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Hazard, the sole member of Color Theory, began studying the piano at the relatively late age of thirteen. He took lessons on and off through his high school years, while playing piano in the school jazz band and mallet percussion in the drumline. In 1992, Hazard was awarded a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from California State University, Long Beach. The following year he enrolled in songwriting and recording classes at Golden West College, and began writing songs for the first Color Theory album.
Sketches in Grey was a local success when it was released in 1994, quickly selling out the first pressing. But it wasn't until fledgling label A Different Drum included "Heart Like a Doll" on its first release, Rise! America's Synthpop Underground, that Color Theory was exposed to the small but dedicated modern synthpop scene. Hazard began performing Color Theory material live after the release of 1997's Tuesday Song, which includes "The Perfect Song", first performed as a proposal to now-wife Michelle. Hazard still considers 1999's Perfect Tears his best work to date, representing the culmination of the "electronic piano pop" sound he'd worked six years to refine. 2001's Life's Fairytale explored mostly piano-less electronic textures, representing a significant change of course from earlier material. But the biggest change came with 2002's Something Beautiful, a fully acoustic recording featuring legendary drummer Jonathan Moffett, fretless bassist Baba Elefante, a string quartet, flute, harp, and Hazard on piano and vibraphone. 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. These demos were released as a limited edition two-disc set entitled Like Clockwork. 2003 brought another sharp directional change with Color Theory presents Depeche Mode, a one-man tribute to Depeche Mode. In addition to eleven Depeche Mode covers and two new instrumental interludes, the album includes "Ponytail Girl", a Color Theory original that was mislabeled and widely circulated on file sharing networks as a Depeche Mode track from their yet to be released Exciter album. Hazard's voice is said to resemble that of Martin Gore, which has confused Depeche fans.
Five years in the making, 2008's The Thought Chapter features a Death Cab for Cutie classic and eleven new originals, two of which were recently singled out for special recognition. “We're Not Getting Any Younger” took first place out of 383 entries in AOL Music's OurStage competition in January, and “If It's My Time to Go” was awarded the Grand Prize in the electronic category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest on March 1. Judged by music industry veterans and recording artists such as Bob Weir, the Veronicas, and Al Jarreau, the Lennon contest is one of today’s most prestigious international songwriting competitions. Hazard will receive over $5,500 in cash and musical equipment in connection with the award. The new album also earned Color Theory a nomination for Best Electronic Artist in the 2009 Orange County Music Awards, which will be held at the Grove of Anaheim on April 4.
Color Theory - Figured Out - blindfaithandenvy remix
http://www.silverechorecords.com/SERvol2/Color_Theory_FIGURED_OUT_blindfaithandenvy_remix.mp3
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