New Music Artist Spotlight: Steampunk Musical & Interview With Gretchen Suarez-Peña New Music Resource was excited to interview exciting musical theater playwright and director Gretchen Suarez-Peña about her latest musical theater production: Melina A Steampunk Musical Tragedy. Gretchen Suarez-Peña is a long-time playwright and lover of the theatre. She has been acting, directing, and writing plays since her teenage years. Her most recent success was winning overall best full-length play at the 2018 Tampa Bay Theatre Festival for her show Conversations in the Car. Playwright and Director Gretchen Suarez-Peña NMR: How did you start in musical theatre? What inspired you to follow this path?  I've been involved in musical theatre since I was a kid. I loved the theatre, acting, singing, and acting in middle school and high school. I participated in every thespian competition and community theatre production I could at that time and into college and early ...

Melina: A Steampunk Musical Tragedy Melina is a steampunk musical tragedy. A story of love, loss and the fact that as much as we would like to, we can't change the past. Set in a fictional steampunk setting, Melina is Shakespeare meets Greek Tragedy sprinkled with a fun dose of Jules Verne! Help take this production to the next level by funding the demo album that will be sent to festivals and competitions and make this musical a staple of the community theatre, university theatre and high school theatre scene! SUPPORT NOW THROUGH KICKSTARTER Synopsis: In the fictional steampunk town of New Comen, Jacob is the highly esteemed heir to the "throne" who is in love with a lower-class girl named Mara. Mara, is an aspiring vocalist that has gained the favor of the town despite her status. Their love is one of fairy tales until Melina enters the scene. Melina sweetly wins Jacob's attention and he ends up falling for her and leaving Mara. Mara is heartbroken o...

Hearing Secondary Dominants at Musical U Read the Full Article Here: Source: Hearing Secondary Dominants | Musical U     Chord progressions make up the backbone of most popular and classical compositions. Without a strong chord progression, tunes can seem lost and aimless. This constant pull between tension and release creates a delicate balance in songwriting. In a nutshell, chords constantly move back to the tonic chord of a song. But composers and songwriters can spice up their progressions and put a twist on this tendency with a handy technique known as “secondary dominants.”   Read full article here:  https://www.musical-u.com/learn/hearing-secondary-dominants/#

PLAYING TRACKS BY Lucid Berlin (Female Pressure),  Anja Schneider,  Quiver,  Ksenia Kamikaza (Female Pressure),  Matadorand more. ANNÆLIX is a Copenhagen based techno&house DJ and musicproducer, home-made creator and event organiser. Her DJ sets are rhythmic, tribal and bass-filled combined with some punching and playful surprises. The sound varies from a chill day in a park, dreamy slow-house, to a dark basement of psychedelic techno and deep house tunes. Her own productions are mainly house inspired, including elements of sub-genres of house, deep house and electronica - a journey through lighty-pumped synthesizer and bass-filled universes. Together with tadoh she is also the organizer of the monthly electronic and leftwing event Folkets Haus that raises money for leftwing political groups. https://soundcloud.com/annaelix https://www.facebook.com/annaelixmusic/ female:pressure podcast :: an hour of electronic music, stunning sounds from around t...

Without the 12-bar blues, we wouldn’t have rock ‘n’ roll… or, come to think of it, much of the Western music we have today! In this episode of the Musicality Podcast, we’ll look at the simple chord progression that comprises the 12-bar blues, how to play it in any key, and how the 12-bar blues can be used as a powerful songwriting tool (and not just by blues musicians!).

NMR Artist Spotlight: Arcanum Exclusive NMR Artist Interview with Arcanum! CHECK OUT Arcanum's album " The Cinema Sheet" TODAY at ITunes! Who is Arcanum? We call ourselves Arcanum and our names are Brett Schieber (me) and Tree. Tree is the singer, though this song is an instrumental. Our music ranges from acoustic to electronic, but there's always a dramatic thread through all of it.  What Inspires You? We are inspired by our lives and we both love drama, so we like to tell stories through other perspectives, as well. In fact, we also wrote an audiobook musical that came out last year and, as a sidenote, I think it's my personal favorite artistic thing that I've ever done. Connect with Arcanum through FACEBOOK I think our music is different because of Tree's dramatic voice and artistic lyrics and because of the more unique chord choices and melodies we write. What is Your Next Project? We will put out a new CD...

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Recording Insights from Libertaria the Virtual Opera When producing a large‐scale music project through the Internet communication, flexibility, and organization are key components for success. Any composer wishing to collaborate with dozens of musicians and artist through the Internet needs to wear multiple hats, including director, manager, tech support, and coach. Needless to say, jumping between roles involves a keen sensitivity to each musician’s needs, especially considering the cold nature of Internet communication. The Libertaria cast worked on the recordings for the opera for over eighteen months. After downloading the Libertaria Cast Rehearsal Albums from Bandcamp.com, the cast members recorded their vocals using the included scores and click tracks. Without set live rehearsals for this all‐volunteer project, the composer, cast, and crew had to work with a very flexible schedule that allowed for work obligations, touring, family emergencies, and cast changes ...

How Bandcamp Helped Me Create and Opera  Organizing a cast virtually has distinct challenges. Libertaria: The Virtual Opera has a core cast of ten talented vocalists with incredibly diverse backgrounds. Talented opera singers Kate Sikora and Gracia Gillund share the lead role of Libertaria, with Gretchen Suarez‐Pena taking on the difficult antagonist Lucinde. Eclectic artist Matthew Meadows and electronic music guru Perry Cook lend two distinct styles for the male lead of Simeon, an addict who ages in reverse. Talented singers Jennifer Hermansky, Lucas Matias Mora, and others round out the international cast. None of these cast members have met for a rehearsal. How to organize an opera cast through cyberspace? Similar collaborative projects like the Deep Listening Telematic Circle have used Google+, Internet 2, and Skype for live concerts and rehearsals. Because Libertaria is animated with the voices dubbed in during post‐production, live rehearsa...

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BMI hosted its 15th annual Sundance Film Festival composer/director roundtable, entitled "Music & Film: The Creative Process," on Wednesday, January 23 at the Sundance House presented by HP.Focusing on the relationship between composer and director, the panel is a cornerstone discussion at the festival on the role of music in film.Topics discussed included the formula for creating a successful film score and the ingredients of an effective composer/director relationship. The discussion was moderated by Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President, Film/TV Relations, BMI. Panelists included composer Abel Korzeniowski and director Randy Moore of "Escape From Tomorrow"; composer  Miriam Cutler  and director Michele Stephenson of "American Promise"; composer  Ilan Eshkeri  and director Jerusha Hess of "AUSTENLAND"; composer Ludwig Goransson and director Ryan Coogler of "Fruitvale"; composer  Mark De Gli Antoni ...

Graduale Aboense, hymn book of Turku, Finland. 14th-15th century. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The church used to be the home to phenomenal classical music like Bach's cantatas, Gregorian Chant , and Handel 's oratorios. What happened? What changed church music from being great to being a set list of repetitive 7/11 songs? What have we lost?  As a musician of over two decades, I have performed numerous Easter cantatas, Christmas programs, and music specials both as a professional and as a church patron. In 2008 I wrote a prize-winning sacred oratorio, Creation. Though I would hate to say it, I have to admit that the overall quality of the contemporary church musical repertoire seems low, with songs and cantatas riding the line between unimaginative and silly. I am not questioning their effectiveness in their overall purpose, but musically these works pale in comparison with the incredible masterpieces of Bach, Handel, or even contemporary composers John Rutter and Eric...