Update on "Music Store" and "Magog" the sci-fi rock opera.
MUSIC STORE: All basic music composition for the 16 original song score, done. All lyrics, done. The book, completed. So what am I doing now? I am completing all the arrangements for the songs. Arrangements entail final selection of instrumentation, digital and analog, arrangements of the songs including backup singers/choirs, recording all songs on my Yamaha XS and a 24 track recorder. All that is a 6 month job.
"Music store" is definitely different than most musicals in that nearly all the songs are written with original modern rhythms requiring advanced drumming and percussion technique, instrumentation selected from 3000 instruments (on my customized Yamaha XS), very original chord progressions.
My goal for every song in the show is a singable, danceable, humable tune, even the dialog songs - all done with modern rhythms: hip hop, funk, Urban, techno, shuffle, etc. What else? It's a real music store on the South side of Chicago.
RE: Magog, our sci-fi rock opera. I tried to recruit a synthesizer specialist to help me with the arrangements for Magog, without success. It looks like I'll have to do it all by myself. "Magog" is based on the music of the acclaimed art rock band of the 70s called Gabriel Bondage. This show has beautiful music. Can't wait to dive in. I will be employing state of the art software instruments like, Omnisphere, and KarmaFX. The whole show will be done with two synths, two guitars, and a drummer, playing live. It is a sci-fi rock opera with lots of costumes and staging. Danny D'
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