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Color Theory
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Huntington Beach, Los Angeles CA, United States
Color Theory is the musical alter ego of Huntington Beach, California singer-synthesist-songwriter Brian Hazard. Hazard creates electronic indie piano pop, layering classical piano with sonic ingredients from Depeche Mode and The Postal Service. “Hazard writes songs that are intensely personal and uses technology to enhance material that is as emotive as the best folk.” Robert Kinsler, Orange County Register
From 1994-2001, Hazard developed his signature piano plus electronics sound across four Color Theory albums. In 2002, he received a grant from Jim Beam to record Something Beautiful, an all-acoustic set that could likely double as a Broadway musical. The next year he released Color Theory presents Depeche Mode, a one-man tribute to the forefathers of synthpop. The album reinvents eleven of their most underappreciated songs, and also includes the track “Ponytail Girl”, the Color Theory original that was mistakenly credited as a Depeche Mode track from their Exciter album.
Five years in the making, 2008’s The Thought Chapter features a Death Cab for Cutie classic and eleven new originals, two of which were recently singled out for special recognition. “We’re Not Getting Any Younger” took first place out of 383 entries in AOL Music’s OurStage competition in January, and “If It’s My Time to Go” was awarded the Grand Prize in the electronic category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest on March 1.
From 1994-2001, Hazard developed his signature piano plus electronics sound across four Color Theory albums. In 2002, he received a grant from Jim Beam to record Something Beautiful, an all-acoustic set that could likely double as a Broadway musical. The next year he released Color Theory presents Depeche Mode, a one-man tribute to the forefathers of synthpop. The album reinvents eleven of their most underappreciated songs, and also includes the track “Ponytail Girl”, the Color Theory original that was mistakenly credited as a Depeche Mode track from their Exciter album.
Five years in the making, 2008’s The Thought Chapter features a Death Cab for Cutie classic and eleven new originals, two of which were recently singled out for special recognition. “We’re Not Getting Any Younger” took first place out of 383 entries in AOL Music’s OurStage competition in January, and “If It’s My Time to Go” was awarded the Grand Prize in the electronic category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest on March 1.
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I Stand By My Mistakes
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Leave In Silence
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I Should've Kissed You
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Monochrome
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But Not Tonight
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Shoutbox
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amancai wrote:
thank you very much for uploading the songs in direct download! i've been loking for Color Theory's music all over the web! i love it since i casually found "snowing", i thought it was some unknown Depeche song xD Love and kisses... a grateful chilean girl
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nannel wrote:
Nice.
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colortheory wrote:
We did it! http://colortheory.com/lennonaward
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fernbom wrote:
The Sun And The Moon And The Stars by Depeche Mode sounds like Color Theory, don't you think?
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colortheory wrote:
Second Thoughts, the companion EP to The Thought Chapter, is officially released today! It features the four original songs that didn't make the album, plus six remixes of album tracks. More info at http://www.colortheory.com/secondthoughts
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luzzz333 wrote:
Hey, just realized that that song (Everything I thought..) I had on repeat a while back off of one of those synthpop samplers from ADD was one of yours-Love that song!
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colortheory wrote:
Second Thoughts, the companion EP to The Thought Chapter, is now available for pre-order! http://www.colortheory.com
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colortheory wrote:
Help Color Theory win the next phase of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and you'll get your name printed in the liner notes of the next CD! http://www.colortheory.com/help
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criesofhate wrote:
Thank you, for making awesome music. :)
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hameleon63 wrote:
I voted, good luck! greetings from Adriane
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colortheory wrote:
Color Theory needs your help! Can you spare 10 seconds? You'll get your name printed in the liner notes of the next CD! http://www.colortheory.com/help
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tvasidigtknippe wrote:
love love love.
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colortheory wrote:
Finally got around to uploading the new album: The Thought Chapter . I thought CD Baby would take care of it, but not so much. Come by and say hi at the freshly redesigned www.colortheory.com
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rubikcubeboy wrote:
anyone who enjoys listening to color theory's awesome music, join color theory fans in the groups, JOIN!
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Free MP3 If It's My Time To Go | 4:39 |
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Free MP3 We're Not Getting Any Younger | 4:17 |
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Free MP3 Figured Out | 5:04 |
News
BeatRider 1.2 released
14 Oct 2009 | from colortheory.com
BeatRider 1.2 for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available at the iTunes App Store. BeatRider is a rhythm game similar to Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and Tap Tap Revenge. …
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Sales Q3 2009
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Catching up with Color Theory
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Can’t Wait for the Night
21 Sep 2009 | from colortheory.com
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Nitrogen_DS, Das-Joschi, christdragon and 5 other people added Color Theory to their libraries. Friday evening
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- Color Theory posted a news item ‘BeatRider 1.2 released’. October 2009
- Color Theory posted a news item ‘BeatRider 1.2 released’. October 2009
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