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In the early 1990s, John A. Salerno (that is I… Except, shy people prefer to refer to themselves in the third person.) still dreamed of being a rock star. Maybe he was a “legend in his own mind”:) But he was too shy and introverted and seriously lacked the “in-your-face” “chutzpah” required to never give up!

Despite his passive approach, in the lates 1980s, the self-proclaimed worst-vocalist-in-the-world, pseudonym, at the time: JAGZ, managed to get several of his rough demos to receive passionate welcomes and find their way to such unlikely warm ears as:  Australia Radio stations, CMJ (College Media Journal) “Certain Damage” CDs, US College radio, Tokyo, Japan Radio, and even some of the hardest to approach DJs of the time – all asking for more songs. But instead, John wilted! He started to feel as if maybe it would suit his personality more to be a behind-the-scenes songwriter. Maybe this company name would be more appropriately called “Wallflower Records”:)

More and more, these days as a parent, John’s life was surrounded by children, and they became all John felt the passion to write about! Year by year, getting to be more like Mr. Rogers and less and less like Mick Jagger… (Despite the similarity in pitch accuracy!) In other words, when I try to write a song like Adam Levine’s “Girls Like You”, it turns out more like “Kids Like You”! Coming to terms with the reality that maybe my karma did not include me becoming a rock star took away a lot of the pressure! Now I can enjoy my music! That’s what Polytech Records hopes to share with you here!

Influences that will always be the elusive bar I reach for include songwriters and performers from every era: The Beatles – as a magical whole-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts, Rolling Stones, the roots of rock: Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison, Little Richard, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley…