![]() ![]() That substance is the product of lessons learned over hundreds of shows and thousands of miles traveled, and the distance in between. Performance and delivery make up only one half of the equation the other half is the feeling and emotion that inspires the creation of melodies and lyrics. I had to learn how to be a performer and a songwriter in my own right before I could find my true self to make the album I really wanted to, which is now completely natural and one-hundred percent honest," Colton explains.Īlthough it can be said that the power of the story is in the telling, it’s the tale itself that inspires the story to be told. Looking back, it was hard for me to identify who I was as an artist in that situation. "The last album I made with my band was heavily influenced by what we all loved listening to and the artists we toured with. Stepping into his own in order to connect to his heart and artistic vision, Graham Colton has emerged with a stunning collection of pop-rock melodies, lyrics and emotions in 12 tracks that swing between love and heartbreak, trials and relief. Call it a metamorphosis, a deep progression, an inspired evolution or - perhaps most fitting - a rewarding exercise in self-actualization. I found myself, and I finally found my voice," the singer, songwriter and guitarist Graham Colton says of the forthcoming CD, Here Right Now.ĭon't call it a simple return. "I've never felt more like myself than I have on this album. ![]() Every one of these songs is gut wrenching for me. On going solo, Colton explains, "I just knew that in order for me to make the kind of album that I needed to make I needed to be one-hundred percent on my own. These are huge life-changing experiences that have happened to me." Added to this was another split: with his band. These songs that I have written on this album are not small. "Of course, when you have a relationship with somebody how can you not write about that person? Or combine all of them into one super relationship, which is what I basically did. "The whole album is based on relationships, with Kelly and other women who were important in my life," he says. Not included in that purging was life experience he gained from affairs of the heart, including a six-month romance with Clarkson (whom he met while opening her 2005 tour), which landed him in the tabloids. ![]()
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