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Who Am I?

by Cori + The Music

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terrybpowers Beautiful piece Cori. It oozes emotion. Favorite track: They Say.
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    A limited edition physical CD in a sturdy eco-wallet, with full cover art and an inside booklet photo album of lyrics and photos telling little bits of story of each song. Artwork by Ruben Ochosa, Jr and ink blot drawing by Cori Presutti and Charleston- who is my dog who tried to eat the pen that then created a really fascinated accidental piece of artwork. Get the full story by joining the fan list.

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1.
Mad Girl 05:02
Why you so mad girl? You got to figure out how you work Why you so mad, girl? You got to find out what it’s worth I know there’s things that keep you up all night While you’re thinkin’ ‘bout sleepin’ but the dreamin’ is a keepin’ you wonderin’ if you’re doing what’s right And when you come back to reality You will find you are the biggest bitch until that coffee and cream Let me ask you one more time what I’ve been wonderin’ about CHORUS You’re blunt, you’re straight Some find you sexy sassy Sometimes you’re top shelf trash ‘cause a lady always keeps it classy And your walls are high No blow too low But if you took them down baby you wouldn’t be flyin’ solo See I’m just tryin’ to understand what you’re so mad about Won’t you tell me baby It seems to me That you’re angry baby and you believe that the world Isn’t true, life isn’t fair It’s all against you CHORUS
2.
Covet Me 04:01
Covet me, coveting you You know that’s exactly what you want me to do And you know with every breath that I take I’ll take the blame for all your mistakes Covet me, coveting you You know that’s exactly where you want me to be And you know with every touch of my skin We’ll be in line to begin again Hide my love in the closet Or in the same place where your hands fit in my jeans Leave your baggage on my doorstep Cuz honey you know your secrets are safe with me CHORUS I’m an open book feel free to thumb, leaf, or follow What you’re looking for you will find between the binds But beware these binds will tie to tomorrow And you don’t wanna be stuck with something you despise CHORUS Covet me, yeah baby covet me coveting you
3.
Waitin' 03:31
I’ve been waiting Waiting for you to see What you’re doing Doin to my life and me I’ve been waitin, waitin, waiting For you to realize I can’t handle any more lies I been talking Talking ‘bout what you mean And if you’re worth it, worth all the trouble that I’ve seen See I’ve been tryin, tryin, tryin To make myself realize That maybe baby everything you’ve told me are lies See I’ve been patient waiting darling Waiting for you to figure shit out And I’ve handed you every code that I have For telling you what I’m all about CHORUS See my mother And my father And my sister and my shrink Well they love you or they hate you and nothing in between Cuz they don’t know what I want or how it’s gonna be If you just can’t stop telling those lies Don’t it make you tired baby Tired of keeping each story straight Cuz I know I’m tired baby I been tired since the first date So now we’re talking Talking ‘bout what this means And are you worth it? Worth all the trouble that you bring Cuz I’m tired, tired of waiting For you to realize That I can’t handle any more lies Baby I’m gone if I hear even one more lie
4.
It’s like loving the water You can’t hold on Not for much longer if you’re not strong The tides keep on shifting so hot and cold But without rhythm by which to go You’re like loving the water Ten years ago I thought I’d known All of the pain that awaited this home I never knew worse could be true That the water in waves would come rushing through Through windows and walls and photos lining halls If nothing stays and nothing stands If nothing can be saved If what I hold dear are memories and tears The walls come down the crashing sound of water in my ears CHORUS There’s no calm in tears just more water feeding fears The glassy top, alluring stop Look down into the clear At what lies below, breathing down and down we go Then the layers break, the surface quakes A sudden undertow It’s like loving the water something so strange Like calming an ocean or kissing the rain Like loving the water waiting on the shore Hoping the storm dies the same as before Like loving the water and you can’t hold on Not for much longer if you’re not strong Loving the water waiting on the shore Hoping the storm dies the same as before You’re like loving the water
5.
They Say 06:19
