Post by Alex Vipond on Feb 8, 2013 21:05:40 GMT -8
The inspiring sound of Alex's powerful, emotionally charged voice and easy to relate to lyrics are sure to take him straight to the top of the charts. Having developed a following several years ago, his fans have been waiting for his return and Alex has himself been chafing at the bit to make his return after the last few years were spent in musical exile. But the time has finally come for that voice to inspire us once again. "I've lived with these songs for years," says Alex, "and the whole point is to share them with everybody now."
Describing the title song, which opens this stunningly widescreen album and sets up its thematic breadth, Alex says, "It's definitely about my own struggle, but I think everyone can relate to what I've been through from experiences in their lives. I think everything I'm talking about on the record is pretty universal. And knowing now that I'm writing for different cultures, with fans around the world, it's important that what I'm writing about is generalized enough that people can take the songs in their own way. In a way, I was writing my own therapy."
"A lot of these songs are drawn from personal experiences," Alex confirms, "a bunch of these songs are extremely personal." A loved one in critical need of an organ transplant, which had to be forgone due to the waiting list, inspired Alex to devote his time and energies to the Donate Life organization, which is dedicated to building organ-donor awareness.
Alex's creative mechanism was also triggered by "what I've seen friends and family going through, and I've been hugely influenced by what's happening in the world. And music, of course—I don't think anyone can listen to my music and not realize I'm a huge fan of U2. I get massive inspiration from going to shows by some of my favorite bands like U2 and Coldplay. But the biggest inspiration for this record was what I went through—the frustration of it all and trying to stay positive. But it resulted in some good songs, at least."
So where's he been all this time? "I was already pretty much doing everything on my own; I decided to become a solo artist." But when the powers that be at RCA insisted that he do a "supergroup" album project, Alex sought and got his release, signing with Geffen soon thereafter.
Later that year, Geffen went through a reorganization, putting the album in limbo. "I realized then that I had to make a serious leap of faith and believe in myself. I decided that, if I'm gonna fail, I'd rather fail doing what I want to do."
Alex spent a year in negotiations and a sizable amount of his own money to buy back the album master—so you might say he's financially as well as emotionally invested in this music. He's spent the last year creating his label, surrounding himself with a top-flight team and partnering with EMI, which is distributing the album in the States and releasing it outright in all other territories. "I've finally got creative control, which is the main reason I went through all this," he says. "So now I'm starting completely over as a solo artist and reintroducing myself to the world."
A musical prodigy, Alex was born June 8th, 1981 to David and Sandra Vipond, who were tragically lost when Alex was only eight. After that loss, Alex began composing in earnest, though describes his early work as "not very good." By the age of fourteen, Alex was writing, playing and performing. He was signed by RCA at fifteen, with an album due for release at age nineteen.
Due to a dispute with the label, that album was not produced and Alex sought and gained his release from RCA, signing then with Geffen. After several delays, during which Geffen went through a major reorganization, Alex again parted company with the label tasked with releasing the album. Alex has since created his own label and has partnered with EMI to distribute the long awaited album, worldwide.
Describing the title song, which opens this stunningly widescreen album and sets up its thematic breadth, Alex says, "It's definitely about my own struggle, but I think everyone can relate to what I've been through from experiences in their lives. I think everything I'm talking about on the record is pretty universal. And knowing now that I'm writing for different cultures, with fans around the world, it's important that what I'm writing about is generalized enough that people can take the songs in their own way. In a way, I was writing my own therapy."
"A lot of these songs are drawn from personal experiences," Alex confirms, "a bunch of these songs are extremely personal." A loved one in critical need of an organ transplant, which had to be forgone due to the waiting list, inspired Alex to devote his time and energies to the Donate Life organization, which is dedicated to building organ-donor awareness.
Alex's creative mechanism was also triggered by "what I've seen friends and family going through, and I've been hugely influenced by what's happening in the world. And music, of course—I don't think anyone can listen to my music and not realize I'm a huge fan of U2. I get massive inspiration from going to shows by some of my favorite bands like U2 and Coldplay. But the biggest inspiration for this record was what I went through—the frustration of it all and trying to stay positive. But it resulted in some good songs, at least."
So where's he been all this time? "I was already pretty much doing everything on my own; I decided to become a solo artist." But when the powers that be at RCA insisted that he do a "supergroup" album project, Alex sought and got his release, signing with Geffen soon thereafter.
Later that year, Geffen went through a reorganization, putting the album in limbo. "I realized then that I had to make a serious leap of faith and believe in myself. I decided that, if I'm gonna fail, I'd rather fail doing what I want to do."
Alex spent a year in negotiations and a sizable amount of his own money to buy back the album master—so you might say he's financially as well as emotionally invested in this music. He's spent the last year creating his label, surrounding himself with a top-flight team and partnering with EMI, which is distributing the album in the States and releasing it outright in all other territories. "I've finally got creative control, which is the main reason I went through all this," he says. "So now I'm starting completely over as a solo artist and reintroducing myself to the world."
A musical prodigy, Alex was born June 8th, 1981 to David and Sandra Vipond, who were tragically lost when Alex was only eight. After that loss, Alex began composing in earnest, though describes his early work as "not very good." By the age of fourteen, Alex was writing, playing and performing. He was signed by RCA at fifteen, with an album due for release at age nineteen.
Due to a dispute with the label, that album was not produced and Alex sought and gained his release from RCA, signing then with Geffen. After several delays, during which Geffen went through a major reorganization, Alex again parted company with the label tasked with releasing the album. Alex has since created his own label and has partnered with EMI to distribute the long awaited album, worldwide.