Have you ever listened to a song over and over again because there was one line you just couldn’t quite hear? It’s happened to me more than once. Sometimes, it only takes a day or two of listening before I make out the words, but sometimes it takes a lot longer. I loved John Bucchino’s […]
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Welcome back to Lyric Lens! For the first edition back after a bit of a hiatus, I’ll be looking at a song called “52,” by Joe Iconis. This song is not yet for sale online, though a bunch of Joe’s other songs are, and hey, I can still hold out hope for the future. After […]
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I’ve never been in a musical… unless you count my 8th grade stint in Teens in Tinseltown (it’s real, look it up). I grew up playing guitar and listening to rock, pop, folk, soul, and jazz. Don’t get me wrong, I saw a good number of shows and listened to the Rent cast album 5-bajllion […]
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So, we all know how much time I spend tinkering around the internet – particularly, that vast vortex we all get sucked into known as YouTube. If you guys think I’m a YouTube junkie now, I was even more so back in my early college days. As I’ve written all winter, it’s because of these […]
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Lately, I’ve been feeling like Versions needs to get on a happy kick – a lot of the songs I’ve been analyzing of late have leaned on the sadder side of the scale, so this time around I’m goin’ the other direction, Pharrell-style (Only, y’know…without the help of a dancing Lupita Nyong’o). So in this […]
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#NMTvotw has been running for about 8 months now, and we’ve gone over a lot of tips. And if you’re reading them and learning from them, that’s great. However, they’re all pretty segmented, so if you’re only reading one or two, you might be missing out on some essentials, because you can’t just be good […]
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A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine invited me to join her for lunch with two friends of hers I didn’t yet know. “They’re great. They’re musical theater people, too,” she said. “You’ll like them.” When I showed up at the restaurant, I discovered that one of the mysterious musical theater people was […]
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Last week, I talked about choosing a college for reasons other than “New York.” And this week, I’m continuing that to state that talent can come from all sorts of places. This week’s #NMTvotw comes from a high schooler in Stockholm, Sweden. There are a few things that are international, and music is one of them. […]
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As most of you are aware, where you go to college is really important in your opportunities that will lead you up to an established career on Broadway and in the new musical theatre scene. Some of are you are currently in college, some of graduated and are off to the races in the heat […]
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If you haven’t heard already, Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk are running an awesome contest called #New2YouTube. Basically, you sing their songs, post it to YouTube, and add the hashtag. It’s been a great success in getting new artists to post videos of these songs: 50 videos in only 2 months! In going along with […]
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A few nights ago, at a birthday party, I solicited suggestions from friends for what song I should feature in the next installment of Lyric Lens. “Why don’t you do a post that looks more at the big picture of lyrics?” suggested one friend. As much as I love thinking about the big picture, that’s […]
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My column is Song Spotlights, but before I can focus on this particular number from David Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, I need to share my feelings on adapting doorstopper novels, the looming legacy of Eponine, and naturally, War and Peace. I read War and Peace in college, and I would […]
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This week, I’ve been working on revising a lyric of my own about a character whose town is threatened by a hurricane. In the process, I’ve been thinking a lot about another musical that tells the story of a natural disaster, Peter Mills and Cara Reichel’s The Flood. Pete and Cara happen to be graduates […]
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Boys belt (and mix), too! Contrary to popular belief, or at least contrary to most discussions about belting, men spend a lot of time also learning how to stretch their voices to be strong and chesty in the upper register. The advice is the same: Get a teacher that really understands your voice and can […]
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One of the hardest things to do as a performer is to play a child when you’re, well…not a child. While the idea of it definitely carries a comedic aspect that would benefit you, there is also the risk of making it too much of a cartoon. Part of what can help such a performance […]
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When I was in ninth grade, my friend Rachel and I went to Sutton Foster’s first-ever solo concert, a part of the 2004 American Songbook series. It was also the first solo concert we had ever been to. It was a great evening, and we heard lots of wonderful songs, but one of the ones […]
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