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fave it Piano | Cabaret
12 tracks | 46 minutes
Released Dec 2003
on Adam Book
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:58 Don't Touch Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:58 Don't Touch Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:58 Don't Touch Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:21 I Am Free lyrics BUY MP3 04:21 I Am Free lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:21 I Am Free
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:59 Dance to My Very Own Song lyrics BUY MP3 03:59 Dance to My Very Own Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:59 Dance to My Very Own Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:18 Youthful Dreams lyrics BUY MP3 03:18 Youthful Dreams lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:18 Youthful Dreams
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 Jenny's Song lyrics BUY MP3 03:17 Jenny's Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 Jenny's Song
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 If I Could Fly lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 If I Could Fly lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 If I Could Fly
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 Brothers in Music, Sisters in Song lyrics BUY MP3 03:05 Brothers in Music, Sisters in Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:05 Brothers in Music, Sisters in Song
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Filled with all the theatrics of a Broadway musical, this piano-based debut CD by Adam Book treats listeners to a diverse array of pop, cabaret, new age, Latin, and novelty tunes.
Bio / Background
Adam Book was trained classically on violin and piano from an early age while growing up in Smithtown, New York. He earned numerous awards for violin and performed in chamber ensembles, orchestras, choruses, and pit orchestras for musicals during high school and college. Adam became infatuated with 80s popular music during high school and started writing pop instrumentals on the piano in his late teens.
Adam took his first songwriting class in the spring of 1990 and tried out a ballad ("Jenny's Song") he had written for the class. His instructor, Toni Wine Moman ("Groovy Kind of Love"), was very impressed and the class called for an encore performance. It was a new beginning for Adam - the night he realized that he had the ability to write a song that could move people.
Adam's piano-based debut CD, "In These Verses," represents his growth as a songwriter over the past decade. The songs on the CD combine elements of pop, cabaret, folk, rock, and classical music.
↓ more ↓As his songs show, Adam has a knack for creating interesting melodies and producing vivid images with his lyrics. People have described his songs as being very theatrical. Indeed, some of his songs feel like they belong in Broadway musicals or movies. He hopes someday that they will be.
The title of the CD ("In These Verses") comes from the end of the chorus of the track "Brothers in Music, Sisters in Song," in which Adam sings "it's in these verses that we find where each of us belongs." The songs on the CD cover a number of universal themes - self-discovery, self-acceptance, longing, hope, love, and loss. It is up to the listener to find where he or she "belongs" in these songs. Adam's emotional outpouring of honesty in his music and verse helps the songs resonate long after the CD has ended.
Adam's influences: Late 70s country music and disco, 80s pop music (Kim Carnes, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Eurythmics, Crowded House, Lone Justice, and John Mellencamp), dance remixes of pop songs, 90s "adult alternative" music (Sarah McLachlan, Cowboy Junkies, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, John Wesley Harding, and SONiA/disappear fear), contemporary Broadway musicals ("Rent", "Hairspray" and "Mamma Mia"), vocalists (Maureen McGovern, Barbara Streisand, and Josh Groban), and a wide variety of classical music (Paginini, Bach, and Bruch).
Of note, Steven Fischer sings lead vocals on "Jenny's Song" and Joanne Stato sings backing vocals on "Brothers in Music, Sisters in Song" on this CD. The CD was produced by Mike Zampi and Adam and was digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mike Zampi at The Note Factory (www.zampi-productions.com).
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