(12-03-2014, 06:10 PM)Miguel Wrote: Remember Ole is in the business of placing music and collecting royalties. There might be some songs Haley is partial to that they don't like from a marketing perspective. For instance, "Better," which Anders Grahn had a hand in, might be more marketable than "My Cake."

Quote:Tusk wrote:
How quickly has this 'blown up' for Scott Bradlee? At the end of his "Careless Whisper" cover, posted in February of this year, he shows off his plaque from YouTube for getting 100K subscribers.... as of today, he has 839,000+!!!

(12-03-2014, 06:30 PM)john Wrote: I hope Ole' isn't trying to steer her into the autotuned pop zone as she writes new material.

(12-03-2014, 11:02 PM)Miguel Wrote:

(12-03-2014, 06:30 PM)john Wrote: I hope Ole' isn't trying to steer her into the autotuned pop zone as she writes new material.

I don't think they would steer her towards being autotuned. I was thinking more along the lines of subject matter and structure. Much of Listen Up! being the blueprint -- songs about relationships that make for easily accessible background music.

Quote:haleyreinhart Feeling happy, motivated, & free... That's the way it outta be. #timeisoftheessence #intuitioniseverything #itsourworld #livefree #validation #manifestaion #appreciation
Read more at http://websta.me/n/haleyreinhart#vFxvk0x01kHYcSZP.99

(12-03-2014, 11:02 PM)Miguel Wrote: I don't think they would steer her towards being autotuned. I was thinking more along the lines of subject matter and structure. Much of Listen Up! being the blueprint -- songs about relationships that make for easily accessible background music.

Quote:Haley Reinhart @HaleyReinhart · 1h 1 hour ago
“@rmd81064: I want to live in a world where @HaleyReinhart is getting Grammy nominations.” Same. It's okay.. All in good time my friend.

(12-08-2014, 12:46 PM)Tom22 Wrote: I really enjoy "Listen Up" I think it was a very very good album

That being said, I'd call all of the songs on the album "highly produced" ... that doesn't mean over produced.

For me even though while Liar or Spiderweb might have a higher "rawness quotient" than some other rather polished songs it still strikes me as a fairly contained 3 minute pop song.

I guess if I think Raw I'm thinking rock and wailing guitar ... harry's guitar on "sipperweb' and (Slipping my mind) was rockish but hardly wailing in raw way.

.... I think raw and I think "Paradise City" .. I think Epic and I think "Alone" . But she's not type of big note focused singer when she's at her best.

In comments with mayfield after "raw, gritty, and epic" she expands with "I'd like to incorporate more strings and horns and make it a full and organic production"

The Second part seems a bit in contrast to the raw gritty part.... so I thought about the two together.

Also, in terms of content or message she had mentioned right before hoping to include songs that were about "global warming" and also " ways people can make positive change" although that could be the interview setting sort of response overplay.

I guess you could call the Michael Jackson , cover she did on Idol ... "Earth Song" fits both the rawness Epic and the strings the subject. .... without any of the hard rock sort of things I think of emphasized.



To me her voice isn't the super best kind of raw but I still loved it. She mentioned in her interview the sinus infection on Idol. Still ... to break through she's gotta do what her voice is far better than other's at.

I really really liked her voice and the to me "epicness" of her
Human Experience singing (even if it didn't make the guy's album)

I don't think many of you liked it much though?



While he's electronic to me the sound was mimicing something not to far from what could be strings (I think he does have synthetic strings) and horns replacing both the electronic licks and much of the keyboard melodic accompaniment.

As far as what would sell

A lot has changed since listen up came out. While there have been ditzy hits like "all about that bass" and standard pop hits like Taylor Swifts songs ... those are very poppy pop and I think she implied that she'd be going a different way than that.

Since there have been a few very different types of music that defied definition.

The two big hits below really were far from the pop model at the time LU came out

The fact there is a hunger for them suggests to me that this sort of alternative feel could be a good type of feel for Haley to do commercially and I think her voice would work well for lyrics she wrote that fit the style.

To me the Human Experience sound isn't too far detached from the hits below and I like Haley's voice as she sings above more than Lorde and Sia

To fit the "horns and strings" the backup singers parts could easily be substitued with more horns and strings without a meaninful difference in over all mood.

Llordes Royals



And

Sia's Chandiler actually has strings ...but again also has dose's of electronic



To me those two songs are sort of "Epic" and "Organic" at the same time.

Anyway.... long as usual..

I'm enjoying speculating like the rest of you

Quote:haleyreinhart
21 minutes ago
Writin a funky a$$ jam w/ @grahna & @iamjustingray #ThatsWhatImTalkinBout #GetOnUp a #GetDown

Quote:jGray@iamjustingray

Mariah Carey, John Legend, Joss Stone...yada yada yada...blah blah blah

Followed by Rob Kleiner and Boardwalk Ent. Group.