Narrator: Daniel's Music Foundation presents "Just Call Me By My Name Volume 1," distributed by The Orchard. Five talented artists with disabilities, representing different genres, with a powerful story all their own.
[Description: A young woman in a pink dress with dark glasses and long brown hair on sits in a room filled with various instruments]
Iolanta: My name is Iolanta Mamatkazina, and I am a singer. The song that I included in the EP is "O Mio Babbino Caro." I chose that song because it has a lot of love and passion in it.
[Description: Various clips of Iolanta performing, including one at The Danny Awards, and one at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts]
Iolanta, singing: O mio babbino caro--mi piace, è bello, bello
[Description: A man in an orange t-shirt with short curly hair and a five o'clock shadow sits in a room filled with various instruments]
James: My name is James Ian, and I'm a singer-songwriter. I chose to include "Nighttime" on the EP, because it's a song about romance, to show that many disabled people are, you know, romantically desirable, and they're in relationships. They, you know, they do all these things that non-disabled people do, so I think it's really, really important to showcase that.
[Description: Various clips of James performing, including one at The Danny Awards, and one at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts]
James, singing: You got me livin' for the nighttime baby, your body on mine until the sun comes up. Make it last forever baby, cause it's never enough, it's just never enough
[Description: A man in an light-blue button down with straight brown hair and reflective dark glasses sits in a room filled with various instruments]
Devin: My name is Devin Gutierrez--I am a singer-songwriter. I chose to include my song "Money," And I feel like it really could relate to a lot of the things that the world is going through right now. You know, there's so much inflation and stuff going on right now, and people are having a lot of difficulty in this world.
[Description: Various clips of Devin performing, including one at The Danny Awards, and one at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts]
Devin, singing: Money, Is root of all evil. Money, Is the cause of all our pain
[Description: Two men sit in a room filled with various instruments. Daniel is on the right, and is wearing a navy jacket over a white shirt. He has straight brown hair combed back, and glasses. On the left sits Gerry, who is wearing a charcoal jacket over a blue shirt--He has straight grey hair, combed up.]
Daniel: My name is Daniel Trush.
Gerry: And my name is Gerry Powers.
Danie & Gerry: And we are songwriting partners.
Gerry: We've chosen a very anthemic song called "50 Million Reasons."
Daniel: It's dedicated to the over fifty million individuals in this country living with a disability.
[Description: Various clips of Daniel and Gerry performing, including one at The Danny Awards, and one at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts]
Daniel & Gerry, singing: I'll give you fifty million reasons why, we should open our hearts and our minds, to a community, with so many hopes and dreams
[Description: A man wearing a black tank-top and chain, with short, straight black hair sits in a room filled with various instruments]
Jake: My name is Jake Nielsen, and I am a international recording artist. I chose the song "40 to Life." That song is actually about my cousin, who got caught up in the gang life, and all that, and is serving a life term in prison.
[Description: Various clips of Jake performing, including one at The Danny Awards, and one at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts]
Jake, singing: Well you pull that trigger, now it's forty to life. Well you still so young, a lot of time
Narrator: Just Call Me By My Name Volume 1. Visit danielsmusic.org/recordlabel to learn more and purchase today.