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ABOUT THIS CATALOGUE ...
My Contributions to these 556 Songs...soon to be 700!
All artwork, photography, design, recordings, editing, mastering, musical instruments, voices, lyrics and compositions copyright 1975- 2088 Paul Santa Maria unless otherwise noted. I am adding about another 144 tunes by September 2023. NOTE: Click on any album's artwork to be taken to the full cd playlist or single...also, since I am a visual artist as well, I have updated most of the artwork here on my site, but the music is the same on Youtube.
Other Stellar Players ...
Michele Cooney - Lyrics and Voice "Who Prays for God [The Question]
Keyboards: "Fast Girls" 2021, "She's The One"
Rose Mendez - Vocals : "Hello", When Love's Not Around", Fell In Love Today", "Carry On", Do U Wanna Danze", "Point Blank", "Responsibility"
Barry Jonah Hirsh - Many 1980's / 90's killer keyboard solos, Lead Voice on "Haunted House Blues" versions 1 and 2
Louie Nagy Drums: "Tell The Truth", "Get You In The Night", "Voodoo"
Jeff Richards, Jr. Drums: "Rain", "Lady Madonna", "And Your Bird Can Sing", "Nowhere Man", "It's OK"
John Jenkins - Drums "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Serious Love" "She's The One", "Somebody's Following You"
Mark R. Harris - Bass solo on "Fast Girls" 2021 version
Dean Rickard - Drums: "A Happy Cajun Song", "Fast Girls" 2021 version
Don New - That Scary Baritone Sax on "Nightmares 2"
Tracey Coryell - Voice and music/lyrics on "Inseparable" and co-write of the ""Song Of the Lotus Sutra"
Larry Coryell - Guitar on "Life Is Koo-Koo", "Pascual Lives", "Solea", Purple Haze, House Burning Down, How Vamplike
Murali Coryell - Voice on "House Burning Down"
Tom Shirley - Drums "On The Surface"
Jim Schwab - Bass, "On The Surface"
This catalogue is available for LICENSING
Except for a few cover tunes and co-writes (about 32 songs total) all songs are wholly owned by Paul Santa Maria and copyrighted and released as proofs. Copyrights will NOT be sold, only publishing rights percentages. Negotiate. I have over 700 units in many styles and much material not listed here, never released as of 2023.
Questions or Updates
Contact me here or at paulysm13@yahoo.com
MY ONLINE Tunes - ALBUMS 1 - Click On any Album Art
80's UNHEARD POP MONSTERS Vol. 1
80's UNHEARD POWER MONSTERS Vol. 1
80's UNHEARD POWER MONSTERS Vol. 1
15 songs from the 1980's when I got my first Tascam 244 - now restored from the master tapes and enhanced with new tracks to complete them.
80's UNHEARD POWER MONSTERS Vol. 1
80's UNHEARD POWER MONSTERS Vol. 1
80's UNHEARD POWER MONSTERS Vol. 1
Unheard Power Monsters Vol. 1 has 10 songs also rescued from oblivion and augmented with new performances to make them complete.
PSM SEXTET Vol. 1
80's UNHEARD POWER MONSTERS Vol. 1
PSM SEXTET Vol. 1
The PSM Sextet Vol. 1 has 20 songs that are all instrumental, beautiful guitars and basses all played by me, with 4 Christmas songs too!
TIME TRAVEL
BRILLIANT POP TUNES
PSM SEXTET Vol. 1
25 Songs, more re-recordings
of older demos and others that never were previously released.
Check out: "A Snake In the Driver's Seat"!
RUN OFF WITH JESUS
BRILLIANT POP TUNES
BRILLIANT POP TUNES
26 songs. ROWJ strummer and full versions and a boat load of other unreleased, restored and brand new material. Sorry, no Youtube playlist for some reason, but the link works ...
BRILLIANT POP TUNES
BRILLIANT POP TUNES
BRILLIANT POP TUNES
25 songs including "Life Is Koo-Koo" with guitar legend Larry Coryell. A proud title for this cd of my best all time songs at the time I released this.
MY ONLINE Tunes - ALBUMS 2 - CLICK ON ANY ALBUM ART
INSTRUMENTALS 1
INSTRUMENTALS 1
INSTRUMENTALS 1
36 instrumentals that turned out to be my best selling CD as of 2023. Charles Chaplin was right - the whole world
doesn't speak English.
INSTRUMENTALS 2
INSTRUMENTALS 1
INSTRUMENTALS 1
45 instrumentals in many different styles by Pauly.
