Songs that I wrote and recorded for after-school animation projects.

Song #1 “The Learning Tree“ – A kid’s sing-a-long song written for an after-school animation project in Rochester, NY. Sung by Misty Adana Aleyce Browning and the kids.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtHWwN0SUDE&index=7&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk

Song #2 “Thanks to the Folks” – A very special children’s song wrote as a thank you to all of the folks that fought so hard to get us to where we are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGN8v5SqgHc&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=2

Song #3 “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” – The kid’s  sing with me on this traditional song to their animated piece made for a women’s film festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ERLX3b3kE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=4

Song #4 “We Like to Make Our Movies“ – A children’s song that I wrote for an animated short to recognize the accomplishments of four women. (Ida Lupino, Martha Graham, Georgia O’Keefe and Maya Angelou) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaLZhDNSW7k&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=3

Song #5 “It’s Fun to Do the Impossible” – A song written for an animation instructional kid’s video.

Song #6 “Will Grow with Love” – A Fresh Toone used in a kid’s animated story called “Last Stop on Market Stop.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39c_D57_njU&index=8&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk

Song #7 “Friends Come in All Shapes and Colors” – The song is about appreciating the diversity of our friendships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKG-vbbY2DE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=6

Song #8 “The World We Want to Live In” – The song was written to show our appreciation for all the sacrifices made by the people who struggled for the freedoms that we enjoy today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgi9ubMtj2k&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=1

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Many of us spend much of our lives searching for the answer to the question “What is my life all about?”  These are a few songs about my personal quest.

Song #1 “Everybody Needs Something to Believe In“ – This song is not about everybody needing to go out and pick a religion, but more importantly it’s about holding your beliefs up to the light and examining them.

Song #2 “Take Us to Heaven” – Maybe, heaven is more about what we create each day here for ourselves than some perfect paradise in the future.

Song #3 “The Wind” – The second song I ever wrote that requests the aid of “the wind” to give me some direction and then to put that wind behind me to keep me moving.

Song #4 “The Stop-Motion Church of Love“ – A church about finding love. A church filled with laughter and sometimes tears. “A church where you can be yourself and leave the props to someone else.”  A place where you can tell your story and truly feel alive.

Song #5 “It’s a Mystery” – “Why do we trust our foolish pride, as she takes us on a lonely ride?”

Song #6 “Could You Be My Religion?” – A song about going out to look for that just right product or religion.

Song #7 “Om Namah Shivaya” – A mantra (simply put):  I bow to the God within. “Sometimes it’s the simpler the better.” Smile, laugh, sing.

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We need to be authentic and sing our song or we will be lost.

Song #1 “Gonna Sing Until I’m Done“ – “I’m gonna sing until I’m done. Until I melt into the sun.”

Song #2 “Do I Sing or Do I Die?” – One of my more rockin’ songs that asks one of life’s most critical questions.

Song #3 “All You Can Do” – A happy, upbeat, positive song about the joys of singing your own Song.

Song #4 “Sing Your Song“ – A morale booster for those days when your life seems lacking.

Song #5 “Gonna Sing It“ – A song that encourages us all to sing our songs with all our might.

Song #6 “Time to Sing What’s On Your Mind“ – There’s no better time than right now to sing what’s on your mind.

Song #7 “I Sang Out” – A song about the joy I receive by seeking out and reaching out to give my love.

Song #8 “It’s the Best” – “Do the best. The best that you can do… Reach. Reach with all the love that’s you… Smile as you realize ..The Song has brought you what you’ve wanted all your life.”

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Fresh Toones as performed on the Folkfest Radio Show in 1982.

Song #1 “Heart of Hearts“ –“Someday we will find all the love we are looking for is hidden deep inside our hearts…in our heart of hearts.”

Song #2 “Don’t You Know” – A love song that asks the question “Don’t you know that I love you?”

Song #3 “Endless Song” – Love is the endless song.

