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Color Theory
Electro / Pop / Indie

"21st Century Piano Pop"

Huntington Beach, California
United States

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Last Login:  7/25/2008
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   Color Theory: General Info
Member Since7/14/2005
Band Websitecolortheory.com
Band MembersBrian Hazard

InfluencesDavid Sylvian, Depeche Mode, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, The Postal Service, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, The Blue Nile, Camouflage, Cause & Effect, Wolfsheim, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Everything But the Girl, De/Vision, Goldfrapp, Iris, Junior Boys, Martin Gore, OMD, Peter Gabriel, Rupesh Cartel, The Echoing Green, Leiahdorus, Thomas Dolby
Sounds LikeKeane, Depeche Mode, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, The Postal Service, Fiona Apple, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, The Blue Nile, Camouflage, Cause & Effect, Wolfsheim, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Everything But the Girl, De/Vision, Goldfrapp, Iris, Junior Boys, Martin Gore, OMD, Peter Gabriel, Rupesh Cartel, The Echoing Green, Leiahdorus, Thomas Dolby
Record Label11th Records
Type of LabelNone




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   About Color Theory
For album tracklistings and high-quality mp3 samples of all songs, please visit the Color Theory Music Store. Our store sells the best quality mp3 files, with no copy protection. They are compatible with all players, including the iPod. You don’t need to sign up for an account or download special software, and your entire purchase price goes directly to the artist. Our store features two albums worth of exclusive content that you won’t find anywhere else.

Visit the official Color Theory sites: colortheory.com, colortheory.de, dmtribute.com

All Color Theory CDs are available at iTunes, Amazon, A Different Drum, CD Baby, and many other outlets.

Color Theory is the musical alter ego of Huntington Beach singer-keyboardist-songwriter Brian Hazard. Hazard creates piano-driven electronic pop with a romantic soul, combining the emotional intensity of Tori Amos with a spacious backdrop of luscious synths and dance floor beats to create a distinctly modern brand of pop sophistication. "Hazard writes songs that are intensely personal and uses technology to enhance material that is as emotive as the best folk." (Robert Kinsler, Orange County Register)

Color Theory’s latest release is Color Theory presents Depeche Mode, a one-man tribute to Depeche Mode, complete with two new instrumental interludes. The album reinvents eleven of their most underappreciated songs, and also includes the track "Ponytail Girl", the Color Theory original that was mistakenly credited as a Depeche Mode track from their Exciter album. To this day, several European web sites sell alternate versions of Exciter with Ponytail Girl included as a so-called bonus track.

The Southern California based one-man band has been stirring emotions since the 1994 release of Sketches In Grey. The first pressing sold out quickly, due almost exclusively to word-of-mouth. Demand was high for a new album, and Color Theory responded with the 1997 release of Tuesday Song, which includes a daringly non-fiction song used for a real-life marriage proposal. 1999 heralded the release of Perfect Tears, which is so intimate that it was successfully promoted through a series of personal ads. The album was in regular rotation at over 40 European commercial radio stations. 2001s Lifes Fairytale further explores Hazards electronic tendencies, while 2002s Something Beautiful features only acoustic instruments. Twenty-six weekly demo recordings were posted on the web as part of the Bad Song of the Week project, which allowed fans to vote for their favorites and decide which songs would ultimately be included on the album.

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Color Theory's Friends Comments
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DJ RAM & SD Production





Jul 8 2008 1:41 AM

Hi Brian!
Thanks for the add!
it a pleasure was work with you,
hope we can collaborate with you in future soon.
regards from moscow
Alien Skin





Jul 3 2008 6:09 PM

Thank You for having ALIEN SKIN as a friend, Color Theory!

cheers from afar

www. alienskinmusic. com
'Music for astronauts, aliens and all marginal beings at the frontiers'

ALIEN SKIN
.
Niklas





May 16 2008 7:17 PM

have a nice weekend!
Synth Radio





May 15 2008 11:22 AM

Thanx for the add! We glad to be your friends! www.synth-radio.ru
Niklas





May 10 2008 12:50 PM

I trust you're doing a great job! Looking forward to hear the result!

Nik
Colin





Apr 24 2008 9:41 PM

Hey Brian!

Haven't talked to you in a while, I hope you're doing well!
Gina





Apr 21 2008 12:24 PM

yer welcome! i found your song by accident years ago searching for DM stuff - even though it was the wrong band altogether, you sound very similar to Martin Gore and i love it - so thank YOU! :)
Scott C. Smith


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Apr 19 2008 11:43 AM

Brian, hope you have a good weekend, I've got a long drive coming up and I have my MP3 player loaded up with some good stuff, and yes, there's some Color Theory in there as well...cheers! Hope the album is going well. My first ex-wife (I've got a couple...) is a musician so I know the lifestyle.

Regards,

Scott C. Smith
a fan in Oregon
Scott C. Smith


Is Online


Apr 16 2008 2:20 PM

Brian, thanks for the add! I've enjoyed our e-mail exchanges in the past and am looking forward to the new album. Regards, Scott C. Smith.
Bobby Borg (NEW BOOK OUT NOW)





Apr 4 2008 6:09 PM

Hey, Bobby Borg here just stopping by to check out your latest music, and telling you it sounds awesome. Great songs and great musicianship. Keep it up. Remember if you ever have any questions on the music biz, my new book The Musician’s Handbook is coming on April 15th. Please check it out, and good luck with everything.
Nick Tutone





Mar 20 2008 4:43 PM

Awesome new tune ... Looking forward to the new album
*Tara*





Mar 21 2008 10:27 AM

Hello!
Thank you so much for the add!! :)
I love your music!
Greetings from Croatia...
SeXDwArF





