Official White Houses Release Date Information

[Will]

As for those who complain about the piano part....

One of those things you learn as you get better and better at writing, arranging, and orchestrating is that less is often more. She isn't writing a piano part to be complicated. She is writing it to support the song as a whole. It is her voice and her lyrics that carry the song. Everything else is SECONDARY. This includes the piano.

Why does it matter if a piano part is hard? Sometime simplicity is beautiful. Think The Counting Crows' Colorblind and Richard Marx's Waiting for You. Those are two of the most beautiful songs ever in popular music to use a piano. The piano parts are also accessible to someone who has played for two years. Does that detract from their beauty, just because it isn't difficult?

[B]

As for those who complain about the piano part....

One of those things you learn as you get better and better at writing, arranging, and orchestrating is that less is often more. She isn't writing a piano part to be complicated. She is writing it to support the song as a whole. It is her voice and her lyrics that carry the song. Everything else is SECONDARY. This includes the piano.

Why does it matter if a piano part is hard? Sometime simplicity is beautiful. Think The Counting Crows' Colorblind and Richard Marx's Waiting for You. Those are two of the most beautiful songs ever in popular music to use a piano. The piano parts are also accessible to someone who has played for two years. Does that detract from their beauty, just because it isn't difficult?

I agree with that. Sometimes just the simple melody says more about where the song is, and what is going on than some hard punched out one. I am sure we will get some of those too... so not to fret  

[Xenophanes]

Well, this is unrelated to the whole piano thing, but my local radio station was just holding a vote for whose new song to play...they had White Houses, something from 3 Doors Down, and some other random new song...I called in and voted for WH, but it didn't win *SIGH* Yeah so I'm pissed off at them right now, but once they start playing it I'll be happy again.  

[B]

Guys, I need your help. White Houses is the challenger on tomorrow night's Kiss Kombat here, but I am going to be at work so I can't call or e-vote  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:.

Please help me vote here. Yellowcard won tonight and is the defending champion, I don't want to listen to more Yellowcard than I have to  :cry:. Please help? You can even vote now lol.

[rosieposy87]

Shall i start a thread with lists of radio numbers and contests to promote White Houses?

[Jessica]

It is her voice and her lyrics that carry the song. Everything else is SECONDARY. This includes the piano.

to me, the voice has always been secondary and i like the piano to dominate the song, the voice should still be heard but the music is what makes it for me. thats why i write my songs the way i do. its all in opinion. not one set way.

[bumblebee429]

Shall i start a thread with lists of radio numbers and contests to promote White Houses?

Yeh that'd be great thanks!


xxx Sarah

[JazzyManda]

As for those who complain about the piano part....

One of those things you learn as you get better and better at writing, arranging, and orchestrating is that less is often more. She isn't writing a piano part to be complicated. She is writing it to support the song as a whole. It is her voice and her lyrics that carry the song. Everything else is SECONDARY. This includes the piano.

Why does it matter if a piano part is hard? Sometime simplicity is beautiful. Think The Counting Crows' Colorblind and Richard Marx's Waiting for You. Those are two of the most beautiful songs ever in popular music to use a piano. The piano parts are also accessible to someone who has played for two years. Does that detract from their beauty, just because it isn't difficult?

well for me it's not that it's too easy, but the piano break sounds just like the decending line of ATM but without sixteenth notes. lol

Amanda

[amberbeads]

*sigh*
okay, you know what?
you guys wait and wait and wait for this new song, and for the video.
so we see the video and you complain about her dancing.
so we hear the song and you complain about the piano.
i am thrilled to hear anything at all from vanessa. Third eye blind fans tend to wait FOREVER to hear music and we're thrilled with whatever we're lucky enough to get. give the girl a break, she's proud of what she's done and you all should be too.
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[Holly]

I really like the song!! I hope it catches!  
The lyrics are great... They're very descriptive and I can picture what she's singing about easily which is cool.
The piano and melody are very simple... but i think it supports the song perfectly. The lyrics are so complex that the simple piano balances it. I think a complex piano part would be too much.
Her voice is awesome and has definitely matured!

[saphire]

I'm sooooooooo sad, cos im living in germany and have to wait so so so so so so so so so so so so long til i will hear it on the radio.I hope i will hear it a little bit earlier.Im still so so so so sad

[amberbeads]

go to vanessa-carlton.net and download it.

[BWilli]

Gaddamn Z100....I always listen to them in the morning show....why couldn't they play it then....

I got the streaming working now though....

[LifelessPie]

go to vanessa-carlton.net and download it.

do you know where it is on the site? all i can find is the trl thing...i can't find the song....sorry, it's probably right in front of me and i just don't see it, but i looked tons of times and i can't find it... :oops:

[DutchNessaHolic]

geez , it in one of the news posts it says : DOWNLOAD