Song #4 “Just to Let You Know“ – Just looking for love as I go and it’s only a heartbeat away.

Song #5 “We’re Growing“ –“ Like a stream running down the mountain side, I’m twisting and turning, but I don’t mind because with every rock that I pass I am growing.”

Song #6 “Remember It All“ – An uplifting song that invites us all to take a pause every once in awhile to remember it all.

Song #7 “Don’t Live in the Past” – We mustn’t let our memories of the “good old days” distort the progress that has been made or distract us from the changes that we need to work towards in the future.

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We have much to be thankful for and these are just a few of the songs that I’ve written over the years to show my gratitude.

Click here for a link to the complete radio show:  #22 Fresh Toones Music Show – Thank You Songs

Song #1 “Thank You” – Thanking the folks who took the time to listen to me and for being there when no one else was around.
Song #2 “Thanks for Being Tom” – A music video in remembrance of a good guy, Tom “Totsy” Cook. An original song written for him, his family and all of his friends who loved him so much.
Song #3 “Thanks to the Whistle-blowers” – A special appreciation for the efforts and risks assumed by those individuals best known as whistle-blowers. We owe much to these individuals for revealing problems previously hidden from of us.
Song #4 “You’ll Thank Me Later” – A song about preventing our friends from driving when they’ve had too much to drink. “Friends help friends when they’ve had too much to drink… You’ll thank me later when we can laugh and hug again.”
Song #5 “We Could Start Today” – A hopeful, happy, motivating song about how we can begin today to bring about some changes in ourselves and thus affect the change going on around us.
Song #6 “Thanks for the Backhanded Compliment” – A song dedicated to the critics that have mastered the skill of being able to give backhanded compliments.
Song #7 “Thanks to the Folks” – A song written to show our appreciation for all the sacrifices made by the people who struggled for the freedoms that we enjoy today.

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These songs are not so much about how someday we’ll obtain everything that we’re striving for, but songs that remind us that if we are fully aware during the process then our lives will be fuller and that we’ll be more apt to accomplish our objectives.

Song #1 “Someday“ – It’s not so much that “Someday” is a particular day on which we will all of a sudden discover our love, but “Someday” is everyday that we seek out and then share our love.

Song #2 “Somewhere, Someway, Someday, Somehow” – An uplifting happy song that gives us hope for the future.

Song #3 “Sometimes My Love Runs Dry” – A bouncy song written on one of those gray days when everything looks hopeless.

Song #4 “Someday We’ll See the Light” – A hopeful song that assures us that someday we’ll see the light of love shine through the darkness that sometimes hinders our ability to see clearly.

Song #5 “I Still Believe It’s True” – It we don’t believe that our love matters then we will be hard pressed to believe that our whole experience here is worth much of anything.

Song #6 “One of These Days” –  A song dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Pete Seeger and the Civil Right’s Movement. Like the hand clapping in the video the beat goes on as the struggle for fairness and justice continues.

Song #7 “The World We Want to Live In” – The choices we make in life can certainly affect our own happiness so it makes sense that those same choices can impact the world. This song simply encourages us to seek out the best options while playing our part here.

Song #8 “Someday Soon” – A hopeful song that reaches out and offers a hand up to anyone who may be experiencing a deep sense of hopelessness.

I’ve also posted some accompanying videos with a few of the shows on YouTube if you’re interested.  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOyRYerTUWm3ZCpbNOamhiGF6JcJ9OeSp

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In times of great turmoil or sadness it has certainly helped me to take a big breath and then redirect myself into meditative love songs like these.

Song #1 “Om Namah Shivaya“ – A meditative song of love that calls on a powerful healing mantra which is beneficial for many physical and mental ailments.

Song #2 “I Need to Rest My Mind” – A song that reminds us that sometimes we need to take a big breath and rest our minds. If we want to be all that we can be we’ll need to regularly rejuvenate our energies and then get back up on the path to become whom we aspire to be.

