FOURTH ALBUM FROM PROMIS,
"LIFE IS GRAND!"
OFFERS WORLD MUSIC PALLETE WITH ACCESSIBLE MELODIES AND LYRICAL THEMES OF LOVE, LIFE AND ITS LESSONS.
The fourth album from Los-Angeles-based artist Promis, "Life Is Grand!" represents an artistic crossroads for the established singer/songwriter. Utilizing millennium-era technology, the collaboration came together as a cross-country collaboration with Turkish songwriter/producer Ayhan Sahin.
While the pair had common allies in the artistic community, they utilized the Internet as a primary touching point throughout the process of developing lyrical themes and melodic direction. The pair came together face to face at Sahin's 2C Studios in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., in the summer of 2008 to record the vocals for the project—bringing their chemistry to fruition.
"This was a first for me," Promis says. "I had heard a lot about Ayhan's reputation and it felt right in terms of combining influences. After traveling several times through Mediterranean countries and becoming engrossed in their music and histories, I felt inspired to add new textures to what I create."
Influenced by his travels, the 14 songs on "Life Is Grand!" explore themes of life, love and lessons, with a rich tapestry of all-live instruments, including classical guitars, violin, bass, flute, percussion and electric guitars. The musical triptych is truly a mesh of world influences, while maintaining a decidedly pop imprint.
Chilean-born Jose Promis began playing in Los Angeles' cabaret and burlesque scene of the early 2000s. In fall 2005, his songs were featured in the musical "Night Of The Black Cat," a take-off on French cabaret, and in early 2006, he released first album "Promis," which drew heavily from that style of music. That year, he also performed in Paris for the first time and recorded "For Respect" for a French label compilation, while entertaining for the renowned "Ghetto Gourmet" underground restaurant series.
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Writers: Jose Promis, Ayhan Sahin
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I Saw A Flower Bloom Today (Sahin/Promis)
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Remember our story when a flower we did find
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A flower we were sure was one of a kind
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We lived out a dream with everything in bloom
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The prettiest dream painted lilac blue
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Yet there is point that we just can not miss
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When the flower dies can we seal it with a kiss
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Can we begin again and soon be more than friends
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For happiness will die if it knows that love will end
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But then when you have sun breaking through the brilliant bluest sky
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Everything on earth will become both happy and alive
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But in the next season what was gold will become grey
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And I am still amazed at how fast it can flake away
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Sometimes fantasies are hard to understand
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One minute a hero the next a lousy man
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But when a line is crossed and one only sees today
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Everything we trust quickly goes astray
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Others that know in situations just like ours
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They don't say it's over for they know they have the power
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To survive the strongest storm the worst that God can make
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The kind that makes a man take all that he can take
Repeat Chorus
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And still knowing all this I saw a flower bloom today
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