music and tales
Congratulations to Yaser Latef for correctly guessing MacGuffin. A MacGuffin is a desired object that serves to drive the plot. It was first used by Alfred Hitchcock who coined the term. And if you think about it, most of his […]
This is not one of my smarter ideas. I came up with this last night as i opened my third beer. My third beer is not known for being the best beer of ideas. First beer: Great ideas. Second Beer: […]
The old tinker’s toy store was the kind of place that glowed a warm, shiny yellow, illuminated the snow and dark sky around it during the winter holidays. It was a mecca for children, who adored the kind old man […]
In an act that would surprise no one, the cigarette girl smoked a cigarette. She was in the alley outside the Rumba Club in her slightly tacky uniform, clearly on a smoke break. Some patrons noted that the management seemed […]
Who knows? Maybe The Diesselpunk Opera will one day be staged. Maybe all these operas will become theatrical monsters. Stranger things have happened. If that ever occurs, i would like, as composer, to declare my intention of How Lloyd should […]
I should do a post purely on the movie Forbidden Planet. It’s impact on science fiction is incalculable. But let’s simply today focus on the soundtrack. The soundtrack was composed by Louis and Bebe Barron. MGM producer Dore Schary discovered the couple quite by […]
I find writing short stories from scratch to be a wonderful way to write the operas. For Dieslpunk, i first sat down and wrote Act 1, based off a mental image of a man made of rust, and then wrote […]
There was a lag between when i finished making the Dieselpunk Opera and when i went and recorded the singers. During that time, since i couldn’t stop thinking about the opera, i just went ahead and started doing research for […]
Thank you all more than i can ever express or get across in words. I had NO idea the release of the The Dieselpunk Opera was going to have the impact it did. None. The flurry of activity surrounding the […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, we proudly present The New Albion Radio Hour, A Dieselpunk Opera. It is live on Bandcamp as of now. The album features the amazing (seriously, amazing) voices and talents of: Lauren Osborn as Constance Oliver Marsh as […]