Spongetones -
"Try To Please"
-
Badfinger
- "Come And Get It"
-
The
Rutles - "Number One"
-
The Jam -
"It's Too Bad"
-
The Who -
"So Sad About Us"
-
Raspberries - "Cry"
-
XTC - "Mayor Of Simpleton"
-
Oasis -
"She's Electric"
-
Big Star -
"September Girls"
-
Bob
Segarini -
"Please, Please, Please"
-
Bee Gees -
"Claustrophobia"
-
Jellyfish
- "Babys Coming Back"
-
Lenny
Kravitz - "Let Love Rule"
-
Gruppo
Sportivo -
"One Way Love"
Oct 21st, 2004
Eric Garner's Version Of "Wile Away" Is
Here!
As promised, Tom and I are
happy to announce the release of Eric Garner's "Wile Away" (and not a moment
to soon). Now you can finally hear the song the way it was meant to be
heard. Here's the back story.
 I
first heard about
Eric when I was listening to the Howard Stern radio
show while getting ready to catch my bus to New York. Howard had been
promoting a contest where listeners were encouraged to record their version
of one of our songs called
"Restless, Restless". Tom
and I were wondering what kind (if any) submissions would come in. We
figured at best that there would be a ton of novelty versions. Boy were we
wrong. I knew
we were going to be in for a treat when I heard the opening of
Eric's
version (phone sound effect followed by Eric's vocal building throughout the
song). Brilliant...it reminded me of Fountains Of Wayne and Blondie (circa
"X Offender"). Although Tom and I had absolutely nothing to do with Eric's
version, we felt very proud of it. We finally got to meet Eric through a
"Restless" discussion on the
Howard Stern bulletin board. We discussed
collaborating on some unfinished songs that we both might have. Eric
send us an untitled
demo instrumental
that we fell in love with immediately.
The title and opening lines hit Tom and I instantly and the song was pretty
much
finished within a week. We were nervous
when we sent it to Eric figuring we'd probably ruined his song. We
were thrilled when he told us he liked it a lot. His first pass at singing
it was perfect. But Eric is a
perfectionist and wanted to try it some other ways. Collaborating on a song
is not an easy thing and while we liked what he was doing, he had ended up
altering his delivery on what we felt was the best part of the song
["I know
what this life is for, when it's not my life anymore"]. It
was such a beautiful delivery that we asserted ourselves and asked him to
sing it the original way. Being the true collaborator that he is, he
agreed and the song is better for it. If you are familiar with my demo of
the song,
[vocals aside] you'll appreciate the melody on that line
when you hear Eric sing it. So
here it goes,
"Wile Away" the way it was meant to be heard
as sung by Eric Garner. We hope you like
it.
Oct 16th, 2004
The Rip The Music Bulletin Board Is Now
Open!
We've been getting tons of
emails (pro and con) about our latest song "Wile Away". We are also getting
lots of comments and questions about the other songs in our jukebox.
We thought it would be a good idea to set up a simple
bulletin
board where we can discuss not only our music but music in
general. Favorite songs, lyrics, bands etc... So if your feeling "restless",
why don't you "wile away" your time on our board.
Oct 15th, 2004
"Wile Away" Mania
Continues....As Of One Hour Ago 98,000 Unique Visitors Have
Sampled The Song!
We always knew how powerful
the Howard Stern radio show was, now we are feeling the power of his
website. Thanks to the
write up on his website about our new
single
"Wile Away" (and the link to our site) we are close to 100,000 downloads of our song! We
are getting so many first time visitors that we are also seeing a high
number of downloads for the other songs in our
Jukebox (especially our band's version of
"Restless, Restless"). Keep on checking
back because this is a fertile time for our music. Coming soon, the final
version of "Wile Away" as sung by
Eric Garner. Don't forget that we
also have posted the
"karaoke" version with
lyrics
for you to do your own version of the song. Who knows, maybe your version
will be heard by the thousands and thousands of people who are checking in
on a regular basis. Thanks again for visiting our site.
Tom & Vinnie Introduce Navar At CBGB
Tom and I had the honor and
pleasure of introducing upstate New York sensations
Navar to an
enthusiastic audience at the legendary
CBGB club in Manhattan on Tuesday night.
