Chuck
Album LESSONS
Jun 15, 2017
Chuck Eaton – ‘Lessons’
by Skope • June 14, 2017
Chuck Eaton’s music is very soft and calming in style. This accompanied by a saxophone, gives the music another dimension of Jazz. The cover for his album “Lessons” is a Whispy Green. It looks to be a picture of the bottom of a green pond and the title lessons is in lowercase cursive at the top left with Chuck Eaton’s name in the bottom right corner smaller than the title text and this text is square not in loopy cursive. Eaton’s song “You Know” begins with a short burst of phasing noises, and then continues to guitar instrumentals. This song is a love song. Another song from the same compilation of songs is “Wondering What’s Right”, this song has a lot of background guitar with Eaton singing in his raspy, soft voice. Another one of his pieces is “Lead Role”, this song starts differently than the others. The intro consists of clapping instruments, then after a couple seconds a guitar starts to play accompanied with ooo’s. The vocals then stop and then Eaton begins to sing.
The title of the album is ‘Lessons.’ There is a piece in the album called “Lessons” it begins with an interesting compilation of instruments. The piece focuses on a father’s lessons to his child and how Eaton left home early before learning all the lessons his father had for him. Another song from Eaton’s album is titled “Always Child”. It is one of Chuck Eaton’s songs that use a saxophone for instrumental accompaniment. “The Way it Ends” is an interesting song, it begins with music that sounds like country music. It repeats the line “What will happen to this thing I made”? Which is a great line, because in the end we all wonder what happens to what we have done, does it matter in the end? “The Right Thing I Did” is a great song to discuss after the last one; it begins with trumpets and then guitars. One memorable line is, “I decided to open the door to my heart and I was afraid of opening it up once more. “This House and Me” is the next song on the list. It is a love story about Eaton wanting his lover to return home and if that doesn’t happen then the ceiling might fall down on his head.
Another one of his love storied is “Like Two Rivers”, a love song about two people who are each others, just like two rivers flow together. This song is soft and the focus of this song is Eaton’s vocals.
The love song becomes a trend with him by the time he brings about “Friends Turn into Lovers”. This song begins with reasons this person is a friend and progresses to the line of friends turn into lovers, lovers into friends. This line is repeated many times throughout the song. The instrumentals and vocals in this song is soft and upbeat with trumpets and a guitar in the background.
His last song to be discussed is another love song. “Just One Day without You”. It follows the same sound as his other songs. Eaton’s songs all begin with a different instrumental introduction, but his vocals are the same in every song. This creates a sense of consistency. Also love is a huge theme in his songs. The tone of the instrumentals and his voice go along with the idea of a love story very well.
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LIGHTS
Jan 15, 2016
Talented musician, Chuck Eaton, and his excellent album, "Lights" will engage the listener with his collection of delightful Contemporary songs. Eaton, who not only wrote these wonderful songs, shows just how talented he is by also performing all instrumentation throughout the CD. Feel the melodic grooves on, "Drenched With Rain," as the rhythm moves with a striding beat while the laid back vocals complements the charming lyrics. The title track, "Lights," will impress you with its tender vocals and are also splashed with sweet harmonies. The ballad, "What Can We Take From A Great Love," proves to be insightful as the reflective lyrics are accompanied by sweet guitar chords and a nice, well balanced synth horn riff. If you like to sit back and relax to easy listening music, then you will surely enjoy the beautiful compositions on the Contemporary album, "Lights”.
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TRACKS
Jan 15, 2016
Another 13 songs dedicated to the theme of love. Like a secret treasure found in the bottom of a bargain bin, this is one of those albums that takes it inspiration from the magical singer-songwriter era, of easy listening love songs.
Here on “Tracks”, there is a perfect balance between production and musicianship. You can tell that Chuck Eaton and his crew take great care of how the music is played, and sung. It’s not transcendental or groundbreaking; it’s just simple and effective mood-creating melodies. This resembles one of those sleeves you would have proudly pulled out from the “Adult Contemporary” section in your local record store during the seventies. Clean, honest and pure music, with no cursing or parental advisory warnings!
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