Alone in a Field of Grey (album info)

My new album 'Alone in a Field of Grey' is out now. No CDs because it's too long. You can download digital files or stream it. It's available in all the major places such as Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, and more. I recommend Spotify because it plays the entire album without pauses (the premium version without ads actually).

[BryanBlackriver]

I'm proud of my new album. I worked hard on it and it has many interested songs that sound really good to me. I know no one really listen to my music, but I have to make it because it's what I do. I've been working on random stuff over these years but tried to focus on this project so I could release new music. I almost had it done a while ago but had some setbacks. Then when I finally did think it was done, I shelved it during the summer because I wanted to release it in the fall since it's theme is sorta rainy sad days. Then I edited it even more to make it even better! Usually I have sad and happy songs balanced on an album, but I made this one more sad. However, there's some uplifting ones on here as well.

[BryanBlackriver]

I recommend listening to my album on Spotify. I used to think about CDs and was hesitant about streaming, but now I think it's really good. I spent more than $1, 000 over the years trying to better my music collection and still don't have all the great music I like. Spotify pays artist the least and doesn't have the best quality (even though I think it's like 320kbps, which is the same as the MP3s I listen to on my comp), but it's cheap for the user/listener (I think about the same price as others). I recommend them because they play my music correctly. They play it without pauses between tracks, like Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' and good DJ mix sets. So, now, it's exciting seeing my stuff on Spotify. It's like I posted stuff there like I do on YouTube.

[BryanBlackriver]

I just listed some popular music services in the vid. There's ones that are designed more for people in a certain country like China, India, Latin America, etc. And there's new ones now. Deezer is a popular streaming service. However, now there's another French headquartered streaming service called Qobuz that might be better. Says you can stream in high quality. Actaully when I research these companies it acts like Deezer came out after Qobuz, but whatever. I just learned about it a few days ago. Not sure if it was available to Americans or not. But now it is and my music is on there, so that's an option. My music is pretty much everywhere, so just search for my name in the app/service you already have.

[BryanBlackriver]

I haven't tested all the streaming apps yet. Right now, Spotify and Tidal are good places to listen to my music correctly. I found out Tidal does play my music without pauses in their desktop app (not in the webpage). Also, Tidal lets me change my profile pic and bio and stuff on their site. I'll compare both.

Spotify vs. Tidal:
I don't really like the Spotify name but do really like the name Tidal.
I like both of thier color schemes and features.
Spotify is very sleazy with paying artists, but supposedly Tidal is really good with that.
Tidal plays the music in a better quality than Spotify.
Both of them cost about $10 a month.
Both of their desktop apps play my music correctly without pasues between tracks.
I find all my favorite music on both, except KISS and Neil Young might not be on Spotify anymore. Not my favorite artists, but I do want them on my streaming service.

[BryanBlackriver]

My instrumental songs are the main songs, not the vocals actually. I can't practice singing or have the best equipment for singing right now. But I tell myself I have to have at least 2 vocal tracks on an album since I do love to sing. I thought the songs sounded nice, sweet, & loving, but now they sound sorta weird & creepy... it's like "oh, now I hear it" 😂 I'm gonna hire some really good singers on Fiverrr soon to show that my songs could be better.