I was just having a little discussion with Ilkosa about this the other day. We’ve seen our fair share of new musical stagings and stuff. Every time there is a staged reading of a new musical, I’ll always make it a point to go check it out. Firstly, I want to see what kind of [...]
Archive for the ‘Songs’ Category
Song Placement
Wednesday, 2 November, 2011
Stephen Schwartz
Sunday, 18 September, 2011
Because I’ll be watching “Wicked” again when it comes to Singapore, I’ve been brushing up on my knowledge of the songs in the musical. Been trying to get myself acquainted with as many songs as I can the past few weeks. And I’ve realised what a great songwriter Stephen Schwartz is. I mean, you’ve gotta [...]
Defying Gravity
Wednesday, 14 September, 2011
Recently I have somehow been obssessed with the song “Defying Gravity” from the musical “Wicked”. As in, like, it’s been swimming in my head for days. And whilst searching on YouTube, I chanced upon this clip from a show called “The Glee Project”. And can I just say that I think the girl in the [...]
Sondheim On Lyrics
Monday, 22 August, 2011
Over the past year, I have been consuming a lot of podcasts from the American Theatre Wing because they have an entire range of free and highly valuable interviews with some of the greatest practitioners ever on Broadway. It’s an incredible learning experience just hearing these masters of Broadway dispense their pearls of wisdom. I [...]
Lady Gaga Does It Again
Saturday, 20 August, 2011
No seriously, she’s come up with yet another irresistably catchy hit. I don’t really care so much for Gaga’s dressing and antics and stuff, but I’ve found a lot of her songs to be extremely well-crafted. Say what you like about her, she’s got the ability to deliver songs with unbelievably catchy choruses. You’ve got [...]
The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tuesday, 12 July, 2011
There is a concert called “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” going on at the Grand Theater at Marina Bay Sands these few days. Due to budget limitations, I decided to forego this one. But anyway, here’s a list of my favourite Lloyd Webber tunes of all time: 1) High Flying, Adored (from “Evita”) 2) [...]
A Tale Of Two NDP Songs
Wednesday, 6 July, 2011
The Lady Gaga Massacre Let’s get the tough one out of the way first. This is a new NDP song called the “Fun Pack Song”, set to the tune of “Bad Romance”, and it has been making its rounds lately. It’s at 47k + views already. All you need to know is that it currently has [...]
The Unfinished Song (Psalm 23)
Wednesday, 6 July, 2011
I’ve always had this idea for a song based on the entire Psalm 23. The first melodic seeds were planted way back in 2007 (back in the Songcraft heyday), and in 2008 I made another serious attempt to complete the song, but somehow it never saw the light of day. All these years the melody [...]
New Coldplay Song
Thursday, 30 June, 2011
I dunno about this one man. It’s their new single called “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall”. Most of the comments on YouTube seem to be very positive. I get that Coldplay is trying to slowly but steadily move into a new musical direction, towards a new sound perhaps. I say “slowly” because you can still [...]
Scoring For Piano
Monday, 20 June, 2011
Writing out the full piano score of your songs is kinda like seeing yourself running on film – most of us have no idea how we look like when we run. In the same way, I have no idea how my piano playing actually looks like on paper until I try to score it out [...]
