Musical stories in fantastical worlds
Haitian drumming comes directly from the West African drumming tradition, an amazing and diverse musical tradition going back beyond historical record. My intention for this post is to give a very, very basic overview of Afro/Haitian percussion for non musicians. […]
As long as we’re using aspects of Haitian Vodou and drumming for inspiration on a music and plot idea, we might as well do some research and learn some stuff. Although it’s the drumming that interests me the most, educating myself in all […]
And then, on a little island in the middle of the Danube, it hit me: a Steampunk Voodoo song. This subculture song is not the only song i’ve have to put thought into, but it’s the one i’m documenting here […]
One of the most influential film makers in experimental film making was the brilliant Maya Deren. The surrealistic films she made during the 1940s influenced generations of underground and avant garde film makers continuing well into today. Her works are gorgeous and […]
“”If you don’t like dramatic, gothic tales of madness and intrigue set to carnival waltzes all fueled by operatic female vocals and great piano playing, then move along. But if you do, then step right up to The Wheels of […]
The whole idea of “gothic foxtrot” got me thinking and i started exploring the Foxtrot to see if i could incorporate it into the track i discussed needing to make for Act 3. The problem, aside from the fact that […]
Aestheticism, late 19th-century European arts movement which centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone, and that it need serve no political, didactic, or other purpose. In doing a blog that explores the cultures of […]
Sooner or later in discussion of the Weimar era one cannot avoid the Bauhaus school and movement. The Bauhaus school went in parallel with the era itself. It opened in 1919 and closed its doors in 1933 under extreme pressure […]
So it’s been about a month since i’ve finished the entire piece and it’s become clear that there is a pacing issue in Act 3. The entire show falls in at almost exactly 90 minutes, which means it will be […]
In 1920, at the very beginning of the Weimar era in Germany, director Paul Wegener released the 3rd movie in his Golem trilogy and effectively fired one of the first shots in the expressionist film movement. After 2 movies using […]