Tom O'Brien presented by IndieMusicPeople.com

It's all about the love... of music, of art, of writing, of sharing. It's what we're here for. I've been a solo artist for much of my life, but it's other people that make life worth living. Just needing to share what I've been given. Along with my solo work, there are some tunes I did with the Tao Tones, Dreamtown and the Pawns which were variations of Bob Elliott, Matt Perez, Jay Quibodeaux, Sean Hathorne, and Greg Murai and I, and with The Trouts which was me, Brad McCrea, Sean O'Malley, Jay Quibodeaux, and Larry Vierra.

	Pulling Me Like Like the Moon This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O’Brien, Quibodeaux, Elliott		Acoustic Soul
	You Need Not Worry This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O’Brien, Perez, Elliott		Retro Pop
	Born a Mountain A fingerpicking romp with just a little dissonance. Kind of old-timey feeling.		Acoustic Folk
	The Key Love is the key.		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Late at Night A jazzy late-night kind of song.		Acoustic Jazz
	It's Easy A feel-good love song.		Acoustic Indie Pop
	Fade Some interesting guitar chords in this one, IIDSSM. There are some nice voicings that took me awhile to learn to play.		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Falling		Organic Pop Folk
	Baby, It's Magic A fun groove I wrote after listening to a lot of early 70's soul.		Acoustic Soul
	Just Sunshine A feel-good hook about sunshine. Who doesn't like sunshine?		Acoustic Alternative
	A Woman and a Man 70's soul influence with a bit of dreamy poetry.		Acoustic R&B
	Funny How A cross between a jazz standard and a country ballad.		Ballad
	Unsung Song A slow-tempo ballad.		Adult Contemporary
	It's a Love Thing A cool groove song with a snap being the only percussion.		Acoustic
	Glad We Came An R&B pop song.		R&B Pop Crossover
	Je Ne Sais Quoi Je Ne Sais Quoi is that certain something that a beautiful woman has that you can never quite pinpoint. It is mysterious and unnamable. Many French women have it.		acoustic world
	Smile Just a couple of chords and a mesmerizing bass rhythm against a fun and accessible melody.		Acoustic Folk/Americana
	Things I Should've Said		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	And the Song Goes On Some pretty acoustic guitar picking and a rousing chorus.		Acoustic Adult Contemporary
	You Don't Have To Play That Song No More		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	The Sky Is Clear and Everything's Okay It starts off quietly with an acoustic guitar, adds vocals, then the band picks up about half way through.		Acoustic Alternative
	Let It Out, Let It In A long slow intro leading to some voices and guitars and words and things, and then a super-long fade - listen until the end!		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	The Last Man on the Earth. An odd little folky/pop song with a chorus that's fun to sing.		Acoustic Pop Folk
	It's Just Love Wrote this one on electric guitar - I almost always write on acoustic - Different instruments affect different parts of my brain and make me write differently. This is a power pop song that might have been a hit around the 80's!		Power Pop
	Stevie An homage to one of my musical heroes.		Acoustic Soul
	By Your Side This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O’Brien, Elliott		Blue Eyed Soul
	Hey Young Lovers This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O’Brien		Blue Eyed Soul
	The Long Awaited Return This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O'Brien		Blue Eyed Soul
	The Rain Came Down This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O’Brien, Elliott		indie soul
	Change the World This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O’Brien		Alternative Acoustic Rock
	Trying to Find Me This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written O'Brien, Quibodeaux, Elliott		Acoustic Soul
	Beside You This is from the album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written O'Brien, Elliott		Acoustic R&B
	Truer Kind of Love Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return Written: O’Brien, Elliott		Acoustic Soul
	Angelique From the Album Tom O'Brien and The Pawns: The Long Awaited Return written: O'Brien		alternative folk
	In Heaven Easy love song.		indie soul
	Why Wonder Why? No real chorus - just three parallel verses and three parallel bridges.		Acoustic Adult Contemporary
	Wild as Love		Acoustic Singer/Songwriter
	Lazarus A metaphorical ballad. The best song I've written in a long time. This song was produced by the amazing Bob Elliott.		Acoustic Singer/Songwriter
