Somehow I never outgrew the 80s.https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3me7rcnit522kI usually write songs for headphones, not museums. But my new track, “And Which Way Is Up,” was composed specifically for the From Title to Song exhibition at Schloss Bevern in Germany. https://ffm.colortheory.com/andwhichwayisup06 Feb 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7rcnit522khttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3mcdeocmeec2g“A brief period of rejoicing…” We’re back, finally. Literally. Join Andy and me as we rank every Depeche Mode album from worst to best, plus our favorite songs, b-sides, album openers, cover art, and more! It’s available exclusively on our Patreon pages. Mine’s at patreon.com/colortheory13 Jan 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdeocmeec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3mbyzku2qyc25New year, new sound, and the start of a new album. “What You Are to Me” is a sunny, piano-forward synthpop anthem that falls somewhere between Howard Jones, Prefab Sprout, The Blue Nile, and Joe Jackson. Some things are impossible to say out loud. ffm.colortheory.com/whatyouaretome09 Jan 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyzku2qyc25https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3mbrqityvbk2yHere's everything I added to my Vocal Synthwave Retrowave playlist last year - over 400 tracks! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4134XyFbUUIrUd3VpjzOss?si=3bc83fa9730e44fb06 Jan 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrqityvbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m7smhi2iuc23My second collaboration with A Days Wait, “Empty Promises” is a bittersweet song about home, leaving, and the promises we make along the way. It's available for download on Bandcamp along with our previous collaboration “New Souls,” plus instrumentals for both. ffm.colortheory.com/emptypromises12 Dec 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7smhi2iuc23https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m7ithhkmxk2wRemember when I collaborated with A Days Wait on “New Souls” last year? No? Well, I did. And now we've got a new one! You can pre-save “Empty Promises” on Spotify, Apple Music, or Deezer, and even opt to have all my future releases automatically saved. ffm.colortheory.com/emptypromises08 Dec 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ithhkmxk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m7azfsnn6k25My numbers are up about 50% compared to last year! Huge thanks to everyone who streamed the new album and my collabs with Second Complex, UAP, and &Tilly. 🏆 Top track: “I Cannot Rain” with &Tilly (209K streams!) 🤯 Favorite stat: 284 of you played my music more than any other artist.05 Dec 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7azfsnn6k25https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m74hadmtvc23 Mages, my twelfth full-length album, turns 4 today! “The Limit,” “The Outset,” “Juggernaut,” and “This Whole Nothing” are still some of my most listened to tracks on Spotify. to.colortheory.com/mages03 Dec 2025 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74hadmtvc23https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m5z2o3lh4k2619 Nov 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5z2o3lh4k26https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m5tq6yk3hc22In my latest #musicpromotion post, I walk you through every step in creating a Google Ads campaign to grow your audience on YouTube, and share my results! https://passivepromotion.com/whats-working-with-youtube-ads-for-music/17 Nov 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tq6yk3hc22https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m5tpk4mmbs2i17 years ago today I released The Thought Chapter, my 7th full-length album which shares a name with the band I formed with my best friend and his brother in high school. https://to.colortheory.com/thethoughtchapter17 Nov 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tpk4mmbs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m5m6vcnotc2eWhen I last wrote about Spotify Showcase, I had effectively sworn it off in favor of Meta ads. I couldn’t target warm audiences, Spotify blew through my budget in the blink of an eye, and the results were mediocre. Thankfully that’s no longer the case! https://passivepromotion.com/ive-changed-my-mind-about-spotify-showcase/14 Nov 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5m6vcnotc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m5hjm3n4xc2yKashie is an online platform that generates quick and dirty lyric video edits for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. With a $20 pro subscription, you can generate 60 videos per month, and it only takes a few minutes. Read about my experience here: https://passivepromotion.com/what-artists-should-know-about-kashie/12 Nov 2025 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hjm3n4xc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m5cgzkaol22zMy new #musicpromotion post offers a step-by-step guide to creating an Instagram campaign to promote your music to Spotify, plus the results of my album campaign so far. https://passivepromotion.com/whats-working-with-meta-ads-for-music/10 Nov 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cgzkaol22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m4y2dkntk22qI’ve spent over $10K on Rise campaigns since 2021. Specifically, Conversion campaigns. I’d never tried an Exposure campaign, but recent improvements prompted me to finally give it a go! https://passivepromotion.com/rise-spotify-exposure-campaign-review/06 Nov 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y2dkntk22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m4tdh5fj4k2wHalfway to a million streams! Thank you for making it happen. 🙏🏻🖤 https://ffm.colortheory.com/thisbrightcircumstance04 Nov 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4tdh5fj4k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m3g3s3z5lk24I grew up with anxiety, insomnia, and panic attacks, but years of meditation taught me how to make peace with my mind. This album is an instruction manual set to music, a collection of strategies for helping stay grounded and navigate troubled thoughts. https://ffm.colortheory.com/thisbrightcircumstance17 Oct 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3g3s3z5lk24https://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m3beqo3vfk2nThank you to Mystic Sons for their thoughtful review of my new album! https://www.mysticsons.com/article/color-theory-bright-circumstance15 Oct 2025 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3beqo3vfk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m33wsucr6k2jMy 14th full-length album is all about the mind and the tricks it plays on us. Pre-save it here: https://ffm.colortheory.com/thisbrightcircumstance I hope you'll join me the listening party on Thursday! colortheory.bandcamp.com Brian13 Oct 2025 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33wsucr6k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m2mu5xxirc2aAs of Tuesday morning, roughly a third of the vinyl and CD copies are spoken for. If you picked up one or both, thank you! https://elasticstage.com/colortheory/releases/this-bright-circumstance-album Of course that goes for the digital edition as well, which is available at 24-bit, 48 kHz: https://colortheory.bandcamp.com/album/this-bright-circumstance07 Oct 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mu5xxirc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m2jytikknk2fTwo years ago today, I released my 13th full-length album, Underneath These Dying Stars. Looks like I’m on a two-year album cycle! Highlights include Trick of the Light, Death Machine, The Darkness, and of course, Crystal. Have a favorite track?06 Oct 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jytikknk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3m2chduevlc2hMy 14th full-length album This Bright Circumstance is now available for pre-order! ✨ ➤ Get the digital edition, instrumentals, and shirt at Bandcamp. colortheory.bandcamp.com ➤ Get the vinyl and CD at elasticStage. elasticstage.com/colortheory03 Oct 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2chduevlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3lzjnrbjwuc2tTwice a year I send out exclusive CDs to my supporters at Patreon. It's not too late to get in on the action! Become a member at the producer tier by the end of next week and I'll send you one too. patreon.com/colortheory23 Sep 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjnrbjwuc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3lz7mmq3yls2rLiving somewhere between The NeverEnding Story and The Chronicles of Narnia, “Find Me” with tells the story of a youthful promise, a secret hiding place, and the in-between years. ffm.colortheory.com/findme19 Sep 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7mmq3yls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/colortheory.bsky.social/post/3lyvlkb4fcc2a“Find Me” is a new collaboration with UAP. Rainer sent me instrumental stems and a rough chorus idea, and I took it the rest of the way. It's being released on an EP along with three UAP remixes of tracks from the upcoming album. Pre-save here: ffm.colortheory.com/findme15 Sep 2025 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:aw2gn4vc3m72ech5clgozx7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvlkb4fcc2a