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Title: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 18, 2017, 04:28PM
Today, Chloë announced (excitedly ... ok, really REALLY excitedly) that she signed with a record label and she's working on a new album!

Here's a live video of Chloë announcing the big news!
https://www.facebook.com/ChloeAgnew/videos/1790823137599551/

Some album art to expected by the end of the week.

The first single is expected in the next week or so and the album should be out by the end of the year!

It has been a long time since I've seen Chloë this happy and excited. I am soooooo happy for her!



Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 19, 2017, 04:35PM
Here's a teaser pic for her first single releasing this week!

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFHi3ckWsAAYFod.jpg:small)

 :D :D :D :D


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Emer Dreamer on July 19, 2017, 05:40PM
 Cool !    ;)


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on July 19, 2017, 06:29PM
OMG I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time Chloe put out a new album!!! Hehehe! And I'm so glad she's finally doing it!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 19, 2017, 11:31PM
The single "Like An Angel" has released on iTunes!!!

I got it from CD Baby because it wasn't available in iTunes in Canada yet.

My goodness!!!!!!!! It's a really different sound, but it's AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this song has a legitimate chance to go mainstream.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on July 19, 2017, 11:48PM
You guys might want a box of tissues next to you when you listen to it! I can't stop crying!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 20, 2017, 04:09PM
Here's the link on Spotify if you want to preview the whole track before you buy it on iTunes or elsewhere:

https://open.spotify.com/track/7kP3OHFLiUJfeI6d1Oi1cY


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Kimberly AJ on July 21, 2017, 06:39PM
About this song titled "Like An Angel", is it an original she's written or is it a song cover?


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 21, 2017, 09:58PM
I think it's an original song, not a cover.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Emer Dreamer on July 22, 2017, 12:58PM
I think it's an original song, not a cover.
  very  lovely  too.   8)


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: leighlam on July 22, 2017, 05:48PM
Chloe didn't happen to post the lyrics to her new single anywhere did she?
I would love to have them.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 22, 2017, 07:21PM
Chloe didn't happen to post the lyrics to her new single anywhere did she?
I would love to have them.

I haven't seen them yet.

Here are the lyrics as far as I can tell. I'm not sure they're 100% accurate.

Note: the lyrics and song are original works by Joshua Spacht.

He holds her close to him, sunset in their eyes.
Final embers of light. Running out of time.
The sky begins to dance, putting on a show
As twilight lingers in the valley below.

So they linger and he whispers...

"In my eyes, you look like an angel
Could it be I've seen a glimpse of heaven
Come the night, come shadows and darkness,
'Cause I'll be by the side of an angel."

She holds his face in her hands
(whispers in his ear)
"How I've loved you throughout
The passing of each year
The days grow shorter I know,
So I take every chance.
To always linger when you ask me to dance."

So they linger and she whispers...

"In my eyes, you look like an angel
And I know you are a gift from heaven
Through this life, I won't fear the darkness
'Cause I'll be by the side of an angel."

Oh!!!

He reaches for her hand
Twilight in her eyes
Final embers of life. Running out of time.
And though she can't rise to dance,
He hums her favourite song,
And slowly sways until the last light is gone

And he lingers, yes he lingers,
Oh, he lingers, and he whispers...

"In my eyes, you look like an angel
Could it be I've seen a glimpse of heaven
Come the night. come shadows and darkness,
I'll be by the side of an angel."

Ohh!!!

(You are my angel)

<La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la-la>
<La la la la la la la la la la la la la la>

He holds her close to him...



This song is so beautiful I seriously can't stop crying.

I'm not sure about the words in angle brackets < >

I can't tell if she's saying light or life, but based on the context of the surrounding lyrics, I think there's a decent chance I'm guessing right.

At the end I'm not sure if she's humming "la" or "na."

Punctuation and line breaks are probably pretty messed up as I'm not used to writing lyrics.

Any corrections while we wait for something more official, please let me know. Please just reply without quoting the post with the lyrics. That way they can just stay in one place and can edit the 'master copy' as necessary instead of having a dozen quotes floating around the forum with partially correct lyrics. Thanks.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on July 23, 2017, 09:22PM
The lyrics are so beautiful!

And I really hope someone posts it on YouTube too!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 23, 2017, 09:57PM
The lyrics are so beautiful!

And I really hope someone posts it on YouTube too!

They definitely are.

