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Breton Parks

I'm the substitute

About Me

A fresh and ambitious addition to the Denver area music scene, producer and musician Breton Parks has found his footing in the recording studio behind the mic as well as the mixer. After dabbling with various projects and bands for the last few years, Breton has finally come into his own as a song writer. His contemporary style breaks away from increasingly common three-chord melodies, with an enthralling and multifaceted indie-acoustic result, supplemented even more by his highly personal lyrics. Breton brings yet another dynamic to his music, particularly live, with his natural vocal power and penchant for belting which produce a raw, yet melodically mesmerizing performance. Breton's lyrics, poetic and explorative, paired with his commanding vocals, solidify the connection between artist and song and demand an audience's attention.Breton has just finished recording his debut album, Substitute, which contains vocals reminiscent of Damien Rice and a Cursive inspired dissonant musicality. An intriguing meld of full-bodied instrumentation and pure, simple acoustic sound, Substitute accomplishes Breton's goal of creating something "easily accessible" that will appeal to a wide range of listeners...

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Member Since: 10/14/2005
Band Website: virb.com/bretonparks
Band Members: Breton, and sometimes Xan......................................................... ...................You can download my album for free at http://www.mediafire.com/?tzjtrpnd1g9
Influences: Damien Rice, Joni Mitchell, Cursive, The Good Life, Emily Haines, Jenny Lewis, Josh Rouse, Ozma, and others
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Record Label: Reality Buss
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Substitute up for free download

With the way local music and bands are now, it is impossible to expect someone to pay for your music. They will pay money and probably never listen to it. I really just want people to listen to the mu...
Posted by Breton Parks on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:31:00 PST

The RPM Challenge for 2008

   So like last year, i competed in this thing called the RPM challenge.  It is this online thing that asks people to record a 10 song album in a month.  This will be going on in F...
Posted by Breton Parks on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:30:00 PST

Keepin you up to date 1/3/08

Happy New Year.  What did you do?  So in the last few months i have been writing NEW guitar parts for NEW songs.  My plan as of right now is to demo tracks during the month of February ...
Posted by Breton Parks on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:25:00 PST

NEW SHOW, just an update as well

I am playing at The Toad Tavern on November 15th.  I just firmed up the date so try to come down if you can.  I am very excited to be playing on their new stage.  I mentioned before tha...
Posted by Breton Parks on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:40:00 PST

THE ALBUM IS DONE

I know it has been a bit confusing.  I did finish my album in July but i have been working on mastering and making mixing modifications.  Now that it is completely finished i am very excited...
Posted by Breton Parks on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:10:00 PST

Some new songs, for my class

I am taking this class at school to teach me how to write commercial songs.  I don't really think i like the class at all.  It contridicts what i feel song writing is all about.  Oh wel...
Posted by Breton Parks on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:24:00 PST

Wisdom Teeth and school and UTAH PHOTOS

Hey there, so I haven't really done anything recently due to the extraction of my wisdom teeth.  I also started school last week so I have been busy with that as well.  As of right now I am ...
Posted by Breton Parks on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:35:00 PST

The CD

I just got finished printing  my pre-release cds for my Utah tour.  After a whole day of working, the cd is finally complete.  I hope to get the cd actually printed within the next mont...
Posted by Breton Parks on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:52:00 PST

Re-recording Substitute

so after playing a few shows and getting a good response from people wanting my CD, I decided that my album wasn't to my standards.  I went back into the studio last night and started recording s...
Posted by Breton Parks on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:58:00 PST

New song, i promise, i'm recording

the here is the deal.  Since i signed up for this challenge online i have been recording everything and anything i have.  I'm sorta starting to like some of it.  i hope to have it up la...
Posted by Breton Parks on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:08:00 PST