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July 27, 2021 / July 27, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
Focusing now on getting these songs’ demos done Feast of Persia Opening number where Queen Vashti violates the king’s command Finding male singers to play the king and also his servants Sage Advice Wise men advise the king what to do Recording this now and finding a male singer who can improvise ragas and sing […]
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July 23, 2021 / July 23, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
Made some GREAT progress in today’s live songwriting session (number 33!) despite being very sleepy. Wrote more of melody and chords than lyrics, but here are the lyrics. Basically a few girls that got taken away were really upset, but Esther speaks boldly too about the times and chance and happenstance, basically foreshadowing the whole […]
July 21, 2021 / July 21, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
Getting in the rhythm of producing demos more often now. The last time I did it was a few months ago, and so now I realized I have to arrange the metronome first and also the harmonies on Musescore before even starting the recording. So will do that next; not much to report on that […]
LYRICS: Girl’s, you have so much to learnAnd a long way to goThe ways of purificationI will show Oil of myrrhlavishly embraceCleanse all the hurtgently from skin and face Rejuvenating, immersed in baths of myrrhExfoliating, for beauty endure
July 19, 2021 / July 19, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
Pushed through the tiredness today and got in a bit of work before going to bed! So, wrote 2 stanzas, but 30 minutes of it was spent deciding on whether to use the word “harem” or not, and ultimately decided not to, because it reminds me of the Ottoman Turkish era, which was about 1000 […]
I thought “Fast for Me” was done but looks like I have new inspiration to write more lyrics for Mordecai and the Jews. MORDECAI:I have come with news to pull us throughEsther says, for 3 days, this to doMaybe we have sinned and gone astrayWhat to do, but kneel ourselves and pray Fast for herTogether […]
July 17, 2021 / July 17, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
So after Hegai asks for Esther’s name, and Esther replies, “Esther”, the scene will blackout, audience will applause, and there will be music that will transition to Mordecai’s first moment on stage when he will sing these words (still a draft): Day after dayTurn after turnOh my darling Estherwhen will you return? Night after nightWeek […]
July 16, 2021 / July 16, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
Can’t wait to record it next week! Below are the lyrics. “The Sages’ Advice” – How’s this title? Any other suggestions?Esther 1:12-21 KING KHASHAYAR:Why do I feel such a pain inside?Feel like a part of my soul just died!My anger rages!My clever sages… What does the law say about her deed?Should things be done or […]
July 15, 2021 / July 15, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
Had a good and quick live recording session today (the #2 one), and here’s the result! Can’t wait to mix everything a little better and share with you the updated mix of the whole opening number, but for now, here’s a sneak peak of the finale!
July 14, 2021 / July 14, 2021 by The Author | Leave a Comment
Before I do more songwriting I think it’s time to finish up the harmonies for “Feast of Persia” the opening number, so I did a live recording session for the first time, and persisted despite the voice cracks! Haha… anyway, here is the resulting result! And by the way, below is a new before-and-after of […]
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