The strings sing along with the vocals before having another break, this time bringing the song to what seems like the climax, but later listeners will find out is just a tease. The movement it implies from that first solo vocal line foreshadows the chromatic nature of the track, which is reeled back with an orchestra break before the second verse. It’s elegant, catchy, and very complex in its harmonial interpretation. On a long car ride, we sat in silence simply soaking in the album.Īnd then came the last track, I Hear a Symphony. I hope I get to continue making more music like this.In a surprising grand return in 2021, 2017’s song I Hear a Symphony showed a new audience the beauty of Cody Fry’s genius in this simple yet complex three-minute magnum opus.īeing the disconnected individual that I am, I didn’t discover I Hear a Symphony through Tik Tok, but my girlfriend did, which led her to show me Cody’s entire album containing the song titled Flying. “It was a stressful, nerve-wracking, joyful, rewarding experience. “When a session is structured in this way, it doesn’t leave much room for error, but luckily the musicians were incredible, and everything turned out better than I could have imagined,” says Cody. “When else in music do you have 60 people in the same room all working together to make the same piece of art simultaneously? There is an energy that only happens in that setting.”Īll the songs were recorded live in a single day, including several of the lead vocals, with a 60-piece orchestra, including strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. “I think the most amazing things humans do are the things that we do together in large groups,” he says. Symphony Sessions is just that, and Cody hopes it can continue to open doors, with visions of taking his orchestral approach to the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, or even on a tour where he plays with local orchestras at each city. Even though record companies can add tremendous value, it was too tantalizing for me to be able to make the music I wanted, without any outside interference.” “I wanted to see what I could do on my own now that I can support myself this way. “I didn’t feel right about the offers,” he says. Although major record labels came calling following his viral success, Cody decided to remain independent for the time being. Indeed the success of “I Hear A Symphony” earned Fry the luxury to choose his own creative path. It’s allowed me to say no to things I don’t want to do and be able to pursue what I do.” “I’ve run the gamut of emotions, from confusion to thunderstruck excitement to the fear of how long will this last?” admits the Chicago-raised Fry. The album also features songs reimagined from Fry’s back catalog like “Underground” from his debut album audio:cinema, “Photograph” from his 2021 album Pictures of Mountains, a new song “More Than the Day Before,” and the instrumental interlude “Caves.”įry and Symphony Sessions have been praised by MusicRadar, Atwood Magazine, American Songwriter, Parade Magazine, The Aquarian, PopWrapped, and Digital Journal among others, including Spotify who featured “More Than The Day Before” on their New Music Friday playlist. The following release was a cover of Ben Rector’s “Sailboat,” a song which served as a joint encore on Fry and Rector’s recent tour. The first track released from the record, and first since going viral, was Fry’s cover of The Beatles’ “ Eleanor Rigby ,” which not only exploded on TikTok on its own, but earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, Fry’s first-ever nomination. Watch “I Hear A Symphony” live video HERE Inspired and moved by the way people began incorporating the song into their lives, Fry decided to create Symphony Sessions, which includes a new, live version of “I Hear A Symphony.” The recent success of Fry’s 2017 song “I Hear A Symphony,” which went viral on TikTok last year garnering over 75 million streams on Spotify in the process, revealed to Fry a large audience for his style of orchestral pop music that he previously did not know existed. The whole seven-song set was arranged with a 60-piece orchestra and recorded at Ocean Way Nashville Studios, a beautiful 100-year-old gray stone church. Singer/songwriter/composer/producer Cody Fry released his new record Symphony Sessions, featuring Fry’s patented live orchestral touch, including fully arranged covers as well new and revisited originals. The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”, “I Hear A Symphony” and “Sailboat” feat.
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