SONGWRITING

 

"Life Imagined,” released June 2017 is the debut album written and performed by Brooklyn-based trio Everything Turned To Color. The eleven track LP was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Blake Morgan at ECR Music Studios in NYC.

Inspired largely in part by two of the band members' foray into parenthood, the songs on "Life Imagined" play heavily on the bittersweet dualities of life and the big questions we all must ask. While much of the music exudes a whimsical lightheartedness in mood and melody, the lyrics dive deep into the fragility and innocence of childhood, the significance of enduring friendship, and the inevitable moments of love and loss that haunt us all.

The Dreamer, released January 2014, produced by Neha and mastered by award-winning engineer Mark Donahue, is the singer-songwriter’s debut album, arriving as a delicate and fresh surprise, chock-full of lasting impressions. Neha (pronounced NEY-ha) penned eleven of the twelve tunes on her album, demonstrating her prowess as an artful songwriter. She is also a recent finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for one of her tracks featured on the album, 'The Willow Tree.'

An account of all things reverie, The Dreamer openly explores Neha’s deepest personal thoughts and wants. Songs like “The Dreamer,” and “Way Back Then” explore her desire to go against cultural and social expectations of her, while songs "The Darkness" and "Whole" give us an intimate understanding of who Neha is as a person.  Other songs like "The Willow Tree," and "The French Man" play on her innocence and penchant for day dreaming, delivered through charming lyrics and wispy vocal lines.

Backed-up by her exceptionally talented six bandmates whom she met at NEC (Connor Baker - drums, Evan Allen - piano, Dorsey Bass - bass, Bobby Spellman - Trumpet, Katie Seiler - vocals, Rachel Panitch - violin and vocals), The Dreamer is a tenderly crafted record, a definitive smorgasbord of Neha’s life experiences. Rooted in her love affair with jazz, folk, blues, and her mother’s long standing classical Indian musical training, the record results in a gorgeously personal and open account of Neha's life and deepest vulnerabilities, painted in piercing melodies and whimsically crafted arrangements.