They say I’ve loved too many men, well what do I know They say I should know the seasons change, well wouldn’t I go And if you were to come back down they say it would snow But they say so many things And when the snow came down upon face then I turned around in this empty place And it was then and there I realized to my dismay that they say too many things I say, if loneliness is a cross to bear my patience makes it weight unfair so I look to love As in any tragic masterpiece the pain is what delivers peace so there’s pleasure in every cut They say this choice is up to me but it’s not my own They say I’m wrong and that I’ll see this web I wove Met with silence I agree and my faith is thrown because they say so many things It’s true that challenge has a price and for that I’ll pay It seems complication my only vice any given day But for curiosity if I could stay away They wouldn’t say so many things I say, maybe trouble watches over me and all the things I do not see but at least it cares And misfortune comes and goes, you see, but when she’s tired and needs room to breathe Then that’s when I’ll find relief He says these tears they make me weak how would he know He’s never cried he’s never seen how deep we go For when we’re strong is when we feel and the feelings show How dare he say anything They say you have the face of angel child and so you’ll be alone at least for a while They say it to be cruel not kind, and jealousy idles I know their game and so I sing If hope is the worst drug of all let addiction find me where I fall and I will not fight If sensitivity is my enemy then I surrender on both knees and I wear my heart on my sleeve They say I love too openly well what do they know They say I’m young and wild and free then let it be so I say I see more of life than they’ll ever know So let them say anything
6.
She 05:46
You know she thinks that there's something wrong Always knew that she don't belong Lord knows she tried to understand it ‘til she realized it's them can't handle it You know she questions what she's worth Always knew that love would hurt What if she finds out that she can have it If she'd just reach right out and grab it She's the only one She's got to know where she comes from She's got to make it on her own When she's the only one who know They always want one piece of her Something to own, something to conquer They take her hair, her skin, her smell Ignore her sounds in this moment of hell So many take what isn't theirs And she can't hide even when she's scared How many walk with weights of past How long do those feelings last CHORUS Hold her down so she can't fly Keep her close so she won't know why If she knows the way to lovin' her own self She won't need any other help Baby girls around the world All those young hearts, those minds, those curls So many doubts, so many fears that come as whispers in their ears What will it take to make things fair How much pride and how much care To teach them love, to teach them gladness To spare their souls from so much sadness CHORUS We've got to change the things she knows
7.
All the times you sat and you cried you thought they were there thought they would care And all the days that passed while you died thought you were mine, thought we were fine You’ve been wrong before Turns out you’re the only one who cares Turns out sometimes life ain’t always fair Turns out when it rains it really pours Turns out it isn’t enough just to say I’m yours You’ve got these few you can call your own You’ve got these times to them they’ll be unknown You’ve got these places you’ll go now and then When you’ve got things to do and you’ll live again Without being yours CHORUS There’s a strength and a courage too It comes from losing one or maybe even two And when you’re feeling down and like the world is blue Just remember who is there for you It may seem hard it may seem cruel it may seem like they don’t care for you but in the bitter end you’ll know what’s true you’ve got these few When it turned out you were the only one who cared And you learned the hard way, life don’t always play fair You found out you’ve got a roof when the rain starts to pour, And although it hurts, turned out the luck was really yours
8.
One Night 04:03
Thursday morning nine a.m. and the sun is coming through And the last thing you remember was a bottle of red Well there were friendly faces only some of which you knew But it didn’t matter after having a few ‘cause there was One night of passion, there was one night of drunken pain And there’s one day to make it better ‘til the next when we do it just the same But for all the nights and days we have there’s only one time to be young If we’re gonna do this up then now’s the time to have our fun 21 and ready for the world with a heart of gold In the meantime why not settle for the stud with the magnetic hold What bad can come of this if we say it’s all in fun, right? I’m sure there’s a lesson learned I’m just not sure which one. CHORUS One day you’ll wake up and it’ll seem like such a waste But the truth is there’s no one who has not been in this place Let me tell you a secret one I’m wise enough to share Without these days and nights good stories would be rare CHORUS
9.
Real Love 05:12
Will you take my hand? Will you love me even when you can’t? If I took a stand you know you don’t have to stand behind me All I ever wanted was someone like you All I ever needed, darling, was you I don’t have to like the words you use to call me “love” I just need to know as much is true, wouldn’t you Tell me now the ones you like to say Tell me now in your own way Thirty years will come and go And the days will pass as we grow old And time brings tests along the way Promise me you’ll remember this day as it was And the you’ll take my hand And love me the way I know youc an Then you’ll dance with me ‘cause sometimes life don’t always sweep us off our feet All I ever wanted was someone like you All I’ll ever need, baby, is you