	Cap'n Crunch at Midnight Just guitar and vocals.		Acoustic Adult Contemporary
	Down Highway Five Acoustic organic trip down a long, straight highway. Done with Tom O'Brien and The Pawns. Produced by Bob Elliott. Check out his tunes at IAC, too!		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	To Seed Slow, moving ballad (not slow-moving ballad) done with Tom O'Brien and The Pawns. Produced by Bob Elliott. Check out his tunes at IAC, too!		Organic Pop Folk
	After a Rain (With the Pawns) Written by O'Brien Recorded with The Pawns by Bob Elliott at The Pawn Shop		Dreamy Pop
	Sometime Later Written by O'Brien/Elliott Recorded with The Pawns by Bob Elliott		Acoustic Alternative
	Rabbit Run Written: O'Brien/Elliott Recorded with The Pawns by Bob Elliott		psychedelic
	Something Close to Prayer Written: O'Brien/Elliott Recorded with The Pawns by Bob Elliott		Beatles Rock
	Can't Fight the Blue Written O'Brien/Perez/Elliott Record with The Pawns by Bob Elliott		Acoustic
	Spacetime Written: O'Brien/Elliott Recorded with The Pawns by Bob Elliott		Space Pop
	All Over Again Hopefully catchy rhythm with some memorable lyrics.		alternative folk
	When You're in Love It's a bouncy, positive, old-fashioned tune like people used to write in the good old days.		Leftfield
	How It's Gon Be I've realized lately how soul is such a celebration of love and sex. Every time. It's someone singing from the most primal energy inside of them.		Acoustic R&B
	For the Want of You Another of those songs that doesn't fit neatly in any of the IAC categories. It might need a big band. This is just the rough version.		Acoustic Singer/Songwriter
	Someone Else's Sky Gentle at first, but with a rousing, passionate chorus.		Ballad
	Sirens A moody, contemplative piece tha sucks you into its groove.		psychedelic pop
	Beautiful Pain A heavy, guitar-driven contemplation		classic melodic rock
	My Barn Having Burned Thoughtful ballad with a rock edge		acoustic indie pop
	Through an Open Door A searing guitar rocknrolla.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	That Used to Be Me Driving pop now with drums! Who woulda thought? For lovers of harmony.		Alternative Pop Rock
	Welcome to the Party Album rock song with no repeating chorus. Clean recordig and simple arrangement.		Classic Rock
	When She Gets Wise A fresh but retro sounding pop song		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	God Don't Care This song will stay in your head, whether you like it or not. It is irresistably catchy, even though its subject is controversial.		Dreamy Pop
	One Good Reason Upbeat song about why love is the only reason you need.		Easy Listening/Soft Rock
	24 a Day My. New. Favorite. Song!		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	We Horses A long, meditative journey with some rich electric guitar and lots of harmony.		Indie Folk
	Running Horses Soulful Pop/Rock song with a plaintive, sweet chorus.		Alternative Modern Rock
	Maybe Soft, pretty love song with rich acoustic guitar and harmonies.		Acoustic Pop
	Worries of the World Rhythm-filled reggae-inspired soulful poetry		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Little Shot A rollicking fun song that brings us all down to Earth.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Holding Back the Crook of Cupid's Arm A fun, rollicking, image-filled popper		Alternative Pop
	Sugar So Sweet I don't even really like the blues. But that's just how this song came out of me, so I guess that's what it is.		Acoustic Blues
	When Push Comes to Love At first, the hook seems a little corny, but it'll grow on you.		Acoustic Singer/Songwriter
	The Cult of Midas Written in the middle of the night on a drive from San Francisco to Seattle. Guess I needed some rock to keep me awake.		Alternative Rock
	You Just Make Me Wanna Sing A song of thanks to my beloved		Alternative Pop Rock
	Tell Me An old song of mine recently remixed. A feel-good reggae vibe.		Reggae Groove
	Fire and Steel Fun rhythms and close harmonies add spice to this pretty rock-ish song.		Acoustic Alternative Rock
	I Will Leave No Song Unsung		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Change the World (Acoustic Version) An acoustic version of a song I wrote a few years ago. My friend Bob Elliott encouraged me to record it with just two mics into one channel, so it's got a very live feel. I think it works best this way.		Indie Acoustic
	Crush A song really built around a beat that I was having fun with. For a change, there's no acoustic guitar strumming chords. The flute is the main feature and the words came last. A little different for me.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Survivor A rousing, uplifting, life-affirming feel-good song. A little corny and cliche, but heart-felt.		Adult Contemporary