I'm pretty conflicted about commercially available songs getting posted on YouTube, especially if it's not the artist posting it.

Putting music on YouTube has a lot of benefits:
- Super-convenient
- Super-free
- Helps artists get their names out there

But the problem is if someone posts a song on YouTube that another artist created, that artist is pretty much guaranteed no royalties from that video.

I want people to hear and enjoy Chloë's music. But as much as Chloë makes music because she loves it and because it makes other people happy, she's also doing it to make a living.

Fortunately, Chloë's song is available in full on Spotify, which supposedly generates revenue (even if it's a very small amount per play) in the form of royalties. Now granted it's not particularly easy to find on there given that you get a lot of hits for "Like an Angel" and there are a few different Chloë artist accounts on there (the one it's filed under has a song that's from a different Chloe, lol).

Anyways, here's the Spotify link for anyone that wants to listen to it online:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7kP3OHFLiUJfeI6d1Oi1cY

Back to an earlier point about getting her name out there: sure, a few new fans might discover her because of YouTube and that's good. But the only way YouTube is going to be profitable for Chloë if the song goes viral. I think we can all agree it's amazing, but that just isn't enough to make a video get circulated all over the place.

Instead, I think most of her revenue is going to come from existing fans UNLESS the song goes mainstream on the radio.

I'm really trying to get some local stations to play it, but that alone isn't going to be enough. If you like the song, PLEASE ask your local radio stations to play it. Even if a few of them pick it up for starters, it could get the ball rolling and make a huge difference for her.

Thanks for reading my rant folks.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on July 24, 2017, 06:23AM
I go to karaoke at a place where the KJ plays videos between karaoke sets and I thought it would be so cool if he had Chloe's new song to play. He'd probably really like it and not to mention it would get more people to hear her song. :)


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 24, 2017, 06:34AM
I go to karaoke at a place where the KJ plays videos between karaoke sets and I thought it would be so cool if he had Chloe's new song to play. He'd probably really like it and not to mention it would get more people to hear her song. :)

That would be pretty cool.

This song definitely needs an official music video.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: leighlam on July 24, 2017, 06:05PM
Thanks for the lyrics and the info Tom! ;D
Much appreciated :)


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on July 25, 2017, 11:34AM
YES!!!!! It's FINALLY on YouTube!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Zm5z1KBYA


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Gerard on July 25, 2017, 02:14PM
Followed the link and...

"This video is not available".

Better luck next time, I guess.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 25, 2017, 03:27PM
Those "Topic" YouTube videos are getting auto-populated from some online song repositories. Then either YouTube or the record labels are having them taken down as soon as they notice them.

It has something to do with the royalty disputes between YouTube and the labels. Those "Topic" videos used to have almost every song from every album you could think of. Then in a very short time, they all became "unavailable" and never came back online.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on July 25, 2017, 10:17PM
Followed the link and...

"This video is not available".

Better luck next time, I guess.

Still works for me...


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 25, 2017, 10:46PM
Followed the link and...

"This video is not available".

Better luck next time, I guess.

Still works for me...

Ahhh, I see what's going on.

It's a regional license. It only works in certain countries (ie. the US). I can't view them in Canada since YouTube's license for that material (in this case, from CDBaby) doesn't include Canada. A more descriptive message than "this video is not available" would have been appreciated. But perhaps they intentionally leave the message vague to prevent people from thinking of the workaround below...

I can view it through a US proxy (note: it also has to be one that allows flash and other content on YouTube). For example:
https://www.proxfree.com/youtube-proxy.php

You basically put in the link for the YouTube video that's blocked and then you can play it.

I can't vouch for the safety of any proxy. I'd strongly advise not to pass any sensitive information through or log in to any important accounts while connected to a proxy. It might not be a secure connection.

Anyways, YouTube is certainly aware of this and no doubt takes measures to block connections through proxies, so it may take a bit of effort sometimes to find a working one.

Happy viewing!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on July 25, 2017, 11:25PM
Followed the link and...

"This video is not available".

Better luck next time, I guess.

Still works for me...

Ahhh, I see what's going on.

It's a regional license. It only works in certain countries (ie. the US). I can't view them in Canada since YouTube's license for that material (in this case, from CDBaby) doesn't include Canada. A more descriptive message than "this video is not available" would have been appreciated. But perhaps they intentionally leave the message vague to prevent people from thinking of the workaround below...

