YOU TELL ME: Help! Album Title Time....
I can’t believe it! It’s that time....
We are mastering the album Tuesday and I need to have the ALBUM TITLE finalized. I have been wrestling with this and here is what I have thought of and why. My final options are below (in no particular order). Please tell me which one(s) you like and why you like them!
THE SONGS YOU SING
-From the last 2 lines of "Stand" which will close out the album.
"Let yourself go in the songs you sing;
Let 'em move you to love, or stop you to think."
BREATH OUT LOUD
-From the chorus of “Stand.” I like this one because it implies action and intentionality; a unique phrase that taps into the meaning of the song it came from.
STAND
-Is the title of the closing and deepest track of the album. Because of the song it titles, this word has a lot of weight and multiple existential implications. Still it is simply the title of a track and might be a cliche or trite album title.
STILL STANDING
-This is not in the album anywhere, but it has a richness of meaning for me. This release marks the overcoming/enduring of a lot of questions and obstacles in the past year. This title also draws from some of the depth of the song "Stand." It reflects my conscious decision to live, to persevere, and to continue writing the story that these songs tell.
THERE WILL BE A TREE
-This is from the song "I can walk through the rain." It reflects a confidence that what is done and/or endured in this moment will in some way contribute to some good thing.
The chorus of the song says,
"I can walk through the rain, because somewhere there's a seed...."
and the bridge is,
"somewhere, there's a seed in need of streams that fall and drench us all,
and make us wish for sunny skies and streets more dry;
and someday there will be a tree,
and I'd like to think that I might need, a little bit of shade...."
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We are mastering the album Tuesday and I need to have the ALBUM TITLE finalized. I have been wrestling with this and here is what I have thought of and why. My final options are below (in no particular order). Please tell me which one(s) you like and why you like them!
THE SONGS YOU SING
-From the last 2 lines of "Stand" which will close out the album.
"Let yourself go in the songs you sing;
Let 'em move you to love, or stop you to think."
BREATH OUT LOUD
-From the chorus of “Stand.” I like this one because it implies action and intentionality; a unique phrase that taps into the meaning of the song it came from.
STAND
-Is the title of the closing and deepest track of the album. Because of the song it titles, this word has a lot of weight and multiple existential implications. Still it is simply the title of a track and might be a cliche or trite album title.
STILL STANDING
-This is not in the album anywhere, but it has a richness of meaning for me. This release marks the overcoming/enduring of a lot of questions and obstacles in the past year. This title also draws from some of the depth of the song "Stand." It reflects my conscious decision to live, to persevere, and to continue writing the story that these songs tell.
THERE WILL BE A TREE
-This is from the song "I can walk through the rain." It reflects a confidence that what is done and/or endured in this moment will in some way contribute to some good thing.
The chorus of the song says,
"I can walk through the rain, because somewhere there's a seed...."
and the bridge is,
"somewhere, there's a seed in need of streams that fall and drench us all,
and make us wish for sunny skies and streets more dry;
and someday there will be a tree,
and I'd like to think that I might need, a little bit of shade...."
NOW YOU’VE SEEN THE OPTIONS. PUT YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE SHOUTBOX!
Free shoutbox @ ShoutMix
posted by Beau Bristow at 2:26 PM
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