	Your Roots They Go Down A new mix with a little more solid production.		folk punk rock
	It's Only Everyone Lyrics I penned a while back. Just set them to music. Wanted a stripped down arrangement of just guitar and voices.		Acoustic Adult Contemporary
	Ordinary Girl A pop song with just acoustic guitars and voices. Lots of voices. Lots of guitars.		Indie Pop
	Honest Love A rare foray for me into the world of jazz. Just wanted to write something with some fresh chords. Just solo guitar and vocals.		Acoustic Jazz
	Supertrance A new experiment in combining beat patterns. It's a minimalist composition.		Ambient Guitar
	The Sea Inside Psych-pop.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Four Five Six One guitar plays a beat in 4 and a melody in 5 at the same time. The 4 is overdubbed because I didn't play that part loud enough. Then a melody of 6 notes happens in the same space.		Experimental
	When the Feeling Comes A catchy little 2 1/2 minute gem.		Retro Pop
	Everybody Knows A ska/reggae pop tune with a really fun minor/major play in the melody.		Pop Reggae
	The Disappearing Heart A soft, gentle song, dreamy and poetic.		Acoustic Singer/Songwriter
	Some Years Before I Met You Letting out the angst on this one. Lots of energy.		Heavy melodic rock
	Waiting for You to Come Maybe my most rocking song to date.		Progressive Indie
	Say That You Love Me A '30's crooner kind of thing.		Ballad
	Oh, What a World A weird melody idea on the verses that has been with me for years and finally found a home. You wait through the weirdness, then this killer bridge into the killer chorus comes out of nowhere. Wait for it. You won't be sorry.		60s folk-pop
	Sunshine in the Rain		Indie Folk
	Let's Play War Totally retro soul, power to the people kind of song.		Acoustic progressive melodic
	Legal High A little pop, a little reggae, cool groove.		60s tie dye rock
	Lover's Tune An old fashioned tune with a gentle melody and simple love lyrics.		Adult Alternative
	Holy Man A strange blend of slightly ethnic flavored melody and an odd tale of a seeker. Weird instrumentation. Weird song.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Wear Out My Shoes "And if you want to know how far I'd go to prove my love for you... I would wear out my shoes."		Alternative Pop Rock
	Gasping for Air "Since she'd taken all I offered, I had nothing left to lose..."		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Clara Barton A power pop song recorded by The Trouts.		Alternative Pop Rock
	Little by Little Pensive slow ballad		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	The Wrong Way Fun! Fun! Fun! "The bucket in my head/is filled with jumbled words!		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	After a Rain A gentle, poetic samba		Jazz
	Windows of Your Soul Rocking, dynamic, poetic song		Alternative Modern Rock
	Kiss Like That A swinging song for cool cats to jitterbug to. Remember the first time you kissed that special someone?		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	If Everybody Just Made Love Groovy, Bouncy, Happy - What if?		Alternative Pop Rock
	Lost Things Passionate ballad		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	The Dash A ballad that the Sinatra crowd might have liked.		Easy Listening/Soft Rock
	Love Your Enemies A radical message in a reggae-influenced style.		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Room of Gold Groovy love ballad		Dreamy Pop
	Wasted in Ireland This is a song that improves as you drink more Guinness.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Platitudes Poppy tune with some guitar harmony.		Alternative Pop Rock
	Where Nice Guys Finish A little funky, a little ethereal, a little rockish, a little lyrical		Alternative indie rock
	Cardboard Sign A contemplative album rock song, subtle, with just a little bit of an edge.		Alternative Indie
	What I Know A little more of my white Reggae. What can I say? It moves me like that.		Reggae Groove
	This is the Moment Uplifting, anthem-like, "do it now" song		Acoustic Pop Rock
	Reminder Blazing guitar leading to a heart-felt mesage in a resounding, lush chorus.		Alternative Rock
	Broke My Brain I almost forgot I play flute - this one has a little caliente beat and then a wide open pop-rock chorus. It's light and heavy at the same time.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	In Calfornia Groovy conga beat. Whatever.		Alternative Pop Rock
