Mending Fences

John Shakkar Settineri

This is my 4th Full Length CD. I wrote three original songs and present to you a selection of cover songs that reflected the them of my songs Once again I got to work my my nephew Jared on a few tracks. One such track is Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Guy Chretien, a co-worker of mine actually came to me with the idea of doing this song.

This is my 4th Full Length CD. I wrote three original songs and present to you a selection of cover songs that reflected the them of my songs Once again I got to work my my nephew Jared on a few tracks. One such track is Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Guy Chretien, a co-worker of mine actually came to me with the idea of doing this song. I bought in Jared to do lead guitar. The cool takeaway from this is Guy had only been playing guitar for 6 months...great job on the rhythm section Guy!! We called ourselves Two Dudes and a Guy! Jared once again appears in an extended version pf The Hate Inside. I wish there wasn't a need for such a song...but for some hate is all consuming...we MUST...do our part to change this. Melissa was recorded with an amazing backing Track for SyberRecords with permission.
I Will Not Say Goodbye is a great country song recorded by Danny Gokey. I did a shorter different arrangement. Somewhere Over The Rainbow...timeless classic....I recorded as a gift to my wife or 30 years. It was a our wedding song. And anyone that knows me....I'm a huge fan of David Coverdale and all his projects. It was a treat to get to cover Crying In The Rain...I opted to take to song in a different direction and come in with my own arrangement.
Songwriter Credits for Mending Fences CD

18 Wheels (Settineri) Crying In The Rain (Coverdale) Mending Fences (Settineri) Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) The Hate Inside (Settineri) Twenty Days Twenty Nights (Weisman/Westlake) I Will Not Say Goodbye (Cannon/White/Mcghee) Melissa (Allman/Alaimo) © Sybersound Records Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg) It Was Almost Like A Song (Jordan/David)

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Some Other Time Some Other Place

Mega 18 song follow-up to FireStorm, featuring Singer/Songwriter John Shakkar Settineri as he takes us on a soulful journey through life, love and tragedy

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America Keep The Light Shining

Coming from Boston, the events of September 11, 2001 had an especially hard impact on me.  I sat glued the television as the days events unfolded, and the tragedy was overwhelming.

The next day I sat down and wrote America Keep The Light Shining, as a way to cope with all my feelings.

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FireStorm

FireStorm, my debut full length CD. 

      Having no formal training in music, combined with the fact that i'm slightly tone deaf in one ear, was an ambitious project.

      Originally, I went to a local recording to record America Keep The Light Shining.  The engineer asked if I had any other material and the project kept right on rolling for nearly two years.

     The title track was actually the brainchild of my nephew.  I believe he was 15 at the time, and had just got a drum machine for his birthday.  He already was playing guitar.  He present me a guitar riff with full drums, and asked if I could write lyrics to it.   I listened to this Hendrix influenced track and was awoken at 4 am one morning to write down lyric that had been rolling through my thoughts all night.   It was a great experience to be able to bring him to the studio and record the song with him.


     Bless this Day was written as a gift for my wife, and I performed it at our wedding.  For the CD, I wanted something special, so I turned it into a duet..with the amazing Mandy Powers

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