Hey Dreamers and Artists,
If you put a song down for a while to work on others (or after every good jam session) make a recording and write easily translatable chords and lead lines out. Otherwise a song you wrote over a year (and one broken wrist) ago can be super hard to remember. Bright side, the new version of Repent will be greatly improved. Purgatory Falls: A Post Apocalyptic Rock Opera will have life!
Peace,
Damon
I recently ran across a couple IGN Articles titled, “The 14 Greatest Rock Operas/Concept Albums of All Time.” You can find it here, as well as “The 25 Best Rock Albums of the Last Decade, found here. You can read them yourself, so I’m not going to restate everything, and I can’t even necessarily argue with it for the most part. I just have a few comments.
These lists are not all inclusive, but they do mention some great albums, including David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust”, Green Day’s “American Idiot” (now also a stage musical” and by far my favorite Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” – (I’ve discussed this in previous posts. I’ve listened to this album more times that I can count, and each time I notice something new. It’s dark, it’s dramatic, and almost any song from the album would make a great stand alone single. If you haven’t given this album a listen from start to finish you’re definitely missing out.)
Anyway, give the list a look. Give the albums a listen. Let us know what you think.
Damon
Some work on the first Act Scene One was achieved. Progress! You can see the results on the Purgatory Falls page.
Let us know what you think about the changes!
Thanks
The entire Rock Opera is now available in it’s draft form to take a look! The last Act Scene is a spoiler, so don’t look if don’t want to know.
If you do, here is a link.
We look forward to your impute!
Thanks
Terry
The words and music to the Third Act Scene 1 are now up ! It is called ” Mesmerize”
We would love to hear from an alto or mezzo soprano to sing this song!
Thanks
Terry
We worked today on the song called ” Father” . It is the Second Act Third Scene.
There were changes made the chorus. These changes were placed on the website as well as a draft the musical composition. Please take a look and let us know what you think!
Here is a quick link to the page ” Father”.
Thanks
Terry and Damon
The present lyrics and music are now available for constructive suggestions. Let’s know what you think of this song as it has progressed to this point.
Thanks
Terry
I’d like to thank Dearest Scooter for mentioning Purgatory Falls: A Post Apocalyptic Rock Opera on his show. Check him out at http://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com or on twitter @dearestscooter
I’ll be posting more updates shortly. Thanks.
Damon
Hey All, I’m starting to get some basic function in my hand but not enough to play guitar. So I’ve been re-visiting some old Composer Quest episodes – a podcast by Composer Charlie McCarron ( check his stuff out at http://www.charliemccarron.com ) trying to glean some additional knowledge to make Purgatory Falls: A Post Apocalyptic Rock Opera, better for everyone. I’ll keep posting updates here at Another Rock Opera.
Damon
Hey All,
I attended a seminar and master class with Pat Pattison here in San Diego. It definitely added to my song writing tool box. For those of you who don’t know, Pat is a professor at Berklee College of Music. He’s got some great books on Rhyming and Lyrics.
He also has a free course at http://www.coursera.org. Check it out if you get a chance.
In the mean time, I’ll be looking back at a few of the songs from Purgatory Falls: A Post Apocalyptic Rock Opera, with a new lens and posting results here at http://www.anotherrockopera.com
Damon
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