	Wearing Me Down		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	When You're Looking Down A rhythmic, sexy-beat, acoustic dynamo		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Walk on Air A healing, consciouisness-raising love song that makes your spirit soar.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Drunk on Love (For the World) A tour-de-force power ballad with lots of harmonies and guitars and all that good stuff.		Alternative Modern Rock
	The School of Wonder Why Poppy with lots of guitars, though not overly so. Recorded by The Trouts.		Alternative Pop Rock
	Look at the Moon Rockin' Pop Gem		Alternative Modern Rock
	Complicated Man An interesting story and melody, flute, mandolin, plus all the usual suspects.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Magic Words Sort of corny, but beautiful, little pop song		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Till They Tear the Last Brick Loose Poppity-Pop-Pop Pop, but not bubblegum		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	The Buddha's Christmas A Buddhist alternative to the usual Christmas fare.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	She Isn't Quite Not Pure pop		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	The Contradiction A blast of rockin' sound at you in a poetic, melodic fashion. Thick harmonies.		Alternative Modern Rock
	Opposites Attract Catchy AltRockPop		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Beautiful Warrior Weird Song - Not sure from whence it came.		Acoustic PsychFolk
	Bright Girl A rough take of a new song.		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Shine Just a rough first-recording of this new song. Not sure of the final arrangement yet.		Acoustic Folk

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Richard Scotti	1/19/2021 3:21:27 PM Congrats on a well deserved nomination for Best Male Artist! I admire your dedication to your craft,
The Golden GRANNY Awards	3/8/2020 2:37:59 PM You've been awarded a Golden GRANNY for the enormous volume of Indie songs you've produced over the years
Chandra Moon	5/11/2012 7:25:52 AM thanks for the album Tom which arrived the other day - really good work and a very listenable CD! Well done to everyone involved!
Chandra Moon	1/30/2012 4:34:47 PM Looking forward to the new album!!
Vincenzo Pandolfi	12/31/2011 7:01:31 AM HAPPY NEW YEAR Tom! Wishing you all the best in health, music and happiness in 2012. Ciao, Vincenzo
EMU	12/1/2011 12:46:34 PM I forgot to mention... That I heard your first 4 songs and "A Kiss Like That" (cool retro feel..) Very nice songs, good range on the vocals on "Change the World" and yes, acoustic was good choice... I like the fun crisp brightness of "crush" too, cool tune... Will give an ear to more soon... Cheers, EMU
EMU	12/1/2011 12:26:47 PM Tom, Thanks a lot again, for pointing out the files that weren't playing. I've re-uploaded them and checked them and there their now, for your review, when you have the time. I've had those tunes up since 2009, but have not played them since I first put them up. So it might be a good idea, for all that read this, to check your tunes, as the files may have been corrupted somewhere down the line.... Respects, Eric Richardson / EMU
Gary Stockton	11/26/2011 12:27:17 PM Tom. Much appreciated. Enjoy listenign to your stuff also..
Gary Stockton	11/26/2011 12:23:43 PM Hello, sorry for such a tardy response. Have not visited IAC in a while or written any new songs, but your comment was very inspirational. Thanks so much for listening to my songs. I love the Lowden. Don't you think it is one of those guitars that is designed for fingertips and not a pick? I have never really got a good sound when playing with a pick on the lowden, but gorgious tone when using finger tips. I listened to your songs Tom, and you have a really great sound, love the chrous on No Song Unsung, very catchy. Well, thank you for the comment Tom. Truly appreciated.
Gary Stockton	11/26/2011 12:22:22 PM Hello, sorry for such a tardy response. Have not visited IAC in a while or written any new songs, but your comment was very inspirational. Thanks so much for listening to my songs. I love the Lowden. Don't you think it is one of those guitars that is designed for fingertips and not a pick? I have never really got a good sound when playing with a pick on the lowden, but gorgious tone when using finger tips. I listened to your songs Tom, and you have a really great sound, love the chrous on No Song Unsung, very catchy. Well, thank you for the comment Tom. Truly appreciated.
Chandra Moon	7/21/2011 2:54:46 AM Really enjoying the CD Tom - thanks for sending it!
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