 We
met Navar when they submitted a blistering
cover of "Restless, Restless" for the
Howard Stern 'Restless' contest. They surprised us with a live version of
the song that had the crowd going wild. We met the band when their lead
singer Pat Barry sent us their new CD
"Your
Window". The entire CD blew us both away with it's
diversity. With the exception of the new Tears For Fears CD (see review
below) I can't stop playing it (start to finish). In fact, I'll go so far to
say that there is one song ["Slumber"] which is hands down one of my
favorite songs this year. These are young guys
[Pat, Ben,
Skippy and Tim]
but when you hear this song, you will swear they
are channeling the musical souls of Dion DiMucci, Paul McCartney with a dash
of "Sea Of Love" from the great Phil Phillips. Take a
listen for yourself, it will make your day.
You'll be hearing a lot more from Navar, both on this site and on a radio
near you.
Oct 14th, 2004
"Wile Away" Is Downloaded More
Than 30,000 Times In The Last 14 Hours...More Than U2's New Single!
Thanks to the
exposure on the massively popular Howard Stern radio show this morning, our
new single, "Wile Away" has been downloaded over 30,000 times (and that's
just in the last 14 hours)! We are on pace
to pass U2's new single "Vertigo" (a great song by the way). Read all about
it at howardstern.com. You can also search for "favale" to read archived stories
about Tom and Vinnie. Check back next week for the final demo which will be
sung by a real singer, Eric Garner. You won't be disappointed.
Oct 12th, 2004
The "Wile Away" Demo Is Here!
Tom and I are
happy to announce that our collaboration with Eric Garner ["Wile Away"] is
almost done. Eric is tweaking the final version which will have his vocal.
In the true spirit of ripthemusic.com we are
posting Eric's original instrumental which inspired Tom and I to write the
lyrics [Eric also added some nice lyrical touches]. We are also posting
my demo which has me singing the song with and without the music backing
track. Be forewarned, this song is not even close to falling into my limited
vocal range. I even had to alter the melody on certain lines in order to
sing it. When you hear Eric's demo [which should go up next week] you'll be
hearing the definitive version of the song. Enjoy!
-
Vinnie singing
"Wile Away"
backed by Eric Garner
instrumental track.
-
Vinnie singing
"Wile Away"
without the
music track. Be afraid, be very
afraid.
-
Eric Garner's beautiful
instrumental version of
"Wile Away"
Oct 11th, 2004
We Interrupt This Blog To Bring You Some
Important Rock & Roll News
The vocal demo
for "Wile Away" will be posted tomorrow [10/12]. In the meantime,
I have to
digress for a moment from the purpose of this web site [spotlighting the
songwriting process between Tom and I] to tell you about a CD that has left
me speechless (but still able to type].
Tears For Fears Release the Best Album Of
The Year!
What happens
when you cross Xtc, Burt Bacharach, Ten CC, Paul McCartney, ELO, Brian Wilson and Phil Spector?
You get the best damn album of the decade (so far). I've seen the future of
retro roll and it's
Tears For Fears. T hese guys may not have
had a huge LP output but they always hit for average. How many bands could generate a
legitimate “best of” with only five albums? Everyone knows the story.
They started off as a classic British early 80's New Wave band. There first
singles ("Mad World", "Pale Shelter", "Change") were
well crafted, ethereal pop. They broke out big time with "Shout", "Everyone
Wants To Rule The World" and "Head Over Heels" and made the predictable
(albeit well crafted) follow-up aka "oh what the hell let's break up" album.
How a band can split up after a song as great as "Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
is beyond me. Co-founder Curt Smith went on to a solo career and Roland Orzabal continued as a one man Tears For Fears. Their subsequent albums were
good but hearing how fantastic they sound re-united on
Everyone Loves A Happy Ending makes
everything they've done to date pale by comparison. This album is so strong that I think they
should rename it "Best Of Tears Vol 2". Every song is a home run. It's a perfect game, it's the triple
crown, it's the 8th gold medal, it's the fifth Beatle. The production is
stellar, the melodies are haunting and there are more hooks than a bait
shop. You must
buy this album. I've listened to it from start to
finish 20 times in a row. This never happens. The mp3 revolution has made
music an ala carte world. I thought the album was dead but I was wrong. One
listen and you will be hooked.
Check back on
Tuesday for the "Wile Away" vocal demo. A bit rough but a killer melody that
won't disappoint.
