Colours of the primary persuasion

COLOURS started out as a 'creative exercise' and also as an exploration into the moods that certain colours evoke.
I decided that i would compose and record one song per day over the course of ten consecutive days. The only rules i put on the project was this time restriction. To really capture my own reaction to a certain colour, i felt it best to concentrate within 24 hours for each one.

To keep a long story short, i became engrossed in the project and by the last day (25th December 2008) i had ten songs that i really...liked. This crazy experiment had worked. Before i got too carried away i decided to record 8 cd's and paint some covers, hand them to 8 friends and gather a response.
The response was really positive (at this stage i figured i was mental to want to release an instrumental album). Some of my friends were coming back and explaining, in great depth, the images and visions that came to them whilst listening to the colours. Others enjoyed the idea of guessing the colours, a very child-like and beautiful response it was.

So this is COLOURS, the project that took me from Avoca Beach in Australia to Portland, Oregon and back again. After the project was mixed and mastered i realised i had to release this little friend to the world at large.
Artwork and replication are now in progress and i will release the album at a very special party 1 year (and 2 days) on from when the project was completed. I feel this is another small step forward in my musical adventure and i hope folks will check it out with the open mindedness of a child. - mike

LAUNCH PARTY (with the Vigilantes)

27th DEC 2009;
Lizottes Restaurant, Kincumber NSW

$20 / ph 02 43 682017 - TO BOOK A TABLE!

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mikemccarthy.com.au