{"id":333,"date":"2019-09-26T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/license-popular-music-donte-thomas\/"},"modified":"2020-12-16T01:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:37:32","slug":"license-popular-music-donte-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/license-popular-music-donte-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland&#8217;s Donte Thomas invites fans to listen in color"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \" style=\"max-width: 1280.0px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 150.0%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/music-licensing-music-for-commercial-use.jpg\" alt=\"Marmoset artist, Donte Thomas \u2014 photography Reclusive Images\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/music-licensing-music-for-commercial-use.jpg\" alt=\"Marmoset artist, Donte Thomas \u2014 photography Reclusive Images\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/music-licensing-music-for-commercial-use.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1280x1920\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5d8bc8aa4c04a40714cd0c3a\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">Marmoset artist, Donte Thomas \u2014 photography Reclusive Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \" style=\"max-width: 1200.0px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 100.0%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/license-popular-music-marmoset-donte-thomas.jpg\" alt=\"license-popular-music-marmoset-donte-thomas.jpg\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/license-popular-music-marmoset-donte-thomas.jpg\" alt=\"license-popular-music-marmoset-donte-thomas.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/license-popular-music-marmoset-donte-thomas.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x1200\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5d8bb3e30675282db88caf26\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Portland, Oregon artist<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/artists\/donte-thomas\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Donte Thomas<\/span><\/a> has been coined the hip-hop artist to keep up with. Debuting his latest album <em>COLORS<\/em> under Produce Organic Records label and in partnership with EYRST, Thomas applies a colorful spectrum to the album\u2019s theme, each song marked by a specific hue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cEach song was chosen through chromesthesia,\u201d says Thomas. \u201cIt was all about how each made me feel. The concept comes into play with my concept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">The science behind chromesthesia signifies the sensation of relating sound to color \u2014 it\u2019s a surreal experience for some, the triggering of visual elements when hearing a certain kind of sound, pitch, timbre or tone. But for listeners experiencing Thomas\u2019 <em>COLORS<\/em>, it\u2019s an invitation to let each song sink in a bit further, allowing the album to resonate with one\u2019s own sensory perceptions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">For the NE Portland hip-hop artist, the construction of <em>COLORS<\/em> was designed to feel fully dynamic, Thomas adopting the spectrum as a visual map for his imagination and internal processing. Dubbed by color, listeners begin to search within the elements of each song to see how it all connects \u2014 it\u2019s a creative game of observing what ties the lyrics, the emotions of the song\u2019s tone, the energy and rhythm together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">When asked about executing <em>COLORS<\/em>, Thomas imparts this piece of advice to aspiring artists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cWe recorded over 50 songs for the album, so I not only chose my favorites, but the ones that would sound the best in a cohesive body of work,\u201d says Thomas. \u201cTry everything you can think of because you never know \u2014 it might sound cool once you lay it down! Being skeptical about how you sound or about melody might be what hinders you from creating your best art.Never be afraid to try new things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marmoset artist, Donte Thomas \u2014 photography Reclusive Images Portland, Oregon artist Donte Thomas has been&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3760,16],"tags":[3762],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-music","tag-artist-highlights","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/music-licensing-donte-thomas-portland-rap-hip-hop.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8118,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/8118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}