Debut album, Man on the Corner, out January 17, 2025
(New York, NY) With interwoven narratives about love lost, ghostly encounters and mourning, “Heal My Mind” by TT releases on Friday, October 18, 2024. The third single from his forthcoming debut album, Man on the Corner, the song and accompanying video exemplify TT’s dedication to turning life’s challenges into something beautiful and empowering.
“I lost someone close to me,” the LA-based troubadour says. “For a long time after their passing, I felt their presence stay with me – in my most vivid dreams, emotions, senses, and sometimes in physical encounters. Yet their loss was so hard to bear. ‘Heal My Mind’ is the story of such a feeling, deep loss coupled with a spiritual presence.” LISTEN HERE.
Directed by Tom Flynn and Mike Watts, the “Heal My Mind” video brings to life the story of a widower who lost his soulmate. “As the husband mourns, he returns to the place they enjoyed their life together, but also, where she drowned – the ocean,” TT explains. “He often flashes back to their earthly, wonderful, romantic experiences, as her ghost returns in a desperate attempt to communicate. However, her constant haunting causes him such anguish that he becomes torn between love and fear and starts to lose his mind.”
Diagnosed with a chronic kidney condition as a child, TT spent years dealing with the physical pain and emotional trauma of a disease that left him crippled at a young age. As he relearned to walk, he found comfort in music — not only the musical theater songs that his mom sang around the house but a wide mix of country, classical, and rock & roll. Those influences would eventually inspire Man on the Corner, a genre-bending record rooted not only in TT's eclectic musical tastes but also in the observations made, lessons learned, and social implications that resulted from his health challenges.
TT was inspired to rededicate himself to music in 2023, when his kidney disease came out of remission. Given a short life expectancy, he realized that he wanted to spend whatever time he had left focusing on the things that mattered most and, therefore, would return to his original passion - music.
Choosing bold inspiration over blind fear, TT rounded up a band of A-list instrumentalists and spent time in a Los Angeles recording studio, where he sang like his life depended on it. By the time he received the miraculous news that his disease had once again entered remission, he had already finished a nine-song album — one whose seize-the-day message was truly universal.
Man on the Corner may be inspired by TT's own experience, but his songs cast a wider net, reflecting on everything from addiction to parenthood. Together, the songs weave diverse sounds and stories, all delivered by a longtime storyteller, songwriter, and survivor who refuses to waste another moment.
