Comments on: the album so far http://colortheory.com/the-album-so-far electronic indie piano pop Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brian Hazardhttp://colortheory.com/the-album-so-far#comment-554 Brian Hazard Sat, 08 May 2010 21:18:16 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1815#comment-554 At this point, they're pretty much all mapped out:Crushed Rose = Living a Boy's Adventure Tale Hoover Slam = Touch Retro Alto = It Must Be Halloween White Mantra = Too Close Sliding Into Obscurity = Release the Hounds Grey Squares = Backseat Prozac = A Safe Distance Analogics = Song Named After a Girl (working on this one now) Swing Vampires + Little Richie = Pretend Extroverts Canadian Boards = It's All You On the Pulse = The Digital Age (or something else, if I have time) Flydrive = Two (just the beat, not the weird vocal stuff) At this point, they’re pretty much all mapped out:

Crushed Rose = Living a Boy’s Adventure Tale
Hoover Slam = Touch
Retro Alto = It Must Be Halloween
White Mantra = Too Close
Sliding Into Obscurity = Release the Hounds
Grey Squares = Backseat
Prozac = A Safe Distance
Analogics = Song Named After a Girl (working on this one now)
Swing Vampires + Little Richie = Pretend Extroverts
Canadian Boards = It’s All You
On the Pulse = The Digital Age (or something else, if I have time)
Flydrive = Two (just the beat, not the weird vocal stuff)

]]> By: Brian Hazardhttp://colortheory.com/the-album-so-far#comment-453 Brian Hazard Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:52:16 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1815#comment-453 2 is in process, 4 is done, and 8 is planned - three out of four ain't bad! 2 is in process, 4 is done, and 8 is planned – three out of four ain’t bad!

]]> By: davpunkhttp://colortheory.com/the-album-so-far#comment-450 davpunk Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:33:20 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1815#comment-450 2,4,8,26 are the ones that pop to me as having potential. ;) 2,4,8,26 are the ones that pop to me as having potential. ;)

]]> By: Brian Hazardhttp://colortheory.com/the-album-so-far#comment-437 Brian Hazard Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:03:53 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1815#comment-437 As of today, two songs are done. Like I promised, I'm reviewing all your comments now to get a feel for what to do next. I can almost assign each of my lyrical ideas a snippet (or in some cases, two snippets). As of today, two songs are done. Like I promised, I’m reviewing all your comments now to get a feel for what to do next. I can almost assign each of my lyrical ideas a snippet (or in some cases, two snippets).

]]> By: Kenhttp://colortheory.com/the-album-so-far#comment-393 Ken Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:22:43 +0000 http://colortheory.com/?p=1815#comment-393 First of all it's always hard to pick favorites when it comes to your creations. =)I grouped my impressions into 2 categories - Like More and Like Less (because on some level I like them all). These are based on 1, sometimes 2 listens each - just my initial impressions. I wanted to give you my initial reactions because I think for a lot of these I would "learn" to like them more on repeat listens, so the "Like More" list represents what jumped out at me on first pass.Some have comments, some don't - don't take this one way or another if I didn't have anything to say. Also they are not ranked, I just went from 1-30 and put them into A or B list. Oh and it's merely incidental that it's roughly 50/50 - I wasn't counting!Like More: 1. Prozac 3. Retro Alto 4. Hoover Slam 7. Sliding into Obscurity 11. Canadian Boards - but only up to 0:40, gets weird after that 13. Gray Squares: nice groove 14. Glowing: nice potential 16. On the Pulse - one of my favorites. I am a sucker for that synth that comes in at 0:30 - what "instrument" is this? I've heard it on other tracks before and love that sound. 17. Swing Vampires: like it but change the name - too much "vampire" stuff these days, don't want people to think you're jumping on the bandwagon do we? ;) 19. Basic bass: I like the melody but not the warping 20. Pong Bank: OK i like it because it's very video gamey but it's not really your sound I think... 22. Filtered Blues: I like the build up and instruments 26. Mr Bandpass: Interesting concepts here I like it 27 Sidechain Sync Pass: Short but sweet, could turn into something. 29. Calamity: Potential 30. Crushed Rose: Well yeah! =PLike Less 2. White Mantra - It's good but it sounds very "Color Theory" if that makes sense? It sounds like another CT song I've heard but can't place. It's too safe. Some of the samples are too experimental, and the ones I liked the best were somewhere in between I guess. 5. Flydrive: Weird vocal effects don't do it for me here and the tune is lacking variety somehow 6. Wanderer: Apt title - sounds like a struggle (in a not good way) =/ 8. Analogics - Just didn't jump out at me. 9. Little Richie: Kinda silly to me. =P 10. LED Dreams: Don't like what happens after 0:30 12. Deadbeat 18. Rythmic 606: It's OK 21. Stumble: Not your sound at all! 23. Glasso: I know the sharp cutoff of the beats is intentional but to my ears it sounds like artifacts in the melody - sounds like clipping, or like my MP3 was encoded badly, I want to redo it. Oh wait that's the original source? Shoot... 24. Contrebass: Hmmm ok 25. Ooh Yaa: Interesting experiment but I can't hear a song in this. =/ 28. Nebula: No like the opening instrument! First of all it’s always hard to pick favorites when it comes to your creations. =)

