Writing a musical- Page 2

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 2:38am

What a day!

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 2:46am

In response to a question a few posts back... I don't think there's really anything wrong with having no ensemble. It depends on what type of show it is... I think it'd be hard to have a high energy show with no chorus...

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 3:21am

As a writer I do everything. Because I believe in everyone getting involved. In Nosferatu, we only have five people and its very empty and dreary. Not one of them ever sings together, except for a quintet in act two, and it's very lonely and scary. In Phantom and Jekyll, it's very ensemble - more ensemble than solos. These shows call for a massive cast, but they are a lot different than the version by other people. I don't think Thenardier should mock me on that, because he has not seen what my writers have done - nor the songs I have written for it. Don Claude is everything. I offer everyone on this board parts in it, so tht's crazy. Entertaining for Sputum, etc. etc. I won't bore you. But I don't agree or agree with any of this. In the theatre, everything is permitted - and you can really do whatever the hell you wabnt. You dont even have to be trained or a snob, just do it. Anyone can do anything and it can be a great artform. It's all a matter of trtying and actually doing something. There is no impossibility, and revolutions are waiting to be made every day

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 3:23am

Haha, just remembered that line: "It's possible... things are happening every day!" From the masters, Rodgers and Hammerstein

[BillFinn]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 3:31am

I'm writing a musical myself. I've got the synopsis written and I've written 6 songs already. Just need to find a composer! [e-mail] <------ COMPOSERS ARE WELCOMED! hehe

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 3:52am

What kind of musical are you writing? I know an exceptional composer who can help you , who writes a lot of great music.
Send me a PM

Updated On: 4/11/05 at 03:52 AM

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 1:54pm

umm.....okay....hey Rockfenris!! hope you are feeling better about that post....

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 4/12/05 at 12:50am

I'm feeling great. Just don't like people belittling people
And I have your PMs and will respond

[Phantom2]

Posted: 4/12/05 at 12:55am

Gee, and I thought I was special. HAHA

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:46am

You ARE special, Phantom. You are very special

[camthom]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 9:27am

Wow Rocknferis...

breathe a little. I had forgotten all about this thread until you made a reference to it in another thread...2 months later...you're apparently still holding on to something. let it go.

First off, I am sorry if what I said offended you. You should put a little less weight on something that you read on a message board, than to let it ruin your day. RELAX!

Secondly...RELAX

Thirdly. In my post, I merely meant that it HELPS if you look for someone who has some sort of training in the field...or some decent experience. I can't tell you how many workshops I've worked on where one of the writers was truly awful...not saying this is the rule, but it's like anything else. I am going to trust someone who has some experience and some education in the field a lot quicker than I am going to trust someone who just happens to REALLY LOVE MUSICALS! As romantic as it sounds, it's stupid.

And you clearly misunderstood what I said about people deserving to be famous. Loving musical theatre and having deep passion for it is NOT ENOUGH. You have to DO IT. I never said that people don't deserve a right to be famous or successful because it's something they love. Just that someone who is standing around proclaiming their love is not enough...

And I'm not sure what you have against the BMI Workshop and similar programs-maybe you weren't accepted to it...I don't know, but you HAVE to educate yourself. No Stephen Sondheim did not go to BMI, but you can bet he was doing more than hanging out and having tea for all those years with Oscar Hammerstein...think about it.

[James2]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 9:37am

I once considered writing a musical of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but then I found out somebody already did (James Crowley, musician from Arizona). There is even a cast album of it out.

[robbiej]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 9:46am

Perhaps because I got up particularly early today, I misread. So, if I misread, then I'm sorry.

Sondheim learned his craft from arguable the greatest influence on American musical theatre and the man who is most responsible for creating serious musical plays, Oscar Hammerstein. He was at the opening of Carousel. He was instructed by Hammerstein on how to write musicals. He worked with the best in the business; visionary men who brought musicals out of the escapist, mindless entertainment that it was and gave it heft and relevance (as much relevance as a musical could possibly have). He most certainly had training. Maybe not at BMI...but probably the best training there ever was.

[camthom]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 9:55am

yes Robbiej,

ya see about two months ago rocknferis was very upset about something i said in this thread. he inferred that my statements meant that the only way you are going to be successful, or more importantly, DESERVE success is if you are in BMI. Then he went on to rant about the fact that I am a snob and deserve to die and that all you really need to do well in writing musicals is the LOVE OF MUSICAL THEATRE...seems a little rosy to me. I recommended finding someone with some training behind them as a collaborator...

He mentioned that Sondheim didn't take BMI, but I think he (Stevie) did a pretty good job in educating himself on the form.

[James2]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 10:01am

Has anybody listened to that Sleepy Hollow recording?