#OFFICIALMUSICVIDEO - Only Way Home

IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!!!

Thank you first to God for making all things possible...

I am absolutely filled with gratitude and love for everyone whose support and encouragement made this song, this video, and this album possible; and to all of you who click, like, tweet, post, share and leave heartwarming comments. Your kindness and love make my heart sing! My deepest thanks to all of you. It is a most amazing Blessing to be able to do what I love - and feel so good about being an artist. Here's wishing all the positive energy you give out comes back to you tenfold and that all you do, in pursuit of your heart's dream, be touched with the magic, power and strength of love...
Namaste!
T

Official Music Video: Only Way Home

"Only Way Home"

On my own in New York City

Missing home for far too long

It ain't how I thought it would be

Still I keep on pressin' on

Longing for the days gone by

Times I lay down and I cry

Thinking back on how it used to be

But I ain't gettin' nowhere

Wishin' for what's not there

Now I think I finally see

**Chorus**

Keep on taking on a new day

Don't look back upon the old way

That old place is lost

It's gone, gone, gone

Next phase, bring it on, ya got me

Steep pace, only way that I see

Boldly forward is the way back home

It's the only way to get back home

Back home, back home

It's the only way to get back home

Back home, back home

It's the only way to get back home

Everybody's got a story

But everybody's all the same

Gotta get to where we're going

But don't nobody know the way

Home is where you just can be

Friends are true and you are free

Overflowing with a sense of peace

But we ain't gettin' nowhere

Actin' like we don't care

When home is where we wanna be

**Chorus**

Somewhere along the way I swear I lost my mind

Panic-stricken in my haste I tried and tried to find

(Only empty places, unfamiliar faces)

Can't catch my breath, look right to left

(Runnin', runnin', searchin', searchin', searchin', runnin')

'Til I'm frozen still in time

Home is where you just can be

Friends are true and you are free

Overflowing with a sense of peace

But we ain't gettin' nowhere

Actin' like we don't care

When home is where we wanna be

**Chorus**

From: Nothing To Prove... Something To Say
Written by: Tanya Diona (BMI) and Russell Graham (ASCAP) / Produced by Russell Graham and Tanya Diona for Red Queen Productions / Lead and background vocals: Tanya Diona / All instruments and programming: Russell Graham / Recorded by: Russell Graham at Red Queen Studios, NY and Audio Magic, Buffalo, NY / Mixed by: Russell Graham at Red Queen Studios, NY / Mastered by: Gary Tole for Chelsea Sound Labs

Special thanks:
To Russ: My best friend, love and partner in everything - we did it! :) To Vincent Buccitelli, Meg, Qina and the New York Global Marketing Solutions team: for your continual encouragement to make things better and then even better, and for your swift and reliable ability to get it done! To Jim Bush: for your keen eye, photographic talents and warm spirit. To Chris Tringali and Leon Studio One: for always doing such a great job (and landing me so many hair compliments) - you're the best. To my most amazing band of musicians, vocalists and dancers whose talents make the live shows positively magical... Kenny Hawkins, Big Mike Porter, Richii Valentino, Russell Graham, Joey Diggs, Sharon Banks, Shelly Hirsch, Jenna Beth Stockman, Meghan Hinton - love you all! To Joey Diggs (Unka Doey): for your incredible talent, tireless dedication, awesome humor and true friendship. To Robbie Konikoff: for your constant encouragement and kindness. To all my family and extended family of most incredible supporters: you truly do make my heart sing and inspire me to reach higher heights! My most sincere thanks to you all...

Love, T

The Way Home...

I am SO PSYCHED!

In one week, we will be releasing our first official music video!!! It's for the song "Only Way Home." All week, we'll be posting video snippets, photos and quotes having to do with the song, beginning with this short clip from a live show, talking about how the song / album concept was born...

This past week, as we've been preparing the promotional material, the song's concept has been at the forefront of my mind.

Home is referred to in the song as a place of peace, a place where we all strive to be. We don't always know how to get there, but with faith, if we keep pushing forward, we will find it.

So many things fit this theme over the last week. Whether it was friends traveling to their hometowns for family reunions, heartwarming conversations with loved ones, the sense of celebration and pride that filled so many hearts after the Supreme Court decision on Friday, the magic of sharing the stage with a special family of musicians, the glow in the eyes of a newly married couple, the young couple I know who purchased their first house together, or challenges overcome in the relentless pursuit of health and happiness; there seemed to be a feeling of "home" everywhere I looked. (How cool is THAT?)

The song says that the way to get home is by moving forward - as opposed to giving up or retreating into fear. It says that the way to get back home is by persevering in our dreams and hearts' desires, and pushing through in challenging or uncertain times. If we keep going, we will eventually get home to that sense of peace, that place where we truly belong, that place where happiness lives.

At "Home" on the gig - with Russ and Apollo Joe

As I post about "Only Way Home" this week, I'll continue to think about all the wonderful people, places and things that feel like home - and I'll be grateful for them.  :)

Namaste,
T