I can view it through a US proxy (note: it also has to be one that allows flash and other content on YouTube). For example:
https://www.proxfree.com/youtube-proxy.php

You basically put in the link for the YouTube video that's blocked and then you can play it.

I can't vouch for the safety of any proxy. I'd strongly advise not to pass any sensitive information through or log in to any important accounts while connected to a proxy. It might not be a secure connection.

Anyways, YouTube is certainly aware of this and no doubt takes measures to block connections through proxies, so it may take a bit of effort sometimes to find a working one.

Happy viewing!

Oh, if anyone has any thoughts what she's saying after "final embers," please let me know.

She does that line twice in the song. Both times, it sounds to me like the word starts with a "th" ... it sounds like it ends up rhyming with "light," but I'm not aware of any words that make sense in context that start with that sound and end up rhyming like that. I thought maybe she's not actually saying "of" before "embers" and whatever the next word is.

When she says "light" in "slowly sways until the last light is gone," the word "light" is very clear. So unless she's somehow rolling words together so it sounds to me like a "th" whatever comes after "final embers" could be a different word or words. Irish don't normally pronounce "th" like the though, so maybe it's "ph."

I'm starting to think it's one word instead of two.

Final embers aflight?


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on August 06, 2017, 09:12PM
I'm not 100% if she's singing:

So I take every chance

or

So I'll take every chance

Any thoughts?


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on August 16, 2017, 11:30PM
Here's some more info about Chloë's single Like An Angel.

Chloë's label is Spachtula Music Group.

The song was written and produced by Joshua Spacht.

Additional production and mix by Chris Bevins.

Vocal production and engineering by Scott Frankfurt.

Mastered at Georgetown Masters.

Orchestrated by Joshua Spacht and Thomas Grassi.

Orchestra recorded at Ocean Way, Nashville (conducted by Joshua Spacht).

Source:
https://soundcloud.com/joshuaspacht/like-an-angel-preview-chloe-agnew-single


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on October 11, 2017, 10:35PM
Chloë's in Nashville working on more music for her upcoming EP!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on October 12, 2017, 01:16AM
Chloë's in Nashville working on more music for her upcoming EP!

AWESOME!!!!!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on October 16, 2017, 04:52PM
Chloë was back in the studio yesterday and today!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on October 18, 2017, 04:27PM
Based on various Instagram stories, it sounds like Chloë wrapped up recording for her album!

I imagine the 3 remaining M's (mixing, mastering, and marketing) will still take some time.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on October 27, 2017, 08:34PM
I kind of stumbled across this one:
https://soundcloud.com/joshuaspacht/like-an-angel

Listen to it before you read the rest of the post.

Does it sound familiar at all?

LOL!!!!


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To re-iterate, Josh is in fact the writer and producer of Chloë's new EP, but I guess he wrote and recorded Like An Angel on his own around 3 years ago. That's something I did not know until I stumbled across this while looking for a non-Spotify version of Like An Angel to help promo Chloë's EP on Twitter.

It's pretty much the same arrangement that Chloë sings. It sounds great, but I do have to say, Chloë takes this song to another level!

I honestly don't mind that it's not Chloë's song. Although the lyrics and melody aren't hers, she absolutely stakes claim to that song through her epic vocals.

Hopefully the rest of the album will be coming soon, although you may not want to listen to the rest of Josh's music unless you want possible spoilers!  :D  :D  :D

P.S.

It was easier to make out some of the lyrics in Josh's original version (due to less intense backing orchestration, among other things), so I updated the lyrics from earlier in this thread:
http://www.celticwomanforum.com/index.php?topic=21549.msg1039594#msg1039594

I'm 98% sure they're all correct now (it's at least very, very close to being right).


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on October 27, 2017, 10:40PM
OMG THIS SOUNDS AMAZING!!!!! Thank you for sharing it!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on March 19, 2018, 06:46AM
Any news on Chloe's EP?


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on March 19, 2018, 03:23PM
All the songs are recorded (5 or 6, I think).

They're just in the process of tweaking it now. It should be released this year.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on March 19, 2018, 08:12PM
All the songs are recorded (5 or 6, I think).

They're just in the process of tweaking it now. It should be released this year.

AWESOMESAUCE!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on April 22, 2018, 05:24PM
--- SPOILER WARNING ---


I think these might be some of the songs from Chloë's long-awaited new album with Joshua Spacht :o

Chloë hasn't said anything yet, so I've been keeping them quiet. I don't want to spoil her surprise.  ;)

Feel free to listen, but PLEASE don't go posting about these all over social media yet. Chloë will tell us when she's ready.  :)

That said, people are going to find these eventually, since they're posted publicly and searchable.


