music and tales
Let’s have some fun with this. Yes, lists. Based of course on my personal preferences, although the last 3 at the end are not only my favorites but also illustrate exactly what i’m going for with the new track. However, […]
Today we are going to feature a story telling track from a very early album of mine, the 2nd one done under Mocha Lab. I wrote an album which tells the story of the original Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson because the […]
As we continue our series on clowns, let’s pause from the history lessons and have some dastardly and disturbing fun, shall we? One of my bestest friends is absolutely terrified of clowns. Terrified.It’s an actual phobia called coulrophobia. Evil clowns…. […]
Vagabond Opera is not a theater production but a band who utilizes a raucous of steampunk, theatrics, bohemian cabaret and international vaudvillian style. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LaxgcoJGx8] Based out of Portland Or (ah, a city i miss. Like most places on the west coast of American i don’t […]
I do not have time to make a blog post today. Emails are still coming in with opinions about the other sampler so it’ll be several days before i post the final verdict. I have a lot to say about my thoughts about Priscilla […]
An ensemble number! Featuring Lauren Osborn, Jason Broderick, and Kayleigh McKnight… this is of course the one song of the show whose creation i have posted about in length. The Voodoopunk song. (before that, the subculture song), Where haitian voodoo culture meets steampunk, much […]
Welcome to The Steampunk Opera, a 4 Act theatrical musical that follows 4 generations of a family in the mythical steampunk city of New Albion. For promotional purposes, we present here the entire recorded 1st Act, featuring performers Lauren Osborn as […]
More Dresden Dolls! Why? 2 reasons. One, they are always relevant to the show, for as a friend once pointed out, i came up with the entire opera based on a song they wrote about a dildo, so, you know, […]
Max Raabe is a modern day crooner, who sings 20s era songs and stylings (with some modern day songs reworked into a 20s sound). His voice and mannerisms are… perfect. They are exactly what you hear in those old records […]
Well THIS is interesting. Today we feature neo-cabaret artists Mister Joe Black, whose brand of dark, dolly-watching-you-while-you-sleep-and-grinning kind of cabaret is filled with personality, wit, and weirdness. “The neo-vaudevillian, the real life Disney villain, the gin-addled courtesan, the anti-christ of […]