Polito's Linx

First things first. Here are my other gigs:

LifeLuster Spiritual Services This is the website for my Spiritual Services practice. If I can support you in your spiritual life or endeavors, as a spiritual director, life coach or ordained minister, let me know. There are also interesting things to read there.

thewritething.biz I also have a writing business. If you like the way this website is written, I can do one for you too. I also write lots of other things besides websites, like documentation, band bios, 1-sheets and press releases.

Now for the shameless promotion of others...

Cool artists with whom I've shared stage or studio time-- most have played the Wordplay Songwriter Showcase with me:

Jon Batson
Severin Browne
Andrew Cheeseman
Erica Dean
Ethan Hamilton
Lea Herman
James Hurley
Shannon Hurley
Mark Islam
Alex Kimmel/twodoggarage
Eleni Kelakos
Amy Kuney
Andrew Lorand/Puppets of Castro
Lexington
Craig Lincoln
Dan McFeeley
Gilli Moon
Julie Neumark
Pages of the Book
Pattern Interrupt
Bill Reveles
Deena Rubinson
Francis Soriano
Garret Swayne
Chris Thayer
Adrina Thorpe
Jon Tompkins/Ritual
Vertigo Road
Jeannie Willets
The Willies
Marc Wright
Jimi Yamagishi
John M.
Dudley Saunders

These musicians have played on my albums. They rock hard!

John "JT" Thomas (Bruce Hornsby, Sparks, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow)

Chet McCracken (Doobie Bros., Stevie Nicks, Rita Coolidge)

Scotty Manzo (Three Dog Night, Tiffany)

Doug Messenger (Van Morrison) Technically he hasn't played on my records, but he recorded and co-produced "Gift")

Paul Livingstone (Alanis Morissette, Ozomatli)

T.J. Troy (percussion master extraordinairre)

TheXiles (Chi and Brenda have backed Al live and in the studio on bass, drums and violin)

People on my team, who have made it possible to do what I do the way I do it...

Rocky Road Ranch Productions: Scotty Manzo's beautiful studio in Santa Clarita, CA. Scotty is a fantastic engineer and bass player. His studio rocks hard.

harddrive studio Doug Messenger's harddrive studio is one of L.A.'s best sounding analog/digital studios. Get this: The tape machine that recorded "Gift" also recorded "The Wall" by Pink Floyd! (Doug acquired the machine after the studio it lived in before closed down.) The harddrive sound is heard on Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American," as well as hit tracks by Beck and Eisley. Recent recordings of his have been nominated for the 2006 Grammy Awards.

Coburn Hawk is a Los Angeles artist that did the wonderful initial design on this website. I also have recieved one of his Spirit paintings which you can find on his website. It is called Elixir.

Faabrika Creations Faabrika is an amazing art director, costumer, image consultant and artist. She pretty much tells me how to dress and makes me look good. She and Jon Fox did the design for "Gift."

Imaginal Cell Photographer and filmmaker Roman Wyden took much of the photography you see on this site and on the "Jackass" EP.

Jon Fox Photo Jon Fox took most of the photos you see on "Gift." He has a master's eye and is one hell of a creative and fun guy.

John Wescott Guitar Repair John keeps my guitars sounding and playing their best, and always humors me when I ask him to build a frankentar for me, or install a Kahler vibrato on a guitar that worked just fine before.

Seymour Duncan Pickups I don't have an endorsement with this company, but Seymour's pickups find their way onto most of my guitars. I love the way they sound, and so do you!

There are many organizations and individuals that help songwriters out, really because they just love the music. Here are some of my faves:

SongNet
SongsAlive!
Songwriter's Co-Op
Taxi
Bobby Borg Former rock star, lecturer and author.