music and tales
And thus we return. Tomorrow i’ll get back to posting fun and interesting bits from the webaverse but today let’s do another little update, shall we? I’ve returned from London where i’ve recorded some wonderful singers singing 10 songs for […]
And so we come around to one of those magic moments where we actually comment on The Steampunk Opera itself and how its creation is proceeding. First, to recap. The entire thing has been written and the music recorded. The […]
In order to round out the featured excerpts from The Steampunk Opera, we’re posting a selection from the 2nd Act, mostly featuring Edgar with some Narrator bits in spots. As usual, the vocals are all demo, but since they’re written […]
After all this talk about that new subculture song for Act 3- the Steampunk Voodoo song, the song that showcases this new subculture in New Albion which has appropriated Voudon much like British youth appropriated the blues in the 60s- wouldn’t you like to […]
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 […]
So, you know, i figure every now and then i should actually get around to discussing the actual SHOW, heaven forbid. During the composition process there just isn’t much to discuss. However, i did complete the entire piece. The show […]
I’m actually done musically with Act 3 and now working on vocal melodies and lyrics. I, of course, am not actually signing any of the material, but i sing all the lines on the scratch tracks so the vocalists will […]
We have now reached the 3rd generation of McAlistairs, Byron the son of Edgar and Fay. Who is he? He is a politician, aspiring to be Mayor of New Camden. His platform is heavy on the need to keep government […]
I sit here in a tine old, village house in the mountains of southern Serbia madly composing away. My wife has taken our beautiful little toddler to Belgrade in order for me to work uninterupted. I rise each morning, eat, […]
Annabel McAlistair: As the 3rd song opens, we are in Annabel’s private lab, where she is about to attempt to animate a mannequin construct. Who is she? Annabel definitely has the neurotic (mad) scientist thing going on. But this is […]