Like "Like An Angel" these sound AMAZING!!!! They're all very different sounds and styles too.



UPDATE: Now that Chloë's album has been released, I'm restoring the links!

Across the Raging Sea
https://soundcloud.com/joshuaspacht/across-the-raging-sea
... A song Joshua Spacht originally wrote for Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.


Viva La Vida
https://soundcloud.com/joshuaspacht/viva-la-vida-chloe-agnew-cover-arranged-and-produced-by-joshua-spacht
... A cover of the Coldplay song.


No Good
https://soundcloud.com/joshuaspacht/no-good-chloe-agnew
... It's REALLY good!


--- SPOILER WARNING ---


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on April 22, 2018, 07:47PM
These were AWESOME! Although I liked the first two the best, the slow songs, and the first one is my favorite! It sounds very similar to Like an Angel.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on April 22, 2018, 08:43PM
These were AWESOME! Although I liked the first two the best, the slow songs, and the first one is my favorite! It sounds very similar to Like an Angel.

Mine too. It almost blew me out of my seat it was so awesome, from the epic orchestration to her spectacular voice! WOW!!!!!  :o

Disney REALLY missed out on this one!

This is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard!


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: Tiffany Gray on April 22, 2018, 08:56PM
These were AWESOME! Although I liked the first two the best, the slow songs, and the first one is my favorite! It sounds very similar to Like an Angel.

Mine too. It almost blew me out of my seat it was so awesome, from the epic orchestration to spectacular voice! WOW!!!!!  :o

Disney REALLY missed out on this one!

This is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard!

I so agree. The last song was well done and it was a relatable song but I much prefer the ballads.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on April 23, 2018, 04:33PM
Here's the original version of Across the Ranging Sea, performed by Ayana Haviv (done 6 years ago, before Chloë was involved):

https://soundcloud.com/joshuaspacht/across-the-raging-sea-syrenas

She has a pretty voice and it's unquestionably a beautiful version. Chloë's version has an EPIC amount of power though.

It was probably written for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). It would be around the right time frame for when the song was posted to Sound Cloud, after the film released

I think if Chloë had performed the original version Disney would have been insane not to pick that one up. The intensity of the score and vocals would have fit perfectly with Hans Zimmer's thunderous (and usually awesome) score. With Chloë singing, this actually reminds me a lot of the Michael Bolton version of "Go the Distance." That one also featured moments of overwhelming power and it might be the most spectacular of all the Disney songs (except maybe Let It Go). He can't sing like Chloë can though.  ;)


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on April 25, 2018, 10:07PM
"No Good" is an original song, not a cover.

I'm not sure if these are for the album or some other project they were working on together.

Something just doesn't add up if these are songs from the album. It would make very little sense to post them early and tell no one. The 4 songs we know of so far that Joshua Spacht and Chloë all sound great, but I can't really think of a common theme that would find them all on the same album. It would just be 4 random songs, which is possible, but it just doesn't feel like it.

They're definitely studio-quality recordings and far too good to be rejects. My best guess at the moment is these are actually songs that he recorded for his own project, not Chloë's album. They probably just recorded them at around the same time they were working on hers.

UPDATE: After digging, I have a good idea of why there hasn't been many updates on this since early this year, but because it's a personal issue (and not directly related to Chloë) I'm not going to get into it here. Just expect whatever schedule they had to be pushed back a bit and know that there's a good reason for it.

I should be able to put the links back up and spread the word once I make sure they're not mistakenly posted tracks from the album.


Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on May 14, 2018, 06:26AM
I'm still not sure if these are tracks from the album or for something else.

But either way, there should be an announcement coming regarding the album very, very soon.  ;)



Title: Re: Chloë signs with record label! New album coming!
Post by: CWazyTom on May 16, 2018, 03:34PM
Chloë's released info about her EP today!

So ... two of the tracks that were found on SoundCloud are on the album, Like An Angel (the single from last year) is not. Across the Raging Sea (from SoundCloud) is not.

I guess Across the Raging Sea is for one of Joshua Spacht's projects.

I started a new thread because this current one has a bunch of stuff that isn't on the EP (and some that is).

New thread:
http://www.celticwomanforum.com/index.php?topic=21788.0