Charles Chaplin was right -
the whole world
doesn't speak English.
INSTRUMENTALS 3
INSTRUMENTALS 1
INSTRUMENTALS 3
45 MORE instrumentals by Pauly.
Charles Chaplin was right -
the whole world
doesn't speak English.
SINISTER SCORES
SINISTER SCORES
INSTRUMENTALS 3
46 MORE instrumentals - this time, my stuff from the Dark Side. As with all my cd's - I do the cover art as well along with playing all the parts.
INTELLIPOP ONE
SINISTER SCORES
INTELLIPOP ONE
12 songs on my first release ever. Includes "I Am A Man", commissioned as "the 1950's love ballad hit that was never written...". Ha. I DID IT.
GURL CRAZY 1
SINISTER SCORES
INTELLIPOP ONE
12 songs - my 2nd release; 4 different female vocalists. "When Love's Not Around" was on hold for Whitney Houston for 7 months. See update below...
MY ONLINE MUSIC - ALBUMS 3 - CLICK ON ANY ALBUM ART
The TIMBERCATS
GUITAR EXPLAINED
GUITAR EXPLAINED
12 Songs on this, my 3rd release of country type crossovers all designed as hit songs - note that 3 songs are mislabeled by the distributor. Will be fixed soon.
GUITAR EXPLAINED
GUITAR EXPLAINED
GUITAR EXPLAINED
29 songs - some released before, but this was a CD Extra, no longer available. Many songs mislabeled by the distributor,
not me. Cover art by Pauly.
YESTERDAY
GUITAR EXPLAINED
INVENTION 1
27 fully licensed Beatle songs that took me 11 months to arrange, record and edit using only guitars, bass and light percussion. Cool efx on this one.
INVENTION 1
INSTRUMENTAL MOODS
INVENTION 1
30 songs that were composed and recorded over a 2 day period in 11/1984 on my 1968 Gibson Johnny Smith guitar - Johnny speaks with tone deluxe!!!
INVENTION RMSTRD
INSTRUMENTAL MOODS
INSTRUMENTAL MOODS
46 songs this time, all from Invention 1 plus others from the same sessions that didn't make it on #1. Pencil cover art -
"Under the Influence" by Pauly.
INSTRUMENTAL MOODS
INSTRUMENTAL MOODS
INSTRUMENTAL MOODS
30 songs by Pauly with new parts by Michele, a great pianist in her own right. A beautiful collection for keyboard lovers.
MY ONLINE MUSIC - ALBUMS 4 FUTURE
GURL CRAZY REMASTERED
PSM GUITAR and BASS SEXTET 2
PSM GUITAR and BASS SEXTET 2
15 songs Restoration, Remixes and Remastering of this 2003 CD with Bonus Tracks in progress!
New cover art by Pauly, thanks to Heather N.!
PSM GUITAR and BASS SEXTET 2
PSM GUITAR and BASS SEXTET 2
PSM GUITAR and BASS SEXTET 2
20+ songs will be on this collection of all new material, some not even composed yet, some in my head, just unfinished.
80's POP 2
FUSION 1975 - 2023
FUSION 1975 - 2023
10 songs in the process of re-storation, re-mixing,
re-recording / re-mastering / re-releasing.
Yup, that's me @ my studio/house 1987! Elfman!
FUSION 1975 - 2023
FUSION 1975 - 2023
FUSION 1975 - 2023
From Shirley, Schwab and Santa Maria 1975 thru 2023, my most INSANE compositions. In one place.
Remastered as best as I can.
MY ONLINE MUSIC - SINGLES PAGE 1 - CLICK ON ANY ALBUM ART
NIGHTMARES
TAKE A BREAK (FROM LOVE)
HAUNTED HOUSE BLUES
A spooky Sc-Fi "girlfriend is a poltergeist" re-recording of my very first version from 1987.
Baritone sax parts by the great Don New!
HAUNTED HOUSE BLUES
TAKE A BREAK (FROM LOVE)
HAUNTED HOUSE BLUES
Barry Jonah Hirsh (RIP) sings the shit out of this blues tune I wrote for him and then played a Keyboard solo that'll whack you in the head.
TAKE A BREAK (FROM LOVE)
TAKE A BREAK (FROM LOVE)
TAKE A BREAK (FROM LOVE)
My customized 1961 Gibson SG Special, reborn as a Stratocaster is the star of this happy breakup country tune, all new except the SG's 1987 guitar parts.
