The Ghost From Christmas Past
I’ll admit it straight up. I’m an A Christmas Carol lover. Always have been, always will. Am I a romantic? Absolutely. Do I love magical stories? Yup. Am I a sucker for the old nostalgic traditions of Christmas every year? Oh yeah. Do I play the Julie Andrews Christmas Album first every year when starting […]
UMD anyone?
What do you do when you have a two-hour original love story/Lake Superior ship disaster opera ready to try out? It’s not like you can just bring together 20 actors plus a major chorus to learn a plethora of music? Of course, I knew this fact going into this new process of trying to write […]
<strong>Professional Recording – What a hoot!</strong>
Part 3 Tanner-Monagle Studio, Milwaukee, WI Click. John Tanner, our incredible person behind the recording scenes, was talking to us over the headsets: “That was good. What do you think, Jim?” Me: “I think I’d like to do one more. Can you give me a minute?” It had been a long evening. We had recorded […]
<strong>Professional Recording – What a hoot!</strong>
Part 2 Tanner-Monagle Studio, Milwaukee, WI Click. John Tanner, our incredible person behind the recording scenes, was talking to us over the headsets: “That was beautiful. Let’s do another take just to be sure.” I hold up my arms, ready to conduct the piece one more time. Looking out over my music stand, I see […]
Professional Recording – What a hoot!
Part 1 Tanner-Monagle Studio, Milwaukee, WI Click. John Tanner, the sound guru and overall goofball and wonder man, pops in over the headphones. “I need just…
The Book is Published – Really?
After a delay of almost two months, my book Musical Theatre Script and Song Analysis Through the Ages is finally available through Amazon.com and Bloomsbury…
Opera Anybody?
I’ve never written an opera before. But one day, during the beginning of the pandemic, I decided in my own mind, “Why not?” I thought it a…
Milestones
Milestones are powerful things. They’re ingrained in our psyche through our lives by what we have experienced, and also by what we have witnessed in…
