Tom Brislin
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Tom Brislin is an American
keyboardist
, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from New Jersey
. He is the founding member of the rock band Spiraling
, and plays or has played keyboards with several well-known acts. Brislin is currently a Contributing Editor for Keyboard Magazine
.
With You Were Spiraling:
With Spiraling:
With Meat Loaf:
With Patti Rothberg
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With Yes:
With Other Artists:
United States
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keyboardist
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. He is the founding member of the rock band Spiraling
Spiraling
Spiraling is a New Jersey-based pop-rock quartet. The band was formed out of a previous incarnation called "You Were Spiraling" by keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin....
, and plays or has played keyboards with several well-known acts. Brislin is currently a Contributing Editor for Keyboard Magazine
Keyboard Magazine
Keyboard Magazine is a magazine that originally covered electronic keyboard instruments and keyboardists, though with the advent of computer based recording and audio technology, they have added digital music technology to their regular coverage, including those not strictly pertaining to the...
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Live Performance Credits
- You Were Spiraling (1993–2001)
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(1996–2010) - Meat LoafMeat LoafMichael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
(1998–2001) - YesYes (band)Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
(2001) - SpiralingSpiralingSpiraling is a New Jersey-based pop-rock quartet. The band was formed out of a previous incarnation called "You Were Spiraling" by keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin....
(2002–2008) - CamelCamel (band)Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. An important group in the Canterbury scene, they have been releasing studio and live recordings steadily, with considerable success, since their formation.-1970s:...
(2003) - OK GoOK GoOK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan...
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(2005) - Debbie HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
(2007) - Marshall CrenshawMarshall CrenshawMarshall Crenshaw is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his song "Someday, Someway".-Biography:...
(2009) - The SynThe SynThe Syn are an English band that were active from 1965 to 1967, and then reunited as a progressive rock band in 2004. Chris Welch, in his book, Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes wrote, "The Syn were very similar to Yes in fact...
(2009) - Francis DunneryFrancis DunneryFrancis Dunnery is an English musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as a solo performer , and for fronting the original lineup of the band It Bites between 1982 and 1990 .Dunnery served as a sideman and...
(2009–2010) - RenaissanceRenaissance (band)Renaissance are an English progressive rock band, most notable for their 1978 UK top 10 hit "Northern Lights" and progressive rock classics like "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia" and "Ashes Are Burning".-Original incarnation :...
(2009–2010)
Discography
As Solo Artist:- 2010 When You Told Me Not To Go (single)
- 2011 Steppin' Out (single)
With You Were Spiraling:
- 1994 You Were Spiraling
- 1997 The Hello CD
- 1999 Delusions Of Grandeur
With Spiraling:
- 2002 TransmitterTransmitter (album)Initial release by Spiraling. Reviewed on CD Baby as "the best new pop record I have heard in years. Spiraling plays high-energy, rocking pop songs with delicious vocals and awesome lyrics that are damn near impossible not to sing along to."-Personnel:...
- 2004 Challenging Stage (EP)
- 2004 Live in New York City
- 2005 Do You Hear What I Hear? (single)
- 2008 Time Travel Made Easy
With Meat Loaf:
- 1999 VH1: StorytellersVH1: Storytellers (Meat Loaf)VH1: Storytellers was a live concert tour by Meat Loaf which one concert was played on the channel VH1. Meat Loaf told humorous stories of his career as a singer and how he unfolded into rock stardom. The DVD version has two additional songs. Some songs on the CD are taken from Meat Loaf's Hard...
(CD, DVD, and VHS) - 1999 Is Nothing SacredIs Nothing Sacred"Is Nothing Sacred" is a song written by Jim Steinman and Don Black. It has been recorded by Meat Loaf twice. Jim Steinman composed the music while Don Black wrote the lyrics to this ballad. The song was originally recorded for the 1998 album The Very Best of Meat Loaf, with lead vocals by Meat...
(single) - 2003 Couldn't Have Said It BetterCouldn't Have Said It BetterCouldn't Have Said It Better is a 2003 album by Meat Loaf.Only for the third time in his career, Meat Loaf released an album without any songs written by Jim Steinman...
With Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg is a New York-based singer, songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and painter/artist.Born in New York City Rothberg grew up in Scarsdale, NY, playing piano from the age of 3 and writing songs by the age of 15, joining a high school Rod Stewart cover band.Rothberg...
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- 2001 Candelabra Cadabra
- 2002 Snow Is My Downfall (EP)
With Yes:
- 2002 Symphonic LiveSymphonic LiveSymphonic Live is a 2-CD & 2-DVD live release by progressive rock band Yes on Eagle Rock Entertainment, recorded with the European Festival Orchestra in November 2001. A DVD of the performance was released in 2002. A special edition that included compact discs of the DVD's audio was released in 2003...
(DVD and VHS) - 2002 MagnificationMagnification (album)Magnification is the nineteenth studio album by progressive rock band Yes, released in 2001. It was the band's first album of the new century, and their second with a full orchestra...
(reissue) - 2009 Symphonic LiveSymphonic LiveSymphonic Live is a 2-CD & 2-DVD live release by progressive rock band Yes on Eagle Rock Entertainment, recorded with the European Festival Orchestra in November 2001. A DVD of the performance was released in 2002. A special edition that included compact discs of the DVD's audio was released in 2003...
(CD)
With Other Artists:
- 2000 Dan Thomas - Dan Thomas (EP)
- 2005 Camel - Footage II (DVD)
- 2005 Tony Senatore - Holyland
- 2008 Joshua Van Ness - DNA
- 2009 The Syn - Big Sky
- 2009 Francis Dunnery and The New Progressives - There's a Whole New World Out There
- 2010 Renaissance - The Mystic and The Muse (EP)
- 2010 The Tea Club - Rabbit
- 2010 Camel - The Opening Farewell (DVD)
- 2011 Josh KelleyJosh KelleyJoshua Bishop "Josh" Kelley is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Kelley has recorded for Hollywood Records, Threshold Records and DNK Records as a pop rock artist, and has had four hit singles on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart...
- Georgia ClayGeorgia Clay-Album:-Singles:...