I was contacted by a fan over the weekend who told me that he listened to my album Synchromism for the first time on headphones, and he "heard way more details" than before. He had some other nice things to say too, but his comment about hearing more details got me thinking about the subtlety in my music. There is indeed a whole lot going on below the surface of my songs, and it always delights me when people start picking up on it.
I remember a similar story with a different fan back in March. He started listening to my music on MySpace a long time before my album was ever released. Then, after he received the CD in March of this year, he asked if I had gone back and added more details to the tracks. "No, I didn't," I told him, "but listening to low-res mp3s on a computer will definitely sound different than listening to the CD in your car." I love hearing from fans--especially about the intricacies of my music--so I unveiled a couple of secret details about some tracks for them to keep an ear open to hear.
It's generally my ambition to leave little surprises in my tracks that listeners will only hear on the 10th, or 100th, listen--or that are only audible to those listening loudly on headphones. These details probably go unnoticed to a lot of people; but they're there, and they're critical to the overall feel of the piece...like that secret little dash of nutmeg a chef puts in an Alfredo sauce. You may not know that little seasoning was added, but you're sure to miss it it was gone.
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