I grouped my impressions into 2 categories – Like More and Like Less (because on some level I like them all). These are based on 1, sometimes 2 listens each – just my initial impressions. I wanted to give you my initial reactions because I think for a lot of these I would “learn” to like them more on repeat listens, so the “Like More” list represents what jumped out at me on first pass.

Some have comments, some don’t – don’t take this one way or another if I didn’t have anything to say. Also they are not ranked, I just went from 1-30 and put them into A or B list. Oh and it’s merely incidental that it’s roughly 50/50 – I wasn’t counting!

Like More:
1. Prozac
3. Retro Alto
4. Hoover Slam
7. Sliding into Obscurity
11. Canadian Boards – but only up to 0:40, gets weird after that
13. Gray Squares: nice groove
14. Glowing: nice potential
16. On the Pulse – one of my favorites. I am a sucker for that synth that comes in at 0:30 – what “instrument” is this? I’ve heard it on other tracks before and love that sound.
17. Swing Vampires: like it but change the name – too much “vampire” stuff these days, don’t want people to think you’re jumping on the bandwagon do we? ;)
19. Basic bass: I like the melody but not the warping
20. Pong Bank: OK i like it because it’s very video gamey but it’s not really your sound I think…
22. Filtered Blues: I like the build up and instruments
26. Mr Bandpass: Interesting concepts here I like it
27 Sidechain Sync Pass: Short but sweet, could turn into something.
29. Calamity: Potential
30. Crushed Rose: Well yeah! =P

Like Less
2. White Mantra – It’s good but it sounds very “Color Theory” if that makes sense? It sounds like another CT song I’ve heard but can’t place. It’s too safe. Some of the samples are too experimental, and the ones I liked the best were somewhere in between I guess.
5. Flydrive: Weird vocal effects don’t do it for me here and the tune is lacking variety somehow
6. Wanderer: Apt title – sounds like a struggle (in a not good way) =/
8. Analogics – Just didn’t jump out at me.
9. Little Richie: Kinda silly to me. =P
10. LED Dreams: Don’t like what happens after 0:30
12. Deadbeat
18. Rythmic 606: It’s OK
21. Stumble: Not your sound at all!
23. Glasso: I know the sharp cutoff of the beats is intentional but to my ears it sounds like artifacts in the melody – sounds like clipping, or like my MP3 was encoded badly, I want to redo it. Oh wait that’s the original source? Shoot…
24. Contrebass: Hmmm ok
25. Ooh Yaa: Interesting experiment but I can’t hear a song in this. =/
28. Nebula: No like the opening instrument!

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