
Joey Arata

Can You See 1980 Can You See 1980

Can You See 2008 (scratch vocal) Can You See 2008 (scratch vocal)


Midnight in Nirvana 2 Midnight in Nirvana 2
An early '80s instrumental guitar-based ambient accident. Not originally intended to be a 'song', but only a test of a new Analog 8-track recorder I had just bought. But it turned out kinda nice.


Still the Same v2 Still the Same v2

Smilin's Just A Thing I Used To Do Smilin's Just A Thing I Used To Do
Sad Reflective Country Ballad

What You Mean To Me What You Mean To Me
Acoustic Ballad written for my Dad & Mom in 1986.

Busghetti Blues Busghetti Blues
A Dad, his 3-year old daughter, a guitar, a 4-track recorder and an analog delay pedal.

Workhorse-Revenge of the Centipedes Workhorse-Revenge of the Centipedes


Tampa Bay Lightning - Broadcast Music - 1992-1995 Tampa Bay Lightning - Broadcast Music - 1992-1995
This is the full 3-minute version of the Lightning bumper music I composed. Clips of this music were used for all backgrounds, intros, outros, transitions and commercial breaks for the first three Tampa Bay Lightning seasons.

Cyborg - Grand Entrance Soundtrack - 1990s Cyborg - Grand Entrance Soundtrack - 1990s
I composed this soundtrack for a wrestler friend in Brandon, FL sometime in the 90s. His gimmick...a laser pointer fitted over his blind right eye, and as he entered the arena the laser was visible throughout the arena and the crowds went wild!

MMI Music - Mania 2000 - Radio Promo MMI Music - Mania 2000 - Radio Promo

MMI Music - Summer Mania - Radio Promo MMI Music - Summer Mania - Radio Promo

Quiver Quiver
This is a clip from my commercial music library that I used for Paragon Music Christmas TV ads back in 1990. I was just trying to remember why I called it Quiver, but apparently that memory is lost in the sands of time.

Tbred 1990s MOH Rob Parisi Tbred 1990s MOH Rob Parisi
We had lots of high-profile clients at Thoroughbred, and many of them contributed to our telephone on-hold messaging. Here's one from Rob Parisi, who wrote the classic "Play That Funky Music White Boy".

Tbred 1997 MOH (Bonham,Hidalgo,Hensley) Tbred 1997 MOH (Bonham,Hidalgo,Hensley)
One of many telephone messages-on-hold I created for Thoroughbred Music in the 90's. This one features the voices of Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) & Giovani Hidalgo (legendary percussionist.

Tbred 1998 MOH (Drum Expo) Tbred 1998 MOH (Drum Expo)
One of many telephone messages-on-hold I created for Thoroughbred Music in the 90's. This one features features promo for the annual mega-event "The Florida Drum Expo" and the many leadup events we would host for our clientele.

Tbred 1998 MOH (SuperShow,MegaEventCalendar) Tbred 1998 MOH (SuperShow,MegaEventCalendar)
One of many telephone messages-on-hold I created for Thoroughbred Music in the 90's. This one features features promo for the annual "Music & Sound Supershow" plus an unbelievable lineup of other Holiday buying season events we hosted.