Busytoby - It's Good To Be Alive

Artist: Busytoby Title: It's Good To Be Alive Catalog#: Parasol-CD-050 Price: $7.50 Also available on vinyl LP $7.50		Tracks on this CD:
		Sparrow, Somehow You Know
		The Band
		Ms. Thripp
		Hey Hali
		Big Big Brother
		Dear Momma and Poppa
		I Been Waiting
		Greenwood Ave., Jonathan Lane
		Just You and Me Know Who
		The Very Strange Rabbit
		The Fateful Day
		House On A Hill
		Maia and Leaves
		A Quiet Night At Home
		The Day We'll Meet a Cloud
		Why It's Good To Be Alive

 

Busytoby's debut CD, It's Good To Be Alive, is a highly personal project from Wolfie's Joe & Amanda. Below, Joe Ziemba relates the story behind the album:
"…(It's Good To Be Alive) is an album recorded by myself and my wife to be, Amanda Lyons. This is an album that had to happen for me to get through many things in my life and come to the realization that if you step back and think about all of the people that love you in your life, everything can be ok. That's the most important thing I gained in the two years it took to actually create this album: by making it, I became a better person and I've got no other people in the world to thank but Amanda, the woman I love, and my family. With that in mind, I think I'll tell you what the album is actually about. The basic premise is this: Amanda and I, as elderly grandparents, reflect on our entire lives together while making our way through a box of old things in our attic. Throughout this reflection you, the listener, get to hear about everything, including our separate childhoods, the first time we meet, why it's important to love your family no matter what, the problems that occur within everyone as they slowly turn into adults, our engagement to be married, our marriage and life together, our children, and our slow descent into old age. At the end of the album, we both talk about what will happen when we die before we turn out the light in the attic and retire for a peaceful sleep, free of worries and problems. In the end, I've already gained everything I intended to from the making of this album. I wanted something that Amanda and I could listen to when we're 60 years old and still smile about. I also wanted something that could help me through a rough time in my life and hope it can do the same for other people, making them just as happy as it has made me. I also have something I can give to my parents and my sister to show them how much they've done for me and how much I truly appreciate having them. The idea behind all of this, of course, is that because of the love that can exist in your life, it's good to be alive."