about

Well hello there…
When I sat down to think about this project and tying together the diversity of work, it was quickly clear that it was an identity piece. It felt very much like blindly reaching into a closet chock full of articles of fond or tear-stained memories, and the dirt of the present, and the stories of the past, and pulling out anything from souvenirs to a favorite childhood shirt, to a pair of shoes we wished maybe we hadn’t walked a mile in but for which maybe we are wiser for. The songs on this project challenged me to challenge the world as an artist, as a woman, as friend, family, and citizen. I sometimes I had to tell dark stories about violence against women, mental illness and loneliness; and other times explored love, humor, standing up to jerks and drinking songs. But when it came down to answering the question of identity, it was clear that the best answers were full of stories and lifetime upon lifetime of thoughts and feeling.
This is a project about the importance of maintaining the depth of humanity in each of us, of being multi-dimensional and never reducing ourselves to a single phrase. It’s about learning from our history and recognizing that every experience and person we interact with will undoubtedly shape us, or at the very least leave their mark. It’s about refusing the demand that you have a concise, neat, and tidy answer for who you are and who you will be.
And my own answer to the question ‘Who am I?’ was to be everything, be anything, be all of it. To stop trying to answer the question unilaterally and concisely for others. To be whole and to love fiercely, feel deeply, be willing to absorb it all- good and bad, learn voraciously, and refuse to be a simple answer. Otherwise, what have we done at all in this life and all of those lives that were here before us? With that, I challenge all of you to ask yourself every day, “Who am I?” and continuously find new depths to the answer.
-Cori

credits

released September 6, 2017

Written by: Corina Presutti
Produced by: Ruben Ochosa, Jr
Mastered By: Mozu Mastering, New Haven, CT
Recorded at Rarefied Recording, San Diego, CA
c. 2017 Corina Presutti, TuneCore Publishing, member of ASCAP

Album Credits
Produced/ Engineered/Mixed by: Ruben Ochosa, Jr
Assistant Engineer: Fabian Ortega
Photography: Natasha Caldera
Design: Ruel Ochosa
Artwork: Corina Presutti, Ruben Ochosa, Jr

Piano, Lead Vocals, Harmonica: Corina “Cori” Presutti
Backup Vocals: Corina Presutti, Ruben Ochosa, Jr
Drums: Alvin Exevea
Bass: Ruben Ochosa, Jr, Fabian Ortega
Upright Bass: Rob Thorsen
Cello: Christine Cyr
Guitar: Ruben Ochosa, Jr, Marklyn Retzer
Horn Section: John Legge, Ruben Ochosa, Jr, Terry Powers, Robert F. Burns, Jr
Auxiliary Keys: Ruben Ochosa, Jr

Special Thanks To:
Phillip Sharmouk for consulting and engineering.

For making this possible: Laura Stone Reardon and Ken Childs, Jennifer Galvin, Caitlin McGinnis, Bender JaMarcus McInvalve, Frank Nachtigall, Terry Powers, Greg McGraw, The Archacki Family, Jackie Presutti, Carol & Sal Presutti, Dotty Parker, Sherry and Mark Kozikowski, Bobbie & Archie, Dennis & Mary Rosati, Eric H. Pitarresi, Rose Ochosa & Rosie Ochosa, Bob McCarter, Allen Barnhill, James Gould III, Sarah Jacobs, Abby and Jeff Marble, Allen "Drumkat" Johnston, Blitz Thedog, Sandra Perlatti, Jenna

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Cori + The Music Hartford, Connecticut

One of San Diego's Top Singer-Songwriters, Cori is joined by a 7 piece band to create Cori & The Music. Her cross genre writing brings elements of soul, pop, jazz, gospel, crossover country and motown into the mix fronted with sultry vocals, driven by piano, and smart lyrics that celebrates great story-telling.

Writer, piano, lead vocals- Corina Presutti
Band leader- Ruben Ochosa, Jr
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