Mar 18 2008 5:58 AM

All hail.Wowsa wowsa. Love your space by the way. Keep on keepin on. Music taste is sound as pound underground. Which is a ridiculous rhyme. Merci beaucoup for the add and your interest. I thought you might like to know that I have posted new videos for new fusion mixes. One that has just gone up is a radical combo of Rihanna with a dollop of Peter, Bjorn and John. Rebooted, filtered, animated, shaken, cut, pasted and smashed with a great hammer, deconstructed and turned into Young Folks with Umbrella. We would post it but you don't do html. Naughty child!
There are other newey mixes featuring Coldplay and Kraftwerk and a new tune called Scooby Mama which moulds Fun Lovin Criminals to a Scissor Sisters.
There's loads of tunes to screw with your brain cells and make you move on the myspace which is being updated with new tunes and vids regularly. Let us know what you think.
Love and Peace. SeXDwArF. And remember...don't do genre. It's stereotype by another name.
Fantazja





Mar 16 2008 12:01 AM

Wow! Great new song Brian! You're the ****! ^^
NOUVELLE CULTURE





Mar 4 2008 12:47 AM

THE NU ROMANTICS ARE BACK !

NOUVELLE CULTURE + SARA NOXX:
WHEN ELECTROPOP MEETS POETRY !

Bonjour Brian !
Hope you're well !

SARA NOXX (LYRICS + VOCALS) + JACKY NC (MUSIC).

I FEEL U... IT'S WINTER AGAIN !
(Demo Version)

Have an excellent week and C.U !

Kind electronic regards from Marseilles city.

NC.
RECELO





Feb 27 2008 9:11 AM

Descúbrelo
Recelo ~ Frágil
4-D Mode1 Official Myspace





Feb 26 2008 12:27 AM

Thanks for the ADD !

4-D Mode1 japan

Kenji
RIR


Is Online


Feb 13 2008 1:30 PM

Hello and welcome! Proudly spinning the alternative with the quality and care it deserves here on Real Industrial Radio.

Kindest regards and best wishes from us here at the studio!
Dave!





Jan 18 2008 1:51 PM

Hi Brian, thanks for the add. Best of luck with the new album.
DOMITI





Jan 14 2008 7:49 AM

Saludos des de Barcelona!

Esto vuestro suena muy bien. Os invito a pasar por mi myspace donde podréis escuchar mi nuevo tema “Tiempo perdido”.

Seguimos en contacto!
The New 25





Jan 11 2008 9:32 PM

Hi Brian,
Thanks for the great tunes. I'm really diggin' Behind the Rhine and am looking forward to buying your next album. I'm sure it'll be even better than the last! And now for the spam....
Thanks so much for the add! We'd love it if you and your friends would check out our music and give us some feedback.
Matt from TheNew25
Annlouise





Jan 6 2008 11:28 AM

Hope your year 2008 will be great!
Any t-shirts size small yet? ;)
Best wishes,
Annlouise
Hugo Fernbom





Jan 2 2008 6:55 AM

Great news about the new album!
Happy New Year!
eloquent





Jan 1 2008 9:35 PM

Happy New Year !!!


~Steven & Randall
Lesley (Muir) Aeschliman





Dec 31 2007 3:14 PM

Happy New Year!
Fantazja





Dec 31 2007 9:48 AM

Happy New Year B! I got your mail the other day but I briefly looked through it due to lack of time. Your Studio looked AWESOME btw :) I'll come back to you soon! / A
Secret Secret





Dec 29 2007 1:18 PM

May the new year bring much waltzing to your gothic fantasies.

with love,

Secret Secret
eloquent





Dec 25 2007 5:37 PM

Happy Holidays !!!
DJ Marimba





Dec 25 2007 9:05 AM

Merry Xmas and a happy new year!

Dj Marimba
Synthetika, Internet radio
Mario LISTEN TO MY NEW WAVE DURAN DURAN-LIKE MUSIC





Dec 24 2007 12:00 PM

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Your music is perfect for this atmosphere!
cheers from Rome
Mario
Aidan Casserly





Dec 22 2007 8:09 AM

Hello Brian,

Thanx for the friends request ... hope 2008 brings happiness, health and success to all ...

Aidan Casserly
Mike [exhausted]





Dec 6 2007 8:32 PM

Hey Brian!
Just stopping by cuz I bought Like Clockwork the other day, and I wasn't suprised at all of how amazing it was. Thanks for the awesome tunes, keep 'em comin!
Synthpop-Addict





Dec 3 2007 11:41 AM

hey!
thx for the add & your excellent synthpop!!!
greetz from germany
stefan
www.synthpop-addicts.de
Jeff Deutsch





Dec 2 2007 11:19 PM

Hey Thanks for the add! It was great to see you at the Taxi rally! Your music sounds great! Keep it up!
⇒KarrI —





Nov 22 2007 7:05 AM

happy thanksgiving! =)
Fantazja





Nov 7 2007 3:14 AM

So what's up with your mansion? Extreme home makeover-team been there yet? ^^ Screaming in your ears with that megaphone of his hehehe
embryonik.





Sep 24 2007 12:31 AM

hello!
thanx for your friendship :)
c ya

jojo @ embryonik.
Nova Pulsar





Sep 6 2007 8:05 AM

Hi Brian, just stopping by to say hello! Hope you are doing great :-)
Greetings from Nova Pulsar
Roberto
www.TheZeroVoidshow.tv





Aug 13 2007 8:42 PM

Will the Real Martin Gore please stand up....Cant tell just by the voice? Well most of the world cant either. Pont Tail girl fooled even the record label executs in Europe who put it on a Depeche Mode single remix..... But Color theory stands on its own. great songs and sound, What an exceptional artist.
DE/VISION