“THAT MAN” my new single with Estrella Delgadillo

A few months ago, I entered into a new Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composer Competition. The competition guideline says the composition must feature voice. Literally, I am not a singer so I got in touch with Estrella Delgadillo who is an inspiring pianist and an excellent vocalist. We both collaborated on this song. She wrote the lyrics and I wrote the music. Originally, I already had the music ready even before I called Estrella and entered into this competition with her. The music was for another song I arranged for another vocalist of mine I’ve been working with. They didn’t feel the music for the song, so I asked their permission if I could use it for another song with another vocalist, and it was cool with them. I will not mention his name. Anyway, Estrella is a natural lyricist, she can just hear a tune and immediately write words to flow with the rhythm. She always wanted to work with me on music, so I saw this as an opportunity to work with her for this competition.

When I let Estrella hear the tune, she got the concept of a woman trying to pursue a man, and within a couple of hours, she wrote the lyrics and our song was completed just in time. We were tight on schedule because we had to record the song and send it in before the competition deadline of August sixth. I called the Patrick McGuire Recording Studio in Arlington, Texas and set up a two hour session on August first. (Patrick McGuire Studio was the studio I recorded my debut album: MUSIC IN THE MIX with my jazz trio band Jamal Mathis Trio). I wrote the sheet music for the song and sent it in with the recording that Estrella sung. We let everyone we know hear and listen to the song Estrella and I wrote and we’ve been receiving nothing but good news and feedback from everyone. Within a few weeks, people been telling us when will this be out and available for a single? Please do something with it etc…. Estrella and I decided to take their word and send it to CD Baby for distribution as a single download only. It is now up and running and ready for millions to hear and download for only $2.00. You can listen to the full song on the video below, and follow along with the lyrics that Estrella wrote. Enjoy. Thank you all for your support.

P.S., by the way, we didn’t win the competition, but it was still a good story and a good idea. I’m glad Estrella and I had the chance to work, write, and record together. We are now currently working on more songs, and will be performing in many events in the future together. Be sure to download the song here: Download the full song “THAT MAN” by Estrella Delgadillo & Jamal Mathis here.

 
THAT MAN

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