Oct 5th, 2004
Stop The Presses! "Headlines,
Headlines" Takes A Temporary Backseat To "Wile Away"
As you already
know from our last update, "Headlines, Headlines" is almost complete. We're
still one lyric away from taking it to the demo stage. But a strange thing
happened on to way to completing the song. First a little back story. Tom
and I recently became acquainted with a very talented singer/songwriter by the name of
Eric Garner.
Eric had submitted what ended up being one of our favorite versions of
"Restless, Restless" in that recent Howard Stern
contest. We met him on the Howard Stern bulletin
board where he was one of the many participants in a rather lengthy
discussion about all of the different
versions which were recorded of that song. After listening to some of
Eric's music, Tom and I were very impressed. He had some really
good songs with some gorgeous melodies. We decided to reach out to him to
see if he'd be interested in collaborating on some songs. Lucky for us, he
said he was. Tom and I got to spend some time with Eric and we all clicked immediately and agreed to some long
distance songwriting. Eric hit us with a bunch of instrumentals in search of
lyrics. This one beautiful melody (soon to be christened "Wile Away") stood
out. Tom and I latched on to it right away. We wrote a set of lyrics and
sent them to Eric with our fingers crossed. Our paranoid side had us
convinced that we had ruined his song and that we would never hear from him
again. Thankfully, he responded enthusiastically to what we wrote. We went
back and forth for a little while (actually several months) and finally
finished the lyrics to everyone's satisfaction. Due to time constraints (our
jobs, our wives, our lives!) it's going to take us at least two weeks to get
the final demo complete. We're going to post the lyrics today. We'll get the
rough vocal demo up next week and then have the final demo (with music)
posted within two weeks. The lyrics to "Wile Away" were truly inspired by
the music. It has a very lazy, Sunday kind of feel to it. I'm sure each one
of us has our own interpretation of the song. To me, it's about a guy whose
crazy in love with a girl. While she definitely loves him, he may be in love
with her just a little bit more than she is with him. The song takes
place during their first time apart from each other. Maybe she's away on
business, maybe she's vacationing with some friends. He's happy just to be
in love, waiting for her to come home. The guy may come off a bit weak but
hey, he's in love. This song will break your heart when you hear it. Here it
is:
Wile Away
[Garner, Gesimondo and Favale]
Wile away
All the time
While you're away from me
I can wait
I've been waiting years
To wait for you
Chorus
There was a time
This fool knew what he was here for
And I wouldn't mind
If you knew
That I care more
I know what this life is for
When this is not my life any more
Time away
Time away from you
Now seems so strange
I’m awake
And my dreams
Wake with me every day
Chorus
There was a time
This fool knew what he was here for
And I wouldn't mind
If you knew
That I care more
I know what this life is for
When this is not my life any more
Wile away
All the time
While you're away from me
Oct 3rd, 2004
"Restless, Restless" Won't Die!
While we
struggle to finish "Headlines, Headlines", our one hit wonder
"Restless,
Restless"
keeps on rearing it's head. Here are several more versions of the
song that have cropped up on the internet. They are all great versions from
bands that are clearly going places. Here are the bands and the links to their web sites;
"Headlines, Headline" Demo Update Part Two
Ok, this is getting real frustrating. Tom and I finally got
to spend some quality time together to finish up the song. The music and
arrangement is 100% done (and it's great). The frustrating part is that we
are still one line short of completing the song or to paraphrase Elton John
and Bernie Taupin's great song about making music ["Writing"], we're trying
to 'instigate the structure of another line or two'. Here are the updated
lyrics [the missing line reads 'blah blah blah"}. We'll hopefully be able to
get this done before the month is over.
