What’s Going On…
For years a new one arrived each day: verse, chorus and melody. They were stories about people and tunes about the stuff going on. I jotted them down — good habit. Then I’d come back to them and tweak them, rearrange them, try them out on the friendly ears of family members and buddies.
Songs. There are thousands now. Some are nearly as old as I am. They say things I believe and hope. They laugh and joke around a lot.
So, last summer, I began to record them and this spring I began to stream them. The spigot (so to speak) is here:
Apple:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1607315638?ls=1&app=itunes
And here:
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H0KMoYQFbmKuB9N5HWTm
And here:
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tee9i1knWls&list=OLAK5uy_l8j9DfzLnvo5WhzrcAkiAJAa3BV9E2zKA&index=5
https://music.youtube.com/search?q=ed+gumbrecht
And also here:
Today the first batch are in the cloud and in places unexpected: NY radio and playlists in Europe and streams across North America. They travel in cars, play in a classroom, and roll like water…
It’s good to be a song nowadays and it’s fun to be a songwriter!
If you don’t mind, give the music a listen, and pass it along to people you know with varied musical tastes. Maybe they’ll share some feedback and influence the new music on the way.
A Great NY Slice and Approaching 10,000 Song Streams
It’s almost six weeks since Colorshow’s release. Part of the fun in releasing music digitally these days is that metadata will show all kinds of surprising aspects of where the tunes are flowing. A few weeks ago, it was cool to see Mexico and Canada were listening. This week, France and Ireland have joined the party.
On Friday, One and Only, featuring Claire Marie, was played/promoted on the NY Slice segment of NYC WFUV radio. We love WFUV and how it supports independent artists. It was great to become part of their tradition celebrating new music. Thanks to them and to the friends who listen live and stream their playlists!
Also thanks to a certain classroom out in East Setauket, NY. (Teacher Kate Hunter rocks) for jamming to the tunes.
Years Later, A Summer Love Song Returns
EINPRESSWIRE MEDIA RELEASE
WASHINGTON DC, March 30, 2022 -- Popular new album includes timeless song from the early 1980’s.
Since its debut in February, Colorshow is finding a growing audience across the US, Mexico and Canada, with music well suited to the era of feel-good playlists and curated streams. Its upbeat mix of rock ballads and lyrical song/stories by Ed Gumbrecht is both fresh and familiar.
One of its most popular tracks, a dark horse for inclusion on the album, is celebrating a milestone this month – its fortieth birthday!
Love Will Return, an end-of-summer-romance song, harkens to another era of popular music. Gumbrecht, wrote the song as a 19 year-old at the end of March of 1982. “The Doobie Brothers had just announced their breakup, and I imagined it wasn’t really over. I wrote a song about the endurance of love.” He considered the song ‘vintage’ even then. “It’s a nod to that great genre of ‘love conquers distance’ songs,” says Gumbrecht who now writes music at home studios in CT and in the Adams Morgan section of DC, just footsteps from where jazz greats Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald plied their craft.
Gumbrecht wasn’t sure the chestnut belonged in this year’s collection of original compositions, but Guido Falivene, Master Sound Engineer at Dirt Floor Recording and Production advocated for it. “We recorded ‘Return last summer and it reminded me of classic songs from an era I love. It has a bit of Henley’s Boys of Summer, with a touch of Derek and the Dominoes. It belongs on the record.”
The song and another written at the same time, One and Only, sung by artist Claire Marie, are among the album’s most streamed tracks. The older compositions bring a quality of agelessness to the album which distinguishes it from the sampled electronic feel of other new releases. Executive Producer, Eric Michael Lichter, who has played with classic rock artists from Carly Simon to Susanna Hoffs, agrees the older compositions add character to the album. “The melody lines and lyrics are bright and move the songs in satisfying directions. Ed tells stories with his music that are optimistic and relatable.”
And Love Will Return is like a warm sweater. Its sudden popularity after forty years reminds us that in trying times good music will help us through.
Colorshow is the first of several scheduled album releases by Gumbrecht. A portion of proceeds support marine conservation organizations in New England, the Chesapeake and across the U.S. His next project, Enter the Muses, will be out in October of 2022.
Colorshow is now available on all streaming services, music stores and web radio outlets.
2500+ views and climbing.
Colorshow surpasses 1000+ streams.
https://www.newswire.com/news/debut-album-release-colorshow-ushers-in-a-springtide-of-new-music-for-21639638
Colorshow Album Debuts February 24
New album debuts 2/24 featuring nine original songs.
“Light on the water is a colorshow below…”
The lead track of Colorshow invites listeners to come inside and swim along. “Seashine” with its sparkling acoustic guitars and smooth conga rhythms promises a warm ride, and sets a tone for all nine original songs on the album. The music evokes ocean waves, rising tides and reminds us that “all the shimmer in the sea holds the world together.”
Singer/songwriter Ed Gumbrecht shares a range of voices and stories with rolling melodies and singable choruses. He presents wistful ex-lovers (Annie), wandering dreamers (Big Sky), hesitant choosers (Every Honest Decision) and introduces us to the lovely voice of his daughter, Claire Gumbrecht, on One and Only.
Produced by Eric Lichter at Dirt Floor Studios, Colorshow is a shining example of good taut songwriting at its best.