Bio Tom Tomoser
Tom Tomoser can best be described as a renaissance man, and thus his true desire to achieve the highest artistic quality, inspired him to begin his musical career by laying a foundation from which he could grow.
He gained his musical knowledge the old fashioned way, he studied. Before he began his studies he drew upon his talent as a strategic planner from his successful business career to layout a path to produce a quality musical product.
It was clear to Tom from the beginning that he would need to be competent in at least 4 areas of the music business to build a rewarding and profitable career/business. His first order of business was to learn how to write music. He began by studying music theory with a college professor that was also an accomplished pianist and woodwind artist playing with 2 symphony orchestras and a jazz ensemble. The next building block in Tom’s plan was to study voice so he would be able to sing his originals and make demos to send to established artists. Tom’s theory professor recommend a very highly recognized voice teacher and Tom progressed at a steady pace writing about a song a month.
The next step was to start producing demos to shop his originals around to singers he thought his music would work for. Tom produced demos and it was evident that producing came very easily to Tom and he quickly accumulated a catalog of his tunes.
In the early and mid 80s music videos began to appear on MTV, VH1, and on CMT. Tom made a good connection in Nashville with the producer of “Video Country” and talked him into running 2 of Tom’s full-blown master quality music videos he produced using 2 of his songs with full orchestral arrangements. The ballad received 500 pieces of positive response when it ran in the new artist segment of Video Country. The response was 90% female. Tom made a note of that and always tends to target the ladies in his song selection and marketing. It was evident that Tom’s music would never fit in the country genre because his music is ‘Too Pop” Too AC’ and “Too Jazz.” Tom also learned that he needed to study lyric writing. While in Nashville he met Jon Ims a hit songwriter who gave private lessons and a Grammy winning songwriter and author, Sheila Davis, who gave private lessons. Tom learned much about lyric writing from both of these wonderful people.
Tom dismissed the idea of being signed by a major label and instead opened his own indie label Lone Eagle Records. The first release from Lone Eagle was “Cool Smooth & Sassy” spotlighting a tenor sax session player named Joe Genovesi. Tom put 14 of his ballads on “Cool.” He pressed 1000 copies and sold 500 the first 6 months and to date has sold 1200+ CDs and is still selling CDs and downloads on www.cdbaby.com. Tom has produced and released 15 CDs on his Lone Eagle label, sold and marketed primarily through CD Baby and their digital partners.
In 2009 Tom was doing a radio show out of Kansas City and was asked to write and sing an arrangement of “America The Beautiful” for a special Memorial Day Show. A female restaurant owner heard Tom and called Tom and asked him to do a live show for a ladies night out at her restaurant in KC. Tom did the show and as a result he made the decision to move from producer to performer and start the 4th phase of his musical career. Tom began singing out every chance he got at restaurants, rest homes and karaoke bars. Tom’s upscale lounge style act featuring a lotta Sinatra, classic love songs and his original fare is extremely well received by all ages from 20s up.
Tom had the honor of singing his arrangement of America at the last Memorial Day ball game ever at Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series in 2010. Tom met Chuck Pennington the keyboardist of Manheim Steam Roller fame and enlisted him to play for him on America. This opened the door for Tom and Chuck to work on 6 more songs together, 4 of which are on Tom’s latest release “Love Passionately.”
| POSTED BY: disturbed3003 | POSTED ON: 04 Jun 2011 04:24 PM | ||
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“Intelligent Car Ownership Radio Show Hi Lites,” by Tom Tomoser is a wonderful CD dedicated to reducing the operating cost of motor vehicles. This album contains well versed excerpts from 26 radio shows and not only provides instructional methods, but you will also hear some well debated issues on the automotive industry. Tomoser, a former fleet owner, and his 4 co-hosts give the audience an amusement park of fun and laughter as they openly touch on several topics. Track four, “4-6-8” reveals how an ignition switch could convert the cylinders of a vehicle. Another track, “Choose American,” discusses why one should choose American over foreign vehicles. “Layer Man” and “At Will Employment” are tracks that talk about unions and what they have done for the American people. If you are a fan of radio talk shows that are informative and have a brilliant sense of humor, then you will thoroughly enjoy, “Intelligent Car Ownership Radio Show Hi Lites.”
-Diane and the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team |
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 16 May 2011 05:41 PM | ||
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 02 Mar 2011 03:00 PM | ||
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John Miller Narration
Every 10 minutes an American dies in an alcohol related auto accident. These deaths are the results of bad decisions. Drinking is a two part activity; going out and getting home alive. This is the story of one kid who didn’t make it home alive. |
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 02 Mar 2011 02:59 PM | ||
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John Miller W&M by Tom Tomoser Sr.
A. I knew a nice young man John Miller was his name That was the young man’s name John was bright and quick and john learned every trick I met John when he was ten John was still innocent then He was innocent then John Miller didn’t know that he would fall To that killer alcohol killer alcohol A. I knew a nice young man John Miller was his name That was the young man’s name Now John had just got home from school man was he cool Tall and blond with eyes so blue a handsome guy to look at too He was a handsome guy John Miller didn’t know that he would fall To that killer alcohol killer alcohol
B. It was the fourth of July John’s friends got high and thought cars could fly When it was time for John to leave He should have grabbed a taxi cab John’s friend drove the car John paid the price Oh have mercy on the lad my dear Lord Christ
A. I knew a nice young man John Miller was his name That was the young man’s name. John’s mama cried all night oh God this can’t be right What a waste young John was keen The boy was just nineteen he was just nineteen. John Miller didn’t know that he would fall To that killer alcohol killer alcohol killer alcohol
Tag: Killer Alcohol Killer Alcohol Killer Alcohol Killer Alcohol
Lone Eagle Records 402 960 7075 |
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 22 Nov 2010 08:34 PM | ||
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 11 Oct 2010 12:05 PM | ||
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 11 Oct 2010 12:03 PM | ||
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Tom Tomoser sings up a storm on his recent released CD, “Love Passionately,” as he lets the listeners sit back and relax to a wonderful collection of 8 popular Pop classics and 8 original songs. All these songs have one thing in common: love, and that just what make this a soothing and sweet CD. Tomoser takes his vocal talents and weaves a unique and charming crooner tonality that is not only honest and sincere but strong and heartfelt. His rendition of “My Way,” originally sung by Frank Sinatra, is warm and tender as the distinctive voice of Tomoser gracefully sings his way around the stunning lyrics. Another song, “Pretty Lady,” is soulful and has a quaint Bluesy appeal as the walking bass line and bright piano riffs cascade around the vocals. The song, “All The Way,” is another great standard with nice vocals and lovely crisp piano. Fans of Pop music with musical styles from yesteryear will thoroughly enjoy the beautiful arrangements on the album, “Love Passionately.”
-Diane and the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 03 Dec 2010 01:42 AM | ||
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Liner Notes For John Miller
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| POSTED BY: radioindy | POSTED ON: 22 Nov 2010 08:14 PM | ||
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The following is a pre-review heads up note from Lea Jane Berinati of Nashville. |
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