Never Before #2 - Bass added

NEVER BEFORE #2

Part 2 - add the bass.

Also, just to have a bit more to the post, I thought I'd talk about about the process of developing a new musical from thin air.

Obviously, the first step is the basic idea. In this case, I had STEALTHMAN, about 15 years back. That was it. A show about STEALTHMAN. But I didn't want to make a superhero musical because I felt it would be cheesy. So I decided to do it about a crazy old man who thought he was a super hero. The funny thing is that even though I was a big fan of Don Quixote and even of the musical Man of La Mancha, I never equated my idea with Don Quixote. But, obviously, when I would tell people about the idea, they'd say "like Don Quixote." So eventually I decided to embrace that side of it. I didn't want to actually do Don Quixote. But I did want to play up the idea that the show was based on that.

The core elements from Don Quixote I decided to use (beyond the old-man-goes-mad idea) are the idea of a side-kick (which I felt particularly worked for a superhero too, a la Batman and Robin) and the idea of a motivating ideal. In Don Quixote, the motivation for much of what he does is Dulcinea. I did not want to have a girl be his motivation, so Stealthman's movivation is power. Super powers, to be exact. He wants more power to save the world from evil. He is driven by his quest to gain more power. That is his Dulcinea.

There are a few other ideas taken from Don Quixote, (like I have two rest home workers that will play similar roles to the Duke and Dutchess) but overall, beyond that it is an entirely unique story.

Anyhow, here is the next song building effort for Never Before.

NEVER BEFORE #2