Summer’s Over And The Janissary March Has Begun

Janissary Paul Shapera A Balkan Rock Opera

I have waited patiently for the fun and games of summer to end so that the blood bath may begin. And at last we are here.

I leave today to go to Croatia, briefly, to record Tomislav Čeleketić, who will be singing the black monk’s Song, Thus Spake The Vampyr. I will literally be turning around to leave the next morning to get back and prep for the big recording day on Sept. 5th, when i record both Bojan Stankovic and Jovana Gavrilovic who will be singing the parts of Bogdan and Danijela, Brija’s father and mother.

Lauren has already sent in her vocals. I’ll get back to her early next week with whatever do overs there are, and after that we’re down to recording the violinist and the rest of the guitar parts. And then comes the mixing.

I will video as much of the journey as is appropriate, but from here on in, it’s all Janissary, all the time.

After this, work will begin on the biopunk fairytale, which is going to be quite intensive. It’s going to be a significant step forward in New Albion history and lore and i will be focusing exclusively on it after i begin. Composition should take between 6 and 8 months, assuming all goes smoothly.

So stay tuned, videos from the journey to Janissary are coming.