Song #3 “Open Up Your Heart” – A “pep” song that encourages us all to simply “open up our hearts and to let some love come in.”

Song #4 “To Aspire is to Arrive” – We’ll be aspiring all of our lives. If we can realize that as long as we keep aspiring to become then in those efforts we are already succeeding.

Song #5 “When?” – With all the turmoil that often confronts a young 19 year old it’s not uncommon for them to ask questions like “When will things ever improve?” This was the third song I ever wrote back in 1971 and it still keeps those days vivid in my mind.

Song #6 “Think Again” – When pessimism overwhelms us and our lives feel worthless, perhaps we should “think again” and decide if this is what we want our lives here to reflect.

Song #7 “Free Us” – A positive song about our quest to be free from the distractions that prevent us from realizing our love and thus from contributing to the larger force that underlies everything.

Song #8 “It’s All Inside of You” – The love we are searching for is in us to begin with. It is still a process to unveil it, but we can be reassured that as we come to know ourselves more clearly some peace will come to us and then naturally will be reflected in our lives.

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The end is in sight… Hopefully, just this election season.

Song #1 “Mr. Tangerine Man“ – A parody with Donald Trump as “Mr. Tangerine Man.” Written by Jack Jones, John and Carol Dady  and performed by The Dady Brothers. It humorously explores the offensive life and repulsive comments of the most unqualified person to ever run for the President of the United States.

Song #2 “Have You Heard the Absurd” – A song that asks us all to decide how we will respond to politicians that make demagogic statements.  It’s easy for us to look in hindsight and see some of the bad decisions that were made in the past, but now it’s our time to say if we will support or discourage such behavior from prevailing.

Song #3 “That Joke’s Got to Go” – The exorbitant amount money needed to run for political office has spun out of control and now the unlimited contributions by the oligarchic class can call the shots instead of the people. This song prods us to find some way to end this joke we refer to as democracy.

Song #4 “Super PACs – How Dumb Do You Think We Are ” – The Super PAC sing-a-long song. The Supreme Court is jeopardizing our democracy and it is up to us as citizens to stand up and raise our voices.

Song #5 “Show Us the Money” – If we can know the source of the largest campaign money, i.e. bribes, before election day, then the American people can use that information in making their decisions. We’ve got to demand to know the source of the money that run these anonymous “Super PACs” or bribery machines that are destroying our “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

Song #6 “Shady Cash” – A bouncy upbeat sing-a-long chorus about the influence that dark money plays in our politics. If we don’t put up a fight to control it we will lose our voice in the government.

Song #7 “If There’s a Will, There is a Way” – If we work together we can make things safer for both the citizens and the police. We can sort this issue out. It all depends on if we have the will to do so. We’ve faced harder things in the past so it’s up to us if we want to address this challenge together.

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Let us all try to live and sing with all the love that we hold inside.

Song #1 “Don’t You Lose Love“ – “It’s you lives’ very breath. Without her you know what’s left.”

Song #2 “Can’t Take Today Away From Me” – “Can’t steal the love that’s inside of me…  Can’t hush the song that I hear.”

Song #3 “Life’s an Adventure” – Sometimes we think that the direction that we are headed in will preclude where we will end up. It doesn’t always turn out that way.

Song #4 “What a Day” – A song about one of those days, “when it’s all so pure… it takes you away.”

Song #5 “Oh, What a Joy” – A joyful song that expresses my appreciation for all the good people that surround me.

Song #6 “Enough” – A happy, bouncy song ironically about those days when you feel like you’ve had enough.

Song #7 “Just as Happy as I’ve Ever Been” – One those days when you realize just how happy you are and want to express it in song.

Song #8 “The Happy Re-Birthday Song” – A happy birthday wish for us to take a moment on our special day to reflect on our past year and then to re-empower our most positive energies for the new year ahead.

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