Brave New American Heroes - Rosados by The Rosados

On September 11, 2001... Prof. David Musial composed this song in between the first plane bomb attacking a tower and the last tower melting in a cloud of dust to the ground. He heard the first crash and smelled the dust for weeks and weeks.

David was in his “SkyRoom” recording studio located on the roof of a hi-rise, across the river from the World Trade Center. He was talking on the phone to his father, while re-loading an “anti-terrorism” statement song that he wrote in 1993 about the first World Trade Center bombing. In 1993, David was on his way in the PATH subway to teach a class at NYU when the explosion occurred. He was almost in it and had friends who were in it. Later that evening when he came back to the studio, the lights in lower Manhattan were out. Very eerie. Since the bomb made the “Earthquake”, he titled the song “Earthquake” as a reflection, and put it on the shelf for a few years. In 1995 he recorded it and sent it to the Presidents’ office at the White House because David had learned that Mrs. Clinton was looking for artistic statements of this genre. David received a letter from the White House which acknowledged his submission, and that’s where it ended. On September 4th, 2001, David decided to make a new version featuring MJ Medina and scheduled September, 11th to re-record it after school. David Musial was in his recording studio (across the river from the World Trade Center.) It would then be submitted to an anti-violence education program for review. 

Suddenly David heard the first plane crash! He walked out on the studio balcony and quickly deduced that terrorism had struck again. He was expecting to film the recording session with MJ Medina, so he grabbed his camera and started filming the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center from his direct view. After the initial shock had slightly dissipated, the words and melody of this song evolved. For weeks he smelled the horrible remains daily and now soldiers with machine guns guard the streets where he lives. In mid February, 2002, David learned of the "Two Hearts" project that was established to help family members and friends of the victims to re-build their lives in the NJ area. Manny & Joy Medina MJ offered to help out by singing the song since they too had seen the the aftermath. Many other One World Artists and friends offered to help out. Aaron Sherwood who played the Sax actually had worked on the 105th floor and lost 60 people to that irrational modern day caveman. Billy Valdez and Terrain Filmore contributed.

This song was originally majestically recorded my the brother and sister act “Manny and Joy “MJ Medina, with Billy Valdez and Terrain Filmore in 2002. It was performed all over America. In 2008 the documentary music video produced by Musial was inducted into the National 9/11 Memorial and he received a letter form the White House. In 2012 it was the title track for “Project Eleven” also produced by Musial and it was performed live by JOY MEDINA, BRADY® CUDMORE and “Spectrum” (Ben Nick Catania, Clifford &Cliff Hults) & on the flight deck of the USS WASP Aircraft Carrier during”Fleet Week” in the NYC Harbor, on NATIONAL SIRIUS XM RADIO.

In late August 2018 the Prof. Musial was invited to present a collection of songs in his “Smart Trax® Institute of Technology “style”, for the Jersey City 9/11 2018 Memorial where the theme this year is “CHILDREN, VIOLENCE & WORLD PEACE”. This song was a simply solution and the Rosados have been invited to be the lead singers.

We hope that through this song, we can help make a difference, and help make the world a little more compassionate,after all... music is the UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE!

See the entire story and original music video here…

http://www.oneworldartists.com/pages/cd-store/Pages/american-heroes/brave-new-american-heroes.html

Here are the details of the making of the song “EARTHQUAKE”

http://www.oneworldartists.com/pages/cd-store/Pages/american-heroes/pages/american-heroes-story.html