Album Notes

The Setting: A junior high school on a United States Army base in Frankfurt, Germany. A young 16-year-old boy is center stage, it's his first time in front of theater audience, but no one can tell. He just finished singing Ray Parker Jr's, "Just let me go;" now he's on "Gigolos get lonely, too," by Morris Day and the Time. It's this song that gets him in trouble during his school talent show. " He explains "The Jr. High school principal tried to ban/expel me from the school for that song, the now middle age something man remembers. But the real news was the crowd's reaction. They never had seen any young man sing like it before. No one had ever really gotten a response like that. The 800 capacity student's and faculty went exploded crazy; the young boy won first place. He knew what his future held, and the (Cliché goes) a star was born His name D'Mystro. In the legacy of his chief inspirations, the late great Barry White. D'Mystro is already a 20-year music veteran in the recording industry raised in a military family, living on bases from Frankfurt, Germany to Hopkinsville (Hop town) Kentucky. It has been pretty amazing he admits while laughing. The vocalist and keyboard Instrumentalist signed a one-year development deal during the early 1980's with Mtv Studios as a producer at the tender age of 14 years recording his first song "Volume of the Good life" using analog/digitial prophet 2000 now vintage sampler. Then followed a music video filmed 1983 to his first single entitled "It's Your Loss" written by John Williams (Former Air Force service member) This would lead to a four-year contract with EMI Capital Records inner - city funk group "Icee Hott" with Lonnie Simmons, pioneer to the Washington D.C. Metropolitan go, go scene in the later part of 1985. He then embarked upon two European tours performing and learning the entertainment business with funk Atlanta GA mentors SOS Band. Also on this Funk Festival tour was Grammy groups "Kool and the Gang" and "the Dazz Band". Following the tour while still attending high school in Frankfurt Germany, he was called in the studio to work with the group Snap to record on their 5-time multi-platinum single released in 1991 "The Power" while still in high school. After returning to stateside in 1991, D'Mystro and partners Darryl Dash, Guy Hayden founded DPE Records, an independent publishing label. This Kicked off a decade of songwriting and producing hits for some of the industries promising up and coming R&B Artists, including Tanya Blunt, Tommie Johnson, Rodney Mansfield, and Crystal Waters. The Music producing skills of songwriter D'Mystro caught the ears of heavyweights at Ruff House Records, Chris Schwartz, and Boyz to Menn, Michael MCcurry. Impressed with his talents, D'Mystro co-wrote songs with Ruff house records artist Keith Martin including "Think of you all the time" which was featured on the soundtrack for the motion picture Bad Boys I.

Other highlights include D'Mystro touring with William Becton & Friends with Kirk Franklin and God's Property, and Mighty Clouds of Joy at the end of 1995 as their house engineer. During 1996 he worked with "Chante Moore" and with mentor "Barry White" during USA tour. In 2002 D'Mystro performed live on cable television network, making an appearance on Megahertz Urban with female vee-jay "Michelle Wright", WPGC Affinity/CBS Radio personality, to promote his live in concert CD, which is also available online at (www.towerrecords.com)

In 2002 his talents took him on tour alongside JAY-Z of CEO Rocafella Records; Neptune's (NERDS); Nappy Roots and 311. In 2003 & 2004 D'Mystro teamed up with Hot Atl, Ga based music producers Brian Hood (Morris Day & Time) also KB & Brian Cox (Lil Mo & Jagged Edge), and Va Beach based music producer Darryl Dash (Freddie Jackson & "Dealth by Temptation" soundtrack), and (New Jersey producer, EMAJOR) and also Ft. Washington, Maryland based music producer Kevin Jackson (Shai & Gladys Knight)

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This true seed maxi single is only a precursor for the great things yet to come, D'Mystro will entice true music lovers. The result is hot debut LP that proves he is indeed true to the music game, bringing a homegrown musicianship that much of today's music lacks. With a phat unique blend of R&B, hip-hop and Neo Soul, there's music and remixes for everyone to enjoy.