One of the hardest things to do as a musician is to describe your own sound in a way that gives people a pretty good idea of what to expect when they come to a show or listen to our recordings. Recently, I’ve been thinking more about how important it is to do this well. Using the conventional genre labels don’t seem to work well because terms like “Pop”, “Soul”, and “R&B” are too generic.
What I would love to be able to do is to describe the sound of our new record in one sentence to people who have never heard us so that they are both intrigued buy the description, but also feel like they have a pretty good idea what to expect when they hear us. I’ve been playing with a few ideas when people ask me (e.g. “We sound kind of like a Justin Timberlake record that you’re not ashamed to tell your friends that you like.”), but I’m sure you all could come up with some much better ideas.
So here’s the deal…post a one sentence description of the sound of our new album that is both clever and accurate. If you impress me I’ll send you something cool.
I’ve loved you guys after hearing the first song at a show in Nashville last year, and I immediately bought both of your albums on the spot. I caught your show when you came to my hometown in Knoxville, and I can’t wait to see you again next week!
Fundamental Elements has the catchy rhythm of Jason Miraz, the vocal range of Justin Timberlake, the soul of Aretha Franklin, and the stage charisma of James Brown! From obscure to legendary, you possess the elements that exhibit a passion for music that people show up again and again to be a part of.
I think if I had to put you into one specific genre it would be this new up and coming genre, it’s called “Awesome”
or
A soulful blend of catchy lyrics mixed with a funky and flowing rhythm section, with a passionate blend of pop guitar licks, funky bass lines, smooth keys, solid drumming, with a wide vocal range, and lyrics with great depth?
I don’t know, you guys should probably just stick with awesome, or the more riskay sub-genre of “Awesome” which is known as “Kick Ass”
FE’s sound is that feeling of euphoria you got when you were eight years old and decided it’d be a good idea to eat pop rocks, mentos, and down diet coke all at the same time.
taste the explosion!
Ha…good ideas so far guys. Keep ‘em coming.
FE is cool dance music with just enough rock n’ roll to keep people with good taste in music loving it.
how about…”you’ll like them no matter what your favorite genre is”…unless it’s classical.
My local Jace says, “feel-good funk.”
Okay one more…”They are unsigned AND I’m not embarrassed to tell my friends about them!”
One word “Menglicious”, it doesn’t get better than that!
@dmeng: haha…i love it.
how bout Michael Jackson/ Maroon 5/ with a dash of extra awesome unique-ness