Design With Extreme Prejudice

Redemption by Steve Shead

February 10th, 2010


REDEMPTION
– my second release – drilling down the style from what I had learned from the first release, and for the goals I set after that. In writing for this CD I concentrated on a style that’s somewhat like Vangelis meets Enigma on steroids (mix in some Pink Floyd also!). The problem is a lot of people haven’t heard of either Vangelis, nor Enigma. Clue – Vangelis wrote the soundtrack for the movies Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire. To cut a long story short, this music seems to do well in the European market, although it’s style that is still developing, and it’s starting to pick up on the US market also. I’m still working on how to better market this one – all ideas gratefully accepted.

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Acquiescence by Steve Shead

February 10th, 2010


ACQUIESCENCE
– my third release – a spill over from Redemption – I wrote too many tracks for one album so decided to make two instead, but thought that using the same CD cover design would be a good idea and time saver. Looking back this has caused a lot of confusion – people didn’t seem to look past the design, the words are different – note to self, don’t do that again. From the minute I sent them to CD Baby for release I’ve met with confusion – even though the name is completely different. It’s excellent music though, of course and it rolls on well from its predecessor. in it’s style and power. There is a lot to the music – it has an intensity that might surprise you – try it!

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Inspiration by Steve Shead

February 10th, 2010


INSPIRATION
– my first release – designed to tickle the world of music and see what styles would work best. The closest style I would say this resembles was New World Fusion – quite the eclectic mix of sounds and styles – somewhat New Age (ish), definitely different. The question was, do I write music that I love to write and try to sell that – or – do I write music to the market? The answer depended on what I hoped to achieve, and I ended up thinking it best to write music that I love to write, but that would also do well.  There are quite a few variations in the styles, and that can be nad interesting thing to hear. That being said, there is so much “attitude” in this album that I just can’t let it go to waste.

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