Alice Is Painting

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Album Info

Release Date: 2019-01-01

Label: F of X Records

Recorded and Mixed at Suburban Hermit Studios II, Stony Brook, NY by John Tabacco
Cover design: Alice Radomska

Alice Is Painting:
Music © 2018 by John Tabacco
Words : © 2018 by Alice Radomska
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

Do It All Again:
Words © 2018 by John Tabacco
Music © 2018 by John Tabacco and Meryl Mathews
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) / Zackeroo Music (ASCAP)


An email friend from Sweden named Alice Radomska took a liking to my music via our mutual connection with songwriter Soren Skarback. Consequently she would occasionally send me some of her lyrics hoping that one would inspire a melody of sorts. I'm usually receptive to others lyrics but for the most part they tend to read like poetry instead of lyrical verse, bridge, chorus kind of form. Also, in the case of European writers who are not totally fluent in English, the words and phrases tend to sing rather awkwardly in my native tongue. Therefore, a lot of revising needs to go on and that's always a very personal thing I tend not to rush into. As it turns out "Alice Is Painting" had a form and flow that was pretty easy to decipher and the fact that the content was about the writer herself intrigued me. I had told her in a previous email that I had tossed around some of her lyrical ideas and had come up with some melodies. In actuality I did not. But saying I did gave me the impetus to at least try. This song is the direct result of my initial lying.