Headlines, Headlines
[Gesimondo and Favale]
When push came to
shove
I struck up my
love
With the wrong
kind of ty-eye-pe
I fell for the
hype
She caught me off
guard
It wasn't so hard
For me to be
ta-aa-aken
I followed my
heart
Chorus
Headlines,
Headlines
It's all coming
back to me
I remember what
you said
Headlines,
Headlines
It cuts through
the heart of me
And repeats inside
my head
Headlines,
Headlines
You're yesterday's
news
This train won't
turn back
It's me there on
the track
So this is the
ennnnnnnnd
Can't even
preteeennnd
I didn't see the
signs
Or read between
the lines
The words that
were spoken
Blah, Blah, Blah
[Missing Lyric]
Chorus
Headlines,
Headlines
It's all coming
back to me
I remember what
you said
Headlines,
Headlines
It cuts through
the heart of me
And repeats inside
my head
Headlines,
Headlines
You're yesterday's
news
Bridge
There's a bridge
and one day
It is gonna blow
There's a hitch
and one day
It is gonna show
And then you'll
know
Sep 23rd, 2004
"Headlines, Headline" Demo Update,
At the risk of sounding like a "dear diary" entry, we really
do have some exciting news. Our new demo "Headlines, Headlines" is almost
complete. The lyrics are three quarters done [see below] but the melody and
arraignment is complete. We expect to get a lot of flack for writing another
song that has a repeat title but this one is even better than "Restless,
Restless". As soon as Tom gets some free time (probably this weekend) we
will have it completed and ready to be post. It's pure power pop with a
slice of Beatles heaven!
Headlines, Headlines
[Gesimondo
and Favale]
When push came to shove
I struck up my love
With the wrong kind of ty-y-pe
I fell for the hype
She caught me off guard
It wasn't so hard
For me to be ta-a-ken
I followed my heart
Chorus
Headlines Headlines
It's all coming back to me
I remember what you said
Headlines Headlines
It cuts through the heart of me
And repeats inside my head
Headlines Headlines
You're yesterday's news
Bridge
There's a bridge and one day it is gonna blow
There's a hitch and one day it is gonna show
Another Great "Restless, Restless" Cover
Speaking of "Restless, Restless", check out
this version
of the song which was done by Eric Garner. Eric is a brilliant musician and
songwriter. We've been calling his version "the one that sounds like
Blondie, meets Fountains Of Wayne, meets Grease".
Tom & Vinnie's Two New Collaborations!
Speaking of
Eric, we liked his version so much that we tracked him down and are now
collaborating on some new music. Stay tuned for those demos. We are also
happy to announce our new collaboration with Kevin Remuck aka the winner of
the "Restless, Restless" contest. Kevin surprised us with a cover of our
song "Falling In Love". He is another major talent and Tom and I will be
helping him on his first CD.
Sep 17th, 2004
Kevin Remuck, Winner Of The "Restless,
Restless" Contest Covers "Falling In Love"!
We were
pleasantly surprised when got got a call from Kevin Remuck telling us he was
working on a cover of "Falling In Love". After hearing what he did with his
beautiful version of "Restless, Restless" we can't hardly wait to hear what
he comes up with. Kevin told us that he and his band are working on their
debut CD. They will be re-cutting "Restless, Restless" which will likely be
on the CD. We'll keep you posted.
Sep 7th, 2004
Demo Alert !!! Tom & Vinnie's Anti
Disco Classic; "Rock & Roller Child" Is Resurrected
Although we
are going through a recent burst of creativity (we are working on four new
tunes), we decided to dust off an old demo from 1974 to coincide with the
30th anniversary of disco.
"Rock & Roller Child" was written as
answer to the disco explosion swirling around those of us who were living in
Brooklyn and Queens at the time. It seemed that everyone we knew at the time
was totally into the scene (especially the girls). Over the years, we've
come to appreciate disco for what it is (bubblegum music you can dance to)
but reading the
lyrics, you can tell we were pretty
pissed. Vinnie's brother Anthony plays guitar (listen for when the amp goes
out midway and he has to give it a whack to turn back on). We hear it as the Ramones meets Bowie,
It's Alive !!! "Restless, Restless" In
Concert
The band
Bump is making
news again with their live version of
"Restless, Restless". When you hear
the live version, you'll know that their talent is the real deal and not
some studio wizardry. They will be appearing at the
Knitting
Factory on Friday, November 12th.
Sep 4th, 2004
Detroit's Bump + "Restless, Restless" =
Elvis Costello With A Dash Of Wilco
Detroit's very
own,
Bump make a significant contribution to the
"Restless,
Restless" jukebox with their beautiful rendition. They perfectly catch the
sadness of the song. Beautifully recorded as well.
Sep 2nd, 2004
Navar Gives "Restless, Restless" A Set Of Balls
Upstate New
York's
Navar
made
"Restless,
Restless" their own with a blistering cover.
We've never felt more manly in our lives!
