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Tom Dishaw

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About Me

I’m a musician born and raised here in Massena, NY. My dad is also a musician as was my grandfather and his father and so on. Dad got me started on bass at 14 and from there I taught myself guitar, piano, and drums. I’ve been writing since I started playing and have been lucky enough to always have a small studio of some sort set up in the house. Right now it’s in the corner of my apartment. Luckily with technology they’re getting smaller! I work alone from start to finish on a song, from the initial writing and arranging to the recording itself. I would love to get to record in a top end studio with other musicians and engineers and a producer, where everyone contributes their ideas and energy to a final product. But for now this is a good way for me to get my songs into a tangible form. The five songs here are just a sampling of what I’ve done, and I’ll try to alternate now and then. There’s many more I’ve recorded and still more that are written. I hope you enjoy them! :)

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Member Since: 1/28/2007
Band Members: That'd be me...
Influences: The Beatles, Paul Simon, Little River Band, Glenn Shorrock, The Beach Boys, Billy Joel, ABBA, The BeeGees, The Eagles, Keith Urban, Peter Gabriel, Don Williams, Ricky Nelson, lots of classic pop and rock.
Sounds Like: Despite my best efforts it still sounds like me.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Timepiece

TimepieceGive back my heartI still love youOnce long agoYou loved me tooMemories remainLike pieces of timeFaded for youThey live in my mindCopyright 2007 Thomas G. Dishaw...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:34:00 PST

The Plan

The Plan I've been seeing youEveryday and in my dreams at nightI want to make it realI want to do it rightI'm tired of being a foolWho doesn't take a standI want to be with youBaby that's the planYou...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:30:00 PST

Sanity Road

Sanity Road      Copyright 2006 Thomas G. DishawI've been looking down finding my way back homeTracing my tracks, taking me back to where I came fromWhether it's the start or ...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:25:00 PST

MY VALENTINE

This was written as a valentine's gift for my best friend and someone very special to me. Her little boy Mark sang on it and even played the maracas! He did a great job. It was fun to make and hopeful...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:43:00 PST

CALIFORNIA WIND

This one came from an odd source of inspiration. Several years back on our local channel 5 news (WPTZ) there was a morning anchorwoman named Lori Rothman. She looked like Snow White and seemed like ju...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:29:00 PST

SIGHT UNSEEN IN STORES NOW!

Just a reminder my sister Samantha Graves has a new book out called SIGHT UNSEEN on Warner Books and it's a good one! Because she's my sister I'm biased, but even I was suprised at how ...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:02:00 PST

RAVEN'S THEME from SIGHT UNSEEN

Wow my first work for hire!!! My sister Samantha Graves asked me to write and record a theme song for her upcoming romance/thriller novel called Sight Unseen. After reading roughs of the first chapter...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:01:00 PST

MY LITTLE ONE

"My Little One" : I wrote this after talking so much with the single moms where I work who are my very good friends. Their kids are their life. Oddly enough they all have little boys...must be somethi...
Posted by Tom Dishaw on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:02:00 PST