WHO PRAYS FOR GOD
RUN OFF WITH JESUS
TAKE A BREAK (FROM LOVE)
From an Idea by Michele, with her lyrics, her vocals and my music - a thought provoking idea that'll have Christians everywhere pissed off! I love it.
RUN OFF WITH JESUS
RUN OFF WITH JESUS
RUN OFF WITH JESUS
Vocals by Tony Alasha, 7 deaths occur in interesting, horrible ways but they all Run Off With Jesus! Cover pencil art: "Remember Me" by Pauly.
IT's OK
RUN OFF WITH JESUS
RUN OFF WITH JESUS
A COOL country tune, another "You broke my heart but It's OK" Rescued from 1980, mastered by keyboard wizard Robyn Robbins,
[Bob Seeger's Silver Bullet Band]
MY ONLINE MUSIC - SINGLES 2 - CLICK ON ANY ALBUM ART
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONSTERS
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONSTERS
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONSTERS
A BEAUTIFUL, complex Sextet arrangement, impossible to play for standard guitarists, for these terrible times featuring sicko dictators and bozo politicos.
STARLESS
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONSTERS
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONSTERS
The KING CRIMSON classic
re-arranged by me to lose the horrible back end and incorporate elements from that part into the beautiful front.
BECAUSE
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONSTERS
HIS FUNNY WAYS
The Beatles classic done with 9 guitars, 2 basses; an early SEXTET- style arrangement, not-for-note reproduction with some added Tomita flavor by me.
HIS FUNNY WAYS
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
HIS FUNNY WAYS
Goodbye Larry C. and your
Funny Ways.
I miss playing together,
but not the shenanigans.
R.I.P Brother.
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
My best selling song from
"The Timbercats" cd...in fact, it's my best selling song!
I wonder why.
SEXBOMB
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
My testament to Marylin. Pretty sure I'm the only guy who's talked with her since she passed - take a listen... I think I'm right about this.
MY ONLINE MUSIC - SINGLES 3 - CLICK ON ANY ALBUM ART
MERRY, MARY, MARRY
SONG of LOTUS SUTRA
MERRY, MARY, MARRY
I wrote this piece, inspired by my own pencil reproduction of The Pieta by on of my heroes, a guy named Michelangelo.
SMOKE IN A BOTTLE
SONG of LOTUS SUTRA
MERRY, MARY, MARRY
A haunting fingerstyle guitar piece, lush and very difficult to play. It's the music I composed as a commission for a pop song that was never released.
SONG of LOTUS SUTRA
SONG of LOTUS SUTRA
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Nam-Myoho-Renge Kyo
This is the original version.
I am writing a new one!
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
My fingerstyle guitar arrangement of our national anthem. Done a million times, never the same.
THINKING OF YOU
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
A HAPPY CAJUN SONG
Another fingerstyle tune. Artwork by Pauly and Photographer Bob Lasky of Miami, Flariduh.
A HAPPY CAJUN SONG
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
A HAPPY CAJUN SONG
The title says it, but for the life of me for once I couldn't figure out the artwork. Thanks to Jason for the killer custom made strap!
SAMPLES NOT TO BE MISSED - CLICK ON ANY ALBUM ART
SILENT NIGHT
WHEN LOVE'S NOT AROUND
WHEN LOVE'S NOT AROUND
From the Sextet Vol. 1 cd, this version has gotten much praise and is a great seller/streamer for me. A Beautiful acoustic / electric guitar instrumental.
WHEN LOVE'S NOT AROUND
WHEN LOVE'S NOT AROUND
WHEN LOVE'S NOT AROUND
Designed for Whitney Houston and put on hold for Universal Music for what was to be her new album - and then she died.
That's sad. A GREAT tune.
I AM A MAN
WHEN LOVE'S NOT AROUND
OVER THE RAINBOW
Click the text above to read the special award...remember, this competition had 335 entries and 7 finalists - I won 5 places!
OVER THE RAINBOW
DAMNED IF I DON'T, DAMNED IF I DO
OVER THE RAINBOW
Licensed, this version for my friend Sam Trueheart who passed away in 2022 from COVID. Will appear on "PSM Sextet Vol. 2" cd. in 2023.
GEISHA GURL
DAMNED IF I DON'T, DAMNED IF I DO
DAMNED IF I DON'T, DAMNED IF I DO
A Killer dance tune!
DAMNED IF I DON'T, DAMNED IF I DO
DAMNED IF I DON'T, DAMNED IF I DO
DAMNED IF I DON'T, DAMNED IF I DO
This song was another record deal that didn't come to pass, but a great song. The title is what attracted the label.
