SolÅce

1. Fool-4-Love

2. Am I Your Dream?

3. Can't Help Falling

4. Love in Moxn

5. (Clouds Away) In the Club

6. Talk It Over

7. Loving Me Forever

8. NucleoTide

9. Wish I Could

10. Step

11. Un Dia Mas

12. One Day

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Possessing a fusion of progressive musical thought, classical inspiration, lyrical intricacy, and expansive emotional veracity, the sound of SolÅce is one that is destined to be enjoyed by all who hear it for years to come. SolÅce is the quintessential signer/ song-writer, with a passion for musical composition and an overwhelming zeal for instrumental, vocal, and dance performance. Classified under the genre of Progressive Pop, with R&B, Jazz, Latin, Classical, and Hip-hop influences, SolÅce's latest 12-song, self-entitled project is one of his greatest artistic accomplishments within a life of extensive musical inspiration. SolÅce, born Jefford Jason Humes, was conceived on February 24, 1978 within Belize City, Belize. After immigrating to the United States and residing within Chicago, IL SolÅce initiated classical piano training with Sue Sigal of Hyde Park in 1985 and excelled, being awarded three gold, two silver, and one bronze medal from the Chicago Sonata/ Sonatina Competition/ Festival, four Gold Level Award Winner at the Regional Worldwide Church of God Talent Showcase, and has performed twice at the Chicago Students Jazz Show and three times for the Hyde Park Food Kitchen Recital/ Fund Raiser. SolÅce was also the piano accompanist for the Hyde Park Youth Sinfonia, the "Dancer of the Session" Award winner at the Summer Educational Program in Orr, Minnesota, a first clarinetist and oboist for the Whitney Young Magnet High School Orchestra and pit orchestra, and cast as Dr. Craven and Soldier #1 in the Whitney Young Magnet High School musical production of The Secret Garden.

Since high school, SolÅce went on to attend Morehouse College, which catalyzed the creation of 158 compositions of numerous genres. While there, SolÅce won second place for the "Spelman College Pride Week Talent Showcase," third place in the Annual "Showtime at the House" talent competition (of which he was stage-director) through performing self-written compositions, appeared as an extra for "Fools Rush In," starring David Schwimmer and "Remembering the Titans," starring Denzel Washington, and studied abroad at the University of Leeds, in England, continuing his musical endeavors.

Since returning to the US in 1999, SolÅce became a member of the Morehouse College Glee Club, has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on two occasions, was cast as a dancer for the Super Bowl XXXIV Half-Time Show alongside Phil Collins, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton, and Christina Aguilera, graduated in 2000, returned to Chicago and has completed three musical projects, in which "What Do You See?," of the first, has been played on WKKC 97.3's "New Music Review," and "Before the Night is Over," of the second, has made it to position 29 on the World Music charts of Sound Click.

Product Description
Within his latest 12-song, self-entitled project, SolÅce displays his musical diversity, but maintains the technically sonorous style that is relevant for the main-stream Progressive Pop sound he promotes. The general theme of the project extols the listener to live a life filled with emotional understanding, social unity, musical enjoyment, spiritual awareness and, above all things- love, even amidst adversity and personal disappointment. Though the tone is positively maintained from the emotionally empathic viewpoint of SolÅce, the delivery is performed in a manner that is not idealistically overbearing.

The project can be segmented into three overall song groups: 1. Technically Progressive Works, 2.Genre Standards, and 3. Diversification Works. The "Technically Progressive Works" group contains songs that are believed to be beyond or on the cutting edge of current Pop compositions due to musical arrangement and performance. "Fool-4-Love," [3:38] "Am I Your Dream?,"[3:51] "Love in Moxn," [3:51]"(Clouds Away) In the Club," [3:31] "NucleoTide," [3:40] and "Loving Me Forever" [3:56] are the six compositions that the first song group consists of. Each is rhythmically intricate and possess appealing technical elements that are not commonly found in current works.

The term "Genre Standards" refers to works that can be immediately identified with a specific genre and conforms to recognized musical convention. The four songs that this second group consists of are "Can't Help Falling," [4:10] "Talk It Over," [3:31] "Wish I Could," [4:10] and "Step." [4:42] The former three songs are the slower, love songs of the project, while "Step" is a combination of a Steppers "Genre Standard" and a "Diversification Work," due to its strong Jazz influence.

The final group, entitled "Diversification Works" describes the compositions which display the expansive repertoire of SolÅce by being in a genre that does not directly conform to the overall genre of the project maintain SolÅce's musical style without drifting into a sound that is inaccessible to the listener. "Un Dia Mas" [3:20] and "One Day" [3:48] are the two songs that this last song group consists of, with the former having Spanish musical and linguistic influences and the latter being an electronic guitar- based Alternative song.

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SolÅce

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005UMAO
Release Date: 2001-12-14

Tracks:

Fool-4-Love
Am I Your Dream?
Can't Help Falling
Love in Moxn
(Clouds Away) In the Club
Talk It Over
Loving Me Forever
NucleoTide
Wish I Could
Step
Un Dia Mas
One Day

Album Description

Within his latest 12-song, self-entitled project, SolÅce displays his musical diversity, but maintains the technically sonorous style that is relevant for the main-stream Progressive Pop sound he promotes. The general theme of the project extols the listener to live a life filled with emotional understanding, social unity, musical enjoyment, spiritual awareness and, above all things- love, even amidst adversity and personal disappointment. Though the tone is positively maintained from the emotionally empathic viewpoint of SolÅce, the delivery is performed in a manner that is not idealistically overbearing.