Aug 29th, 2004
"Restless, Restless - Mania"
Continues...Laughing With Lulu's Remix Of The Original Demo
LA's own
Laughing With Lulu put a new twist on our original demo of
"Restless, Restless"
with a remix that actually makes us sound good (ok
maybe not good, but doesn't make us wince). Nice job guys.
Aug 28th, 2004
The Velmas Perform "Restless, Restless" To
A Packed House In NYC Saturday Night!
Albany sensations
The Velmas performed their power pop fueled version of
"Restless, Restless" Saturday
night to a packed house at the Pussycat Lounge in NYC. The Velmas debut
album
Another Day At School is available
now. Their version of "Restless,Restless" will be a bonus track on their up
coming EP.
Aug 26th, 2004
Tom & Vinnie Get Ripped Apart On The
Howard Stern Show..."Vinnie Is Creepy.
Tom and
Vinnie got roughed up this morning on the Howard Stern show for the way
they acted during their appearance on last night's "Restless, Restless"
finale on E!. Apparently, being excited about having a song you wrote
over 20 years ago interpreted by such a talented group of people is not
worthy of celebration. Read the
gory details.
Aug 19th, 2004
Congratulations To Kevin Remuck, Winner Of
The "Restless, Restless" Contest.
Boston native Kevin Remuck was the winner of the
"Restless, Restless"
contest on the Howard Stern Show. Kevin's
country ballad beat out legendary crooner
Robert Goulet's swing version and Jeff
Stillman's honky-tonk version. Congratulations to Kevin on a great job. I'm
sure we'll be hearing a lot more from Kevin and his band in the future. Read
about it and check out the photos at
Howard's website
[lower, right bottom of
the page].
Aug 18th, 2004
The "Restless, Restless" Karaoke Lounge
Is Now Open! Find Out How To Record Your Own Version.
Ok, here's the deal. We're real happy with the new
arraignment of
"Restless, Restless"
that we recorded with our band Crucial
Head. While Vinnie did a commendable job singing on the band demo, he's no
Robert Goulet. So we decided to post the instrumental version of our new
arraignment in hopes that someone out there can really nail it. We hear it
as a Traveling Wilburys style tune as sung by Tom Petty. We're curious to
see what you can come up with. We'd also love to hear some female singers as
well. Here's the
instrumental track and these are the
lyrics.
Good luck! We'll be posting the different versions as they come in.
Who knows, maybe one of them will be a hit. You can email them to us at
tomandvinnie@ripthemusic.com. We're not
sure how much our servers can hold so if you encounter any problems check
back here for more information.
The "Restless, Restless" finale will be
on the E! Network on Wednesday, August 25th at 11pm.
Hear the live versions of
"Restless, Restless"
performed
in the studio by Robert Goulet, Kevin Remuck and Jeff. Watch Vinnie and
Robert Goulet argue over the quality of the lyrics!
Aug 17th, 2004
Tom and Vinnie Release Their First Single
"Restless, Restless" And Launch Their Jukebox Of Original Songs With
Three New Demos.
We have been writing
songs for over 20 years. Having built up a nice collection of songs over the
years, we decided it was time to share our music with the public. While
neither one of us sings or plays an instrument, we still consider ourselves
musicians. We hear incredible music in our hearts and our heads and with the
help of a small network of incredibly talented musicians; we are finally
cutting demos of our songs. You see, our goal is not to sell records...it's
to sell our songs to musicians and performers who can bring them to life in
their own styles. With that, we are proud to offer up our first single
“Restless, Restless”
as a free download. This song was written over 20 years ago and you can tell
from the
original demo
how much the song has progressed. Done in the style of the Traveling Wilburys (with an extra dash of Tom Petty), our backing band Crucial Head
did an incredible job of helping us realize the song's full potential.
We are also launching the Tom and Vinnie Jukebox
of our demos with three new songs. These are just the first of many songs that we will be adding
to our Jukebox on a monthly basis. We'd love to get your feedback so drop us a line at
tomandvinnie@ripthemusic.com .
We’d also love to hear your take on our music so feel free to cover the
songs we post here. We might even post your version on the Jukebox for
everyone to hear. If you’re a singer or band looking for a song to
complete that record you’re working on, give us a shot. We look forward to
hearing from you.
Tom & Vinnie
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