RUN OFF WITH JESUS CD - BEST 1 of 2 - Click On Art
SHE'S A LIVE WIRE
THE 5 YEAR OLD DANNY ELFMAN
THE 5 YEAR OLD DANNY ELFMAN
Cool tune. Killer Harpsichord solo, if I do say so myself. Sequenced, yes, but I still played it. And sang it. And wrote the music and lyrics.
THE 5 YEAR OLD DANNY ELFMAN
THE 5 YEAR OLD DANNY ELFMAN
THE 5 YEAR OLD DANNY ELFMAN
I love Danny Elfman because he's infinitely creative and Oingo Boingo was one of the best bands to ever exist. I think this tune inspired him...
DECLARATION OF LOVE
THE 5 YEAR OLD DANNY ELFMAN
ALWAYS KNOW YOUR LOVE
A touching little acoustic guitar and voice thing I did in 1983, singing both parts. Concerns someday dying after a lifetime with a married partner.
ALWAYS KNOW YOUR LOVE
PASCUAL LIVES: THE SUITE
ALWAYS KNOW YOUR LOVE
"I Will always know your love, even if you go a million miles away..." I play all the parts here, sax, piano, fretless bass, etc.
ON THE SURFACE
PASCUAL LIVES: THE SUITE
PASCUAL LIVES: THE SUITE
Shirley, Schwab and Santa Maria.
Live in the studio, no overdubs - when did you last see a band doing originals LIVE that could do this music??? Oh well ...
PASCUAL LIVES: THE SUITE
PASCUAL LIVES: THE SUITE
PASCUAL LIVES: THE SUITE
Larry Coryell performs the solos in the center, the rest is me. He said after learning his parts: "Paul, I had no idea you had such depth". Thanks.
RUN OFF WITH JESUS BEST - 2 of 2 - Click On Art
FRIDAY NIGHT
So Lonely In the World
So Lonely In the World
Inspired by another hero:
Chick Corea and
Return To Forever.
RIP Chick.
So Lonely In the World
So Lonely In the World
So Lonely In the World
A Demo for a tear jerker that I recorded for a famous singer that, once again, never broke through. Don't matter - killer composition anyway.
MAD SCIENTIST
So Lonely In the World
MAD SCIENTIST
The most crazed thing I have EVER written - it's GOD Pissed off at us, his children - ready to wipe our asses out for the shit HE sees.
SOLEA
BE SERIOUS
MAD SCIENTIST
Larry Coryell - solo guitar. This was comnposed by him to open the Pascual Lives Suite and he gave it to me. I did not record this. Too much compression.
MYSTERY
BE SERIOUS
BE SERIOUS
Another cool pop rock tune that could EASILY been a hit song that the brilliant record labels rejected. I do believe I played / sang the shit out of this.
BE SERIOUS
BE SERIOUS
BE SERIOUS
A truly freeform Strato-Jazz song played on my 1961 customized Gibson SG Special...
MY TASCAM DP 24 RECORDER
Just For Your Information....Strawberry Fields Forever
- Yeah, just for fun, I thought that I would upload a pic of what I record with. The track tape (artist's acid-free) along the bottom of the faders shows what was recorded - either mono, mono-paired or stereo tracks of guitars, basses and some percussion, special effects - you name it! In this case:
- Tracks 1 and 2 ("Int Gtr") are a mono-paired, "stereo-ized" (originally mono, but altered to stereo so I could downshift the pitch of the original track by -0.6 to create "stereo") intro guitar that is the Mellotron Flute intro played by McCartney.
- Track 3: mono, main bass gtr
- Tracks 4: mono, 2nd bass gtr, low E tuned to D flat
- Tracks 5 and 6: "Backwards Shit" a stereo pair of effects like the backwards hi hat and an A9 chord fade
- Tracks 7 and 8: Stereo chorused Main fingerstyle guitar
- Tracks 9 and 10: harmonies to main guitar fingerstyle
- Tracks 11 and 12: Yes, "Fixes". Fingerstyle for 4 minutes is very difficult to capture in one take (which I have to do live, so I insist on perfection in a forever medium like recording) and little things go wrong that are necessarily fixable!
- Tracks 13-22: Added spice to the main guitar fingerstlye. This is where the term "GuitArchestra" applies.
- Tracks 22 and 23: stereo click of 88 Beats Per Minute. NEVER record without a click track - so helpful for editing, adding drummers or percussion in the future, etc.
