"Stand in my Way" is the result of Alliance's front man, Joey Polidori, and his will to pursue his passion.

The recording of "Stand in my Way" has attracted the talent that is Alliance. Drummer Brian Salinas, first hearing the title track "Stand in my Way" on Myspace, was more than eager to get behind Joey on stage once he had heard the song. After a few practices together, Brian invited his friend Dave Gillies to play guitar at one of the practices. Dave quickly took the the material shredding every bit as fast as Joey if not faster.

A bassist is is the last position open in Alliance. As for the fans, there will always be plenty of room for you to join the alliance at www.alliancetheband.com.

Alliance is a driving force in the world of progressive metal and will be so for years to come.

For starters, I am r.m.gruen. The 'r' obviously is my first initial and the 'm' is my middle. So, you may call me r.m.gruen, Rich, RoAds, or Gruen. At the end of the day, they are all me. I only mention this because one individual tried to challenge ownership of my compositions. So, now that we've nipped that in the bud, let's get down to talking about me. (lol)

I've been a musician since age 15 in the form of a drummer. Self-taught with a desire to create more than percussive music on my own, I've been slowly learning how to read and write. Everything I've created is by ear...not an easy thing to do, trust me there. Thank God for the Finale music writing program. It's taught me a lot.

I'm an English teacher for a high school in Jersey City, NJ and an assistant music director--drumline coordinator... and now I've started a video club with my Freshman students. Yet, I still manage to have free-time and would love to find musicians interested in making my creations a reality. One goal is to perform and record the music. The sheet music is available for each instrument, although some corrections in Key and Chord may be needed. So, if you are interested and somewhat local, check out the music and get in touch. Or, just let me know what you think. All songs are copyrighted so be kind, be cool, and rock on!

My influences are from a wide range of genres; however, my main-stay is Rock and Roll/Metal. Nothing like a good shot of double bass drums... Enjoy!

I have been playing stringed instruments since I was 5, studied classical cello for 12 years, picked up my first guitar when I was 10. For most of my teen years I was sure I was destined to be a metal guitar god like many of us do at that age, but as life happens, my priorities changed direction. I have been fortunate enough to have a successful career outside of music that has consumed most of my time and energy for the last 20 years, but in the last few years have dusted off the old chops to fuel my need for some additional form of creative expression.

Now much older and hopefully somewhat wiser, I write and record a variety of styles of instrumental guitar based music ranging from soft jazz to heavy rock, and am grateful for the advances in technology that allow a solo musician to write and share his own music from a small home studio with the rest of the world.

If you like my music, please download and share with your friends. I play for myself mainly and am happy to have anyone listen at all. Please visit my website for a full selection of all of my current demo recordings and links to other web pages and projects of mine.